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Azure Automation – Twitter + IFTTT + Webhook = Start Runbook

I assume you know Twitter and you probably also know what a webhook is, right? No? Ok, a webhook is just a HTTP POST. In Azure Automation we are able to create a webhook for a runbook. This runbook will “consume” the webhook request  (URL) + post data and start the runbook. The cool thing […]

PowerShell – Create “Clean” Custom Objects From DataTable Object

I recently had a need to create “clean” PowerShell custom objects out of a DataTable object. What does that mean? Well, let me explain. When you try to get data out of SQL Server using PowerShell there are many ways to do it. Either you use Invoke-SQLCmd, SQL Server PowerShell (SQLPS), SQL Server Management Objects […]

SCOM – Linux Agent Deployment “Signed certificate verification operation was not successful”

Today I ran into a problem which is not new to SCOM cross-platform monitoring but since this problem will hit you sooner or later it makes sense to write about it. This issue applies to all SCOM versions. It could well  be that when you are deploying SCOM agents to your UNIX/Linux server you will […]