A list of essential Linux tools to pre-install for diagnosing performance issues and outages, including package names.
A review of the book 'PowerShell for Sysadmins', analyzing its target audience, strengths, and weaknesses for IT automation.
A sysadmin shares his remote work setup, tools, and automation-focused role at a managed service provider during the COVID-19 lockdown.
A PowerShell MVP reflects on 2019 career achievements and sets 2020 goals for community speaking, blogging, and video content.
Explains the security risks of the SQL Server 'Trustworthy' database setting and how it can lead to sysadmin privilege escalation.
Explores how Jupyter notebooks can be used for infrastructure tasks like system administration, DevOps, and cloud operations, blending documentation, code, and output.
Survey results on SQL Server database ownership reveal security risks, with recommendations for best practices and secure configurations.
Explores SQL Server privilege escalation from CONTROL SERVER to sysadmin, debunking myths and comparing to Oracle's security model.
A developer troubleshoots a .NET 4.0 issue on Azure VMs where HttpUtility methods fail during Application_Start, highlighting the need for sysadmin-level maintenance.
