In this post I describe some of the settings and changes I made to make my Windows 11 and Ubuntu WSL2 into a fully fledged development environment. Here are the settings and tools I use for DevOps / SysOps on Windows.
Being unable to open SQL Server Configuration Manager if often caused by a corrupt or removed WMI provider for SQL Server. This post explains how to resolve this.
Basic OpenSSL commands you can use in your day to day job when it involves working with SSL/TLS certificates. For example you use OpenSSL to get a certificate’s SerialNumber or to verify the SAN (Subject Alternative Names).
The fire-and-forget method to update SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) automatically by uninstalling any installed version and downloading & installing the newest available version from Microsoft.
Learn how to use the Twilio SendGrid Web API v3 to send mail with PowerShell
Windows Server IIS is known for reusing DH key values, but there is a way to disable ECDH public server param reuse in Windows Server IIS and here is how.
Learn how to create strong and unique passwords in Windows using PowerShell, because the use of those unique and strong passwords is important.
Have a need for IIS in your Windows 11 development station, and now you wonder how to install IIS? Here I describe how you can easily install IIS and some modules using PowerShell
Zabbix is a great tool to monitor your website performance on IIS using Performance Counters, PowerShell and WMI.
Use a specific TLS certifictate or thumbprint for outgoing HTTPS connections because of endpoint restrictions using PowerShell.
Learn how to calculate and create file checksums with PowerShell's Get-FileHash and certutil.exe. Use this to validate file integrity in Windows (Windows Server).
