On May 29th, I began a role as a Cloud Ops Advocate at Microsoft, and I couldn’t be happier! In a nutshell, it is a role I’ve been working towards for the last 8 years (and probably longer). Through my work at the college, with The Krewe, and my professional authoring, everything comes together in one role with a singular…
Author: Michael Bender
Getting Back On The Mic
It’s been a while since I did any recording. My last course on Pluralsight.com was released in April of 2017, and my recording gear has been boxed up since. After MVP Summit, I was inspired to get back to recording shorter how-to videos on YouTube so today was the day as I just finished recording and producing a video on…
Talking Community w/ Andy from Altaro
At Microsoft Ignite, 2017, I had the chance to hang out with Andy Syrewicze of Altaro software. We talked about Ignite, Microsoft, Community and getting ahead in the Tech Field. It’s always a pleasure to talk with other community people and share my insight into empowering others to ‘level up’ their careers. Click continue reading to view here or use…
Presenting at TechMentor 20 in Redmond
Great News! I was selected to present at TechMentor in Redmond, WA on August 9th, 2018. My session will cover how to build a new career in 5 hours a week. Topics will include why you need to be learning all the time, how to put together a learning plan, and how to get the skills for that new job or…
Deploying an Azure File Share with PowerShell
On Twitter, I saw a post by Scott Cate, a Developer Advocate for Microsoft, showing how to set up Azure File Shares with the GUI. Azure File Shares allow administrators to build SMB file shares on Azure. These can then be mounted by any supported OS such as Windows, Linux or MacOS. Being a PowerShell guy, I decided to dive…
New Home…
Greetings True Believers! It’s been some time since we’ve chatted… Just laying down a post on the new platform. I decided to, once again, move my blog over to WordPress and running on Azure.Hopefully, I’ll be able to get the content from the old site migrated without too much hassle. Stay tuned for lots of good stuff on PowerShell, Azure,…
The Equifax Hack and What You Need To Do
As many of you know, Equifax was hacked in late July and exposed 143 million people’s sensitive financial information. I’m not going to go into the details of what happen because it’s more important now for you to take steps to protect your credit. Who is ImpactedIf you are a US, Canadian, or UK citizen, you need to check below.…
PowerShell: Getting Started – Just Released on Pluralsight.Com
I just authored another course on Pluralsight that I’m very excited about. It’s called PowerShell: Getting Started, and it is part of Pluralsight’s growing IT Ops catalog. This course is specifically designed to teach entry-level IT Pros (Help Desk, Desktop Support) w/ no PowerShell experience how to use PowerShell in their day to day lives. While it is designed for…
Microsoft Ignite…My Initial Game Plan
Greetings True Believers, So with Microsoft Ignite just a couple of months away, seems like a great time to talk about what I’m looking forward to and how I plan to spend my week. As Microsoft brings together many of it’s major conferences, it will be interesting to see if how everything works out. 2015 for me is going to…
Windows Server Administration Fundamentals – Part II is LIVE!!!
At long last, Part II of my Windows Server Administration Fundamentals course on Pluralsight.com has made it through the gauntlet of production, and it’s now available to all Plursalsight subscribers. Many of you have reached out to me inquiring about the status of this course and I’m happy it’s finally available for you. Like part I, it is based around the Microsoft…