Dungeon Mastering in IT

I’ve been playing Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) since I was about 16 years old. It was also about that time (possibly coincidentally) that I also became engrossed with computing. Not just watching-my-fake-family-die-from-dysentery computing, but how computers worked and why the field of computing was important.

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Simulate User Message Sends leveraging EWS

If you’ve read any of my posts in the past, you know that I’ve got a lab at the office.  Part of this includes a handful of Exchange Servers.  To better simulate “real-world” (not stress-test) simulations, I want to send messages around the organization.  Thankfully, I’ve had some experience with Exchange Web Services (EWS) in the past.

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SAM & Multi-Statistic Component Scripts

In September I wrote a few things about how I use SAM Script Templates – specifically with PowerShell. One of the more powerful things in the SAM arsenal is the ability to return multiple components in a single script. I’ve used this in any number of ways, but the one that gives me the most satisfaction is a PowerShell script that I wrote for Linux.

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