Adam Bertram

Adam Bertram is an independent consultant, technical writer, trainer and presenter. Adam specializes in consulting and evangelizing all things IT automation mainly focused around Windows PowerShell. Adam is a Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, 2015 powershell.org PowerShell hero and has numerous Microsoft IT pro certifications. He authors IT pro course content for Pluralsight, is a regular contributor to numerous print and online publications and presents at various user groups and conferences. You can find Adam at adamtheautomator.com or on Twitter at @adbertram.

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PowerShell Module Manifests: An Underutilized Asset

Jul 21, 2015

Once you’ve written your fair share of PowerShell scripts there ultimately comes a time in your career where you have a need to build a PowerShell module. PowerShell modules are a great way to group lots of differe...

How to build the appropriate PowerShell parameters

Jun 22, 2015

A beginner new to writing PowerShell scripts might simply open up his favorite PowerShell script editor and just start coding out what he needs to do. He may have specific requirements such as create Active...

Successful automation is all about trust

Jun 15, 2015

Believe it or not some people don’t trust automation. Shocking, I know. They’re afraid of the unknown -- or worse, that robots will take all our jobs and we will all end up subservient to the will of the...

Put down Wireshark. It's overkill.

Jun 08, 2015

Chad is a one-man IT guy in a small business. Chad wears many hats and is the proverbial jack of all trades master of none. He has so many responsibilities he doesn’t have time to dive specifically into any one...

You're Always Working for Yourself, Even When You're Not

Apr 10, 2015

When you get up in the morning and go to work, who do you think you work for? If you’re making the morning commute to the office, staying for eight hours, driving home, and repeating this Monday through...

CSV, Excel, or SQL? It Doesn't Matter with PowerShell

Apr 08, 2015

Structured data is stored in many different ways. It could be in a CSV file, an Excel workbook, a SQL database, a MySQL database, and so on. Each has its own purpose with individual strengths and weaknesses. Whe...

PowerShell, VBscript and Batch Files: File Management Comparisons

Mar 30, 2015

Automation and scripting for Windows has been around ever since Windows was Windows. First there were batch files, then VBscript (VBS) and now PowerShell. Sure, there have been some others along the way...