Automating Google Maps & Traffic to determine when to drive to work using PowerShell

November 08, 2013 FoxDeploy

When I moved a while back, I wondered what the best route to take to work would be, and also when I should leave for work, but I didn’t know the area well enough to be certain.  I could go to Google Maps and put in my home address and work address and see what the current traffic time was, but this wouldn’t help me determine if I needed to leave at 7:45 or if I could eat another bagel and walk out the door at 8:00 and still make it to work on time (bagel carbohydrates notwithstanding).

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Continued: CREATING A GUI NATIVELY FOR YOUR POWERSHELL TOOLS USING .NET METHODS

October 30, 2013 FoxDeploy

When we left off, we had a nice fancy UI that didn't do anything! This session, we'll link our pinging code from before into our GUI, and then update the contents on the screen as part of the process. Once we're done with this, we'll experiment with some of the other controls available, and then customize things a bit more. Continue Reading...

Creating a GUI Natively for your PowerShell tools using System.Windows.Forms

October 23, 2013 FoxDeploy

The first post in the FoxDeploy GUI Creating series, this post is focused on making a GUI using Windows Forms! Continue Reading...

Solving 5447, MP has rejected a policy request because it was not approved.

October 21, 2013 FoxDeploy

You may see the error message like this from time to time:

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Moving your VM Storage the Smart way

October 17, 2013 FoxDeploy

Hi all,

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Fixing Cisco VPN AnyConnect "Multiple Local users are currently logged into your computer"

October 10, 2013 FoxDeploy

Since I’ve rebuilt my home testlab as a Server 2012 R2 box, I’ve been unable to connect to my companies VPN, which has caused me a world of…well, minor inconveniences. This will not do!

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