Let’s Build a Cloud… With PowerShell! – Part 1: Deployment and Configuration

Yigal Edery shows a glimpse of the new model on how to manage the Cloud. No need to explain further because “a must read” article. Read it here.

Optimizing Windows Server 2012 storage management via PowerShell for both performance and resiliency

In this article you can learn how to leverage PowerShell for managing storage in Windows Server 2012. Read the full article here.

KB: Regional settings default to English when deploying a virtual machine using a template on System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager

This is very interesting article on how to change your language settings in template via PowerShell. Read it here.

“Splatting” PowerShell script activities in Orchestrator

Robert_Hearn: “Splatting allows you to bundle a set of parameters into a hashtable and then simply using it as single parameter to a PowerShell function or cmdlet.”. To see how this technique can help you in Orchestrator read the full article here.

Checking PowerShell Remoting on computers via Orchestrator

Here is an interesting article which shows you how to build runbook for checking of PowerShell Remoting Policy. Check Orchestrator team blog article titled Quick Tip: Checking PowerShell Scripting Abilities on a Computer”.