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Jeff Brown Tech

@jeffbrowntech.bsky.social

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Cloud and DevOps Engineer focusing on Azure, Terraform, and PowerShell, with growing interest in Kubernetes and open-source technologies. Blog @ jeffbrown.tech

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · 15d

I've got a $100 gift card and 50% off any course or certification from @linuxfoundation.org to use. I've completed CKA/CKAD and am working on CKS. Any suggestions from the community? I'm primarily interested in courses, not necessarily certifications.

#kubernetes @cncf.bsky.social #linux

Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · 29d

🎉 New YouTube Video 🎉

Working in IT requires learning new skills all the time. In this video, I reflect on the times learning something outside my current role paid off later.

Career Chat: Keep Learning New Things

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm studying for the Certified #Kubernetes Security exam. What are your recommendations for study materials besides the Killer Shell course on YouTube?

#CKS

Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Sep 9

This week I posted the last video in the #PowerShell Command Line to Scripting mini-course.

If you've watched any of the videos, I'd love to hear your feedback if it helped you!

youtu.be/bYAAj1mqzDw?...

PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Course Introduction

YouTube video by Jeff Brown Tech

Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 New YouTube Video 📣

🧠 Write better PowerShell scripts! This video covers learning how to plan your scripts with pseudocode and following best practices for clean, reliable code using naming conventions, formatting, comments, and more.

PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Art of Scripting

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Sep 4

👀[Throwback Thursday]👀

Working on a project locally and need to move your Terraform state to an Azure storage account? Learn how in this tutorial!

Move Terraform State to Azure Storage Account

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Aug 28

🔔 New YouTube Video 🔔

Learn how to work with external data in PowerShell! 💡 This module shows you how to read and write CSV, JSON, and XML files, import/export structured data, and call web APIs using `Invoke-RestMethod`. Perfect for real-world automation!

PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | External Data

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Aug 28

👀[Throwback Thursday]👀

Learn how to create and manage dynamic arrays inside PowerShell using this tutorial!

Mastering PowerShell Dynamic Arrays

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔥[Throwback Thursday]🔥

Learn more about the different Azure high availability options from this tutorial!

Comparing Azure Availability Zones & Availability Sets

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨 New YouTube Video 🚨

Take control of errors in PowerShell! ⚠️ This module covers try/catch/finally, ErrorAction, throw, and Get-Error to handle problems gracefully and keep your scripts running smoothly.

PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Error Handling

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Aug 15

💯 New YouTube Video 💯

Learn how to write reusable PowerShell functions! ➡️ This video covers function basics, parameters, return values, variable scope, adding help, and advanced function features like CmdletBinding. Perfect for beginners writing scripts.

PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Functions

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Aug 14

☁️[Throwback Thursday]☁️

Learn how to use resource dependencies (correctly!) in Terraform with some Azure examples!

Utilizing Terraform Resource Dependencies with Azure Examples

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Aug 7

⬇️ New YouTube Video ⬇️

Learn to make your PowerShell scripts more dynamic and reusable with parameters! 🚀 We'll cover defining parameters, setting data types, and validation—then wrap up with a fun refactoring challenge.

PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Parameters

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Aug 7

💯[Throwback Thursday]💯

Did you know you can configure Terraform to deploy to multiple Azure subscriptions? Learn how in this tutorial!

Configure Terraform for Multiple Azure Subscriptions

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 31

👀[Throwback Thursday]👀

Avoid Terraform and Azure Function Application Settings Drift

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 28

Build on your PowerShell scripting skills by learning how to make decisions in your code. In this video, we’ll cover if statements, for and while loops, and switch statements. Then, put everything into practice by building a fun number guessing game from scratch.

youtu.be/zphDREshbYk

PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Logic and Loops

YouTube video by Jeff Brown Tech

Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 24

🔥[Throwback Thursday]🔥

Grant Graph API Permissions to Managed Identity

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 22

Last year I decided to dive into developing my YouTube channel. Today I hit 1,000 subscribers! Pretty exciting. I focus on a lot of PowerShell, but moving forward I am focusing on Azure and other cloud-related technologies.

www.youtube.com/@jeffbrowntech

#powershell #azure #youtube #cloud

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Tutorial videos covering PowerShell, Azure, DevOps, Office 365 and more!

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 17

⭐ New YouTube Video ⭐

This first module covers variables, data types, operators, and methods. The module concludes with your first challenges in writing a sentence analyzer script and a temperature converter.

PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Variables & Data Types

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 17

🚨 New YouTube Video 🚨

Want to learn PowerShell scripting but don't know where to start? This video series is for you! This first video is an overview of the course topics and how to set up your local system to follow along with the content.

PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Course Introduction

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 17

☁️[Throwback Thursday]☁️

Make your PowerShell functions easier to use by adding tab and argument completions in this ultimate guide!

PowerShell Tab Completion: The Ultimate Guide

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 10

🔔[Throwback Thursday]🔔

Learn how to programmatically deploy Teams templates using the Graph API.

Working with Microsoft Teams Templates and Graph API

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 10

* Plan 2

Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 9

We're thinking the same thoughts today:

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Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 9

Me: I like to keep my desktop clean and icon free.
Random app update: adds shortcut back to desktop

Rude 🤬

Jeff Brown Tech @jeffbrowntech.bsky.social · Jul 9

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I'm one part interested in this but also one part irritated because Notepad is supposed to be a simple text editor (old man rant)

Adam Driscoll @adamrdriscoll.com · Jul 9

Notepad does markdown? What a time to be alive!