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Aaron Parker

@stealthpuppy.com

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Developer of #Evergreen & #VcRedist. Senior Staff Engineer in the Office of the CTO @GetNerdio. Born at 329.56ppm. https://stealthpuppy.com. Microsoft MVP (2011-2018, 2025)

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · 7d

Well that ain't great #Microsoft - flagging your own site via SmartScreen

A screenshot of Microsoft Edge on Windows showing the site https://m365.cloud.microsoft as a dangerous site as flagged by SmartScreen. The error is shown in a full page red background and white text

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · 11d

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · 15d

"Windows back up"? Or is it Windows Backup?

Screenshot of the Windows 11 desktop showing the "Windows back up" application and shortcut

A screenshot of the "Windows Backup" for Organizations documentation

A screenshot of the "Windows Backup" and Restore settings from the Intune portal

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · 19d

fozzie bear is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee

ALT: fozzie bear is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · 19d

Looking forward to it

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Merill Fernando 💚 @merill.net · 19d

Melbourne friends — next Monday is going to be epic 🔥.

I’ll be sharing some seriously cool stuff combining Maester + Lokka at WP Ninja Australia 🇦🇺

🎤 Joining me are legends: Jason Byway, Joel Kino, Aaron Parker & Steven Hosking + host Jose Schenardie!

Register at www.meetup.com/workp...

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · 21d

#NowPlaying “Left & Right” D’Angelo spotify.link/YWKE5551sXb

This version is soooo good. RIP

Left & Right, Pt. 1

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · 23d

Nice. Thanks

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · 23d

Yeah, nah...

What version of Terminal are you using?

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 24

I think I may have starred that gist when you posted it too.

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 24

Here's a PowerShell wrapper for dsregcmd /status that turns the output into something usable: gist.github.com/aaronparker/...

A PowerShell wrapper for dsregcmd /status. Returns output as a PowerShell object

A PowerShell wrapper for dsregcmd /status. Returns output as a PowerShell object - Get-DsRegStatus.ps1

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 22

Here's an article I've written on configuring strong authentication for AVD/W365. It includes a demo of what the UX is like, and why things might not work exactly as you expect. stealthpuppy.com/avd-w365-sec...

Securing AVD and Windows 365 with Strong Authentication

Configuring strong authentication requirements using Entra Conditional Access to protect access to Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 and understanding the resulting behaviours.

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 17

If I were born 40 years earlier and ended up as a high school science teacher.

Also, seeing me with a beard is extra funny because I can’t grow one

AI generated photo of me as a man in the 1970s with a brown suit and tie, and a beard

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Workplace Ninjas Australia @wpninjasau.bsky.social · Sep 16

We're thrilled to announce our first speaker for the Workplace Ninja Melbourne event on 20th of October.

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com will be "Crafting the Perfect End-User Experience".

Registrations still open, secure your spot now
www.meetup.com/workplace-ni...

#WPNinjaAU

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 11

macOS 26 Tahoe final looks to be done

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 9

a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face .

ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face .

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 8

The funniest 1/2 second in cinematic history #JohnCandy

Reaction shot from Trains, Planes and Automobiles. John Candy has a surprised look on his face, looking through a taxi window with people in the background, but it's inside the airport

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 4

a group of men and a woman are standing next to each other in suits and ties .

ALT: a group of men and a woman are standing next to each other in suits and ties .

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Sep 1

Here's a #PowerShell script to find installed software and create an object that you can pass to Start-Process to execute an uninstall (likely with some adjustments to the argument list) gist.github.com/aaronparker/...

List installed software, gather uninstall string and format into a usable object

List installed software, gather uninstall string and format into a usable object - Get-UninstallStrings.ps1

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Aug 8

Liquid Glass? More like Liquid Perspex after getting nerfed in the betas... Amiright?

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Aug 7

Hardcore Git-Fu! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk13... < excellent talk on advanced #Git configurations and usage by @bjompen.com

Hardcore Git-Fu! - Björn Sundling - PSConfEU 2025

YouTube video by PowerShell Conference EU

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Aug 7

The Apple TV icon look real wonky on macOS 26, with the "Liquid Glass" style

Liquid Glass highlights on icons in macOS 26 visually skew the icon so that the top and bottom edges of the icon don't look parallel

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Jul 30

Let's take this further and create a pipeline that automatically creates new #Nerdio Manager Shell Apps and updates existing Shell Apps with new application versions, taking away much of the manual administrator effort: stealthpuppy.com/nerdio-shell...

Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Jul 30

Simple colour output in Azure Pipelines by using $PSStyle with PowerShell 7.2+ learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powers...

Screenshot of an Azure Pipelines run showing log output with lines in green, blue/cyan and yellow using the $PSStyle variable in PowerShell

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Aaron Parker @stealthpuppy.com · Jul 29

Automating #Nerdio Manager Shell Apps with #Evergreen, Part 1: stealthpuppy.com/nerdio-shell...

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