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April 1, 2019April 1, 2019

Empowering your long running PowerShell Automation Scripts with SMS/Text Notifications

<img width="1001" height="317" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Everything-is-on-Fire.png?resize=1001%2C317&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Everything-is-on-Fire.png?w=1001&ssl=1 1001w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Everything-is-on-Fire.png?resize=300%2C95&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Everything-is-on-Fire.png?resize=768%2C243&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

18 months ago I wrote this post that detailed integrating Push Notifications into your scripts. That still works great, but does require that you have the associated Push Bullet application installed in your browser or on your devices. More recently I wrote about using Burnt Toast for Progress Dialogs’ for long running scripts.… keep reading

November 19, 2018December 31, 2018

PowerShell Progress Notifications that work in Visual Studio Code on Window 10

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Earlier this year I made the switch from PowerShell ISE to Visual Studio Code (VSCode) and everything has been going just swimmingly. Well, until I was modifying some old scripts that perform some long running processes and I’d previously added Write-Progress statements in them to provide feedback as to how the script was going.… keep reading