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March 24, 2020July 27, 2020

Getting started with Local PowerShell Jupyter Notebook

<img width="640" height="372" src="https://i1.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/First-PowerShell-commands-in-a-local-Jupyter-Notebook-Dark-Theme-640px.png?resize=640%2C372&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/First-PowerShell-commands-in-a-local-Jupyter-Notebook-Dark-Theme-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/First-PowerShell-commands-in-a-local-Jupyter-Notebook-Dark-Theme-640px.png?resize=300%2C174&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

Update 10 July 2020: See this post for how to run
PowerShell Jupyter Notebook locally in a Docker 
Container or online using Binder.
This post details how to run Local PowerShell 
Jupyter Notebook on Windows.

You may also be interested in my Microsoft Reactor 
session "Elevate your documentation with PowerShell
Jupyter Notebook".

… keep reading

March 25, 2019March 24, 2019

CIRCUITPY Volume not visible for an Adafruit Circuit Playground Express on Windows 10 1803

<img width="640" height="480" src="https://i2.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Circuit-Playground-Express-640px.png?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Circuit-Playground-Express-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i2.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Circuit-Playground-Express-640px.png?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

I’ve just returned from the US and whilst there I picked myself up an Adafruit Circuit Playground Express. I plugged it into my computer and by all reports it should just appear as a removable drive on Windows 10. Alas that didn’t happen for me.… keep reading

August 2, 2018January 1, 2019

A Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager

<img width="640" height="480" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Identity-Manager-integration-with-Cognitive-Services-and-IoT-Hub-640x480.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Identity-Manager-integration-with-Cognitive-Services-and-IoT-Hub-640x480.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Identity-Manager-integration-with-Cognitive-Services-and-IoT-Hub-640x480.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

This is the third and final post in my series around using your voice to query/search Microsoft Identity Manager or as I’m now calling it, the Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager.

The two previous posts in this series detail some of my steps and processes in developing and fleshing out this Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager concept.… keep reading

July 5, 2018August 12, 2020

Using your Voice to Search Microsoft Identity Manager – Part 2

<img width="640" height="240" src="https://i1.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Auditing-Reporting-Searching-MIM-with-Speech-640px.png?resize=640%2C240&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Auditing-Reporting-Searching-MIM-with-Speech-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Auditing-Reporting-Searching-MIM-with-Speech-640px.png?resize=300%2C113&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

Introduction

Last month I wrote this post that detailed using your voice to search/query Microsoft Identity Manager. That post demonstrated a working solution (GitHub repository coming next month) but was still incomplete if it was to be used in production within an Enterprise.… keep reading

June 25, 2018August 19, 2020

Using your Voice to Search Microsoft Identity Manager – Part 1

<img width="640" height="267" src="https://i2.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Searching-MIM-with-Speech-Overview-640px.png?resize=640%2C267&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Searching-MIM-with-Speech-Overview-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i2.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Searching-MIM-with-Speech-Overview-640px.png?resize=300%2C125&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

Introduction

Yes, you’ve read the title correctly. Speaking to Microsoft Identity Manager. The concept behind this was born off the back of some other work I was doing with Microsoft Cognitive Services. I figured it shouldn’t be that difficult if I just break down the concept into individual elements of functionality and put together a proof of concept to validate the idea.… keep reading

June 22, 2018August 19, 2020

Sending Events from IoT Devices to Azure IoT Hub using HTTPS and REST

<img width="640" height="366" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Device-To-Cloud-Events-640px.png?resize=640%2C366&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Device-To-Cloud-Events-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Device-To-Cloud-Events-640px.png?resize=300%2C172&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

Overview

Different IoT Devices have different capabilities. Whether it is a Micro-controller or Single Board Computer your options will vary. In this post I detailed using MQTT to send messages from an IoT Device to an Azure IoT Hub as well as using the AzureIoT PowerShell Module.… keep reading