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About erictummers

Working in a DevOps team is the best thing that happened to me. I like challenges and sharing the solutions with others. On my blog I’ll mostly post about my work, but expect an occasional home project, productivity tip and tooling review.

Week 30 roundup

Last week recap and links: Reviewed my productivity post. Still using all tools, added TimeManage.me to the list. Started training for the half marathon Eindhoven. Here’s a video from last years full marathon Image courtesy of kanate / FreeDigitalPhotos.net What … Continue reading

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Powershell training course

Powershell the “new” automation tool from Microsoft. For octopus deploy we mostly use the powershell task to handle start/stop service, configure nservicebus and manage certificates. Time to learn some more on microsoft virtual academy. Here is my learning list: Getting … Continue reading

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Notes to a Software Team Leader by Roy Osherove

The book Notes to a Software Team Leader writes about leadership in three phases of a team. Survival, everything is urgent, leader introduces slack to get learning Learning, enough slack, leader becomes a coach Self-Organization, well oiled machine, leader can … Continue reading

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Week 29 roundup

Last week recap and links: I’m a huge fan of Evernote. Here is an introduction to Evernote for those going HUH? Please signup here (free) to support me. Largest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks ever including windows 8.1, office 2013, … Continue reading

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Encrypt file when booting from VHDX

My machine boots native from VHDX. This means BitLocker cannot be used to encrypt the contents of my disk. How to get that extra sense of security by encrypting my files? My Evernote account has two step verification enabled, but … Continue reading

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