Josh King is a PowerShell developer and automation enthusiast known as the creator of BurntToast, sharing practical projects and tools around PowerShell, notifications, and home automation through his ToastIT blog.
116 articles from this blog
A detailed review of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v3.0 beta, highlighting new features like granular OneDrive folder selection and significantly faster backup speeds.
A developer's personal account of learning and troubleshooting Azure DevOps Release Pipelines, focusing on configuration and deployment strategies.
A sysadmin's critique of the new Windows 10 RSAT installation process via Settings and PowerShell, highlighting workflow annoyances.
A guide to setting up toast notifications for Azure Pipelines build status using PowerShell Universal Dashboard and BurntToast.
A developer shares their journey of learning Azure Pipelines through trial and error, focusing on setting up a build pipeline for a PowerShell project.
A technical guide on using the BurntToast PowerShell module to create and display Windows toast notifications on remote computers via XML.
A PowerShell community member reflects on the supportive online tech community and demonstrates a New Year's toast script using the BurntToast module.
A developer's guide to creating custom GitHub Actions using PowerShell, covering setup, Docker configuration, and a simple Hello World example.
A wish list for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v3, requesting features like console integration and more granular OneDrive backup controls.
Explores using attribution text in PowerShell's BurntToast module for Windows toast notifications, detailing current limitations and workarounds.
A call for contributions to the Hacktoberfest open-source event, focusing on the PowerShell project 'BurntToast' and encouraging participation.
A guide to identifying and cleaning up orphaned shared mailboxes in Exchange using PowerShell scripts before migration.
Explains how to deploy PowerShell toast notifications across a network without installing the BurntToast module on every endpoint by using XML payloads.
A guide to using virtual audio cables to share system sounds (like notification alerts) during Skype for Business presentations.
A guide detailing the author's setup, equipment, and workflow for creating technical video tutorials for the TechSnips platform.
A guide on using PowerShell to copy Office 365 user license configurations between accounts, addressing a common administrative challenge.
A guide to securely storing and accessing script credentials using the Windows Credential Manager and a PowerShell module.
A guide to configuring options for PowerShell Scheduled Jobs, covering defaults, hash tables, and updating settings.
Explains how to specify the full path to PowerShell.exe in Windows Scheduled Jobs for improved security, preventing path interception attacks.
Introduction to using Windows PowerShell Scheduled Jobs for task automation, covering creation and benefits over traditional scheduled tasks.
