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 guide to creating custom Windows 10 toast notifications using PowerShell to warn users about expiring Active Directory passwords.
A final guide on managing Windows 10 updates, explaining how to avoid forced reboots but emphasizing the importance of installing security patches.
A PowerShell developer reviews his 2017 tech resolutions and sets new goals for 2018, including blogging, streaming, and using DSC.
A guide to using the KovertKringle PowerShell module to automate and manage a Secret Santa gift exchange with email notifications.
A guide to avoiding date format confusion in programming by using ISO 8601, with examples in PowerShell.
A recap of #PSBlogWeek 2017, summarizing five days of community blog posts covering advanced PowerShell automation, logging, and DevOps topics.
A guide to building a PowerShell script for generating storage usage reports across multiple servers, focusing on logical script flow and AD integration.
BurntToast PowerShell module adapts to a Windows 10 bug fix, removing a customizable AppID parameter to ensure toast notifications work post-update.
A short post promoting three tech events in October: PowerShell Summit, #PSBlogWeek, and Hacktoberfest for open-source contributions.
A PowerShell function to test if the current date matches complex recurrence patterns, like 'third Wednesday of the month,' for script scheduling.
Analysis of new NIST password guidelines advocating for longer passphrases over complex, frequently changed passwords.
A technical blog post detailing the lab setup and initial test cases for preventing Windows 10 update reboots, using VMs and automated data collection.
A technical guide on using PowerShell to connect to and manage multiple Office 365 services like Exchange Online and SharePoint.
A guide to connecting to various Office 365 services (Azure AD, Exchange, Skype, SharePoint) using PowerShell, with plans for an automation script.
Discusses the challenges of using outdated Office 365 training materials and offers strategies for identifying relevant, up-to-date content.
Explains how to use headers in Windows 10 toast notifications with the BurntToast PowerShell module for organizing alerts.
A technical guide on making Windows toast notifications clickable using the BurntToast PowerShell module, enabling them to open URLs.
A technical guide on implementing progress bars in Windows 10 toast notifications using the BurntToast PowerShell module.
A developer advocates for using APIs over manual CSV exports to automate data integration between cloud services, highlighting efficiency and reliability.
A tutorial on using the BurntToast PowerShell module to create toast notifications for new Stack Overflow questions, demonstrating custom buttons.
