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Byron Pate

Seasoned technical leader helping businesses securely and efficiently leverage technology. With a focus on security and cloud, I’ve helped companies apply the latest cloud technologies and also minimize risk. I’m passionate about architecting solutions that drive business value but are also secure, highly available, and manageable. 

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Local Administrator Audit Script

In a large environment, correctly managing Privileged Access can be complicated and complex. Especially in a Windows Server environment, administrators can easily add other...
November 10, 2019
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Securing Virtual Machines with Azure Bastion

Azure Bastion provides a new more secure way to manage Windows and Linux servers in the cloud.
August 26, 2019
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IIS Configuration Restore

If you’ve ever made a change in IIS and then your websites stop loading, you quickly start looking for a way to restore your...
April 14, 2016
March 2016 Web Hosting Deals
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March 2016 Web Hosting Deals

Here are some great deals I’ve found for Web Hosting, most of these providers I have used in the past or currently use now....
March 18, 2016
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Powershell Log Archival Script

Lets face it, there’s nothing really exciting about log file management. But like it or not its a pretty common task for DevOps to...
February 3, 2015
Powershell AD Group Management
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Powershell AD Group Management

One of the best uses of Powershell is automating Active Directory administration. There’s a number of very powerful cmdlets for performing Powershell AD Group...
January 12, 2015
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Comparing SQL Indexes with Powershell

A common challenge I’ve faced is managing many SQL Server Indexes across multiple databases in multiple environments. There’s often a need to not only...
December 5, 2014
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Simple Powershell Central Config

One of the aspects that I really like about the embracing of DevOps mentality is that we have more acceptance between the disciplines of...
December 3, 2014
Troubleshooting 403
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Troubleshooting 403 Response Code

A 403 Forbidden is an HTTP status code returned by a web server when a user requests a resource and the server rejects the request....
October 24, 2014
Troubleshooting IIS Shared Configuration
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Script IIS Shared Configuration

As discussed on the Top 10 IIS Configuration Tips article, the Shared Configuration feature is a must have for building web farms with IIS. But...
September 8, 2014
Troubleshooting IIS Shared Configuration
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Troubleshooting IIS Shared Configuration

Bad Data. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090005) If your using a Shared Configuration in IIS7 or IIS8 this error message is one of the biggest...
August 28, 2014
SQL Scripts with Powershell
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SQL Scripts with Powershell

Needing to run SQL Scripts can be a day to day task for System Administration and DevOps. If you have dozens of SQL Scripts...
August 25, 2014
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