Calling .NET types from PowerShell is not always as straightforward as it seems. Here’s how I was able to use the PasswordHasher to generate a hash compatible with ASP.NET Core Identity’s AspNetUsers table.

ASP.NET Core has built-in, customizable health check middleware. A utility can periodically probe the health endpoint to determine the health of the web app, which is useful if your web app is load-balanced or hosted in Kubernetes. This post is about implementing a custom health check that you can configure to track any Event Counter.

If you installed UiPath Orchestrator 2020.4 or later and need specific settings for your SAML provider to work, there is a useful workaround.

How to use WinDBG with .NET Core 3

A PowerShell script to allow the “IIS_IUSRS” group to get access to a certificate’s private key. This is needed if you plan to use the cert for SSL.

A PowerShell script to change the SQL authentication mode and a DevTest Labs artifact built upon it.

One way to build a custom DevTest Labs artifact to install Visual Studio 2019.