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Mike F. Robbins

@mikefrobbins.com

964 followers 226 following 63 posts

Automator, Efficiency Expert, Author, Lifelong Learner. Former Microsoft lead technical writer for Azure PowerShell & Azure CLI and former Microsoft MVP. Opinions are my own.

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 15/08/2025

Use #Gmail and want to reduce email tracking? Set Images to "Ask before displaying external images". This setting blocks hidden tracking pixels from phoning home and turns off dynamic email, which helps protect your privacy.

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 13/05/2025

Did you know you can use #AzureCLI in #PowerShell without long commands or line continuation characters? (And no, splatting doesn't work here). Curious—what other tricks or alternatives have you found?

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 10/05/2025

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 09/05/2025

Want your #macOS screenshots to default to a format other than PNG? Change the format using this command: defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg # or pdf, tiff, heic, bmp

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 06/05/2025

Grateful to receive my Microsoft 5-Year Service Award today! It now sits next to my MVP award—six years as a Microsoft MVP and five years as a Blue Badge. I'm honored to be part of this community and excited for what's ahead. #CareerMilestone #MicrosoftLife

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 07/03/2025

What's your preferred web browser? I currently use #Mozilla #Firefox for personal browsing & Edge for work. However, I'm exploring alternative options with Firefox's recent terms of use changes—and not wanting to invest in a Mac Studio with half a terabyte of RAM just to run it. Any recommendations?

Image of Activity Monitor on macOS, displaying memory usage for processes related to Firefox.

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 13/12/2024

I'm curious to know how quiet a 16-inch #MacBook Pro with M4 Pro or M4 Max is under load. How fast do the fans spin during intensive tasks? The same model with the M2 Pro is silent because the fans never spin up.

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 12/12/2024

Well, this is a new twist. Scammers are stepping up their phishing game. Most phishing attempts I've seen usually claim to be from the post office about an undelivered package. This one is more convincing, as it's tied to Amazon, a service most people use regularly.

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 12/12/2024

I'm exploring @steviecoaster.dev 's blog to see what #PowerShell topics he's writing about. I couldn't find a link to the RSS feed, but it follows the same format as my blog since it's Hugo. Invoke-RestMethod -Uri steviecoaster.dev/index.xml | Format-List -Property title, link, pubDate, description

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 11/12/2024

Checking to see if I've missed any episodes of the #PowerShell podcast. 📻💻 For the code to select and open a PowerShell podcast episode webpage with PowerShell, see this gist: gist.github.com/mikefrobbins...

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 10/12/2024

Using @jdhitsolutions.com's PSBluesky #PowerShell module to catch up on @steviecoaster.dev 's #pwsh tips of the day. Get-BskyFeed -UserName steviecoaster.dev | Where-Object text -match 'Pwsh Tip of the day' | Sort-Object -Property Date -Descending | Format-List -Property text -GroupBy date

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 13/11/2024

Love your drawings :-).

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 18/07/2024

I'm presenting "Automate #Azure resources at scale with Azure #PowerShell" at #SQLSatBR on Saturday, July 27th: sqlsaturday.com/2024-07-27-s...

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Mike F. Robbins @mikefrobbins.com · 03/07/2023

I'll bring the drinks

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