Michael Seidl, Author at TechGuy

IT Workflow-Automatisierung im Mittelstand: Einfach, sicher, ohne Code-Kenntnisse

au2mator, Azure Automation, PowerShell / Michael Seidl / April 2, 2026

au2mator ist die Workflow-Automatisierungsplattform für mittelständische IT-Teams im DACH-Raum die komplexe Prozesse automatisieren wollen — ohne tief in PowerShell oder Ansible einzutauchen. Über eine intuitive Web-Oberfläche werden Workflows definiert, Berechtigungen vergeben und Automatisierungen an die richtigen Teams delegiert. So entstehen aus stundenlangen manuellen Aufgaben Ein-Klick-Prozesse. Was bedeutet IT Workflow-Automatisierung? IT Workflow-Automatisierung bedeutet: Wiederkehrende IT-Prozesse werden […]

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OneDrive offline Backup with PowerShell and GRAPH API

Allgemein / Michael Seidl / August 29, 2025

As a business owner, you will eventually have to deal with Backup and Security. So today, we are taking care of File Backup. All our files are backed up to OneDrive, so why do we need a Backup? All files are in the Cloud.Also, all Services we use are Cloud services, so why should we

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Disable IE for PowerShell Authentication Requests

PowerShell / Michael Seidl / June 24, 2025

This will be a short Post, but I solved something that often caused trouble. I recently wanted to change some Azure Sync settings on my local DC, so I had to execute a Command, which then used IE to authenticate, and that’s on a Server 2022 As you might know, IE is not very good

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Find unique SamAccountName and UPN for User Onboarding with the Help of AI

PowerShell / Michael Seidl / March 31, 2025

Every IT Admin who is responsible for User Onboarding will understand the struggle of finding a unique Login Name and UPN for new Users. Some combinations might also be offensive or embarrassing. Depending on your Name Schema, finding unique Names for “Finn Ucker” or “Peter Immel” could result in some “fun” Usernames, depending on your

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Using Azure Key Vault to store your Azure Automation Credentials and Secrets

Azure Automation / Michael Seidl / March 28, 2025

Recently, we successfully conducted a POC for a Customer to migrate away from Azure Automation Credentials and Variables and everything to Azure KeyVault. In this case, the Customer is using Azure Automation for Cloud Automation, an Azure VM as a Hybrid Worker for onPrem Automation, and local PS Script for that VM. So, we have

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Monitor your Azure Secrets, Zerts and SPN’s Expire Date with PowerShell – now with an Exclude List

PowerShell / Michael Seidl / February 25, 2025

Azure App Registrations are a secure way to provide Credentials and Access to the Azure World. The Amount of Azure App Registrations in a Tenant is increasing very fast, so it is not that easy to control and monitor all those Secrets, Zert, and SPN’s Expire Date. So I have written a PowerShell Script to

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Behind the Scenes: Podcast Equipment and Automation Techniques

Allgemein / Michael Seidl / November 18, 2024

In my recent podcast episode, I discussed how my podcast was produced. This is the written version of my Equipment and Workflow. Ideas So, I get my ideas for the podcast from my community or my sessions. I started a year ago with my first “non Technical” session, “Get Sh*t done in IT,” and this

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Mail Alerting on Azure Automation Accounts

Azure Automation / Michael Seidl / September 23, 2024

We are working heavily with Azure Automation for our customers and often need a simple Alert for errors happening in a runbook. Of course, there are plenty of Alerting Solutions where you can integrate Azure Automation. We often see that things don’t go well or that the Alerts are not monitored. When we do Azure

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Send a OneDrive File via Mail with MS GRAPH API and Powershell

PowerShell / Michael Seidl / February 20, 2024

Recently, I automated our invoice sending and automatically uploaded the file to OneDrive and sent it via mail. today, I want to show a snipped of this code on how to download a file from Onedrive and Send via Mail More Details here: DriveItem – OneDrive API – OneDrive dev center | Microsoft Learn The

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Create a Teams Appointment with MS GRAPH API and Powershell

PowerShell / Michael Seidl / February 20, 2024

Recently, I created an Azure Automation Runbook to keep my Notions Tasks in Sync with my Calendar. I used Graph API to create and update my Outlook Events. From this, I also tried to send a Teams Appointment Invite with Powershell and Graph API. The result is below. More Details here: Create event – Microsoft

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