Mike Crowley

Mike Crowley

Tech blog covering PowerShell, Azure, identity security, and enterprise infrastructure.
Partner at Baseline Technologies.

Recent Posts

AD site link options attribute before and after enabling Use_Notify

Instant Active Directory Replication

A lot of people think 15 minutes is the fastest AD can replicate between sites. It’s not. Here’s how to enable change notification and a script to audit your environment.

March 24, 2026 · 4 min · Mike Crowley
WordPress to Hugo migration

Blog Migration: WordPress to Hugo on Azure

After 16 years on WordPress, I’ve moved the blog to Hugo with the PaperMod theme, hosted on Azure Static Web Apps. Here’s why.

March 18, 2026 · 2 min · Mike Crowley
AI and This Blog

AI and This Blog

Claude Code has changed how I do infrastructure work. Here’s how I use it, and a commitment about AI-generated content on this blog.

March 17, 2026 · 1 min · Mike Crowley
Compare-ObjectsInVSCode output in VS Code

Compare PowerShell Objects with VS Code

PowerShell’s Compare-Object is great for programmatic comparisons, but VS Code offers a better visual experience for complex objects.

July 4, 2024 · 1 min · Mike Crowley
OneDrive and SharePoint file deduplication report output

OneDrive and SharePoint Online File Deduplication Report | Microsoft Graph API

Learn how to use the quickXorHash property in Microsoft Graph to identify duplicate files across OneDrive and SharePoint Online.

April 20, 2024 · 3 min · Mike Crowley