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Start-Automating is an automation technology company, specializing in Windows PowerShell.

We build Automated Software Services, Custom Software Automation, PowerShell Cmdlets, and PowerShell Tools.

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PowerShell Pipeworks is a Framework for making Sites and Services with Windows PowerShell.

PowerShell Pipeworks web services are incredibly easy to write, and make it simple to create any automation in PowerShell and deliver it over the web.

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ScriptCop is a module to help make sure your PowerShell scripts are following the rules

ScriptCop is a tool you can use to create automation with a consistent level of quality.

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Show-UI is a module to help you write user interfaces to interact with PowerShell

ShowUI is the way you can write rich client WPF applications in Windows PowerShell.

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EZOut lets you take the toughness out of writing Types and Formats files in PowerShell.

EzOut was made to take away the suicidal impulses that can come with writing complex types or formatting files in PowerShell.

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Here are a few projects that have been done by Start-Automating
PowerShell Pipeworks
System Center Operations Manager 2012
Monitis Module
EZOut
ScriptCop
ShowUI
Office365 Sales Setup
SharePoint Online Dedicated Audit
DemoPowerShell
WmiSpy
XBPS
IsePack

Do you have a technology that you want to make easy to automate? We can help you build PowerShell modules to make any technology simple and easy to automate. By developing PowerShell modules, you can allow your component to be automated at scale, rather than making a user experience that can only be clicked through one computer at a time. Since PowerShell has an active and energized user community, you can also generate significant product buzz by adopting PowerShell. To find out more, please contact us.

Do you have a tough problem to automate? We can help. Start-Automating specializes in automating the incredible, and loves to help you with your business automation problems, large and small. We can help automate complex environment configuration, deep data processing, or customizable multi-channel CRM. To find out more, please contact us.

Need people for a PowerShell project? Start-Automating can help staff PowerShell projects or find you qualified PowerShell experts for full time employement. To find out more, please contact us.

Would you like to improve the efficiency of your organization? Instead of us helping you Start-Automating by developing a solution for you, we can help your organization learn to automate. We offer customized on-site PowerShell training designed to suit your organization’s needs. To find out more, please contact us.

Automating your testing is the key to reliably delivering software. We can help you Start-Automating the testing of APIs, UIs, Web Sites, Web Services, and Xbox Games. We can also help improve the performance of your current testing team by introducing them to cutting edge automation techniques with PowerShell. To find out more, please contact us.

Would you like to leverage PowerShell in your product? We can help integrate PowerShell solutions into any development stack. We can help you host PowerShell effectively within a .NET application, help you embed PowerShell in a native app, or help you cross the operating system chasm by exposing PowerShell as a REST web service. To find out more about how we can integrate PowerShell into your solutions, please contact us.

Do you a frontend, fast? Start-Automating has deep expertise in rapid UI development, specializing in the ShowUI framework. We can build complex WPF and web user interfaces in weeks, not months or years. We do this by leveraging the built-in information in PowerShell to generate model-view-controller experiences in a fraction of the time as it takes in any other language. We specialize in building proof of concept applications with a short turnaround time. Contact us to find out more.

Do you have a needle in a haystack? Want help finding it? Start-Automating can help you mine either public or private data, and process it in one space. We can build custom data mines based off of any source you choose, or help build automation to pull out interesting findings from your data. We specialize in extracting data from REST services (including OGDI), XML data files, databases, or public or private web pages. We can work with you to bridge the gap between the data you’d like to collect and the ways you’d like to manage it. Contact us to see how you can Start-Automating data mining.

The Windows Operating System is best automated with Windows PowerShell. Start-Automating’s founders have helped hundreds of scripters and developers around the world save time and save money by automating their interactions with Windows. Start-Automating specializes in automating the Windows operating system, including:

  • Automating software installations
  • Automating operating system patching
  • Integrating client software
  • Task Scheduling
  • Automated health monitoring
  • Configuring operating system settings

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Windows PowerShell is a task-oriented automation language built into Microsoft Windows. Start-Automating is the premiere PowerShell services provider. We help companies like Microsoft save time and money by automating their business problems, and Windows PowerShell is at the core of how we do our work. Find out more about how we can help you use PowerShell by contacting us.

Are you CloudReady? Start-Automating makes extensive use of Azure, and has developed technology to streamline the process of deploying to the cloud. We automatically create and maintain dozens of web applications atop Windows Azure. Contact us to see how we can help you save time and money by automating your cloud infrastructure.

Considering moving your mail to the cloud? We can help. Start-Automating has extensive experience in automating both SharePoint and Exchange, the base technologies of Office365. We can help your automate your transition to Office365, or help build customized solutions for your company and Office365. We can automate communications to and from your mail accounts, just like we did for the Office365 demo toolkit that Microsoft uses every day. Find out more about how we can help you Start-Automating Office365 by contacting us.

Microsoft Exchange is the world’s premiere corporate communications platform, and it is entirely managed through Windows PowerShell. Start-Automating’s specialists can help build custom exchange automation for your organization. Find out more by contacting us.

Configuring a SharePoint Farm can involve dozens of different technologies. Doing SharePoint deployment or health monitoring by hand is time-consuming and error-prone. Start-Automating has developed SharePoint health monitoring and automation tools for SharePoint online, Dedicated. Contact us to find out how we can help you Start-Automating SharePoint.

A virtualized environment is an efficient environment. PowerShell is the primary technology used to automate virtualized environments, with strong native support from VMWare and strong community support surrounding HyperV. We can help build custom virtualization automation for you, or work with you to troubleshoot complex PowerShell virtualization automation. To find out more, please contact us.

Start-Automating has developed entire user frameworks on top of WPF, and has a deep expertise in working with WPF. Contact us to find out how we can help you write WPF user interfaces.