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Best Practices and Tips for ConnectWiseManageAPI
October 07, 2024
Chris Taylor
Learn how to build ConnectWiseManageAPI automation that actually runs reliably in production. This guide covers security, performance, error handling, and deployment strategies from years of real-world experience.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Manage
PSA
Best-Practices
PowerShell
PSA
ConnectWiseManageAPI
Advanced ConnectWiseManageAPI Automation
September 30, 2024
Chris Taylor
Beyond the basics: real automation examples IT teams use daily. Learn automated ticket enrichment, bulk time entries, data quality monitoring, custom reporting, and system integrations with production-ready code.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Manage
PSA
Automation
PowerShell
PSA
ConnectWiseManageAPI
Getting Started with ConnectWiseManageAPI
September 23, 2024
Chris Taylor
Step-by-step guide to start automating ConnectWise Manage. Learn how to get API credentials, install the module, connect to your server, and run your first automation tasks with troubleshooting help.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Manage
PSA
Tutorial
PowerShell
PSA
ConnectWiseManageAPI
ConnectWiseManageAPI: PowerShell for MSPs
September 16, 2024
Chris Taylor
Stop clicking through ConnectWise Manage for every task. This PowerShell module provides 180+ commands to automate tickets, time entries, reports, and integrations. Eliminate repetitive work with simple scripts.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Manage
PSA
Automation
PowerShell
PSA
ConnectWiseManageAPI
ConnectWiseAutomateAgent Use Cases
March 11, 2024
Chris Taylor
Practical PowerShell examples for ConnectWiseAutomateAgent beyond basic installation. Covers new hire provisioning, compliance reporting, disaster recovery, version audits, multi-tenant deployment, proxy management, migrations, and department branding.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Use Cases
PowerShell
Automation
Troubleshooting Automate Agents
March 04, 2024
Chris Taylor
Structured troubleshooting workflows for ConnectWise Automate agents using PowerShell. Covers offline agents, intermittent connectivity, stopped services, log analysis, bulk health checks, and automated remediation scripts you can run from your workstation.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Troubleshooting
PowerShell
Troubleshooting
Self-Healing Automate Agents
March 01, 2024
Chris Taylor
Deploy a scheduled health check that monitors and repairs ConnectWise Automate agents automatically. Escalating remediation restarts services, reinstalls agents, and logs every action to the Windows Event Log for auditing.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Health Monitoring
PowerShell
RMM
Mass Agent Deployment with PowerShell
February 26, 2024
Chris Taylor
Deploy ConnectWise Automate agents to hundreds of machines in parallel using PowerShell remoting. Covers inventory, phased rollouts, failure handling, verification, and integration with GPO and PDQ Deploy.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Deployment
PowerShell
Deployment
Agent Management Through Control
February 19, 2024
Chris Taylor
When Automate agents fail, use Control to reach machines and fix them remotely. This post shows how to connect both tools and automate agent maintenance that used to take hours.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Control
Automate
MSP
PowerShell
MSP
ConnectWiseControlAPI
ConnectWiseAutomateAgent
February 12, 2024
Chris Taylor
ConnectWiseAutomateAgent is a PowerShell module with 30 functions for managing ConnectWise Automate agents on Windows endpoints. It covers the full agent lifecycle from deployment through troubleshooting and maintenance, all from the command line. Open source, MIT licensed, available on the PowerShell Gallery.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Automation
PowerShell
RMM
Building PowerShell API Wrappers
December 05, 2023
Chris Taylor
Lessons from building a PowerShell API wrapper with 81+ GitHub stars. Learn design decisions, code organization, error handling, and common mistakes. Practical advice from maintaining production modules that IT professionals actually use.
PowerShell
API
Module Development
Best Practices
Lessons Learned
PowerShell
Development
ConnectWiseControlAPI
Cleaning Up Duplicate Control Sessions
March 29, 2023
Chris Taylor
Automatically find and remove duplicate ConnectWise Control sessions with PowerShell. Real-world story shows how to clean up hundreds of duplicate sessions in minutes instead of hours. Includes working code.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Control
MSP
Automation
PowerShell
MSP
ConnectWiseControlAPI
Getting Started with ConnectWiseControlAPI
March 22, 2023
Chris Taylor
Complete tutorial for installing and using ConnectWiseControlAPI. Learn how to connect to your server, retrieve session information, run remote commands, and troubleshoot common issues. No programming experience required.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Control
Tutorial
MSP
PowerShell
MSP
ConnectWiseControlAPI
ConnectWiseControlAPI: PowerShell for MSPs
March 15, 2023
Chris Taylor
Automate ConnectWise Control with PowerShell instead of clicking through web interfaces. This module handles session management, user administration, and remote commands. Turn hours of manual work into seconds of scripted automation.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Control
ScreenConnect
MSP
PowerShell
MSP
ConnectWiseControlAPI
Troubleshooting Automate Agents
March 04, 2024
Chris Taylor
Structured troubleshooting workflows for ConnectWise Automate agents using PowerShell. Covers offline agents, intermittent connectivity, stopped services, log analysis, bulk health checks, and automated remediation scripts you can run from your workstation.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Troubleshooting
PowerShell
Troubleshooting
Self-Healing Automate Agents
March 01, 2024
Chris Taylor
Deploy a scheduled health check that monitors and repairs ConnectWise Automate agents automatically. Escalating remediation restarts services, reinstalls agents, and logs every action to the Windows Event Log for auditing.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Health Monitoring
PowerShell
RMM
Mass Agent Deployment with PowerShell
February 26, 2024
Chris Taylor
Deploy ConnectWise Automate agents to hundreds of machines in parallel using PowerShell remoting. Covers inventory, phased rollouts, failure handling, verification, and integration with GPO and PDQ Deploy.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Deployment
PowerShell
Deployment
Agent Management Through Control
February 19, 2024
Chris Taylor
When Automate agents fail, use Control to reach machines and fix them remotely. This post shows how to connect both tools and automate agent maintenance that used to take hours.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Control
Automate
MSP
PowerShell
MSP
ConnectWiseControlAPI
ConnectWiseAutomateAgent
February 12, 2024
Chris Taylor
ConnectWiseAutomateAgent is a PowerShell module with 30 functions for managing ConnectWise Automate agents on Windows endpoints. It covers the full agent lifecycle from deployment through troubleshooting and maintenance, all from the command line. Open source, MIT licensed, available on the PowerShell Gallery.
PowerShell
ConnectWise
Automate
RMM
Automation
PowerShell
RMM
Building PowerShell API Wrappers
December 05, 2023
Chris Taylor
Lessons from building a PowerShell API wrapper with 81+ GitHub stars. Learn design decisions, code organization, error handling, and common mistakes. Practical advice from maintaining production modules that IT professionals actually use.
PowerShell
API
Module Development
Best Practices
Lessons Learned
PowerShell
Development
ConnectWiseControlAPI
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