# Tools

> Scripts, repos, gists and products Ali Robertson has built or helped build for Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Windows.

Source: https://ali.id.au/tools/ (last edited 2026-10-18)

Things I've built or helped build, mostly for my own work, and shared. More are on the way.


## Current

- [Sprocket 365](https://sprocket365.com) (product, 80,000+ daily active users): The Microsoft 365 intranet product I proposed and led the build of at a Microsoft 365 consultancy. Global top 30 intranet products (ClearBox, 2019).
- [dataverse-solution-scanner](https://github.com/alirobe/dataverse-solution-scanner) (repo): Backs up every unmanaged solution in your Dataverse environments as files you can commit and diff. [How it works](/blog/back-up-every-dataverse-solution/).
- [Fix Git Bash fork errors](https://gist.github.com/alirobe/e79fadfe47c064514e4a8af5b1b9fb6b) (gist): Fixes Git Bash fork errors (0xC0000142) on Windows with Mandatory ASLR.
- [YouTube subscriptions to a sheet](https://gist.github.com/alirobe/4093d7b11b84de9771c1874e6fb5bea6) (gist): Copies each channel's title, handle and description from your subscriptions page, ready for AI tagging. [Why](/blog/use-ai-as-a-classifier/).
- [Convert-DocumentsToMachineReadable](https://gist.github.com/alirobe/18a4a2c7cefa6478120c9e82cb230e6f) (gist): Converts a folder of Word documents and PDFs to Markdown with pandoc and pdftotext.
- [Umbraco gists](https://ali.id.au/blog/umbraco-gists/) (gist): Forms to JSON, secure media on Umbraco Cloud, a legacy URL content finder and redirect migration.
- [Windows setup scripts](https://ali.id.au/platforms/cloud-it/windows-quick-install/) (script): My development and admin tools in editable install sets, with a simpler option for home users.

## Retired

- [Reclaim Windows 10](https://gist.github.com/alirobe/7f3b34ad89a159e6daa1) (gist, 3000+ stars): A Windows 10 debloat script. I no longer maintain it; these days I recommend [Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility](https://christitus.com/windows-tool/). [Ten years on](/blog/reclaim-windows-10/).
- [sysadmin-stuff](https://github.com/alirobe/sysadmin-stuff) (repo): A collection of my scripts, or scripts I've customised.
- [Windows Server 2016 setup](https://gist.github.com/alirobe/1e9fb1fd8eefd72ce5cd372459a88b59) (gist): setupWindowsServer2016.ps1.


The rest are in my [public gists](https://gist.github.com/alirobe/public?direction=desc&sort=updated) and on [GitHub](https://github.com/alirobe).