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April 25, 2025

Announcements!

PowerShell v7.5.1 (github.com)
Come and get the latest and greatest!
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Apr 25 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to post on Bluesky with PowerShell (blog-en.topedia.com)
I wanted to know how to use the Bluesky APIs and PowerShell for new posts (or Skeets). Bluesky has

published a sample to post via code, also they have very good documentation about their API.

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By: Tobias Asböck submitted:Apr 25 2025

How to Report the Sponsors of Entra ID Guest Accounts (office365itpros.com)
Entra ID populates the sponsor property for new guest accounts with details of the person who

invites the guest to the tenant. It's data that can be used for different purposes, such as having someone to justify the continued presence of a guest account in a Microsoft 365 tenant. This article explains how to report guest accounts and their sponsors with some straightforward PowerShell.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 25 2025

Restrict and report logon hours for Active Directory accounts (4sysops.com)
For security purposes, it may be beneficial to restrict Active Directory account logins to regular

working hours. These logon times can be configured using the calendar widget in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC). However, PowerShell provides a more efficient and flexible alternative, particularly because it offers reporting capabilities that the graphical interface does not.

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By: Wolfgang Sommergut submitted:Apr 25 2025

Tab completions in PowerShell (damirscorner.com)
While learning about Fast Node Manager, I noticed completions for PowerShell being mentioned in the

documentation. I wasn't aware of completions beyond filenames and cmdlets were even supported in PowerShell. I decided to try them out with Fast Node Manager first and then check if they are available for other command line tools I regularly use.

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By: Damir Arh submitted:Apr 25 2025

Why aligning equals signs in PowerShell hash tables matters (mikefrobbins.com)
If you ever formatted a hash table in PowerShell, you know how easy it is to focus on function over

form. But what if one minor formatting tweak could improve readability, reduce syntax errors, simplify code reviews, and enhance script maintainability?

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By: Mike F Robbins submitted:Apr 25 2025

Windows PowerToys 2 in 1 Short cuts (blog.ifconfig.pro)
In Windows 11 there's a really powerful set of tools called "Microsoft PowerToys". Within the

features there's a section to make your own shortcut hot keys under "Keyboard Manager"

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By: pronto submitted:Apr 25 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Execution Policy: A Comprehensive Guide (spguides.com)
Have you encountered an error "execution of scripts is disabled on this system" while trying to run

a PowerShell script? I am sure you must have at least at the beginning. This is because of PowerShell's execution policy settings. In this article, I will walk you through everything you need to know about PowerShell execution

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By: Bijay Kumar submitted:Apr 25 2025

Video: Windows Server App Control and Azure Arc (thomasmaurer.ch)
Are you looking for ways to enhance the security of your Windows Server environment? In this video,

we explore how to leverage App Control to secure your Windows Server and manage it at scale using Microsoft Azure Arc.

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By: Thomas Maurer submitted:Apr 25 2025

Community

The Powershell Podcast Summit sessions with Adam Rivera, Asmar Fontenot, & Luis Orta (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we bring you another Summit Sessions special recorded

live at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025! This episode is a celebration of first-time attendees, newcomers to the PowerShell community, and those discovering their voice in tech. Andrew Pla sits down with passionate IT professionals who share their personal stories of growth, connection, and finding purpose through PowerShell and community.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 25 2025

Fun

Basically me to my new coworkers this week. (bsky.app)
100% agree!
By: Leeky submitted:Apr 25 2025

PSPodcast (github.com)
A few commands to get and display information of episodes of The PowerShell Podcast.
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Apr 25 2025

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2025 (psconf.eu)
23-26 June 2025
By: SynEdgy submitted:Apr 25 2025

Rolling Your Own Configuration as Code Toolset (rtpsug.com)
Lucas will demo his home-grown toolset which includes custom PowerShell modules for maintaining the

environment, the Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretManagement module for managing automation credentials, GitHub for versioning and collaboration and good old Window Task Scheduler.

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By: Research Triangle PowerShell User Group submitted:Apr 25 2025

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April 18, 2025

Announcements!

Important Purview eDiscovery Changes Take Effect in May 2025 (office365itpros.com)
Microsoft is making some important changes to Purview eDiscovery from May 26, 2025. The changes

affect how content searches work and are likely to affect many Microsoft 365 tenants. Administrators and eDiscovery investigators will both have to master new ways of working with eDiscovery cases, searching for information, reviewing search results, and exporting what's found. Changes to PowerShell cmdlets might affect scripts, so there's lots to consider.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 18 2025

PnP PowerShell v3 released! (pnp.github.io)
It has been in the works for a long time, but finally we're excited to announce that PnP PowerShell

3.0 has been released.

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By: Erwin van Hunen submitted:Apr 18 2025

PowerShell, OpenSSH, and DSC team investments for 2025 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Come read about the investments Microsoft has planned for PowerShell in 2025.
By: Steve Lee submitted:Apr 18 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Build your own natural language interface for PowerShell using the Azure OpenAI API (4sysops.com)
This article presents a PowerShell script leveraging the Azure OpenAI API, enabling you to execute

PowerShell commands using natural language. A key benefit compared to comparable AI tools like ShellGPT is the ability to customize the script.

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By: Baki Onur Okutucu submitted:Apr 18 2025

Create a Catalog of Windows Update Data using Microsoft Graph (smsagent.blog)
For some time I have run my own reporting solution for Windows Updates since I've never really been

happy with the canned reports Microsoft have created in Intune and Windows Update for Business reports, even to this day.

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By: Trevor Jones submitted:Apr 18 2025

How to Append Text to Files in PowerShell (spguides.com)
As a PowerShell user, I've found that one of the most common tasks is writing data to files,

especially appending content to existing files without overwriting previous information. This will be helpful in scenarios such as creating logs, generating reports, or saving script output, etc. In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the different methods

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By: Bijay Kumar submitted:Apr 18 2025

Microsoft Attempts to Fix Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK Problem with Azure Automation (office365itpros.com)
V2.26 and V2.26.1 of the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK were low-quality, buggy disasters. Microsoft

aims to fix the problem in the next version to make it possible for the SDK to work with Azure Automation runbooks again and address many of the obvious problems that should never have appeared outside Microsoft. It will take time for customer confidence to be restored.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 18 2025

Practical AI: Managing My Travel Calendar with PowerShell (practical365.com)
AI is supposed to make our lives easier, so how about writing some PowerShell to block out timeslots

in a travek calendar when the calendar's owner is on the move? Eventually AI gets the task done, but it needed some coaching and firm instruction along the way.

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By: Paul Robichaux submitted:Apr 18 2025

Using the Get-NetView PowerShell Module for Network Troubleshooting (powershellisfun.com)
Collecting enough logs and information from a system with networking issues can be difficult. You

always need just one more to troubleshoot the problem. 😉 In this blog post, I will show you how the built-in Get-NetView module can help you collect all the necessary logs and information.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Apr 18 2025

Vibe Coding: How I Built a 120K Line App Without “Learning to Code” (adamtheautomator.com)
Building real applications with AI isn't just for developers anymore. Here's how I went from

PowerShell scripts to a full-stack React/Express app by embracing "vibe coding" with AI.

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By: Adam Bertram submitted:Apr 18 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AutoCategorizerPS (github.com)
A series of scripts that perform zero-shot (untrained) data classification using AI.
By: Frank Lesniak submitted:Apr 18 2025

Metro.AI.PowerShell (github.com)
Metro-AI is a unified PowerShell module that streamlines management of Azure AI Agent and Assistant

APIs.

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By: Azure submitted:Apr 18 2025

psBluesky v2.6.0 (github.com)
Heads up PowerShell PSBluesky users, time to update the module. Thanks to @wragg.io for adding

StarterPack commands.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Apr 18 2025

Community

The PowerShell Podcast Summit 2025 – Missy, Leslie, & Hailey (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we bring you a special edition live from the PowerShell +

DevOps Global Summit 2025 - the Summit Sessions! This episode is packed with energy, community stories, and career inspiration as Andrew Pla chats with community leaders, organizers, and first-time contributors about what makes this event and the PowerShell community so special.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 18 2025

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April 11, 2025

Announcements!

v7.6.0-preview.4 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come test out the latest release.
By: The PowerShell Team submitted:Apr 11 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate Your Virtual Infrastructure Management: A Handy PowerCLI Script for On-Call Situations (angrysysops.com)
Imagine a scenario where a power outage or building power-up event causes your ESXi hosts to remain

in maintenance mode.

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By: Piotr Tarnawski submitted:Apr 11 2025

Build your own natural language interface for PowerShell using the Azure OpenAI API (4sysops.com)
This article presents a PowerShell script leveraging the Azure OpenAI API, enabling you to execute

PowerShell commands using natural language. A key benefit compared to comparable AI tools like ShellGPT is the ability to customize the script.

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By: Baki Onur Okutucu submitted:Apr 11 2025

Mastering Error Handling in PowerShell: Try, Catch, and Finally (sid-500.com)
Error handling is a critical aspect of writing robust scripts in any programming language.

PowerShell provides a powerful structure for handling errors gracefully using try, catch, and finally blocks.

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Apr 11 2025

PowerShell script: BgInfo deployment script for Windows Server 2025 (wmatthyssen.com)
In this blog post, I'll show you how to deploy and configure the latest version of BgInfo on a

serverContinue Reading

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By: Wim Matthyssen submitted:Apr 11 2025

Practical Graph: Running Audit Log Searches with the AuditLog Query API (practical365.com)
After a year or so of using the AuditLog Query Graph API, we have enough experience to be able to

explain how to take advantage of the API and when it could be used to run audit searches instead of the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet. There's lots of PowerShell code in this article to give anyone who wants to experiment with the API a good start to finding audit events.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 11 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Create a Web Server on the fly using PowerShell with James Brundage (youtube.com)
Join Microsoft MVP James Brundage for a look at how you can create a fully functional web server in

just 50 lines of PowerShell code! 🚀 Come see the potential of transforming PowerShell scripts into dynamic web front ends, setting the stage for your next development project. Don't miss it!

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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group submitted:Apr 11 2025

Community

Discovering the Deeper Layers of PowerShell with Jeff Hicks (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we're joined by the legendary Jeff Hicks, PowerShell

educator, author, speaker, and community pillar. With decades of experience shaping the PowerShell landscape, Jeff returns to the podcast to share insights from his latest projects, discuss the evolution of the community, and offer wisdom for both new and experienced PowerShell users. From PowerShell Summit to writing foundational books and building up new contributors, Jeff continues to play a critical role in shaping the PowerShell ecosystem.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 11 2025

PowerShell Summit Bar Sessions 2025 – David R (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this casual bar-session chat recorded at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025, host Andrew

Pla sits down with David R, a first-time attendee with a passion for learning PowerShell. David shares how the PowerShell Podcast itself inspired him to attend and helped shape his scripting journey. What began as a work assignment turned into a powerful learning path, community connection, and a personal transformation.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 11 2025

PowerShell Summit Bar Sessions 2025 – Frank Lesniak (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Summit 2025 Bar Sessions, Frank Lesniak makes a triumphant return

to the podcast. Frank has taken the reigns In this two-sided interview, Frank flips the script and interviews Andrew, but only after we talk about how his week is going, fine dining, how to grow in your career and capitalize on opportunity, the value of empowering others, and more!

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 11 2025

PowerShell Summit Bar Sessions 2025 – Steven Judd (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Summit Bar Sessions we talk with Steven Judd. We talk about

Summit, Sean Kearney Spirit award, community, career, and more!

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 11 2025

Writing Better PowerShell with Jeff Hicks (runasradio.com)
How do you write better PowerShell? Richard talks to Jeff Hicks about his latest book, Behind the

PowerShell Pipeline, and his efforts to promote writing PowerShell scripts that are easy to understand, use, and maintain! Jeff...

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Apr 11 2025

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April 4, 2025

Announcements!

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025 (powershellsummit.org)
The summit starts on Monday! I can't wait to see a bunch of you there!
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Apr 4 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Duplicate Mail User Objects Created for Guest Accounts (office365itpros.com)
The February 2025 EX1015484 incident explains why mail user objects with duplicate SMTP addresses

are created for guest accounts. That's a problem because Exchange Online can't route messages to objects with duplicate email addresses. Fortunately, you can find out if any duplicates exist in your tenant with some PowerShell. Problems happen!

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 4 2025

How to Check CPU Temperature Using PowerShell Command (izoate.tech)
Let's check real-time CPU temperature logging using powershell command. In this guide we have

discuss best powershell command to monitor CPU temp.

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By: Izoate Tech submitted:Apr 4 2025

How to Find Who Assigned Retention Labels to SharePoint Files (office365itpros.com)
A reader asked if it's possible to discover who made retention label assignments for SharePoint

files. The Files Graph API can't tell you who (or what policy) made retention label assignments, but it's possible to find this information in the audit log and use that data to report the requested information. All with a few lines of PowerShell!

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 4 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Creating a No-Prompt ConfigMgr Boot Image ISO (deploymentresearch.com)
Here are two PowerShell scripts that can be used to create a No-Prompt ConfigMgr Boot Image ISO.

This is particularly useful when performing large-scale deployments of virtual machines, or for any automation related to VM deployments, such as our Image Factory solution for ConfigMgr.

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By: Johan Arwidmark submitted:Apr 4 2025

PSCalendar v2.10.1 (github.com)
A set of PowerShell commands for displaying calendars in the console. The module is compatible with

Windows PowerShell and PowerShell 7.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Apr 4 2025

TeamViewerPS v 2.2.0 (powershellgallery.com)
TeamViewerPS allows to interact with the TeamViewer Web API as well as a locally installed

TeamViewer client.

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By: TeamViewer submitted:Apr 4 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell best practices for Intune: Error Handling (youtube.com)
In the next part of our PowerShell best practices series, we go over how to get started with error

handling.

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By: Steve Weiner submitted:Apr 4 2025

Community

Contribute a tip (now available via PR template) (github.com)
Have a PowerShell tip you want to share? Know of a great module, blog post, or community event that

you think others should know about?

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By: Daniel Schroeder submitted:Apr 4 2025

From Proper Football to Databases with Jess Pomfret (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we reconnect with Jess Pomfret, a PowerShell and SQL

Server powerhouse, LinkedIn Learning instructor, and community advocate. From her early days in England to becoming a respected speaker and consultant, Jess shares her journey into tech, her passion for automation, and the importance of mentorship, curiosity, and community.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 4 2025

MVP Summit 2025 (powershellisfun.com)
This year was my first in-person MVP Summit at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond. In this blog post, I

will highlight a few things about the week, but... I won't share any details about the sessions because of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA). 🙂

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Apr 4 2025

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March 28, 2025

Announcements!

Docker images containing PowerShell now maintained by the .NET team (github.com)
For years, the PowerShell team has maintained official PowerShell Docker images. Moving forward, we

are using the Docker images produced by the .NET team.

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By: The PowerShell Team submitted:Mar 28 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

AI-powered administration in the terminal without cutoff date using OpenAI GPT-4o Search in PowerShell and Warp (4sysops.com)
The GPT-4o Search model offers search engine functionality similar to ChatGPT Search or Perplexity

when accessed via the OpenAI API. With the free OpenAI Python Library, you can enhance your terminal AI by adding online search features, overcoming the limitations of LLM cutoff dates, and eliminating the frustration of outdated instructions.

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By: Michael Pietroforte submitted:Mar 28 2025

Artificial Intelligence, PowerShell, and Microsoft 365 Administration (office365itpros.com)
Artificial Intelligence and PowerShell should be a good thing to help hard-pressed Microsoft 365

tenant administrators cope with common tasks. The early signs are there with Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin center. However, the current state of the art depends on what's gone before and can't handle the kind of complex automation that tenants sometimes need, like generating a licensing report from Entra ID, product information, and license costs.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Mar 28 2025

Avoid UserNames Becoming Bad Words with a Little AI and PowerShell (linkedin.com)
Maybe your business has been really good. So good, in fact, that now your acquiring other businesses around the world, and you're facing support for more languages. Welcome to having to join meetings at crazy hours due to all those new time zones you never knew about.
By: David Stein submitted:Mar 28 2025

Human Readable File Sizes in PowerShell (claytonerrington.com)
Simple way to humanize a file size in powershell
By: Clayton Errington submitted:Mar 28 2025

Identify and Block Sign-in for Shared Mailboxes in Microsoft 365 (o365reports.com)
Shared and resource mailboxes in Microsoft 365 are designed for collaboration, not for direct

sign-ins. However, if sign-in remains enabled, attackers could exploit these accounts to bypass security policies, send unauthorized emails, or access confidential data-posing a serious compliance and security risk.

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By: Lokesh submitted:Mar 28 2025

Install IIS and PHP 8.x on Windows 11 and Server 2025 (Core) (4sysops.com)
PHP is still available on Windows despite Microsoft no longer providing support for version 8.x. It

can be integrated as a script engine into Internet Information Services (IIS), either through the graphical IIS Manager or via PowerShell, which is especially useful for Server Core installations.

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By: Wolfgang Sommergut submitted:Mar 28 2025

Launching Start Menu apps using PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
Sometimes, you want to run a few applications as a different (Admin) user on your system. Usually, I

do that by (Shift) Right-clicking applications, etc... In this small blog post, I will show you a simple way to start multiple applications using PowerShell, making life somewhat easier 😉

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Mar 28 2025

New MiToken Graph PowerShell module for multi-tenant apps (ourcloudnetwork.com)
Connect to multi-tenant apps using a managed identity using Microsoft Graph PowerShell with the

MiToken PowerShell module.

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By: Daniel Bradley submitted:Mar 28 2025

Using Windows Terminal Chat with GitHub Copilot (4sysops.com)
Terminal Chat enables the integration of GitHub Copilot, Azure OpenAI, and OpenAI's AI services into

Windows Terminal Canary. Through this experimental feature, you can request assistance from an AI for your PowerShell commands and directly execute the AI's recommendations in the terminal.

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By: Markus Elsberger submitted:Mar 28 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AiLogging v 2.0.5 (powershellgallery.com)
Helper module for PowerShell developers that allows easy logging of script activity to Azure

Application Insights

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By: Jiri Formacek submitted:Mar 28 2025

PSScriptTools v3.0.0 (github.com)
A set of PowerShell functions you might use to enhance your own functions and scripts or to

facilitate working in the console. Most should work in both Windows PowerShell and PowerShell 7, even cross-platform.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Mar 28 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automating Excel with PowerShell: Practical Tips from a Microsoft MVP (youtube.com)
Doug Finke, a 16-time Microsoft MVP and author of "PowerShell for Developers", demonstrates how to

streamline Excel report creation using his widely popular PowerShell module, ImportExcel, with over 11 million downloads. Doug shares straightforward methods for automating Excel tasks-from formatting and filtering data, to generating conditional formats, pivot tables, and charts-saving you valuable time and effort. You'll also get practical examples for combining data from multiple sources, quickly reorganizing spreadsheets, and troubleshooting common Excel automation challenges.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Mar 28 2025

PowerShell 20 Basic Commands and Their Uses – Izoate Tech (izoate.tech)
Learn the 20 basic PowerShell commands for beginners to manage files, processes, and system tasks

efficiently with this easy-to-follow guide.

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By: Izoate Tech submitted:Mar 28 2025

Community

How to Build an IT Career from the Ground Up with Kevin Apolinario (KevTech) (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we welcome Kevin of KevTech IT Support, a well-known

mentor and educator in the IT community. With a background in fast food and law enforcement, Kevin shares his inspiring journey into IT and how he leveraged mentorship, home labs, and community engagement to build a thriving career. We dive into help desk fundamentals, breaking into IT, career development, and Kevin helps give you a map to career success.Key topics in this episode include:

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Mar 28 2025

Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025 (powershellsummit.org)
April 7-10, 2025 Bellevue, WA
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Mar 28 2025

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March 21, 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Ensure a Function Should be Invoked (tommymaynard.com)
it's been a long time since I've written; I know. I still use PowerShell at every opportunity; I

just don't write about it like I used to. An average of a post per week for nine years, which is what I managed previously, wasn't always something I planned to maintain.

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By: Tommy Maynard submitted:Mar 21 2025

EntraFIDOFinder now with over 50 new keys! (clatent.com)
I guess I should be careful what I ask for now.. Not sure if you saw, but when Microsoft first made

this update it blew up my repo with over 100 issues due to all the changes and I assumed Microsoft had changed how they formatted their website, but they hadn't.

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Mar 21 2025

How To Extract Mailboxes From EDB File (powershellcenter.com)
Sponsored - Exchange Server Database (EDB) files consist of the emails, contacts, notes, calendar,

and other crucial mailbox items. Several reasons may prompt you to extract these mailboxes from EDB file.

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By: Faris Malaeb submitted:Mar 21 2025

How to update multiple Hyper-V VMs offline (4sysops.com)
In environments with multiple VMs running the same Windows version, powering down the Hyper-V VMs

during a maintenance window is usually the most efficient way to update them offline. This involves mounting the virtual disk and installing updates through PowerShell. This approach also benefits VMs that have been powered off for an extended period. Instead of starting them in an outdated and potentially vulnerable state, you can apply critical security updates in advance.

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By: Wolfgang Sommergut submitted:Mar 21 2025

Mastering Active Directory Hygiene: Automating SIDHistory Cleanup with CleanupMonster (evotec.xyz)
Security Identifier (SID) History is a useful mechanism in Active Directory (AD) migrations. It

allows users and groups in a new domain to retain access to resources that still rely on permissions from the old domain. However, once migrations are completed, these historical SIDs can become clutter, posing both security and administrative challenges.

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By: Przemyslaw Klys submitted:Mar 21 2025

Reinventing PowerShell in C/C++ – SCRT Team Blog (blog.scrt.ch)
Reinventing PowerShell in C/C++: Bypassing Security FeaturesThe article demonstrates creating a full

PowerShell console using native C/C++ code, bypassing security features like AMSI and Constrained Language Mode.

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By: Clement Labro submitted:Mar 21 2025

SharePoint Online PowerShell Module Gets Modern Authentication (office365itpros.com)
Microsoft has announced that the SharePoint Online PowerShell module will be upgraded from the very

old and now obsolete IDCRL protocol to use modern (OAuth) authentication in versions released from March 28, 2025. The update to OAuth should not affect scripts, but it's always wise to test in case your use of the module is an edge case that Microsoft doesn't test.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Mar 21 2025

ShellGPT for PowerShell: AI assistant with local Ollama support (4sysops.com)
In this guide, I'll walk through installing ShellGPT (shell_gpt) - a command-line AI assistant - on

PowerShell using a local Ollama LLM. This approach lets you use AI in your terminal without relying on cloud APIs, which is great for privacy. This review highlights the use of ShellGPT on Windows through PowerShell. If you are using Mac or Linux, check out our earlier review of ShellGPT.

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By: Michael Pietroforte submitted:Mar 21 2025

Windows Server Core – Command Line Only Administration (techygeekshome.info)
Run Windows Server Core in 2025-CLI setup, roles, remote ops, FAQs. Full guide for IT pros. Master

it now!

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By: Anthony Powell submitted:Mar 21 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Auto Archive Inactive Teams in Microsoft Teams (o365reports.com)
Each project in an organization follows a lifecycle, including start, execution, and completion.

However, even after a project ends, the corresponding team often remains in the execution phase, leading to a growing number of inactive teams in Microsoft Teams.

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By: Karthi submitted:Mar 21 2025

Dynamics 365 F&O IAM PowerShell Module (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
Over the years I've written many an integration with identity sources. Dynamics 365 F&O though is

one that has come up a number of times. With that in mind I've written a PowerShell Module to expose and simplify integration with Dynamics 365 F&O for Users and Roles.

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By: Darren Robinson submitted:Mar 21 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Inside IT Automation | E20 (youtube.com)
Microsoft MVP Doug Finke talks about the state of AI and PowerShell
By: ScriptRunner submitted:Mar 21 2025

Community

Exploring PowerShell for Physical Security and Automation with Cody Paternostro (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we welcome Cody Paternostro, a rising star in PowerShell

automation, to discuss his unique journey into IT, the power of persistence in learning, and his work on RemotePro, a sophisticated PowerShell-based security camera management tool. Cody shares how he transitioned from food delivery to IT, leveraged PowerShell to streamline operations in physical security, and how asking the right questions helped accelerate his growth.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Mar 21 2025

PowerShell Community Award Nominations (survey.sogolytics.com)
Nominate a deserving community member today! Submissions close April 3, 2025, at 5 PM ET
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Mar 21 2025

Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025 (powershellsummit.org)
April 7-10, 2025 Bellevue, WA
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Mar 21 2025

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March 14, 2025

Announcements!

Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This post announces the release of Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0. We discuss the

features and benefits of DSC and how it differs from PowerShell DSC.

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By: Jason Helmick submitted:Mar 14 2025

PowerShell Community Award Nominations (survey.sogolytics.com)
Nominate a deserving community member today! Submissions close April 3, 2025, at 5 PM ET
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Mar 14 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Authoring Enhancements in Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This is the third post in a multi-part series about the new release of DSC. Microsoft Desired State

Configuration (DSC) v3.0.0 provides powerful feature that enhance the authoring experience. Shell completion Schema-based validation Support for modern DSLs like Azure Bicep DSC command completer The completer command returns a shell script that, when executed, registers completions

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By: Jason Helmick submitted:Mar 14 2025

Get started with Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This post show you how to install DSC v3.0.0 and get started using the dsc command.
By: Jason Helmick submitted:Mar 14 2025

How to Check Who Deleted Emails from Shared Mailbox in Microsoft 365 (o365reports.com)
With multiple users having access to Microsoft 365 shared mailboxes, the risk of important emails

disappearing is a real challenge. A single missing email can disrupt client interactions or halt progress in collaborative projects. Therefore, this blog will show you how to monitor shared mailbox email deletion to identify who...

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By: Lokesh submitted:Mar 14 2025

How to manage most Rest APIs with just a few PowerShell functions (baswijdenes.com)
A cmdlet around the endpoint, or a cmdlet per method? Disclaimer: every REST API works different, so

this script should be an example of how you can build a function for each REST API. Nowadays there are more and more Rest APIs that we can use instead of Cmdlets (which use the Rest API in ... Continue reading How to manage most Rest APIs with just a few PowerShell functions

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By: Bas Wijdenes submitted:Mar 14 2025

Optimize and customize Windows 11 with PowerShell and Winhance (4sysops.com)
Winhance is a PowerShell utility for optimizing and customizing Windows 11. It enables users to

remove unwanted software, prevent reinstallation, and enhance system privacy and performance settings.

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By: Leos Marek submitted:Mar 14 2025

PowerShell: The new Entra ID Module (sid-500.com)
The new PowerShell Entra ID Module is a powerful tool designed to streamline the management and

automation of Microsoft Entra resources.

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Mar 14 2025

Practical Graph: Nag Users to Upgrade to a Strong Authentication Method (practical365.com)
Convincing people to use MFA is one challenge. Convincing them to use a stronger authentication

method than SMS is another. This article explains how to use PowerShell to find people still using SMS for MFA and send email to ask them to upgrade their authentication method.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Mar 14 2025

SharePoint Online PowerShell Module Gets Modern Authentication (office365itpros.com)
Microsoft has announced that the SharePoint Online PowerShell module will be upgraded from the very

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Mar 14 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Get-MacInfo 2.0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
A macOS version of the Get-ComputerInfo module
By: Bynkii submitted:Mar 14 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Find retiring Azure features and address them safely en masse with PowerShell (youtube.com)
See how to find which of your Azure resources will be impacted by upcoming Azure retirements. I also

show an approach to targeting updating specific Azure resources, allowing you to more safely modify resources en masse, such as by environment, with PowerShell and the Az PowerShell module. There are other ways to do this as well; this is just one workflow I often use.

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By: Daniel Schroeder submitted:Mar 14 2025

PowerShell: Summarizing YouTube transcripts with AI (youtube.com)
In this video, 16-time Microsoft MVP Doug Finke demonstrates the PSAI PowerShell module to summarize

Scott Hanselman's NDC London 2025 AI keynote.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Mar 14 2025

Community

How PowerShell and the Right Mindset Can Transform Your IT Career with Steven Wight (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we sit down with Steven Wight, known online as PowerShell

Young Team, to discuss his journey in PowerShell, automation, and the impact of the PowerShell community. Steven shares how PowerShell transformed his workflow, his approach to solving IT problems, and how he went from lurking in the background to actively contributing and engaging with the community.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Mar 14 2025

Upcoming Events

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April 7-10, 2025 Bellevue, WA
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March 7, 2025

Announcements!

Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK V2.26.1 Remains Flawed (office365itpros.com)
The developers rushed out Version 2.26.1 of the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to fix some obvious

issues. Alas, problems persist in PowerShell SDK cmdlets, including licensing failures and an issue that prevents the Connect-MgGraph cmdlet from being able to obtain an access token from Entra ID. My advice is to stay with V2.25 until Microsoft resolves the problems and generates a new stable version of the SDK.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Mar 7 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

AI-powered Azure Function for querying Azure in natural language (4sysops.com)
In this post, I introduce an AI-powered Azure Function that connects to the Azure OpenAI API. This

Function allows you to execute queries in natural language to fetch Azure resource information without requiring a deep knowledge of the Azure Resource Graph Query Language (KQL).

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By: Baki Onur Okutucu submitted:Mar 7 2025

EntraFIDOFinder March Update (clatent.com)
We are in March, and looks like no new major changes. I may have to start sending this update out

later in the week, as I'm wondering if Microsoft hasn't updated their page yet. Some things I did notice were that a few of the YubiKey names slightly changed on the FIDO Alliance database

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Mar 7 2025

Practical Protection: Automating Inactive Account Blocking with PowerShell (practical365.com)
Inactive accounts aren't glamorous, but they're a real risk! In this episode of Practical

Protection, we dive into the basics of inactive account blocking and share some PowerShell scripts to help automate this process.

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By: Paul Robichaux submitted:Mar 7 2025

Retrieve End of Life information using PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
One of the things that I do when writing documents for customers is check if the products I advise

or the customers use are still supported. The end-of-life date is essential, and in this blog post, I will show you how to retrieve that information quickly 🙂

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Mar 7 2025

The not so simplified syntax of Where-Object in PowerShell (mikefrobbins.com)
PowerShell 3.0 introduced several notable improvements to its cmdlet library, with one of the most

useful features in this release being the simplified syntax for the Where-Object cmdlet. This enhancement made filtering objects more efficient and user-friendly by introducing Property and Value parameters and a switch parameter for every comparison operator. This article explores how these changes work, their usefulness, and how to leverage them in your scripts.

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By: Mike F Robbins submitted:Mar 7 2025

Warp for Windows (4sysops.com)
We have reviewed Warp's Mac and Linux versions multiple times, as it stands out as the top terminal

application. The newly released Windows edition introduces AI-driven automation for PowerShell administrators.

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By: Michael Pietroforte submitted:Mar 7 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Announcing AI Shell Preview 2 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to share a new preview release of AI Shell!
By: Steven Bucher submitted:Mar 7 2025

Create Entra ID Guest invite using PowerShell and Graph API (powershellcenter.com)
It's easy to create an Entra ID guest account using the interface. But as usual, the automation and

bulk are the challenges. In Entra ID, there is the option to create bulk invitations, but I still find it limited.

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By: Faris Malaeb submitted:Mar 7 2025

Dayforce PowerShell Module (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
A foundational Dayforce PowerShell Module to query Employee data.
By: Darren Robinson submitted:Mar 7 2025

Community

PowerShell as a Defender’s Secret Weapon with Michael Haag (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we sit down with Michael Haag, Principal Threat

Researcher at Splunk, to dive into PowerShell security, threat detection, and automation. Michael shares his journey from IT support to becoming a security expert, the role of PowerShell in modern cybersecurity, and his work on PowerShell Hunter and Atomic Red Team.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Mar 7 2025

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April 7-10, 2025 Bellevue, WA
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February 28, 2025

Announcements!

Microsoft Update changes for PowerShell 7 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This blog outlines the expected behavior of MU releases for PowerShell 7.
By: Steven Bucher submitted:Feb 28 2025

v7.6.0-preview.3 (github.com)
Start testing your scripts against the next gen now.
By: PowerShell submitted:Feb 28 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

25 Years of Active Directory and my PowerShell experience managing it (powershellisfun.com)
This week, on the 17th of February, Active Directory celebrated its 25th birthday 🙂 I will share my

experience managing it with PowerShell in this blog post.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Feb 28 2025

Export All App Registrations with Certificates and Secrets in Microsoft Entra (o365reports.com)
Imagine spending your afternoon sifting through dozens of app registrations in Entra ID to determine

which ones are still active, and which are relics from past projects. As an admin, you know that applications use certificates and secrets for app registrations to securely authenticate-but many of these credentials persist

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By: Lokesh submitted:Feb 28 2025

How to stringify nested Json in PowerShell and back to a PSObject (baswijdenes.com)
Stringify dynamic child properties in Json with PowerShell I had a fun one yesterday that I want to

share here. We have a database at work (new job at InSpark), in the database we have a table in which we can create a row ourselves by making a request via a put method. The row ... Continue reading How to stringify nested Json in PowerShell and back to a PSObject

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By: Bas Wijdenes submitted:Feb 28 2025

Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK Runs into Choppy Waters (office365itpros.com)
A bunch of problems with V2.26 of the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK V2.26 make the software

unusable. Not only did Microsoft do a horrible job of testing the new release before making it available to customers, but they also failed to communicate the level of change in the new SDK and how it could impact Azure Automation runbooks.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 28 2025

Practical Graph: Creating SharePoint News Items from an RSS Feed (practical365.com)
This article explains how to use the SharePoint Pages API to create new site pages with the

Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK after reading information from an RSS feed. Parsing the RSS feed to find article details is just one of the challenges encountered and solved to accomplish the goal.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 28 2025

Practical PnP: Automating Teams Creation using Templates (practical365.com)
In this installment of Practical PnP, Sean McAvinue dives into how PnP PowerShell can help to

improve automated Teams provisioning using templates and preset structures.

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By: Sean McAvinue submitted:Feb 28 2025

Terminal Chat now included in GitHub Copilot Free (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Windows Terminal Canary users can now use Terminal Chat with the GitHub Copilot Free plan! GitHub

Copilot Free is limited to 50 chat messages per month. This includes the usage of Copilot in the CLI, VS Code, and Visual Studio.

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By: Christopher Nguyen submitted:Feb 28 2025

Understanding OAuth: Coding the authentication flow yourself vs using an SDK (msendpointmgr.com)
Dive into Microsoft Graph authentication with PowerShell. In this blog we explore OAuth flows, PKCE

security, and token handling. Learn how to build a secure auth flow from scratch and why the SDK might still be the best choice for automation.

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By: Ben Whitmore submitted:Feb 28 2025

Using Warp as PowerShell terminal (powershellisfun.com)
This week, after the official Windows release of Warp on February 26th, I saw many YouTube clips of

the new Terminal app. I decided to try it and see what it does differently from my trusty Windows Terminal app. This blog post will show you my first impression of the application.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Feb 28 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

supergenpass.ps1 (gist.github.com)
PowerShell script to generate passwords using SuperGenPass algorithm
By: snahn ip submitted:Feb 28 2025

Warp, the intelligent terminal, now available on Windows (warp.dev)
Today, Warp's AI-powered terminal is available on Windows. With this release, Warp's agentic,

modern, and collaborative experience is available to users of all major operating systems.

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By: Warp submitted:Feb 28 2025

Community

MS Graph and Stepping into Public Speaking with Morten Kristensen (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we sit down with Morten Kristensen, an automation

specialist and PowerShell enthusiast, to discuss his journey with PowerShell, his experience working with the Microsoft Graph API, and his recent leap into public speaking. Morten shares insights from his first-ever technical talk, the challenges of working with Graph API, and how he's navigating his professional growth.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 28 2025

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February 21, 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A Mini Dive into the Microsoft Entra PowerShell Module: An Intune Administrator’s Perspective (msendpointmgr.com)
In this post, we'll analyse the Entra PowerShell module's authentication implementation and discuss

whether it's necessary for your Intune automation needs if you're already using the Microsoft.Graph.Authentication module, part of the Microsoft Graph SDK, to handle your tokens.

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By: Ben Whitmore submitted:Feb 20 2025

Automating Sysmon installation and configuration with PowerShell (imab.dk)
Introduction In today's fast-paced digital world, quick response to security incidents is crucial.

Sysmon (System Monitor) from Microsoft's Sysinternals suite is an essential tool for detailed system monitoring and security analysis. However, traditional installation can be time-consuming, especially in urgent situations. This blog post introduces a PowerShell script that automates the download, extraction, and installation of Sysmon, along with applying a pre-configured setup.

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By: Martin Bengtsson submitted:Feb 20 2025

Practical PowerShell: Parameter Input Validation (practical365.com)
In previous Practical PowerShell articles, Michel discussed using parameters in advanced functions

and utilizing dynamic parameters. In this article, we will dive in a bit deeper on a topic we touched on lightly in those articles, which is ways to validate parameter input.

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By: Michel De Rooij submitted:Feb 20 2025

Preparing for Microsoft’s Strong Certificate Mapping Enforcement – What You Need to Know (pkisolutions.com)
The post Preparing for Microsoft's Strong Certificate Mapping Enforcement - What You Need to Know

appeared first on PKI Solutions.

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By: Lindsay Bell submitted:Feb 20 2025

Processing Multiple Message Attachments with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK (office365itpros.com)
Many examples are available online to explain how to add a single attachment to messages using the

Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. Here we look at the principles behind how to add attachments (one or many) to messages before sending them with the Send-MgUserMail cmdlet. Get the principles right and you'll never go wrong!

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 20 2025

Retrieve blocked DNS queries from PiHole using PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
I use PiHole for Ad-blocking at home, and yes, sometimes that causes some issues if it blocks

Microsoft (Or other) management addresses. In this blog post, I will show how you can live-track blocked DNS queries and get some insights while troubleshooting 🙂

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Feb 20 2025

The Micromine Alastri Hub Launcher Tool that leverages a RAM Disk for Temporary Data (jhouseconsulting.com)
I would like to introduce you to a PowerShell tool I originally created in early 2024, which was in

the research and planning stage for about 12 months previous to that. If you or your customer runs Micromine Alastri Software, especially in a virtualised desktop platform from Vendors such as Citrix, Omnissa, Parallels, Microsoft and [...]Author informationJeremy SaundersTechnical Architect | DevOps Evangelist | Software Developer | Microsoft, NVIDIA, Citrix and Desktop Virtualisation (VDI) Specialist/Expert | Rapper | Improvisor | Comedian | Property Investor | Kayaking enthusiast at J House ConsultingJeremy Saunders is the Problem Terminator. He is a highly respected IT Professional with over 35 years' experience in the industry. Using his exceptional design and problem solving skills with precise methodologies applied at both technical and business levels he is always focused on achieving the best business outcomes. He worked as an independent consultant until September 2017, when he took up a full time role at BHP, one of the largest and most innovative global mining companies. With a diverse skill set, high ethical standards, and attention to detail, coupled with a friendly nature and great sense of humour, Jeremy aligns to industry and vendor best practices, which puts him amongst the leaders of his field. He is intensely passionate about solving technology problems for his organisation, their customers and the tech community, to improve the user experience, reliability and operational support. Views and IP shared on this site belong to Jeremy.TwitterFacebookGoogle+LinkedIn

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By: Jeremy Saunders submitted:Feb 20 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

DesktopManager (github.com)
DesktopManager is a C# library and PowerShell module that allows to play with desktop settings. It

allows to get information about monitors, display devices, wallpapers and set wallpapers.

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By: ‪Przemyslaw Klys submitted:Feb 20 2025

Get-PSChooseFileName (github.com)
A bridge to AppleScript's Choose File Name command
By: johncwelch submitted:Feb 20 2025

How to Find Inactive Teams in MS Teams (o365reports.com)
Since 2020, Microsoft Teams has taken the lead as the go-to communication tool in organizations.

From chats to meetings, it's become the collaboration hub for team projects. However, as projects come to an end, many of the teams gradually fade into inactivity.

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By: Karthi submitted:Feb 20 2025

PowerShell Bug Reproductions (github.com)
A small repo to reproduce PowerShell bugs in.
By: Daniel Schroeder submitted:Feb 20 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Behind the PowerShell Pipeline (youtube.com)
Welcome to the Leanpub Launch video for Behind the PowerShell Pipeline: Discovering What You Didn't

Know You Needed to Know

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Feb 20 2025

Get Started with GitHub Copilot in VS Code (youtube.com)
If you want to learn how to use GitHub Copilot, the AI pair programmer that helps you write code

faster and better, then this video is for you.

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By: Visual Studio Code submitted:Feb 20 2025

Community

Building a Game in PowerShell from the Ground Up with Greg Martin (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we welcome Greg Martin, a longtime developer and

PowerShell enthusiast, who has taken PowerShell beyond system administration and into the realm of game development. Greg shares his journey of building Eldoria, a terminal adventure game written entirely in PowerShell, and how his experience across multiple programming languages influenced his approach.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 20 2025

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