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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AI by adding online search features, overcoming the limitations of LLM cutoff dates, and eliminating the frustration of outdated instructions.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
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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

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025 (powershellsummit.org)
April 7-10, 2025 Bellevue, WA
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Mar 14 2025

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Do you know something that should be included?
Let me know in the comments below, or on find me on your preferred social media.

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

Upcoming Events

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

Do you have a suggestion for PowerShell Weekly?
Do you know something that should be included?
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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

Upcoming Events

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

Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025 (powershellsummit.org)
April 7-10, 2025 Bellevue, WA
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February 14, 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

02-14-2025 MSOnline and AzureAD PowerShell modules.. One last Valentine’s day card each (clatent.com)
If you haven't seen the news already, MSOnline and AzureAD PowerShell modules will be no longer

supported after March 30, 2025. So looks like this will be our last year to give them a Valentine's day card for all the times they've been there for us in!

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Feb 14 2025

Behind the PowerShell Pipeline (buttondown.com)
Welcome to Behind the PowerShell Pipeline a subscription-based newsletter that will dive deeply into

the world of PowerShell.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Feb 14 2025

Cline vs. Roo Code – Which VS Code extension is better for the AI-augmented IT pro? (4sysops.com)
In a prior article, I showcased automating PowerShell management in natural language using the VS

Code extension Cline. Roo Code (formerly Roo Cline) is a Cline fork that provides extra valuable features for the AI-enhanced IT pro. Roo Code remains comparable, and the insights I shared about working with MCP servers in Cline also apply to Roo Code. The main difference is that Roo Code serves system administrators more effectively, as it provides a mode more suitable for natural language use in a CLI. Additionally, Roo Code's support of VS Code's Code Actions feature makes it perfect for understanding and modifying a colleague's scripts.

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By: Michael Pietroforte submitted:Feb 14 2025

Custom Maester Tests: Validate Full Addresses Now and Cleaned Up Wording (clatent.com)
Added 3 new tests which I think the first two will be game changers. The first 2 are tests for

validating locations, in which the user must have street, city, state, postal code, country, business phone, and company name the same as the valid location in the json.

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Feb 14 2025

DPRK hackers dupe targets into typing PowerShell commands as admin (bleepingcomputer.com)
North Korean state actor 'Kimsuky' (aka 'Emerald Sleet' or 'Velvet Chollima') has been observed

using a new tactic inspired from the now widespread ClickFix campaigns.

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By: Bill Toulas submitted:Feb 14 2025

Not the Error I expected! Connect-NsxtServer (invoke-automation.blog)
Howdy! It's been quite a while since I created a blog post. Not sure I would want to say exactly how

long. However, today I had a brand new VM that I was using to write some automation with PowerShell/PowerCLI. It took me a few minutes to figure this one out. Maybe it was me?

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By: jpsider submitted:Feb 14 2025

Primer: Using Exchange Online PowerShell in Azure Automation Runbooks (office365itpros.com)
In this primer, we cover how to create and execute Azure Automation Exchange Online runbooks

(scripts) using cmdlets from the Exchange Online management module. Some setup is necessary before runbooks can process Exchange cmdlets, but once the necessary resources and permissions are in place, it's all plain sailing.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 14 2025

Using the PowerShell WinGet Client module to install your apps on your new computer (powershellisfun.com)
Installing all your (management) apps on a new system always takes too much time. In this blog post,

I will show you how to use PowerShell and the WinGet Client module to install them quickly.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Feb 14 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerShell-OpenAuthenticode (github.com)
Cross platform PowerShell implementation of Authenticode signing and verification.
By: Jordan Borean submitted:Feb 14 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Building a Pokedex – ChatGPT vs. Gemini vs. DeepSeek vs. Claude (youtube.com)
Which model can build the best PowerShell Pokédex? ChatGPT vs. Gemini vs. DeepSeek vs. Claude - you

will be as surprised as I was!

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By: Jim Tyler submitted:Feb 14 2025

Community

Building Secure PowerShell Solutions with Jake Hildreth (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we welcome back security-focused PowerShell expert Jake

Hildreth for an insightful conversation about PowerShell, security tools, and his continued journey in the PowerShell community. Jake shares updates on Locksmith v2, his work with PowerPUG, and his experience learning new PowerShell techniques to refine and improve his tools.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 14 2025

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

Announcements!

Microsoft Entra PowerShell module now generally available (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Manage and automate Microsoft Entra resources programmatically with the scenario-focused Microsoft

Entra PowerShell module.

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By: Steve Mutungi submitted:Feb 7 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating Code Compliance: AI-Driven Code Style Enforcement for Pull Requests (thelazyadministrator.com)
As teams increasingly rely on automation for code quality and compliance, ensuring consistent coding

standards can be challenging during the pull request (PR) process. In this article, we explore how to build an AI-powered style enforcement pipeline using modern tools like GPT-4 and CI/CD workflows.

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By: Brad Wyatt submitted:Feb 7 2025

Get All Teams Channels With External Members (o365reports.com)
Channels in Microsoft Teams are the heartbeat of collaboration, designated to help teams organize

conversations, files, and tasks around specific topics or projects. However, they also come with challenges-especially when external members are involved.

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By: Karthi submitted:Feb 7 2025

Microsoft Entra PowerShell modules (powershellisfun.com)
The new Microsoft Entra PowerShell modules are available, replacing the deprecated AzureAD modules.

This blog post will highlight the installation, changes, and features.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Feb 7 2025

New Microsoft script updates Windows media with bootkit malware fixes (bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help Windows users and admins update bootable media so

it utilizes the new "Windows UEFI CA 2023" certificate before the mitigations of the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit are enforced later this year.

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By: Lawrence Abrams submitted:Feb 7 2025

Now you can use your own company standards with Maester custom tests (clatent.com)
I thought checking to see if they were filled in or even formatted correctly wasn't enough.. now you

can config the validation.json file in the Validating folder with your company standards to make only those values pass. Here are the fields so far, and will be adding more!

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Feb 7 2025

PowerShell: How to find empty Attributes (sid-500.com)
We are often looking for attributes, but what about the empty attributes? How can I find out if an

attribute is empty? That is the focus of this article.

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Feb 7 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Behind the PowerShell Pipeline (leanpub.com)
Discover parts of PowerShell that lie under the surface that can make you a better PowerShell user

and scripter. From one of the original PowerShell experts.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Feb 7 2025

Monthly Update #116 for Office 365 for IT Pros (office365itpros.com)
Monthly update #116 (February 2025) is available for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook. The refresh

includes update #8 new files for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook. We've also updated the print (paperback) version that's sold on an on-demand basis through Amazon.com. Things keep on changing inside Microsoft 365 with agent management a new challenge that's coming into view.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 7 2025

Community

Exploring the Power of IoT and PowerShell with Mark Go (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we sit down with Mark Go, a PowerShell enthusiast and

innovator, to discuss his exciting journey from the Navy to becoming a tech-savvy system administrator. Mark shares his experiences using PowerShell to make his work life better.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 7 2025

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April 7-10, 2025 Bellevue, WA
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January 31, 2025

Announcements!

PowerShell v7.5.0 (github.com)
The official v7.5 is out now!
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jan 31 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

10 Master PowerShell Troubleshooting Commands: Simplify System Diagnostics (izoate.tech)
Discover 10 essential PowerShell troubleshooting commands. Learn what each command does, how to use

them effectively for system diagnostics.

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By: Izoate Tech submitted:Jan 31 2025

Build a Scalable PowerShell Pester Testing Framework (adamtheautomator.com)
Learn how to create a maintainable and organized Pester testing framework for PowerShell that scales

with your needs. Perfect for large test suites.

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By: Adam Bertram submitted:Jan 31 2025

Exploring PowerShell Reflective Loading in Lumma Stealer (medium.com)
One of the most common techniques I've seen used by threat actors to deliver Lumma Stealer payloads

to victims is Reflective Loading, leveraging the .NET library. Reflective Loading is a technique...

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By: Tedi Heriyanto submitted:Jan 31 2025

Identifying Privileged Applications and Their Secret Passwords (practical365.com)
Securing applications in an Entra tenant is crucial, especially after recent attacks like Midnight

Blizzard. This article reviews how to use PowerShell to help identify privileged applications, their permissions, as well as client Secrets.

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By: Brandon Colley submitted:Jan 31 2025

If Maester couldn’t get any better…Custom Test Collection now available (clatent.com)
The time has finally come. I have created a public repository to store custom Maester tests for

everyone. As well as a website for deeper understanding where needed.

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Jan 31 2025

Practical Graph: Finding and Removing Underused Microsoft 365 Copilot Licenses from User Accounts (practical365.com)
Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing costs a lot of money. At $360 annually, it's important to make sure

that everyone with a license makes full use of Copilot to become more productive and efficient. Usage data is available in the Graph, and some PowerShell can reveal who's using Copilot and who's not. With that data, you can decide whether to remove licenses for reassignment to other users.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jan 31 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Get-MacInfo (github.com)
This is a powershell module for PS on macOS that, as much as possible, replicates

"Get-ComputerInfo".

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By: johncwelch submitted:Jan 31 2025

Community

Inside IT Automation | E19 (youtube.com)
Jakub Jareš talks about PowerShell testing with Pester and more
By: ScriptRunner submitted:Jan 31 2025

Streamlining PowerShell Package Management with Fred Weinmann (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the #PowerShell Podcast, we continue our deep dive with Fred Weinmann, a

Microsoftie and PowerShell legend, as he shares more insights and tools that redefine productivity for PowerShell enthusiasts. Picking up where we left off in the last episode, Fred takes us through his journey of mastering PowerShell, collaborating with the community, and optimizing workflows with powerful custom modules.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Jan 31 2025

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April 7-10, 2025 Bellevue, WA
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January 24, 2025

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Final Days for the MSOnline and AzureAD PowerShell Modules (office365itpros.com)
After many twists and turns since August 2021, the MSOnline module retirement will happen in April

2025. The AzureAD module will then retire in the 3rd quarter. It's way past time to upgrade PowerShell scripts. The question is whether to use the Entra module or the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. I know which option is best and say why in this article.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jan 24 2025

Find Groups with Disabled Users in Microsoft 365 (o365reports.com)
Offboarding users in Microsoft 365 involves more than just blocking sign-ins; there's a hidden

complication that many overlook. Disabled accounts tied to groups hinder group management by inflating group sizes, making it harder to track active members and maintain compliance with access policies.

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By: AIMA submitted:Jan 24 2025

Fixing Windows 11 24H2 – No Internet Access Issue using PowerShell and Intune Remediation (powershellisfun.com)
There are articles and forum posts from people who upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 and are experiencing

Wi-Fi issues. In this blog post, I will show you an Intune Remediation script that might fix the problem for your devices.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Jan 24 2025

Harnessing AI in PowerShell: Create a multi-model command-line AI assistant (Part 1) (smsagent.blog)
AI is virtually inescapable these days. From annoying website chat bots to the assimilation of the

Microsoft product portfolio by Copilot, AI has been busy spreading its tentacles every which way it can. I must be honest - I've never been a fan of it. That is, until I started using GitHub Copilot.

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By: Trevor Jones submitted:Jan 24 2025

List all directory objects owned by a user in Entra with PowerShell (ourcloudnetwork.com)
Learn how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell to list all directory objects, such as apps and groups a

user owns in Microsoft Entra.

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By: Daniel Bradley submitted:Jan 24 2025

Powershell – Testing network connectivity and port accessibility (altf4-formation.fr)
Testing network connectivity and port accessibility with Powershell
By: AltF4-Formation submitted:Jan 24 2025

PowerShell based Terraform Bootstrap Script (luke.geek.nz)
Create a PowerShell script to bootstrap Terraform, handle installation, create project directories,

and automate deployments across Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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By: Luke Murray submitted:Jan 24 2025

PowerShell: How to execute PowerShell Scripts (*.ps1) on Remote Computers (sid-500.com)
PowerShell scripts can be executed locally or remotely. In this article I will show how scripts can

be executed remotely.

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Jan 24 2025

Terminal profiles in IDEs (buff.ly)
I spend a significant part of my work day in a terminal. That's why I have it configured to suit my

needs with a collection of several useful modules which I occasionally still extend. Although all IDEs I regularly use feature an integrated terminal which opens in repository root by default, I rarely used them because they didn't match my configuration. So I decided to check if there was a way to make them use my default PowerShell profile.

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By: Damir Arh submitted:Jan 24 2025

Update to Entra FIDO Key Attestation Database (clatent.com)
What other keys are you looking to gain compatibility?
By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Jan 24 2025

VS Code extension Cline: AI-automated scripting and CLI administration – A PowerShell example (4sysops.com)
In a previous post about the new AI features in the Warp terminal, I suggested that AI interfaces

would eventually replace the CLI and facilitate the automation of script generation. The Cline extension for Visual Studio Code is a significant step in this direction, allowing you to create scripts using natural language, execute them with AI support in the terminal, rely on AI to analyze shell output and respond to errors. While the extension supports various shells, I'll demonstrate how to utilize Cline to automate PowerShell administration.

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By: Michael Pietroforte submitted:Jan 24 2025

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

All About the Office 365 for IT Pros GitHub Repository (office365itpros.com)
The Office365ITPros GitHub repository holds over 300 PowerShell scripts showing how to interact with

Microsoft 365 and Entra ID. Anyone can contribute to Office365ITPros by forking the code to a copy of the repository and making changes to scripts there. If you want, you can push the changes back to us so that we can consider their inclusion in Office365ITPros. It's a great example of community in action.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jan 24 2025

Creating a ConfigMgr (SCCM) Bootable Media – PowerShell Style (deploymentresearch.com)
Here is a PowerShell script that will create Bootable Media for ConfigMgr.
By: Johan Arwidmark submitted:Jan 24 2025

pipEnv v 0.1.2 (powershellgallery.com)
Unofficial installer, runner and utilities for pipenv.
By: Alain Herve submitted:Jan 24 2025

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell 101: Creating a Real-World Module: Scaffolding Functions (adamtheautomator.com)
Learn how to create powerful PowerShell modules from scratch by building a computer inventory tool.

Perfect for sysadmins who need custom automation solutions.

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By: Adam Bertram submitted:Jan 24 2025

PowerShell Universal + dbatools! (youtube.com)
Join me as I show off how to use PowerShell Universal to create APIs using dbatools to get at your

SQL Instance and databases information.

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By: Jess Pomfret submitted:Jan 24 2025

Community

PowerShell Changed My Life… with Adam Bacon. (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, Andrew catches up with returning guest Adam Bacon. Adam

shares an update on his career and shares how PowerShell has played a huge role in helping him accomplish his dream.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Jan 24 2025

The Art and Science of PowerShell Module Development with Fred Weinmann (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we sit down with Fred Weinmann, a prolific PowerShell

module creator, to explore his remarkable contributions, including PSFramework, PSModuleDevelopment, PSUtil, and PSFramework.Nuget. Fred shares insights on developing impactful solutions, such as the KRBTGT module and the evolution of module development in large-scale environments.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Jan 24 2025

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