October 18, 2019
Announcements!
Coming in PowerShell7 Preview5 null-coalescing operators
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Coming in #PowerShell7 Preview5 (next week!) is the new Experimental null-coalescing operators. This
By: Steve Lee submitted:Jun 15 2022
Coming in #PowerShell7 Preview5 (next week!) is the new Experimental null-coalescing operators. This
makes it more terse when taking action depending if something is $null or not.
By: Steve Lee submitted:Jun 15 2022
Blogs, Articles, and Posts
Convert JSON array object to String in PowerShell
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The following question was asked and answered on StackOverflow: I need to convert the Tags array
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022
The following question was asked and answered on StackOverflow: I need to convert the Tags array
into a comma-separated string [and replace the array with the converted string in the JSON file]. I have tried converting from JSON, but I am struggling to convert the array into string in a clean way.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022
Discover Who Creates Guest Accounts in Office 365 Applications
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At a recent conference, a discussion took place about the number of guest user accounts now being
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jun 15 2022
At a recent conference, a discussion took place about the number of guest user accounts now being
created by applications in the directories of Office 365 tenants. The accounts are created through Azure B2B collaboration (by applications that generate invitations to join Office 365 Groups, like Teams and Planner) or SharePoint sharing invitations for documents or folders. It's one thing to invite people outside your tenant to collaborate; it's a horse of a different color to manage the resulting guest accounts.
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jun 15 2022
How to Copy files from Windows to Linux using PowerShell Remoting
(techcommunity.microsoft.com)
With the release PowerShell Core 6, the PowerShell Team brought PowerShell to other platforms like
By: Thomas Maurer submitted:Jun 15 2022
With the release PowerShell Core 6, the PowerShell Team brought PowerShell to other platforms like
Linux and macOS. This new cross-platform approach allows users to take advantage of some pretty cool features. In this blog post, I am quickly going to show you, how you can use PowerShell Remoting to copy files from Windows to Linux systems.
By: Thomas Maurer submitted:Jun 15 2022
List and change BIOS settings with PowerShell
(systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you how to list and change BIOS settings for HP, Dell and Lenovo with
By: Damien Van Robaeys submitted:Jun 15 2022
In this post I will show you how to list and change BIOS settings for HP, Dell and Lenovo with
PowerShell only.
By: Damien Van Robaeys submitted:Jun 15 2022
PowerShell and Secure Strings
(red-gate.com)
Greg Moore demonstrates how to work with the Get-Credential PowerShell cmdlet and secure strings
By: Greg Moore submitted:Jun 15 2022
Greg Moore demonstrates how to work with the Get-Credential PowerShell cmdlet and secure strings
when authenticating to an SFTP server.
By: Greg Moore submitted:Jun 15 2022
PowerShell ValidateScript: Building Better Functions
(adamtheautomator.com)
When creating PowerShell functions, validating input to parameters is important. Parameter
By: June Castillote submitted:Jun 15 2022
When creating PowerShell functions, validating input to parameters is important. Parameter
validation allows you to limit what is passed to functions. In this article, you're going to learn how to catch problems before they become one with the PowerShell ValidateScript validation attribute.
By: June Castillote submitted:Jun 15 2022
ScreenMe: PowerShell tool to make screenshot under PE
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In this post I will show you a little PowerShell tool I created that allows you to make a full
By: Damien Van Robaeys submitted:Jun 15 2022
In this post I will show you a little PowerShell tool I created that allows you to make a full
screen screenshot tat can be used both on Windows and on Windows PE.
By: Damien Van Robaeys submitted:Jun 15 2022
The future of PowerShell begins to sharpen in focus
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PowerShell's promise as a cross-platform management tool has come a long way, but much work still
By: Tom Walat submitted:Jun 15 2022
PowerShell's promise as a cross-platform management tool has come a long way, but much work still
needs to be done for both Linux and Windows admins to pick up adoption.
By: Tom Walat submitted:Jun 15 2022
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
AzViz: PowerShell based Azure Network Topology Visualizer
(github.com)
PowerShell Module that can generate a topology diagram to Visualize Azure Network Topology and ARM
By: Prateek Singh submitted:Jun 15 2022
PowerShell Module that can generate a topology diagram to Visualize Azure Network Topology and ARM
templates (WIP). It has capabilities to insert appropriate Azure Icons depending upon the type of the Azure Resource you have in your Resource Group, like Virtual Machine, Virtual Network, Subnet etc.
By: Prateek Singh submitted:Jun 15 2022
PSNow
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As a tool for making modules, PSNow emits the entire framework you need to create, analyze, test,
By: John McCrae submitted:Jun 15 2022
As a tool for making modules, PSNow emits the entire framework you need to create, analyze, test,
sign, build, deploy and publish your code with one module. All you need to do is run one command and then write your code. If you're new to PowerShell and not sure how to get going with a module, start here. If you've been writing code for a while and want to do more automation, PSNow is a great fit. It runs on PS Core 6.x and Windows PowerShell running on OSX, Linux and Windows.
By: John McCrae submitted:Jun 15 2022
Books, Media, and Learning Resources
11 Best PowerShell Courses
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The best Powershell online courses & Tutorials to Learn Powershell for beginners to advanced level.
By: Coursesity Team submitted:Jun 15 2022
The best Powershell online courses & Tutorials to Learn Powershell for beginners to advanced level.
By: Coursesity Team submitted:Jun 15 2022
E?v?e?r?y?t?h?i?n?g Things You Want to Know About PowerShell, But Are Too Afraid To Ask
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A great webcast covering a bunch of different PowerShell topics. Everyone from the novice to expert
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022
A great webcast covering a bunch of different PowerShell topics. Everyone from the novice to expert
can learn something from this video.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022
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