August 7, 2020
Announcements!
Semantic Highlighting in the PowerShell Preview extension for Visual Studio Code
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
Hi everyone! I'm Justin and I am currently an intern on the PowerShell team. One of my projects was
By: Justin Chen submitted:Jun 16 2022
Hi everyone! I'm Justin and I am currently an intern on the PowerShell team. One of my projects was
to add PowerShell semantic highlighting support in VS Code allowing for more accurate highlighting in the editor. I'm excited to share that the first iteration has been released.
By: Justin Chen submitted:Jun 16 2022
Blogs, Articles, and Posts
AWS Custom Config Rule backed by PowerShell
(bgelens.nl)
AWS Config Rules allow you to evaluate the configuration settings of AWS resources during creation,
By: Ben Gelens submitted:Jun 16 2022
AWS Config Rules allow you to evaluate the configuration settings of AWS resources during creation,
update, deletions of such resources or on a schedule. They are used to audit resources for compliance with some defined policy. They don't prevent you from deploying in-compliant resources as this is the realm of service control policies.
By: Ben Gelens submitted:Jun 16 2022
Convert .ps1 Files to .exe Files
(sid-500.com)
Have you ever dreamed of creating exe files out of your PowerShell scripts? If yes, read on. In this
By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Jun 16 2022
Have you ever dreamed of creating exe files out of your PowerShell scripts? If yes, read on. In this
post I will show you how you can create exe files with a small and simple program called ps2exe.
By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Jun 16 2022
Doing More with Windows Sandbox
(jdhitsolutions.com)
One of the reasons I was looking forward to updating to Windows 10 2004 was to have access to the
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022
One of the reasons I was looking forward to updating to Windows 10 2004 was to have access to the
Windows Sandbox feature. I think I tinkered with a pre-release version and was intrigued. I normally have a set of Hyper-V virtual machines that I can test with, but I'm always looking for something new to play with. And what is better to play with than a sand box!
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022
How to Find Active Directory Schema Update History by Using PowerShell
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
Use Windows PowerShell to discover what schema updates have been applied to your Active Directory
By: Dr Scripto submitted:Jun 16 2022
Use Windows PowerShell to discover what schema updates have been applied to your Active Directory
environment.
By: Dr Scripto submitted:Jun 16 2022
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
DSC resource platform changes to use JSON instead of MOF
(github.com)
As we continue to make DSC more viable cross-platform, we have a serious problem with MOF. MOF
By: Steve Lee submitted:Jun 16 2022
As we continue to make DSC more viable cross-platform, we have a serious problem with MOF. MOF
parsing is provided by MMI.dll (there is both native code and managed code). MMI itself has dependency on OpenSSL 1.0 for the WSMan features. The non-Windows build of MMI is no longer supported and has been deprecated.
By: Steve Lee submitted:Jun 16 2022
Optimize-WsusServer.PS1
(github.com)
Comprehensive Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) cleanup, optimization, maintenance, and
By: Austin submitted:Jun 16 2022
Comprehensive Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) cleanup, optimization, maintenance, and
configuration PowerShell script.
By: Austin submitted:Jun 16 2022
Books, Media, and Learning Resources
Chicago PowerShell Conference – Jeffrey Snover – Keynote + Q&A
(youtube.com)
This year's Chicago PowerShell Conference is a virtual one as the United States grapples with the
By: Chicago PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022
This year's Chicago PowerShell Conference is a virtual one as the United States grapples with the
Coronavirus pandemic. Our keynote speaker, delivering what is one of the most endearing keynotes ever seen, is Jeffrey Snover--who prerecorded the Keynote itself but surprised us all by doing a live Q&A afterwards!
By: Chicago PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022
Module Monday: ImportExcel
(youtube.com)
This Monday, I looked at ImportExcel. ImportExcel is a PowerShell module for manipulating Excel
By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jun 16 2022
This Monday, I looked at ImportExcel. ImportExcel is a PowerShell module for manipulating Excel
files. You don't even need Excel installed. It's super cool!
By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jun 16 2022
Windows PowerShell Toolmaking Fundamentals
(pluralsight.com)
Are you a beginning to intermediate PowerShell scripter and tired of writing one-off scripts? Take
By: Adam Bertram submitted:Jun 16 2022
Are you a beginning to intermediate PowerShell scripter and tired of writing one-off scripts? Take
your scripting to the next level and begin to think of your scripts as tools.
By: Adam Bertram submitted:Jun 16 2022
Fun
A stupid little animation script
(reddit.com)
Maybe it could be used while background stuff is happening, idk.
By: u/akaBrotherNature submitted:Jun 16 2022
Maybe it could be used while background stuff is happening, idk.
By: u/akaBrotherNature submitted:Jun 16 2022
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