August 14, 2020
Announcements!
Azure Functions: PowerShell 7 support is now generally available
(azure.microsoft.com)
Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7 is now generally available. This enables developing and
By: Microsoft submitted:Jun 16 2022
Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7 is now generally available. This enables developing and
deploying Azure Functions Apps for production scenarios using the latest version of PowerShell.
By: Microsoft submitted:Jun 16 2022
Pester v5.0.3 Released
(github.com)
t fixes some of the scoping issues with the top level BeforeAll. It should now not leave functions
By: Jakub Jares submitted:Jun 16 2022
t fixes some of the scoping issues with the top level BeforeAll. It should now not leave functions
and variables behind. It still leaves $script: scoped variables behind but I am researching how to fix that.
By: Jakub Jares submitted:Jun 16 2022
Blogs, Articles, and Posts
Analyzing Azure Active Directory Sign-In Data with PowerShell
(petri.com)
The Azure Active Directory PowerShell module (now renamed the Azure Active Directory PowerShell for
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jun 16 2022
The Azure Active Directory PowerShell module (now renamed the Azure Active Directory PowerShell for
Graph module) comes in two versions. The general availability version is intended for production while the preview version (AzureADPreview) contains the cmdlets from the general availability version plus some new cmdlets under development group. The current version of the AzureADPreview module is 2.0.2.105, released in July.
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jun 16 2022
Automating with PowerShell: Increasing the O365 Secure Score
(cyberdrain.com)
At the start of this week I've blogged about reading the secure score and documenting it. This is of
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022
At the start of this week I've blogged about reading the secure score and documenting it. This is of
course just one part of the new beta Secure Score module. The next one is actually the more fun part; applying the correct security settings to a tenant.
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022
Documenting with PowerShell: Office 365 Secure Score PowerShell module
(cyberdrain.com)
A while back I wrote a blog about the Secure Score and how to increase it. After that blog I got a
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022
A while back I wrote a blog about the Secure Score and how to increase it. After that blog I got a
lot more questions about documenting Secure Score with the Secure Application model.
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022
Handle timeouts while scripting with the microsoft cloud (or anywhere else)
(blog.it-koehler.com)
If you found this article maybe you are struggling slowness of the Microsoft cloud (or some other
By: Alexander Koehler submitted:Jun 16 2022
If you found this article maybe you are struggling slowness of the Microsoft cloud (or some other
products) and your script fails because it does not find the newly created object. Yeah that's a big issue especially in the wonderful cloud, and if you want to automate tasks. So I invested some time to script this issue, which is not really difficult. It may help others during scripting.
By: Alexander Koehler submitted:Jun 16 2022
Set the resolution and get the scale of each monitor, even in WinPE
(someguy100.wixsite.com)
Why oh why should such a simple thing as setting (or getting) the resolution or scale of a monitor
By: Mattias Cedervall submitted:Jun 16 2022
Why oh why should such a simple thing as setting (or getting) the resolution or scale of a monitor
be such a pain in the ****?
By: Mattias Cedervall submitted:Jun 16 2022
Testing ARM Templates
(4bes.nl)
In previous blog posts, I showed how you can test and deploy your ARM templates through Azure DevOps
By: submitted:Jun 16 2022
In previous blog posts, I showed how you can test and deploy your ARM templates through Azure DevOps
and GitHub Actions. I mentioned one way to test ARM templates in a pipeline there (the WhatIf module). But there are other options available. And how about testing locally? In this post we will look at different tools that can help you with testing ARM templates.
By: submitted:Jun 16 2022
The Grep of PowerShell
(adamtheautomator.com)
One of the first Linux commands that many system administrators learn is grep. This venerable tool
By: Adam Listek submitted:Jun 16 2022
One of the first Linux commands that many system administrators learn is grep. This venerable tool
has been around for decades and is crucial to any administrators toolbelt. Grep's core is simply the ability to search plain text for a RegEx pattern. Grep can search files in a given directory or streamed input to output matches.
By: Adam Listek submitted:Jun 16 2022
Visual Studio Code – Useful Extensions
(reddit.com)
Here are some extensions for Visual Studio code I've either found myself or a friendco-worker told
By: u/jevans_ submitted:Jun 16 2022
Here are some extensions for Visual Studio code I've either found myself or a friendco-worker told
me about, and why the extensions have been useful so far from a PowerShell perspective.
By: u/jevans_ submitted:Jun 16 2022
Wouldn’t it be cool to get that report through PowerShell/Graph API?
(alexholmeset.blog)
In the Microsoft Teams admin portal you have several interesting reports. You can run the reports
By: Alexander Holmeset submitted:Jun 16 2022
In the Microsoft Teams admin portal you have several interesting reports. You can run the reports
and download as a csv. Then after import downloading, you could import the csv into PowerShell to play with the data. Wouldnt it be better to get these data directly into PowerShell? What if you want only a portion of the data, or want any of the others reports there?
By: Alexander Holmeset submitted:Jun 16 2022
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
Get Direct Reports in Active Directory Using Powershell (Recursive)
(thesysadminchannel.com)
It might come in handy from time to time to drill down on a manager's direct reports in Active
By: theSysadminChannel submitted:Jun 16 2022
It might come in handy from time to time to drill down on a manager's direct reports in Active
Directory. A good use case is if a director or VP wants to send an email to all of their direct reports, and the direct reports of those direct reports. Another use case would be if you were doing an audit comparing your HR system to what is in Active Directory. What ever the reason might be, you can use this script to get direct reports in active directory using Powershell. Pretty neat!!
By: theSysadminChannel submitted:Jun 16 2022
Books, Media, and Learning Resources
Configuring PowerShell Remoting Security & Logging
(networkadm.in)
Last week I gave a presentation on configuring PowerShell remoting security and logging for my user
By: Mike Kanakos submitted:Jun 16 2022
Last week I gave a presentation on configuring PowerShell remoting security and logging for my user
group. This talk focused on how to properly setup remoting security and logging options. I talk briefly about how remoting works with some simple examples of what a real-world remoting connection looks like.
By: Mike Kanakos submitted:Jun 16 2022
Fun
A PowerShell Nonsense Challenge
(jdhitsolutions.com)
Today I thought I'd share my PowerShell solution to a recent Iron Scripter challenge. The challenge
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022
Today I thought I'd share my PowerShell solution to a recent Iron Scripter challenge. The challenge
was to create PowerShell code that would create nonsense documents, with a goal of creating 10 sample files filled with gibberish.
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022
Get-WhatToEat
(reddit.com)
Because sometime i don't know what i'm going to order...
By: u/Bugibugi submitted:Jun 16 2022
Because sometime i don't know what i'm going to order...
By: u/Bugibugi submitted:Jun 16 2022
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