October 16, 2020
Blogs, Articles, and Posts
Automating with PowerShell: Creating your own password push
(cyberdrain.com)
I was recently talking with some friends in MSPGeek about Password pushing options, and that it's
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022
I was recently talking with some friends in MSPGeek about Password pushing options, and that it's
kind of strange of relying on a third party closed service to generate and send passwords to clients. You're not 100% in control and often it misses some form of functionality like a password generator or somesuch.
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022
Automating with PowerShell: Enabling Secure Defaults (And SD explained)
(cyberdrain.com)
In one of the groups I am in there was some confusion about how Secure Defaults work and how to
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022
In one of the groups I am in there was some confusion about how Secure Defaults work and how to
deploy the Secure Defaults centrally, so I figured I would try to help with this.
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022
Easy PowerShell Custom Formatting
(jdhitsolutions.com)
One of the features I truly enjoy about PowerShell, is the ability to have it present information
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022
One of the features I truly enjoy about PowerShell, is the ability to have it present information
that I need in a form that I want. Here's a good example. Running Get-Process is simple enough and the output is pretty complete. But one thing that would make it better for me, is that sometimes I want an easy way to see high-memory use properties. Yes, I can pipe Get-Process to Sort-Object and Where-Object. However, in this particular situation, what I really want is to see high-memory usage processes displayed in red. Maybe those that are getting close to my arbitrary limit I'd like to see in Yellow. This isn't that difficult to achieve using ANSI escape sequences.
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022
Getting familiar with Invoke-Item in PowerShell
(networkadm.in)
A few weeks ago I was browsing the tips and tricks page on my good friend, Jeff Hicks' website and
By: Mike Kanakos submitted:Jun 16 2022
A few weeks ago I was browsing the tips and tricks page on my good friend, Jeff Hicks' website and
stumbled across a cmdlet I was not familiar with: Invoke-Item. His tips page included a one liner that stated:
By: Mike Kanakos submitted:Jun 16 2022
Getting Started in Web Automation with PowerShell and Selenium
(adamtheautomator.com)
Having to type and click stuff over and over to get a job done is not fun. Take website monitoring
By: June Castillote submitted:Jun 16 2022
Having to type and click stuff over and over to get a job done is not fun. Take website monitoring
and testing, for example. You do many repetitive actions like clicking on buttons and links, login, run a search, and click some more. Good thing there's Selenium and PowerShell.
By: June Castillote submitted:Jun 16 2022
How to Use PowerShell to Reboot Remote Computers
(adamtheautomator.com)
Inevitably a system administrator will need to restart a server or system. Rather than stepping
By: Adam Listek submitted:Jun 16 2022
Inevitably a system administrator will need to restart a server or system. Rather than stepping
through the user interface, PowerShell provides several methods for rebooting a computer remotely.
By: Adam Listek submitted:Jun 16 2022
Is DSC worth getting into at this point, or should I look to other CM tools?
(reddit.com)
A good discussion on Reddit about the future of DSC.
By: u/Rayzen87 submitted:Jun 16 2022
A good discussion on Reddit about the future of DSC.
By: u/Rayzen87 submitted:Jun 16 2022
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
AAD Group Writeback Script
(github.com)
This repository contains a script that can take certain groups in an Azure Active Directory, defined
By: goodworkaround submitted:Jun 16 2022
This repository contains a script that can take certain groups in an Azure Active Directory, defined
by a scope, writing them back to onpremises Active Directory, including group memberships.
By: goodworkaround submitted:Jun 16 2022
Get Current Weather Conditions with Powershell and Openweathermap API
(reddit.com)
We all know the problem that we want to know the current weather conditions but we don't want to
By: u/roflrolle submitted:Jun 16 2022
We all know the problem that we want to know the current weather conditions but we don't want to
open the curtains or look outside the window.
By: u/roflrolle submitted:Jun 16 2022
Fun
Playing Apis: the beehive programming game
(kenvvard.itch.io)
If you are learning how to work with APIs, or just wondering how the heck you can play a game using
By: kenvvard submitted:Jun 16 2022
If you are learning how to work with APIs, or just wondering how the heck you can play a game using
PowerShell, I encourage you to download this game.
By: kenvvard submitted:Jun 16 2022
Upcoming Events
Women in PowerShell/DevOps Virtual Event October 22nd 2020
(twitter.com)
Amber and Sydney from the PowerShell Team at Microsoft will be hosting a virtual event on Thursday,
By: Sydney Smith submitted:Jun 16 2022
Amber and Sydney from the PowerShell Team at Microsoft will be hosting a virtual event on Thursday,
October 22nd from 9am-11am PDT to build community amongst women in DevOps.
By: Sydney Smith submitted:Jun 16 2022
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