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Active Directory. The code used PowerShell and CIM events to notify you, for example, when a new user account is created. This can be helpful when you need alerting. But perhaps you only need reporting. What has changed in Active Directory since a given date and time, such as in the last 24 hours? And wouldn't it be nice to have a pretty report? Let me help. Here's how I approached the prob lem using PowerShell and the ActiveDirectory module.

automatically send the results to the service codecov.io, which in turn will present the results so that we can see change over time.

might want to clear the Windows recycle bin from time to time, to remove unnecessary files and free up space. You can do that using the Windows user interface, or you can empty the Windows recycle bin using PowerShell. The Clear-RecycleBin is a simple PowerShell cmdlet, which removes the file from the Windows recycle bin.

all of your Azure subscriptions to optimize cost...

all of the various technologies that make PSRemoting work. This guide will not cover how to use PSRemoting. You'll see plenty of references to many of our how-to guides throughout.

single-sign-on, a search fix, and some additional "proxy" cmdlets that can be used as examples for making more "friendly" ones.

tired of my team having to look up the DISM command line (no PowerShell equiv), so I thought I would write a new function to add to the OSD Module

keyword describes either the command you are looking for, or the information you want to get.

version 5+ and .NET 4.0 are required

written by Kent Beck. However I've added a twist, as I will be attempting to do the examples using Powershell.

for managing, configuring, and automating your servers and services. Are you responsible for managing servers on-premises? No problem. How about managing resources in the cloud for Windows or Linux? Why not both! Don't believe us? Let World renowned inventor of PowerShell, Jeffrey Snover, and his side-kick Jason Helmick bareknuckle challenge each other to a PowerShell expose of management and configuration. You are not going to want to miss this!

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recall the exact syntax inside the parameter block. Even though I've created hundreds of scripts in my day, I always use a template because its much easier. Today I'm going to share with the exact Powershell template I use when creating my Powershell Scripts.

errors when the target files don't exist or already exist. Lucky for you, there are ways in PowerShell to check if a file exists before doing anything to it.

a PowerShell pipeline? By using the tips and techniques you'll learn in this article, you'll be well on your way to scripting your way to automation greatness.

needed an easy way to manage virtual desktops over many regions. This deployment actually got me thinking about how monitoring the WVD environment should be done.

basic user attributes in Active Directory. Like anyone else, I presented the idea of using RSAT to let them modify users in ADUC or ADAC. This was not an ideal solution because ADUC can become overwhelming to someone that isn't technical. They wanted something that was extremely basic, easy to follow and work in without any guidance or instructions, and did not show the user anything else that they could not modify or needed to see.

templates over and over again. When I've spent a couple of hours coding I usually end up with a folder containing multiple .bicep files that I need to compile running bicep build. But since bicep build doesn't have a --all switch or support wildcard characters on Windows (on OSX/Linux you can run bicep build *.bicep), I started using a simple PowerShell function to compile all .bicep files in a folder instead of compiling them one by one. After a couple of days using the function it escalated with more features and I decided to put together a PowerShell module that wraps Bicep CLI and share it with the community. And that's how the Bicep PowerShell Module was born.

modules (all with their own kinks) are used. However, PowerShell is very approachable and it's surprising what you can do with just a couple of lines of code. Working examples are great learning tools to help PowerShell newcomers (and maybe experienced coders) come up with solutions to problems. A couple of years ago, we created the Office 365 for IT Pros GitHub repository. Since then, we've been populating the repository with PowerShell scripts created to illustrate new features or to demonstrate how to approach solving an administrative problem in an Office 365 tenant. The repository currently holds a collection of 81 scripts.

colors are derived from the $env:COMPUTERNAME, so the colors would be different for each computer, but it would be the same color for the same computer name each time the script is ran.

receiving a number of requests to update my PowerShell module for Brickset , (which was developed against v2 and consequently had stopped working), both via a GitHub issue and some direct contact (including, surprisingly to me, internal email at work) I decided I'd better put some effort into updating it.

improves your experience working with PowerCLI documentation.

Test Adapter, and removed some non-directly-relevant PS Extensions. Check it out!

downloading files from the web regularly, you will probably want to automate the task. Why not use PowerShell to download files?

developing scripts in Azure to send emails, know that there is no native email service available to you.

way to filter out all the things you do not need. Knowing how to use the PowerShell Where-Object cmdlet is an important skill to have in your PowerShell toolbox.

just don't get to use it much. Today, it's PowerShell background jobs. If you've been reading my blog currently, then you know I'm right in the middle of a series regarding Splunk. In the series, I'm sending telemetry data from my function template to Splunk. The problem, although slight, is that it's increased the duration, or length of time, the function takes to complete. No surprise. It's running several additional commands where it polls the user and system for information. It's only adding maybe a second more of time to the duration of the function. Still, why not determine if it's time that can be reclaimed. Enter background jobs.

online, and found it hard to find all the sites in one place. We pointed them to https://YOURDOMAIN.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx which gives a nice overview of sites and teams.

registry based on key timestamps (note that values do not have timestamps).

post can be accomplished without purchasing an API license.

and introduced port scanning and pattern matching. This video is part of TryHackMe OSCP Pathway - room: Hacking with Powershell.

not listen to use as we have a Celebration of Automation. We're joined by Veronique Lengelle, a dual MVP and also a Solutions Architect at CPS, sharing her expertise in PowerShell and how it can improve your life through automation.

can connect to a storage queue and CosmosDB. For this post, we will see how you can use PowerShell in Durable functions. This functionality has been in public preview since August 2020. While some documentation is available, I want to focus on a practical example. This will be a bit of a step-by-step guide on how you can create your own Azure PowerShell Durable functions.

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then retrieve them from PowerShell.

Invoke-RestMethod. Here is a quick intro to get you started.

Allows managing and monitoring the security posture of your resources.

conduct basic enumeration for the windows system. The machine is part of tryhackme room: hacking with powershell