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October 29, 2021

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo Preview.4 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to announce the fourth preview of PowerShell Crescendo, a framework to rapidly

develop PowerShell cmdlets for native commands, regardless of platform.

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating with PowerShell: setting OneDrive ownership (cyberdrain.com)
So I've been hard at work on CIPP the last couple of weeks and because of that haven't had time to

blog really. The great thing is that all of the stuff I normally blog about is pretty easy to integrate into CIPP

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By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022

Creating an API to find an Azure resource abbreviation (4bes.nl)
I have created an API to find an Azure resource abbreviation. In most naming conventions I have seen

at companies, the resource type is mentioned in the name of the resource. To save space, an abbreviation is used.

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By: Barbara Forbes submitted:Jun 16 2022

For those that were asking about splatting in PowerShell (twitter.com)
recently (where you pass a hashtable containing the parameters rather than passing named parameters

(never use positional parameters!)), you can multi-splat if you need to as I do here

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By: Guy Leech submitted:Jun 16 2022

Generate PowerShell Dynamic Parameter Code (jdhitsolutions.com)
One of the topics we've discussed in the PowerShell Cmdlet Working Group is a request to make it

easier to insert dynamic parameters.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Edit Files with a Real PowerShell Text Editor (adamtheautomator.com)
Did you run a script that read a text file and discover that the file had several wrong entries? A

PowerShell text editor may come in handy in such situations. You wouldn't need to fire up an external editor. Instead, you can edit the file without leaving PowerShell. How cool is that?

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By: Amanda Punch submitted:Jun 16 2022

Lesson Learned From Multi-Threading with dbatools (flxsql.com)
Over the summer, I spent some (a lot of) time working on updates to a script at work which runs

multiple processes in parallel. Everything seemed to work OK for a while, but then everything broke.

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By: Andy Levy submitted:Jun 16 2022

Saving PowerPoint Deck as a PDF – with PowerShell 7 (tfl09.blogspot.com)
This week, I got into a twitter discussion about a presenter posting their slides for delegates. My

personal preference is to always share the slides. Often, especially when I was working for an employer, I'd share a PDF of the file rather than the slides. Some decks had had a LOT of effort put in (some by inhouse graphics guys) and giving those animations away was sub-optimal for IP reasons.

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By: Thomas Lee submitted:Jun 16 2022

$This is a PowerShell syntax\technique I was unaware of until today.$

This is a PowerShell syntax\technique I was unaware of until today. (twitter.com)
Same here
By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Powershell-HTML5-Reporting (github.com)
New, simple, fast HTML5 builder to create awesome reporting.
By: Quentin Schweitzer submitted:Jun 16 2022

Set-CamelCase.ps1 (github.com)
Converts a string to camelCase
By: Tony Pagliaro submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Oh God I died laughing PowerShell. (twitter.com)
I am definitely saving this.
By: Justin Grote submitted:Jun 16 2022

Wargames (underthewire.tech)
Under the Wire trains experienced, developing, and novice Information Technologists to use Windows

PowerShell in a variety of situations through innovative and fun wargames.

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By: Under the Wire submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 22, 2021

Announcements!

Microsoft asks admins to patch PowerShell to fix WDAC bypass (bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft has asked system administrators to patch PowerShell 7 against two vulnerabilities allowing

attackers to bypass Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) enforcements and gain access to plain text credentials.

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By: Sergiu Gatlan submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell Release v7.2.0-rc.1 (github.com)
Come check out the latest release candidate for PowerShell 7.2
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 is here and it's HUGE!
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Do you guys use GitHub as a place to store basic scratchpad and one-liners? (reddit.com)
Some cool tips and ideas on how to store all your code and snippets.
By: r/PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022

Removing Obsolete PowerShell Remoting Configurations (jdhitsolutions.com)
I'm pretty sure I've discussed this before, but Microsoft is scheduled to release PowerShell 7.2

soon, I thought it might be good to revisit this topic. Here's the potential issue. If you've been installing PowerShell 7 releases for a while, and have been enabling PowerShell remoting, you most likely have a list of remoting session configurations like this.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Resolving PowerShell Module Conflicts (pipehow.tech)
Writing PowerShell sometimes means developing modules. If you're writing a PowerShell module,

chances are that you're far enough into the PowerShell world that you're using modules that other people authored as well. That's great! There's no need to re-invent any wheels when we can utilize PSGallery, the residence of many great modules.

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By: Emanuel Palm submitted:Jun 16 2022

Sending Email from Exchange Online Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell (practical365.com)
Recently, I've been exploring how to use the Microsoft Graph with PowerShell to automate some common

administrative tasks within Microsoft 365. Among the recent factors causing me to consider using Graph APIs with PowerShell are:

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

DSInternals (github.com)
Offline modification of Active Directory databases is now supported on Windows Server 2022,

including password resets, SID history injection, group membership changes, and enabling/disabling accounts.

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By: Michael Grafnetter submitted:Jun 16 2022

Locality (gitlab.com)
Locality is a PowerShell module for parsing location strings into more useful geographic units.
By: Devin Rich submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell; Folder Report with File Count and Size (techbloggingfool.com)
I was recently asked what tool would be best to report the number of items in, and the size of,

every folder in a particular file share. As an IT Architect I have numerous tools at my disposal that would be able to acquire the data my business partner needed. A few lines of PowerShell was the easiest to implement.

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By: Kevin Trent submitted:Jun 16 2022

SysmonLinux.Util (github.com)
PowerShell Module for parsing logs generated by Sysinternals Sysmon for Linux
By: Carlos Perez submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

It’s Friday – ?? (reddit.com)
Don't set the world on fire, set your console on fire instead!
By: u/Ecrofirt submitted:Jun 16 2022

pwshPlaces (github.com)
pwshPlaces is a PowerShell module that can help you discover places and search for points of

interest around the globe.

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By: Jake Morrison submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 15, 2021

Announcements!

Release v7.1.5 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell release now!
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A closer look at the parsing code of a Crescendo output handler (devblogs.microsoft.com)
In my previous post, I showed you how to parse the output from the netstat command. The output of

netstat is not very complex. The goal of the post was to introduce some parsing strategies that you can use to create a full Crescendo module. In this post, I explain the details of a more complex parsing function that I created for my VssAdmin module.

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By: Sean Wheeler submitted:Jun 16 2022

Finding Modified Files with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
Here's another task that I seem to be constantly fiddling with using PowerShell. What files did I

work on yesterday? Or what files were modified in the last 48 hours?

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

From Standard User to Elevated Administrator (thelazyadministrator.com)
Run Elevated PowerShell Commands with PowerShell Studio and Impersonation
By: Brad Wyatt submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell Splatting: Make Commands Shorter Again! (jeffbrown.tech)
PowerShell commands can have lots of parameters. It can be difficult typing all of them out with

their values or using backticks to perform line continuation. Sounds like a case for PowerShell splatting!

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By: Jeff Brown submitted:Jun 16 2022

Replacing Send-MailMessage (reddit.com)
A good discussion on Reddit about replacements for Send-MailMessage
By: r/PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022

The 10 Basic PowerShell Commands You Need to Know (adamtheautomator.com)
Have you ever tried to write some PowerShell code and got stuck? Worry no more! One of the best ways

to get good at PowerShell is by understanding the basics. Knowing a few basic PowerShell commands can make you a pro, and you'll automate administrative tasks more efficiently.

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By: Samuel Ogunleke submitted:Jun 16 2022

Using PowerShell for Docker Confidence (tommymaynard.com)
As I get deeper into Docker I thought that there might be some people out there with an

understanding of PowerShell, that could use it to feel comfortable looking at Docker closer. So, that's who this is for.

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By: Tommy Maynard submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Automating with PowerShell: A much better partner portal (cyberdrain.com)
This is my super secret project that I have been working on for some weeks. A lot of my time outside

of work was sunk into this effort. Somewhere last year I made a post about a better partner portal. This was super well received and I got a lot of amazing feedback on it.

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By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022

ConvertTo-SQLSelect (nocolumnname.blog)
There are times when I want to mess about with data in SQL Server, data that I have obtained in

PowerShell. This will require some way to get the information from PowerShell into SQL Server.

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By: Shane O'Neill submitted:Jun 16 2022

Microsoft_Surface_Warranty_Status.ps1 (github.com)
Query Microsoft Surface serial numbers from SCCM DB to get warranty status from Microsoft Warranty

rest API

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By: BeholdenCypress submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automating Twitter using the Twitter API with Dave Carroll – YouTube (youtube.com)
Dave Carroll is a DevOps engineer who has created a Twitter module for PowerShell that allows him to

automate his tweets from his cmd prompt.

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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group submitted:Jun 16 2022

Get up to speed with Plaster with James Petty (youtube.com)
For the October 2021 meeting of the SoCal PowerShell User Group, James Petty took some time to

explore Plaster and how it can help us standardize our PowerShell module development.

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By: SoCal PowerShell User Group submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 8, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A good start to PowerShell (twitter.com)
Want to master Command Line but struggling to find where to start ? Then here is the mega thread for

you to start

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By: Dattaveer Boda submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Monitor VM Memory Pressure with PowerShell (altaro.com)
In a previous article, I gave you an introduction to using performance counters with Hyper-V and

PowerShell. Of course you can use performance counters to manage all sorts of things, but personally, memory is the most critical.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Quick HTTP Listener in PowerShell (drakelambert.dev)
This article is helpful if you want to quickly listen for HTTP requests, inspect them, and respond

to them in real time. That means you can decide what request data to explore and what response data to send on the fly!

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By: Drake Lambert submitted:Jun 16 2022

Search SQL Server Errorlog with PowerShell (sqladm.in)
The SQL Server errorlog has a misleading name. There is a lot more information in it than just

errors. The version, startup parameters, memory settings and a ton more. I've been working with SQL Server for over 20 years and I still see messages in the errorlog that I don't remember coming across.

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By: Jeff Hill submitted:Jun 16 2022

The Surprising Working of TrimEnd (nocolumnname.blog)
A couple of days ago, I was running some unit tests across a piece of PowerShell code for work and a

test was failing where I didn't expect it to.

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By: Shane O'Neill submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

CustomizeWindows11 (github.com)
I missed my old context menu in Windows 11 today, so I did the sensible thing and created a

PowerShell Module to manage my various registry tweaks straight from the Windows Terminal!

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By: Jaap Brasser submitted:Jun 16 2022

EasyJob (github.com)
keep and execute your PowerShell and BAT scripts from one interface
By: Akshin Mustafayev submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How to setup tab completion for Chocolatey – YouTube (youtube.com)
Most likely, out of the box, tab completion (which is enabled via an addition to the Windows

PowerShell profile) for Chocolatey won't be enabled.

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By: Gary Ewan Park submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

?? Disco Terminal! (reddit.com)
Just being silly...
By: u/Hoping_i_Get_poached submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 1, 2021

Announcements!

Az module support in Azure Automation is now available (azure.microsoft.com)
To make it easy for you to work with the Az modules, Azure Automation now supports Az modules by

default.

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By: Azure PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022

Release v7.2.0-preview.10 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell Preview release now!
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Error handling in functions? (reddit.com)
After reading the thread below it got me curious about how everyone implements error handling in

their functions.

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By: r/PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Kill a Windows Process on a Remote System (adamtheautomator.com)
Perhaps you're working happily on a remote Windows server, then find a process that runs awry using

up valuable CPU cycles. What do you do? Kill it!

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By: Nick Rimmer submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Transfer files with PowerShell SFTP (adamtheautomator.com)
If you need to transfer files securely with SFTP and know a little about PowerShell, you're in luck.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to work with files remotely via SFTP and dig into some of the different PowerShell SFTP modules you can use.

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By: Chaitanya submitted:Jun 16 2022

I Need a PSDrive Now! (jdhitsolutions.com)
I hope you've been enjoying the last few posts on working with PSDrives. To round out the set, I

thought I'd remind you of a command in the PSScriptTools module that I use often, especially when teaching a live class or presenting at a conference. As you've seen, I use PSDrives as shortcuts to commonly used folders. Back in my DOS days, I relied on subst.exe. PSDrives are much easier. Here's my typical dilemma and how I solve it.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Interactive Authentication to Microsoft Graph using MSAL with PowerShell and Delegated Permissions – darrenjrobinson – Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
Previously I've written about using MSAL and PowerShell with Application Permissions and Client

Credentials and Certificate based authentication. Also with Delegated Permissions and Device Code flow authentication. The one I haven't written a post on is performing interactive authentication to Microsoft Graph using MSAL with PowerShell and Delegated Permissions. I have for Python so this post will complete the examples for both Python and PowerShell.

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By: Darren Robinson submitted:Jun 16 2022

My Crescendo journey (devblogs.microsoft.com)
In a recent PowerShell Users Group meeting I was thinking that it might be good to talk about the

new Crescendo module and how to use it. I was going to ask Jason Helmick if he would do a presentation for us. Then, in an unrelated conversation, someone mentioned using vssadmin.exe for some project. This got me thinking: vssadmin is a perfect candidate for a Crescendo module and maybe I should just learn it and do the presentation myself.

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By: Sean Wheeler submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell on Linux? A primer on Object-Shells (fedoramagazine.org)
This post gives you an overview of PowerShell and a comparison to POSIX-compliant shells.
By: TheEvilSkeleton and Ozymandias42 submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AsBuiltReport (github.com)
A configuration document framework which utilises PowerShell to produce as-built documentation in

multiple document formats for multiple technologies

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By: AsBuiltReport submitted:Jun 16 2022

Default Intune Enrollment (github.com)
This document will guide you and show you which steps to take to deploy your whole Intune tenant

within a few minutes. Before we can configure the tenant with Powershell, we need to make sure we have configured some prereqs.

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By: Rudy Ooms submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Generating Beautiful Documentation with Stephen Valdinger – YouTube (youtube.com)
Does this sound familiar? You love PowerShell because it's awesome and, with PowerShell, you can

create automation to eliminate manual tasks. But... you don't love writing the documentation for your code....

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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group submitted:Jun 16 2022

Make PowerShell a Real Solution in 5 Steps! – YouTube (youtube.com)
Wait, isn't PowerShell a solution already? Let me explain 🙂
By: Brisbane Infrastructure DevOps User Group submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

clickbait.ps1 (gist.github.com)
In this PowerShell `Clickbait Headline Generator` script, learn about text manipulation, get-random,

functions, switch statement, and the `-f` operator to create this algorithm.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Jun 16 2022

Coolest script you’ve created? (reddit.com)
A fun discussion thread on r/PowerShell
By: r/PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022

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