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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