January 28, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Difference between GetTempFileName() and GetRandomFileName() that got my ass kicked (evotec.xyz)
Today's story is about me making assumptions on how things work based on the method's name.
By: Przemyslaw Klys submitted:Jun 16 2022

How To Connect To Microsoft Graph API Using PowerShell (thesysadminchannel.com)
Microsoft has confirmed on multiple occasions that the Azure AD Graph Endpoint is deprecated and

will fully be decommissioned on June 30, 2022.

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By: Paul Contreras submitted:Jun 16 2022

Multiplatform reading EXIF data in Powershell 7 (reddit.com)
I am attempting to get EXIF metadata using a Powershell 7 script
By: u/_ReeX_ submitted:Jun 16 2022

Only One Join-Path Is Needed (nocolumnname.blog)
Learning from my mistakes aka Failing Up
By: Shane O'Neill submitted:Jun 16 2022

Using PowerShell with $PSStyle (4sysops.com)
PowerShell 7.2 introduced the automatic variable $PSStyle for a new feature called PSAnsiRendering.

In this post, I show you how you can use ANSI rendering to control text decorations, such as color and font styling, in PowerShell.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Want to “tail” a text file in real-time? (twitter.com)
Get-Content (alias gc) will do it
By: Guy Leech submitted:Jun 16 2022

When PowerShellGet v1 fails to install the NuGet Provider (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Recently there's been a number of users who have encountered a particular bug with PowerShellGet

1.0.0.1 in Windows PowerShell. This bug occurs when you try to to use a PowerShellGet cmdlet that is dependent on PackageManagement

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By: Amber Erickson submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

BicepDev (github.com)
Functions to support and speed up development of Bicep templates
By: justacurley submitted:Jun 16 2022

MCW-Backup (github.com)
A Powershell script that automate the process of create backups for your Minecraft worlds, both

Bedrock and Java Edition on Windows.

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By: Kevin Luna submitted:Jun 16 2022

Open Source YouTube PowerShell Module (github.com)
A PowerShell module to manage YouTube content.
By: Trevor Sullivan submitted:Jun 16 2022

OSDCloud Sandbox for OSD Windows Autopilot is ready to go (osdcloud.com)
OSDCloud Sandbox is created to simplify the WinPE and OOBE OSD process. This is a new concept based

on PSCloudScript

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By: David Segura submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Making a “choose your own adventure” game in PowerShell (reddit.com)
Questions around creating your own game in PowerShell
By: u/FlaccoPastorius submitted:Jun 16 2022

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