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April 29, 2022

Announcements!

Announcing General Availability of Az.Tools.Predictor (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
On November 10, 2020, we announced the first preview of Az.Tools.Predictor, a PowerShell module

suggesting the Azure cmdlet to use with parameters and suggested values. Today, we are announcing the general availability of Az.Tools.Predictor.

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By: Azure PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022

Get-WhatsNew (github.com)
Get-WhatsNew is a cmdlet that provides information about changes and new features for a version of

PowerShell, delivered to the local terminal experience.

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Release v7.2.3 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come check out the latest PowerShell release!
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

3 Best Methods To Import SCCM PowerShell Module Cmdlets (anoopcnair.com)
Let's learn 3 Best Methods to Import SCCM PowerShell Module Cmdlets. The SCCM PS module is a

collection of CMDLets available to perform SCCM administration tasks.

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By: Dhanraj Barman submitted:Jun 16 2022

Adding Registry Hive HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (HKCC) to your PowerShell Drives (sid-500.com)
Did you know that you can add additional registry hives to your PowerShell drives? No? Then I will

show you now how to do that and how to access HKCC with PowerShell. Let's get started.

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Jun 16 2022

What is the most “Rube Goldberg’d” PowerShell script you’ve cobbled together and what did it do? (reddit.com)
u/AsyncProper with another awesome question this week ??
By: u/AsyncProper submitted:Jun 16 2022

What is your “must have” module? (github.com)
Join the discussion and be sure add yours to the list.
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

What new acquired PowerShell concept/understanding significantly improved the quality/performance of your scripts that inspired you to go back and integrate it into some of your old scripts? (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: u/AsyncProper submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Choco Runner (github.com)
Rapid fast multi package installer for chocolatey packages. Uses different threads for mach speed
By: Neocky submitted:Jun 16 2022

ClassExplorer: Discover the API you need with ease (github.com)
ClassExplorer is a PowerShell module that enables quickly searching the AppDomain for classes and

members.

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By: Patrick Meinecke submitted:Jun 16 2022

Create log file with date elements in path (pastebin.com)
$logFile passed as a parameter such as

"%systemdrive%%year%%monthname%blah-%hour%.%minute%-y%.%month%.%year%.log"

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By: Guy Leech submitted:Jun 16 2022

GetMFAStatusReport.ps1 (github.com)
Export Office 365 users' MFA status using Microsoft Graph PowerShell
By: O365Reports.com submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Securing PowerShell with Fred Weinmann (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
I hope you are ready to learn because Fred hits the ground running with information and never lets

up. We cover a lot of ground on security and PowerShell

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By: The PowerShell Podcast submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Iron Scripter 2022 Main Event (ironscripter.us)
Are you ready for the chairman's latest challenge?
By: Iron Scripter submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 22, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Bastion: Azure PowerShell deployment script (wmatthyssen.com)
This blog post will show you how you can deploy Azure Bastion and all associated resources via the

use of an Azure PowerShell script.

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By: Wim Matthyssen submitted:Jun 16 2022

Chrome: Manage extensions with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
In this article, you will learn how you can manage extensions in Google's web browser Chrome in your

organization. With the help of a PowerShell script, you can install Chrome managed extensions in your network either through Intune or any RMM software that supports scripts.

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By: Robert Pearman submitted:Jun 16 2022

Create and read SCVMM custom properties with PowerShell and the VMM Console (4sysops.com)
In this guide, I will show you how to add, remove, and read Microsoft's System Center Virtual

Machine Manager (SCVMM) custom properties with PowerShell and the Virtual Machine Manager Console.

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By: Alexander Pazik submitted:Jun 16 2022

Let’s Learn the Get-FileHash Command (tommymaynard.com)
Someone, somewhere, sent me down a path. At the end of it, while it is not where I needed to be, I

learned - or relearned rather - about the Get-FileHash cmdlet.

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By: Tommy Maynard submitted:Jun 16 2022

Power Up your PowerShell experience with these four add-ons (commandline.ninja)
The developers behind PowerShell released a handful of tools and new functionality to improve how

you work with PowerShell. I write about four additions you should consider for your everyday PowerShell usage over at the TechTarget website.

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By: Mike Kanakos submitted:Jun 16 2022

Question for PowerShell twitter: (twitter.com)
what are some cool and fun PS Gallery modules?
By: Thomas Lee submitted:Jun 16 2022

SSH access to servers running anywhere using Azure Arc (thomasmaurer.ch)
With Azure Arc, you can remotely manage your Linux and Windows Servers using the Azure control plane

and management services, such as Azure Policy, Update Management, Security Center, Azure Monitor, and many more.

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By: Thomas Maurer submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AzureDevOps.Services.OpenApi (github.com)
Client Module for the Azure DevOps api.
By: Friedrich Weinmann submitted:Jun 16 2022

PSGalleryReport – Top 25 PSGallery Contributors (github.com)
This is a report of contributions to the PowerShell Gallery from the top 25 module authors. This

list excludes major vendors such as Microsoft, Amazon, and VMware. The exclusions are completely subjective. The intent is to use this report to highlight individual contributors to the PowerShell Gallery

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

PSOpenAD (github.com)
A cross-platform Active Directory management module.
By: Jordan Borean submitted:Jun 16 2022

RestConnect (github.com)
Module used for managing REST api connections and executing requests. It is designed as a component

together with AutoRest-generated code.

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By: Friedrich Weinmann submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Coding a Neural Network in PowerShell – YouTube (youtube.com)
A great walkthrough on creating neural network module in PowerShell.
By: Caroline Chiari submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 15, 2022

Announcements!

PSGalleryReport (github.com)
PowerShell Gallery reports on recently published modules
By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How can someone (in, say, a tech support position) practice Powershell in their spare time? (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: u/razzrazz- submitted:Jun 16 2022

Use the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) to inspect PowerShell command syntax in scripts (mikefrobbins.com)
I recently needed to determine the PowerShell commands and parameters used in multiple scripts. What

better way to accomplish this task than to use the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)?

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By: Mike F. Robbins submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

lAZy (formerly known as Lazy Azure Administrator) (github.com)
lAZy is a simple GUI application designed to handle most of your Azure and Intune Help Desk needs.
By: iBowler1995 submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

DBATools with Jess Pomfret (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Jess Pomfret joins us to discuss how PowerShell was the perfect tool to help her automate DBA tasks.

She gives some great insight into joining the community for the first time and talks about how helpful Chrissy LeMaire was in submitting her first submission to the dbatools module. Last, we cover the importance of writing code to test your code with Pester.

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By: The PowerShell Podcast submitted:Jun 16 2022

What’s new in PowerShell Universal 3 – SQL Server Support – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video, I show how to configure PowerShell Universal 3 SQL Server s
By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 8, 2022

Announcements!

Azure PowerShell release notes (docs.microsoft.com)
7.4.0 was released on Tuesday April 5th
By: Azure PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Get Azure Conditional Access Policy Changes using PowerShell (thesysadminchannel.com)
I always find it very helpful to be able to use Powershell to automate whatever task needs

automating. Knowing how to automate is truly one of the most versatile skills you can have as a Systems Engineer and today I'm going to share a script I wrote to be able to get azure conditional access policy changes using Powershell.

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By: Paul Contreras submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Leverage AWS PowerShell Commands for Automation (adamtheautomator.com)
Are you tired of interacting with your AWS Services from your PowerShell environment through the

REST API endpoints? Although functional, interacting with AWS services through the REST API endpoints can be complex. What is the way out? AWS PowerShell Tools is the solution!

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By: Victory Nwani submitted:Jun 16 2022

On Preferences and Scopes (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Progress in PowerShell: a tale of Verbosity and other preferences with lessons in Scopes and Proxies

thrown in

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By: James O'Neill submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

ConvertTo-PowerShell (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
Up until recently, ConvertTo-CSharp and ConvertTo-PowerShell were a part of PowerShell Pro Tools. We

recently moved them out of PowerShell Pro Tools and into an open-source and free module called CodeConversion. You can use the cmdlets found in it to perform the exact same operations that were available previously in the paid tool.

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By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jun 16 2022

Create three Azure Windows VMs running W2K16, W2K19 and W2K22 for testing purposes (wmatthyssen.com)
In this blog post, I will show you how you can create 3 Azure Windows virtual machines (VMs) running

Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022, for testing purposes with Azure PowerShell.

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By: Wim Matthyssen submitted:Jun 16 2022

GithubAPI (github.com)
A self-generating PowerShell module for the GitHub API
By: Zach Alexander submitted:Jun 16 2022

Managing Kiuwan users through API with PowerShell (paweljarosz.wordpress.com)
If you have Kiuwan with enabled SAML, and you manage access to the enterprise app using groups -

this script is for you.

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By: Pawel Jarosz submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Cheat Sheet for Azure PowerShell (github.com)
Welcome to the PowerShell Reference Guide. This guide will provide you with a reference to key

PowerShell commands necessary for Azure administrators as well as required to pass the Azure Administrator certification exams from Microsoft AZ-104

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By: Andrei Pintica submitted:Jun 16 2022

Let’s Chat: Strings Not Arrays, Sometimes, Maybe? – YouTube (youtube.com)
Well, you all asked for it on Twitter so hare it is. The first of the video's on strings. Here we

get started with what a string really is at the end of the day. An object. An array? A.. Char Array?

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By: Jordan Benzing submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A Remote Status PowerShell Challenge (ironscripter.us)
The Chairman is eagerly looking forward to this year's PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit. In

preparation for the first in-person Iron Scripter challenge in a few years, the Chairman has commissioned this intermediate to advanced PowerShell scripting challenge.

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By: Iron Scripter submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell is amazing! (twitter.com)
Did you know you can implement a sound type system in 6 lines?
By: Doug Finke submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

MMS 2022 at MOA: Automate ConfigMgr Site Health Checks with PowerShell and Azure Automation (mms2022atmoa.sched.com)
Wouldn't it be nice if you didn't have to stop and run through a manual health check each

month/year? What if you could automate the process, and have it capture results to compare each checkup with the previous results? How about automated notifications when something isn't quite right? It's easier than you might expect, using PowerShell and Azure Automation.

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By: David Stein submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 1, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automatic Jira ticket creation for Azure application admin consent requests (doitpsway.com)
If you are an Azure administrator you are probably aware that it can be pretty dangerous to let

users give permissions consent to any Azure application that is in the wild. Because it can lead to illicit consent grant attack which seems to be more and more popular among the hackers.

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By: Ondrej Sebela submitted:Jun 16 2022

Automating with PowerShell: Shipping your logs (cyberdrain.com)
This time we're going to use PowerShell to setup moving your logs to a centralized logging engine.
By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell 7: Providing Module Compatibility with PowerShell 5 Modules (sid-500.com)
Many of us need it, but for just as many it is sometimes a nuisance. What I am talking about is

PowerShell 7 module compatibility. In this post I will show how to make PowerShell 5 modules PowerShell 7 executable. Let's dive in.

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell by Example (powershellbyexample.dev)
PowerShell by Example, modeled after Go by Example, is a hands-on introduction to PowerShell using

annotated example programs. Check out the first example or browse the full list below.

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By: Sander Stad submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell Predicting with Style (jdhitsolutions.com)
I've been using the PSReadline module for years in PowerShell. I especially loved it when the module

added inline command prediction based on your history. You would start typing a command and the module would search your saved history and suggest an inline completion.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Reconstructing PowerShell scripts from multiple Windows event logs (news.sophos.com)
On the trail of malicious PowerShell artifacts too large to be contained in a single log? Help is on

the way.

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By: Vikas Singh submitted:Jun 16 2022

Restoring Windows Terminal Link in Windows 11 (jdhitsolutions.com)
Unfortunately, the latest beta release reverts to Windows PowerShell. I've been told that this was a

deliberate decision to avoid having a dead link if the user uninstalled Windows Terminal. Don't even get me started.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Trying to think of a metaphor (reddit.com)
Hi I'm going to do a presentation about powershell to new comer and I'm wondering if someone has

ever thought of metaphor to highlight the "object" part of powershell when it comes to comparing it to cmd or bash.

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By: u/fennecdore submitted:Jun 16 2022

Use PsExec and PowerShell together (4sysops.com)
In my previous article, we discussed how to use PsExec. As promised, today we will discuss the

various use cases in which you can use PsExec and PowerShell together, working as a team.

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By: Surender Kumar submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Here are 15 PowerShell functions for your day-to-day Intune needs (reddit.com)
That's actually why I'm writing this, I just finished all the primary functions that I'll be

utilizing for the Intune module, and wanted to share the PowerShell source code for folks who want to adopt the functions into their environment without the GUI application.

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By: u/Sin_of_the_Dark submitted:Jun 16 2022

I made a simple PowerShell script to organize messy folders (reddit.com)
Simple, yet elegant ??
By: u/giuscond submitted:Jun 16 2022

Show-WifiPasswords.ps1 (github.com)
Simple function to view your wifi network names and passwords
By: gangstanthony submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Chatting about Chatbots with Mike Kanakos (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Mike Kanakos is extremely active in the PowerShell community, so getting the opportunity to

highlight all his contributions was pretty awesome for us. We got to talk about all of the ways we can contribute to PowerShell to keep it the best version of itself. We also did a quick dive into ChatBots and highlighted PoshBot, which can connect to several chat backends like Slack or Teams.

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By: The PowerShell Podcast submitted:Jun 16 2022

Get The Most Out of PowerShell. Featuring James Petty, PowerShell MVP – YouTube (youtube.com)
A great discuss on getting the most out of PowerShell
By: PDQ.com submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Big news! Pester 6.0.0 released TODAY! (twitter.com)
I almost forgot it is April 1st
By: Pester Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

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