November 18, 2022
Announcements!
PowerShell 7.3 General Availability
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General availability of PowerShell 7.3
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Nov 18 2022
General availability of PowerShell 7.3
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Nov 18 2022
Blogs, Articles, and Posts
5 Ways to install PowerShell 7 on Windows
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PowerShell 7 is the successor to PowerShell 5.1. It's fast, reliable and it is cross-platform.
By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Nov 18 2022
PowerShell 7 is the successor to PowerShell 5.1. It's fast, reliable and it is cross-platform.
Without a doubt, PowerShell 7 is the future.
By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Nov 18 2022
Back to Basics: The PowerShell Contains Operator
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Keep your PowerShell fundamentals strong with this tutorial on the PowerShell contains operator by
By: Nicholas Xuan Nguyen submitted:Nov 18 2022
Keep your PowerShell fundamentals strong with this tutorial on the PowerShell contains operator by
ATA Learning!
By: Nicholas Xuan Nguyen submitted:Nov 18 2022
How do you schedule your PS scripts?
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Im with two small IT help desk/ ops teams located in two different manufacturing plants.
By: u/Distinct_Ship_3152 submitted:Nov 18 2022
Im with two small IT help desk/ ops teams located in two different manufacturing plants.
By: u/Distinct_Ship_3152 submitted:Nov 18 2022
Install, remove, list, and set default printer with PowerShell
(4sysops.com)
With PowerShell, you can easily install a printer driver, add a printer to the repository, and then
By: Emanuel Halapciuc submitted:Nov 18 2022
With PowerShell, you can easily install a printer driver, add a printer to the repository, and then
add a local or shared network printer to your Windows installation. In this post, I will also explain how you can list printers, add a printer port, set the default printer, and remove a printer with PowerShell.
By: Emanuel Halapciuc submitted:Nov 18 2022
PsInfo: Get disk space, installed applications, and other information about local and remote Windows systems
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PsInfo, a command-line tool that is part of the Sysinternals suite, gets key information about
By: Leos Marek submitted:Nov 18 2022
PsInfo, a command-line tool that is part of the Sysinternals suite, gets key information about
Windows systems, such as the type of installation, available disk space, installed applications, kernel build number, uptime, registered owner, and the number of processors.
By: Leos Marek submitted:Nov 18 2022
Use GitHub Codespaces for Azure PowerShell Function apps
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While GitHub Codespaces have been available for a while, this week at GitHub Universe it was
By: Barbara submitted:Nov 18 2022
While GitHub Codespaces have been available for a while, this week at GitHub Universe it was
announced that everyone can use them for free. Everyone...
By: Barbara submitted:Nov 18 2022
Use PowerShell splatting and PSBoundParameters to pass parameters
(4sysops.com)
The automatic variable PSBoundParameters stores the parameters that you explicitly passed to a
By: Jeffery Hicks submitted:Nov 18 2022
The automatic variable PSBoundParameters stores the parameters that you explicitly passed to a
function in a hash table. With the help of splatting, you can use this PowerShell feature to simplify passing of parameters to functions.
By: Jeffery Hicks submitted:Nov 18 2022
Using PowerShell on chromeOS Flex
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On an older laptop, I use chromeOS Flex. Easy to install, and for simple web browsing, it's a
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Nov 18 2022
On an older laptop, I use chromeOS Flex. Easy to install, and for simple web browsing, it's a
perfect solution without any license requirement. But yeah... I also wanted to use PowerShell on that, this blog post will show you how to install and use PowerShell on chromeOS Flex.
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Nov 18 2022
Using PowerShell to Manage Azure AD Custom Security Attributes
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Azure AD custom security attributes can mark user and service principal objects for special
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Nov 18 2022
Azure AD custom security attributes can mark user and service principal objects for special
processing, which is how the app filter for conditional access policies works. It's nice to be able to interact with data through PowerShell and the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets support setting, updating, and retrieval of Azure AD custom security attributes. Everything works, but it's a pity that it's a little clunky.
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Nov 18 2022
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
CodeConversion
(github.com)
Orginally a feature of PowerShell Pro Tools, this module provides the ability to convert between C#
By: Ironman Software, LLC submitted:Nov 18 2022
Orginally a feature of PowerShell Pro Tools, this module provides the ability to convert between C#
and PowerShell. No license required.
By: Ironman Software, LLC submitted:Nov 18 2022
PSObjectTools
(github.com)
Functions to enable advanced PSObject analysis and comparison.
By: Tyler Richardson submitted:Nov 18 2022
Functions to enable advanced PSObject analysis and comparison.
By: Tyler Richardson submitted:Nov 18 2022
Books, Media, and Learning Resources
ELI5
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Attempting my way through "PS through a month of lunches" only experience being my A+.
By: u/iamelloyello submitted:Nov 18 2022
Attempting my way through "PS through a month of lunches" only experience being my A+.
By: u/iamelloyello submitted:Nov 18 2022
Exchange Online PowerShell Book Updated!
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Last night (11/16/22) the Exchange Online PowerShell book had it's first of three planned updates!
By: damian submitted:Nov 18 2022
Last night (11/16/22) the Exchange Online PowerShell book had it's first of three planned updates!
The new edition of the book is available HERE and is a Nov 2022 Edition! Go get your copy now, or if you are a subscriber (THANK YOU!) you can download an update to your subscription. The next update should...
By: damian submitted:Nov 18 2022
HTML Reporting with Powershell Part 1 Creating the Basic Report
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In tis video, we look at how to create an html report in powershell. This will shows the basics of
By: Chasse TAC submitted:Nov 18 2022
In tis video, we look at how to create an html report in powershell. This will shows the basics of
how to create a multiple fragment body and why it's needed for more complex reports.
By: Chasse TAC submitted:Nov 18 2022
Nightmare Fuel with I am Jakoby
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In this episode, we talk with ethical hacker I am Jakoby who gives us insights into the many ways
By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Nov 18 2022
In this episode, we talk with ethical hacker I am Jakoby who gives us insights into the many ways
someone can get access to your systems. We talked about how he started his journey into ethical hacking, and the support he got when he submitted for hak5.
By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Nov 18 2022
Practicing PowerShell
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Hi everyone. What would be the most cost effective option/service I could use to spin up a few
By: u/Ckn0wt submitted:Nov 18 2022
Hi everyone. What would be the most cost effective option/service I could use to spin up a few
servers so I can build out a test AD environment to effectively practice PowerShell?
By: u/Ckn0wt submitted:Nov 18 2022
Start and Stop EC2 New Instances Using Powershell
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In this video we cover the basics of starting and stopping a EC2 Instance With Powershell.
By: Joshua Arp submitted:Nov 18 2022
In this video we cover the basics of starting and stopping a EC2 Instance With Powershell.
By: Joshua Arp submitted:Nov 18 2022
Fun
PowerShell Mastodon Report
(github.com)
A report of PowerShell activity across the Mastodon landscape. It searches across multiple public
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Nov 18 2022
A report of PowerShell activity across the Mastodon landscape. It searches across multiple public
Mastodon servers for people talking about PowerShell. If you are looking for who to follow or which server to join, this is the place for you.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Nov 18 2022
PSPlex
(github.com)
A PowerShell module to aid Plex server management.
By: Robin Malik submitted:Nov 18 2022
A PowerShell module to aid Plex server management.
By: Robin Malik submitted:Nov 18 2022
Upcoming Events
PowerShell SnippetRace 44/45-2022
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PSScriptAnalyzer, OpenSSH, curl, -ne, Azure Automation Events PowerShell Workshop (MS-Graph,
By: Roman Stadlmair submitted:Nov 18 2022
PSScriptAnalyzer, OpenSSH, curl, -ne, Azure Automation Events PowerShell Workshop (MS-Graph,
PowerShellGet, news around PS), 9. November 2022 in Linz. Workshop will be held in GERMAN language.
By: Roman Stadlmair submitted:Nov 18 2022
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