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February 24, 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Config Files In PowerShell (usefulscripting.network)
Explaining how to use config files in PowerShell for more complex scripts
By: Clayton Errington submitted:Feb 24 2023

End to end module development (janhendrikpeters.de)
Why are we here? So, everybody is talking about DevOps, CI/CD, Pester, git, Visual Studio Code and

so on. But what's it to you? A customer recently reminded me that there are little end to end module build and release howto's that assume little and help you get up to speed. In this post, we'll try to cover a lot of ground. None of the topics will be deep-dived into as every topic is documented very well online. Quick warning: I might add some images in the future to break this long post up ever so slightly.

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By: jhp submitted:Feb 24 2023

Microsoft Graph PowerShell Weirdness – Part Two (powershellgeek.com)
Introduction In last week's 'Microsoft Graph PowerShell Weirdness' we talked about how the number of

cmdlets seems to be altered with a Get-Help cmdlet for some unknown reason. This week we will cover yet another odd issue with the Graph PowerShell module and it is a thorn in my side whenever I see mistakes like...

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By: Damian Scoles submitted:Feb 24 2023

More PowerShell Parameter Planning (jeffhicks.substack.com)
In the last article, I started an exploration of parameter planning. The mechanics of adding a

parameter to your PowerShell function is easy. But deciding exactly what you need requires planning and forethought. If you make smart decisions up front, your function will be easier to use and less error-prone.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Feb 24 2023

One-Liner Wednesday February 22, 2023 (clatent.com)
Ever wanted a quick and easy way to see what operating systems all your computers are running to the

detail of the version number? Then wanting to know the last time they logged on? PowerShell prov...

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Feb 24 2023

Splitting the PowerShell PSModulePath Cross-Platform (mikefrobbins.com)
The $env:PSModulePath environment variable contains a list of directory locations that PowerShell

searches to locate modules

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By: Mike F. Robbins submitted:Feb 24 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

New tool – Base64 Converter (smsagent.blog)
I found myself doing a number of Base64 conversions recently - I usually use PowerShell for this,

but I decided it would be handy to have a tool to do it, so I created one! Not something that hasn't been done before or can't easily be done online, but it's always nice to create your

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By: Trevor Jones submitted:Feb 24 2023

PowerCode v 0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
A PowerShell Module for Customizing Visual Studio Code
By: James Brundage submitted:Feb 24 2023

PSEdit v0.0.4 (github.com)
I just released PSEdit 0.0.4 with some awesome fixes for multi-line syntax highlighting.
By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Feb 24 2023

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learning by Doing with Don Jones (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this special episode of The PowerShell Podcast, we celebrate the show's 1 year anniversary with a

very special guest, Don Jones! Don is the founder of the DevOps Summit and has been a leader in the PowerShell community for many years. We chat about the origins of the DevOps Summit, the transition of leadership to James Petty and others, and the importance of learning by doing. Don also shares his tips for responding to recruiters, and Jordan gives himself a well-deserved pat on the back. Tune in to hear all this and more!

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 24 2023

MrPowerShell’s Friday Fun (twitch.tv)
Love ffmpeg and PowerShell? Learn how to have A/V automation fun in this week's PowerShell Friday

Fun.

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By: Mr PowerShell submitted:Feb 24 2023

Fun

PowerShell Summit! Then and Now (powershell.org)
Join Don Jones and James Petty as they discuss the history of the PowerShell Summit. How it started

and why it almost didn't happen.

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By: Don Jones and James Petty submitted:Feb 24 2023

Upcoming Events

MMS 2023 at MOA (mmsmoa.com)
April 30 - May 5, 2023 at the Mall of America Bloomington, Minnesota
By: MMS submitted:Jan 13 2023

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit (powershellsummit.org)
April 24-27, 2023 Bellevue, WA
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Jan 13 2023

PowerShell Days UK (sessionize.com)
Call for speakers now open. Event takes place on 3 Mar 2023.
By: psday.uk submitted:Jan 6 2023

Do you have a suggestion for PowerShell Weekly? Do you know something that should be included? Let me know in the comments below, or on
twitter.

AI Meets PowerShell: OpenAI Developments & Exciting Upcoming Events! (youtube.com)
Join Doug, a Microsoft MVP, AI developer, and seasoned PowerShell expert, as he delves into the

latest advancements from OpenAI and their implications for PowerShell users. Get the inside scoop on the upcoming OpenAI developer conference and anticipate announcements from tech titans like OpenAI, Microsoft and Nvidia.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Nov 3 2023

AI-Powered Coding: Unleashing Data and SQL Mastery with GPT Function Calling (youtube.com)
Experience the synergy of AI and coding - tune in to see how GPT Function Calling transforms

external tools and database management with Doug Finke on the Microsoft VS Code Livestream.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Dec 1 2023

Automate Text Summarization with OpenAI and PowerShell (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to use PowerShell to summarize text using OpenAI's GPT-3.5

API.

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By: Piyush Tripathi submitted:Dec 1 2023

Bing AI VS. ChatGPT, Which One is Better in PowerShell (powershellcenter.com)
PowerShell scripting is an essential skill each sysadmin has to know as it provides an efficient and

reliable way to automate IT tasks. When it comes to using AI technology to enhance PowerShell scripting, two of the most prominent options are Bing AI and ChatGPT. While both offer unique features and benefits, it's important to...

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By: Faris Malaeb submitted:Mar 24 2023

Build a Superfast Research Assistant using PowerShell and AI (youtube.com)
In this episode, I'll show you how to combine PowerShell with AI to automate tasks, chat with your

data, and build intelligent agents-all within your console and scripts.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Aug 23 2024

ChatGPT the ultimate teaching assistant (reddit.com)
I've found a rather effective method for learning Python, as someone familiar with PowerShell.
By: u/Techplained submitted:Apr 28 2023

Copilot Chat – Create a PowerShell Workspace (youtube.com)
You can ask Copilot to create workspaces for popular project types with the /createWorkspace slash

command. Copilot will first generate a directory structure for your request.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Jul 7 2023

Copilot for PowerShell (youtube.com)
If you want to learn how to use GitHub Copilot, the AI pair programmer that helps you write code

faster and better, then this video is for you.

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By: Pierre Roman submitted:Jun 16 2023

Data Alchemy: Unlocking GPT-4 Insights from Your Own Data (youtube.com)
Venture with us into the realm of AI as we draw intriguing insights from a humble CSV, powered by

the advanced GPT-4 model. Learn how to elevate everyday transaction data into an intelligent engine for your business decisions. Without sending your data to the cloud!

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By: Visual Studio Code submitted:Aug 18 2023

dbatools.ai v 1.0 (powershellgallery.com)
dbatools.ai is a copilot for SQL Server databases
By: Chrissy LeMaire submitted:May 24 2024

Generative AI (ChatGPT) with PowerShell (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
Unless you've been off the grid on a long sabbatical the last six months you've surely heard of

ChatGPT. Like many I started exploring the possibilities of OpenAI ChatGPT when it hit the world by storm last year. Pretty quickly I saw the power of it, but also wondered about using it via API.... keep reading

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By: Darren Robinson submitted:Apr 28 2023

Getting Started with GitHub Copilot in the CLI (thelazyadministrator.com)
It was announced recently that GitHub Copilot in the CLI has reached General Availablity for all

Individual, Business, and Enterprise customers. In this post, I will show you how you can get download and install the CLI and Copilot extension, authenticate to use Copilot, and the available commands and use cases.

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By: Brad Wyatt submitted:Mar 29 2024

GitHub Copilot for CLI for PowerShell (hanselman.com)
GitHub Next has this cool project that is basically Copilot for the CLI ...
By: Lars Fosdal submitted:Apr 28 2023

GitHub Copilot Password Warning (clatent.com)
Did you know that GitHub Copilot is now sensing hard coded credentials and giving you a warning?

It's not perfect, but even if something looks like hard coded creds it will flag it, as on another script I had, it contained numbers that looked like they could be private, and it gave me a warning

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Oct 4 2024

Harness AI to Analyze Your Workflow with Custom PowerShell Scripts (youtube.com)
In this video, Doug Finke, a 16-time Microsoft MVP, showcases his PowerShell function

GetWhatIWorkedOn. This tool helps you effortlessly track and summarize the files you've worked on over any specified period. By scanning multiple directories, it lists all the files you've modified, giving you a clear picture of your recent activities.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Sep 20 2024

How ChatGPT saved our company $1500 in less than 15 minutes (clatent.com)
Let me set the stage... previously we had a batch file in our startup script to add/remove network

drives. It worked great and didn't have any issues. We moved away from an on-site file server to a c...

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Sep 15 2023

How to Set up and Use ChatGPT in Windows Terminal using PowerShellAI (dfinke.github.io)
How to Set up and Use ChatGPT in Windows Terminal using PowerShellAI
By: Doug Finke submitted:Mar 31 2023

Installing and Using PowerShell Copilot (alexandrumarin.com)
PowerShell Copilot is a community-developed module that extends the capabilities of PowerShell by

integrating with the GPT-4 language model. This innovative tool is designed to assist users in generating code quickly and efficiently, leveraging the vast repository of code available on GitHub.

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By: Alexandru Radu Marin submitted:Apr 5 2024

Interactive Data at Your Fingertips: PowerShell AI Converts Data to Interactive HTML (youtube.com)
Transform your data with PowerShell and AI. In this video, Doug Finke, a 15x Microsoft MVP, shows

how to use the PSAI module to convert Excel and CSV files into interactive HTML pages. You'll learn how to sort and interact with your data directly in your browser using the new `ConvertTo-InteractiveHTML` function. Doug walks through generating HTML tables with sortable columns and customizing them using AI. Whether you're managing large datasets or need a quick way to visualize your data, this tutorial will guide you through the process. Install the PSAI module and start making your data more dynamic.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Aug 23 2024

Let OpenAI improve and correct your PowerShell code (itconstructors.com)
In this article, I will describe a simple way to let OpenAI improve and correct your PowerShell

code. It will contain 2 main functions: Get-CodeImprovementSuggestion and Get-CodeFixSuggestion. Both accept a ScriptBlock parameter. As names indicate, the first one checks in OpenAI if there are some possible improvements. The second one checks for errors.

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By: Wiktor Mrowczynski submitted:Oct 13 2023

Naming Made Easy: AI-Powered Rename Suggestions (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Ever struggled to name a variable, method, or class-finding that perfect balance between

expressiveness and conciseness? You're not alone. We've tackled this universal challenge in the latest Visual Studio Preview via our GitHub Copilot Chat extension (subscription required). Introducing: AI-powered rename suggestions.

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By: Dalia Abo Sheasha submitted:Jan 5 2024

New version of PowerShell AI (github.com)
Support latest OpenAI API models gpt-4-1106-preview and gpt-3.5-turbo-1106. Add Get-ChatCompletion

to the list to support Azure Open AI. Add function ConvertTo-JsonL

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Nov 10 2023

PDF Text to SQL Data: Using OpenAI’s Structured Output with PSOpenAI (blog.netnerds.net)
Incredible! I just used PowerShell and OpenAI to import text from a PDF right into SQL Server!
By: Chrissy LeMaire submitted:Aug 23 2024

PowerShell AI – copilot at the command line (youtube.com)
PowerShell AI - copilot at the command line
By: Doug Finke submitted:Apr 14 2023

PowerShell AI Build Hour – Doug Finke (meetup.com)
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 12:30 PM EDT - Ready to go from zero to app hero? I'll live demo

building an app using the new OpenAI Canvas-the interface that transforms writing and coding into an interactive adventure. This isn't just chat; it's creating real-world projects, start to finish.

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By: New York PowerShell Meetup submitted:Oct 18 2024

PowerShell AI Build Hour – Doug Finke (meetup.com)
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
By: New York PowerShell Meetup submitted:Oct 25 2024

PowerShellAI ChatGPT Conversation Mode (dfinke.github.io)
Learn how to work with ChatGPT and GPT-4 using PowerShellAI
By: Doug Finke submitted:Apr 7 2023

PowerShellAI v 0.8.2 (powershellgallery.com)
The PowerShell AI module integrates with the OpenAI API and let's you easily access the GPT models

for text completion, image generation and more.

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By: Douglas Finke submitted:Jul 14 2023

PowerShellAIAssistant (github.com)
Enhance PowerShell scripting with AI using PowerShell AI Assistant module.
By: Doug Finke submitted:Feb 23 2024

Practical Graph: Using GitHub Copilot for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Development (practical365.com)
GitHub Copilot costs $10/month. At that price level, anyone working with PowerShell should try out

the AI assistance to see if it helps. But will GitHub Copilot work well with Microsoft 365 PowerShell modules like Exchange Online and the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. That's what we tested and report on here.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jul 19 2024

PSWeave v 0.1.1 (powershellgallery.com)
PowerShell module that innovates automation with AI to make you more productive
By: Douglas Finke submitted:Feb 2 2024

pwshBedrock v 0.9.1 (powershellgallery.com)
pwshBedrock enables interfacing with Amazon Bedrock foundational models, supporting direct on-demand

model calls via InvokeModel and the Converse API for supported models. It allows sending messages, retrieving responses, managing message context, displaying model information, and estimating token counts and costs. Use PowerShell to integrate generative AI applications with Amazon Bedrock.

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By: Jake Morrison submitted:Jul 26 2024

Quick Use of OpenAI – End Processes (clatent.com)
Here is a quick use of OpenAI / ChatGPT to remove Windows processes. If it doesn't get it right the

first time, it usually is a good enough base to only need an edit or 2 for simpler scripts.

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Sep 29 2023

Search and delete Copilot data in Microsoft 365 (4sysops.com)
Managing and deleting unnecessary Copilot data from Microsoft 365 is essential for reducing security

risks and ensuring compliance with data protection laws like GDPR and HIPAA. This blog post will guide you through the steps to search for and delete Copilot data using eDiscovery, Graph Explorer, and PowerShell. Following these steps can enhance data hygiene and safeguard your organization against potential data breaches and legal issues.

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By: Vignesh Mudliar submitted:Jul 12 2024

Simple Tip for GitHub Copilot (clatent.com)
If you have GitHub Copilot, you may or may not know about this little tip, but wanted to let you

know just in case. It has saved me so much time and it can be applied to a lot of scenarios.

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Sep 20 2024

Sort your local photos with Azure OpenAI and PowerShell! (alexholmeset.blog)
Quick short blogpost here today. I have created a PowerShell script that reads your local photos,

uses Azure OpenAI to get the type/category they belong to and move them to a folder with that name. To accomplish this I am using the Azure OpenAI GPT4-o model. You can read here how you set up an ... Continue reading Sort your local photos with Azure OpenAI and PowerShell!

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By: Alexander Holmeset submitted:Aug 23 2024

Terminal Chat in Windows Terminal Canary (devblogs.microsoft.com)
At Build 2023, we announced that Windows Terminal users will be able to take advantage of natural

language AI to recommend commands, explain errors and take actions within Windows Terminal. Since then, we have been listening to customer feedback and iterating on our AI chat experiments in Windows Terminal.

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By: Christopher Nguyen submitted:Dec 1 2023

Unveiling the Power of Generative AI with Chrissy LeMaireq (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, Chrissy LeMaire discusses AI, her experience at PSConfEU, and her return to

in-person speaking after a 5-year break. She provides an update on her book, "Generative AI for the IT Professional," and shares insights into leveraging AI beyond just conversing with ChatGPT. Chrissy also showcases a couple of interesting use cases involving AI.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Aug 2 2024

Use PowerShell to deploy and access GPT-4o in Azure OpenAI Service (4sysops.com)
The Azure OpenAI Service is a specialized offering within the broader set of Azure Cognitive

Services, providing access to OpenAI's language models. The service can be accessed through REST APIs, Python SDK, and a web-based interface, Azure OpenAI Studio. In this article, you will learn how to deploy and access the GPT-4o model in Azure with PowerShell.

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By: Baki Onur Okutucu submitted:Jun 14 2024

Use PowerShell to integrate OpenAI GPT with context menu (itconstructors.com)
Do you know that it's possible to use PowerShell to integrate OpenAI GPT with context menu in

Windows? It's even really simple and with help of this article everyone can make it. In this example, I'll add a new item to context menu (when you right click on a file). It appears only for PowerShell ...

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By: Wiktor Mrowczynski submitted:Oct 27 2023

Use the Azure OpenAI GPT-4o (all-in-one-model) with PowerShell! (alexholmeset.blog)
On May 13th GPT-4o was released in preview in the Azure OpenAI Playground. No API access, only

accessible in the browser. Today I was going into the playground to test something with the GPT-4o model, but could not find it. What had happened? Turnes out it suddenly was in GA and available to choose under ... Continue reading Use the Azure OpenAI GPT-4o (all-in-one-model) with PowerShell!

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By: Alexander Holmeset submitted:May 24 2024

Using GitHub Copilot to Upgrade PowerShell Scripts to the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK (practical365.com)
In this blog, Andy Scheider deep dives into GitHub Copilot and how it can be used to upgrade

PowerShell Scripts to the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK.

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By: Andy Schneider submitted:Dec 15 2023

Visual Studio AI-Assistance: A Developer’s Best Friend (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The Visual Studio family leverages AI to help you stay focused on the creative tasks that get the

core logic of your application built.

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By: Peter Groenewegen submitted:Feb 17 2023

With PowerShell (7) having all of the same capabilities of other languages, why isn’t there a larger ecosystem around data analysis or ML/AI, and similar functions that most just automatically gravitate to other languages for? (reddit.com)
An interesting conversation with a bunch of great insight.
By: u/Marquis77 submitted:Mar 29 2024

February 17, 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Live PowerShell Tool Making Part 3 (jeffhicks.substack.com)
We're back once more to continue building a Crescendo module around the GitHub command line tool

gh.exe. You've seen how I approach building a PowerShell and the questions and decisions that come up. Now that I've built a few more Crescendo commands, I realize I can begin copying and pasting. Some of the commands I have in mind, I think, will be very similar. Plus, I have my VSCode Crescendo command snippet.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Feb 17 2023

Mastering the Foibles of the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK (office365itpros.com)
After a while, you discover the holes in any technology. In the case of the Microsoft Graph

PowerShell SDK, some inconsistencies await unwary developers. The SDK doesn't like $Null, doesn't support pipelining, insists on specific property casing at times, sometimes accepts user principal names and sometimes doesn't, and sticks valuable data in hash tables hiding in a property you might know nothing about. Good as it is to have the SDK cmdlets, they need to be treated with care as you transition from the old Azure AD and MSOL modules.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 17 2023

Onboard an Azure subscription in Microsoft Defender for Cloud using an Azure PowerShell script (wmatthyssen.com)
This blog post will demonstrate how to use an Azure PowerShell script to onboard a specific Azure

subscription in Microsoft Defender

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By: wmatthyssen submitted:Feb 17 2023

Reprovision/Restore Windows 365 Devices (nielskok.tech)
This blog is about showing another example of our Powershell module called PSCloudPC.
By: Niels Kok submitted:Feb 17 2023

Visual Studio AI-Assistance: A Developer’s Best Friend (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The Visual Studio family leverages AI to help you stay focused on the creative tasks that get the

core logic of your application built.

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By: Peter Groenewegen submitted:Feb 17 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

FSWatcherEngineEvent 1.5.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Provide file system change notifications as PowerShell engine events
By: W.Gross submitted:Feb 17 2023

HistoryNinja v1.0.3 (github.com)
This module parses browser history files and extracts page titles, URLs, and timestamps. It also

parses the history file for download history, returning the file path, timestamp, and size of the downloaded item.

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By: Josh Kelley submitted:Feb 17 2023

Migrating PowerShell Scripts from AzureAD to Microsoft.Graph (cloudprotect.ninja)
Best practices how to migrate PowerShell scripts to the Microsoft.Graph module since the AzureAD,

AzureADPreview and MSOnline predecessors retire soon.

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By: Dustin Schutzeichel submitted:Feb 17 2023

PowerShell ScottPlot (github.com)
Uses Polyglot Interactive Notebooks to demonstrate the capabilities of ScottPlot via PowerShell.
By: Doug Finke submitted:Feb 17 2023

VcRedist v4.0.461 (powershellgallery.com)
A module for lifecycle management of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables. VcRedist downloads,

installs and uninstalls the supported (and unsupported) Redistributables. Use for local install, gold image creation and update, or importing as applications into the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Microsoft Configuration Manager or Microsoft Intune. Supports passive and silent installs, and uninstalls of the Visual C++ Redistributables.

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By: Aaron Parker submitted:Feb 17 2023

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Looking for Free online Learning PowerShell with Labs area (reddit.com)
If anyone knows of any free sites that allow learning PowerShell with good Labs that would be

wonderful. I want videos but having no labs seems tl slow me down on learning process.

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By: u/Ravenx2020 submitted:Feb 17 2023

PowerShell Community Textbook Update: Printed copies available! (reddit.com)
After numerous issues getting the sample copies delivered for us to check over, it's finally here!
By: u/thefreeman193 submitted:Feb 17 2023

PowerShell for Developers: Doug Finke’s Story (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, we are joined by the creator of the popular PowerShell module ImportExcel, Doug

Finke. Doug shares the story of how he got into PowerShell, the Monad Manifesto, and the PowerShell AI module. He also dives into the details of how ImportExcel works and provides plenty of tips on how to make the most of it. Tune in to learn more about the power of PowerShell, ImportExcel, and PowerShellAI!

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 17 2023

Fun

GitHub – joshooaj/PSSoundBoard (github.com)
A couple years ago I wrote a music/sound effects module while helping with a #powershell minesweeper

clone. It made it easy to play/pause music and play explosions and triumph sounds over the music without interrupting or clipping.It serves absolutely no purpose in my day to day, but it's a fun little project and sometimes it's the side quests that feed your soul. If you have any desire to work with sound asynchronously in PowerShell, here it is

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By: Josh Hendricks submitted:Feb 17 2023

Upcoming Events

MMS 2023 at MOA (mmsmoa.com)
April 30 - May 5, 2023 at the Mall of America Bloomington, Minnesota
By: MMS submitted:Jan 13 2023

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit (powershellsummit.org)
April 24-27, 2023 Bellevue, WA
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Jan 13 2023

PowerShell Days UK (sessionize.com)
Call for speakers now open. Event takes place on 3 Mar 2023.
By: psday.uk submitted:Jan 6 2023

Do you have a suggestion for PowerShell Weekly? Do you know something that should be included? Let me know in the comments below, or on
twitter.

February 10, 2023

Announcements!

Microsoft Retires Azure Automation Run As Accounts in September 2023 (office365itpros.com)
Microsoft plans to retire Azure Automation Run As Accounts on September 30, 2023 and replace them

with managed identities. I don't have any issue with the proposal because managed identities are more secure and a better overall solution. It would have been nice if Microsoft had communicated the change more broadly. I guess if you were in the know, you found out about this development, but maybe the average Microsoft 365 tenant administrator might have struggled to discover what's happening.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 10 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Can powershell resize windows? (reddit.com)
I want a script that will get-process and look for all running powershell.exe processes. Bring all

of them to the foreground and resize them to all fit perfectly on the screen so I can see all of them at once.

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By: u/Adamsandlersshorts submitted:Feb 10 2023

Getting started with Azure OpenAI and PowerShell (alexholmeset.blog)
You probably have been playing around with Chat GPT lately, and have seen its amazing capabilities.

Recently Microsoft invested heavily in OpenAI, and now there is an Azure version available called Azure OpenAI. I have written a guide on how to take advantage of this service by using PowerShell and Rest API calls.

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By: Alexander Holmeset submitted:Feb 10 2023

How to Deal with Common Errors when Running Graph Commands with PowerShell (practical365.com)
It's great to be able to run Graph API requests in PowerShell scripts if everything goes right. This

article describes why some common Graph API errors occur in scripts and what to do when the errors happen. Most errors are due to permissions assigned to the Azure AD apps used to run scripts and getting the basics will resolve those problems.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 10 2023

Powershell change 07-26-23 to 26-07-23 (reddit.com)
Ah, the joy of dealing with different date formats.
By: u/Twikkilol submitted:Feb 10 2023

PowerShell Paging in Microsoft 365 (powershellgeek.com)
Introduction You may have heard that things are better in the cloud, that they reduce your costs and

time to manage. However, in order to achieve these benefits in a shared system, Microsoft has to make certain changes so that their systems are more efficient and cost effective, something they can then pass on to...

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By: Damian Scoles submitted:Feb 10 2023

PowerShell Write-Output: Your Friendly Output Companion (adamtheautomator.com)
Learn all of the ins and outs of the PowerShell Write-Output cmdlet and take control of script and

object output in this ATA Learning tutorial!

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By: Nicholas Xuan Nguyen submitted:Feb 10 2023

PowerShell: Enumeration with the Enum Statement (sid-500.com)
The enum statement can be used to declare an enumeration. Microsoft describes this statement as

follows: The enum statement allows you to create a strongly typed set of labels.

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Feb 10 2023

Reporting Exchange Online Meeting Room Usage Patterns (office365itpros.com)
Room mailboxes are still heavily used for in-person meetings. It's good to know how often and when

rooms are used, which is why we have the room mailbox report script. In the second version of the script, we include code to figure out the daily usage pattern of individual rooms and for all rooms across the organization. The graphics in our bar chart are crude, but the chart is generated with a few lines of PowerShell, so feel free to improve the script.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 10 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

DomainManagement v1.8.188 (powershellgallery.com)
Module to manage domain configuration
By: Friedrich Weinmann submitted:Feb 10 2023

ForestManagement v1.5.54 (powershellgallery.com)
Infrastructure module to build and maintain forest configuration
By: Friedrich Weinmann submitted:Feb 10 2023

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Dex Knows – With Dan Franciscus (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Dan has been working with PowerShell since his early days in IT, where he was tasked with moving 500

mailboxes a night. He took the time to learn PowerShell and developed a process to do this efficiently. In 2017, he attended a 5-day PowerShell training course taught by Jason Helmick, which he considers to be the best experience of his career. Dan believes that all departments should care about digital experience and that PowerShell is the most important tool for this. He is also interested in the potential of AI and how it could be integrated into Microsoft products.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 10 2023

Episode 046 – ChatGPT, PowerShell Global Summit and More (powershellnews.podbean.com)
In this episode, we discuss what events took place last year that made us abruptly stop the podcast

for several months. We also talk about the latest on ChatGPT as it pertains to PowerShell, and the PowerShell Global Summit coming up in April

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By: The PowerShell News Podcast submitted:Feb 10 2023

Getting up and running with the PowerShell Guide (twitch.tv)
I made my Twitch debut this week, thanks to James Brundage (aka Mr. PowerShell)
By: MrPowerShell submitted:Feb 10 2023

The Complete Guide to PowerShell Punctuation (PDF Warning) (reddit.com)
A comprehensive guide to PowerShell punctuation
By: Michael Sorens submitted:Feb 10 2023

Community

Posh Security: Planet PowerShell Update: Mastodon, Twitter, and Pronoun Support (poshsecurity.com)
Over the last few weeks, I have been working on some new features in Planet PowerShell.
By: Kieran Jacobsen submitted:Feb 10 2023

Toot on Mastodon using API and PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
I wrote blog posts about how to use an API for Slack and Twitter messages, but... Mastodon is also

there now, and I thought... Ok, can I Toot in Mastodon using PowerShell? This blog post will show you how 😉

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Feb 10 2023

Fun

PetName v0.0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
A pet name generator similar to that used in terraform
By: James Andariese submitted:Feb 10 2023

Upcoming Events

MMS 2023 at MOA (mmsmoa.com)
April 30 - May 5, 2023 at the Mall of America Bloomington, Minnesota
By: MMS submitted:Jan 13 2023

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit (powershellsummit.org)
April 24-27, 2023 Bellevue, WA
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Jan 13 2023

PowerShell Days UK (sessionize.com)
Call for speakers now open. Event takes place on 3 Mar 2023.
By: psday.uk submitted:Jan 6 2023

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February 3, 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Create an Azure Files share in a specified subscription using an Azure PowerShell script (wmatthyssen.com)
This blog post will demonstrate how to use an Azure PowerShell script to create an Azure Files share

in a specified subscription.

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By: wmatthyssen submitted:Feb 3 2023

Mastering the (steppable) pipeline (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The PowerShell pipeline explained from the beginning to the end.
By: Ronald Bode submitted:Feb 3 2023

Move Azure Arc-enabled Server to a different resource group or subscription (thomasmaurer.ch)
This is just a quick post on how you can change and move your Azure Arc-enabled server to a

different resource group or subscription. To do this, you can use the Azure PowerShell module and the Move-AzResource cmdlet. You can find more about the Move-AzResource cmdlet on Microsoft Learn. The Move-AzResource cmdlet moves existing resources to a ...

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By: Thomas Maurer submitted:Feb 3 2023

Understanding PasswordLastSet and PwdLastSet Using PowerShell (powershellcenter.com)
In Active Directory (AD), the PasswordLastSet and pwdLastSet attributes refer to the same property

of an AD object - the time and date when the password for that object was last changed. This attribute is used to enforce password policies and track when a password was last changed. This quick post helps you understand these...

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By: Faris Malaeb submitted:Feb 3 2023

Using Previous Command History in PowerShell Console (woshub.com)
By default, Windows saves all of the commands that you type in the PowerShell console to a text log

file. This allows you to re-run any command and view the...

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By: Windows OS Hub submitted:Feb 3 2023

What is (PowerShell) Toolmaking? (freecontent.manning.com)
This excerpt describes toolmaking in PowerShell and why you should learn it.
By: Manning Publications submitted:Feb 3 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Reporting Operating System Versions for Azure AD Registered Devices (office365itpros.com)
Azure AD registered devices store some information about the operating system and version used when

registration occurs. Although this information changes over time and isn't updated by Azure AD, it might be of some interest and use to tenant administrators, so we show how to report it here. If you want accurate information, you'll need to use Intune.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Feb 3 2023

Windows Profile Cleanup script (reddit.com)
I created a PowerShell script to cleanup old windows profiles. Below is the link to the scripts.
By: u/GreaterGood1 submitted:Feb 3 2023

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Bringing Home the Bacon with Adam…Bacon (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, we are joined by returning guest and friend of the podcast Adam Bacon. Adam shares

his inspiring journey from being jobless to landing his dream job. He describes how he planted seeds through his public work and the role that played in his job search. Along the way, Adam shares his experience with working from home. We also hear his thoughts on the future of PowerShell and how it can be used to automate more tasks.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 3 2023

Fun

I made a Minesweeper clone in PowerShell. (reddit.com)
I've been experimenting with different GUI elements for scripts at work, and went down a rabbit hole

making a Minesweeper clone, called Buttonsweeper. I used System.Windows.Forms and System.Drawing for the GUI. The script will attempt to create a file called scores.csv in the same directory, and you will receive errors if one is unable to be created - though the game will still work.

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By: u/jbMVS submitted:Feb 3 2023

Upcoming Events

MMS 2023 at MOA (mmsmoa.com)
April 30 - May 5, 2023 at the Mall of America Bloomington, Minnesota
By: MMS submitted:Jan 13 2023

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit (powershellsummit.org)
April 24-27, 2023 Bellevue, WA
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Jan 13 2023

PowerShell Days UK (sessionize.com)
Call for speakers now open. Event takes place on 3 Mar 2023.
By: psday.uk submitted:Jan 6 2023

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