May 12, 2023

Announcements!

Completion Predictor v0.1.1 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We released a new version of the CompletionPredictor! This blog post highlights some of the new

functionalities of it.

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By: The PowerShell Team submitted:May 12 2023

PowerShell Extension for Visual Studio Code Spring 2023 Update (devblogs.microsoft.com)
PowerShell Extension for Visual Studio Spring 2023 Update
By: The PowerShell Team submitted:May 12 2023

PowerShellGet 3.0 Preview 21 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce that an update to our preview of PowerShellGet 3.0 is now available on

the PowerShell Gallery!

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By: The PowerShell Team submitted:May 12 2023

PSReadLine 2.3.1-beta1 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are very excited to annouce the release of PSReadLine 2.3.1-beta1 is now available on the

PowerShell Gallery! We have added a brand new tool tip feature to help give more descriptions to predictor results.

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By: The PowerShell Team submitted:May 12 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

AWS EC2 powerShell tips (powershell.city)
Ever find yourself looking for ways to use powerShell? maybe that's just me. Hahaha Recently I was

supporting some EC2 in the cloud testing some new AWS features and services and I found my self locked out and released this machine was not domain joined but I couldn't login. With the windows PowerShell cmdlets swirlingContinue reading "AWS EC2 powerShell tips"

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By: Xajuan Smith submitted:May 12 2023

How to Create a Powershell Form Generator (ctrlaltzzz.wordpress.com)
Powershell is a powerful scripting language that can automate many tasks and perform complex

operations. But sometimes, you may want to make your scripts more user-friendly and interactive by adding a graphical user interface (GUI).

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By: Fabio De Oliveira submitted:May 12 2023

Porting System.Web.Security.Membership.GeneratePassword() to PowerShell (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This post shows how to port a C# method into PowerShell
By: Francisco Nabas submitted:May 12 2023

Using PowerShell Direct for Hyper-V VMs (powershellisfun.com)
I have multiple Hyper-V Vms on my laptop for testing purposes. Sometimes, you need to update those

or check things, and you can do this using PowerShell Direct. In this blog post, I will show you how to use PowerShell Direct with a few examples.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:May 12 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

KB5025885: Dealing with CVE-2023-24932 via Proactive Remediation & Configuration Items (garytown.com)
Required Reading: KB5025885: How to manage the Windows Boot Manager revocations for Secure Boot

changes associated with CVE-2023-24932 - Microsoft Support TLDR: GitHub: garytown/ConfigMgr/Baselines/CVE-2023-24932 Disclaimer: Before continuing, I've created all of this in a very short time with VERY LITTLE testing, so please, as with anything you're pulling from the internet, inspect and test before using

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By: gwblok submitted:May 12 2023

kbupdate v 2.0.27 (powershellgallery.com)
KB Viewer, Saver, Installer and Uninstaller
By: Chrissy LeMaire submitted:May 12 2023

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

5 new or improved features in PowerShell with Jason Helmick (youtube.com)
Get ready to level up your PowerShell game! We've got some exciting news to share about the latest

developments in PowerShell. Jordan and Andrew recently attended the Powershell and Global DevOps Summit in Bellevue, and they're back to spill the beans. Join us as we chat with Microsoft Product Manager Jason Helmick, who'll share his insights on five new or improved features in Powershell that you won't want to miss. From the latest enhancements to new functionalities, we've got the scoop.

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By: PDQ submitted:May 12 2023

Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) Password Retrieval – PowerShell and REST API (youtube.com)
Retrieving current and historical LAPS passwords stored in Azure AD using PowerShell and REST API.
By: John Savill submitted:May 12 2023

Community

PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit – Jon Junell, Clayton and Nick, Gordon and Sammie, and Scott (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
We are back with another set of PowerShell after dark interviews at the PowerShell & DevOps Global

Summit. We discuss the major takeaways from Summit with Jon Junell, Clayton and Nick, Gordon and Sammie, and we finish it off with Scott. Catch the vibe from Summit in this interview-filled episode!

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:May 12 2023

Fun

Non-SysAdmin Use Cases for PowerShell? Basically, any use cases NOT involving network, RDP, system config, IT/LAN admin type stuff? (reddit.com)
I'm interested in learning PowerShell but from reading a lot of posts in this sub, I'm struggling to

justify my interest because it seems like most use cases are things I'll never need to do professionally or personally.

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By: u/Alladara submitted:May 12 2023

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe (psconf.eu)
June 19th, 2023 at the Cubex Center Prague
By: PSConfEU submitted:May 12 2023

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