July 21, 2023

Announcements!

Microsoft.PowerShell.TextUtility module updates (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We have recently released another preview of the TextUtility module. This module is a collection of

tools that are meant to help with working with text content.

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By: The PowerShell Team submitted:Jul 21 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Connect to Exchange Online with PowerShell and certificate-based authentication (4sysops.com)
Connecting to Exchange Online with PowerShell to automate tasks was made slightly more challenging

when Microsoft discontinued basic authentication for Microsoft 365 tenants, making certificate-based authentication mandatory.

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By: Robert Pearman submitted:Jul 21 2023

Hunting for Indicators with PowerShell: New Files (bakerstreetforensics.com)
When analyzing the impact of malware execution on a system, it's important to identify what

additional files the malware has introduced to the system.

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By: Doug Metz submitted:Jul 21 2023

Learning PowerShell Sort-Object with Examples (adamtheautomator.com)
Learn all of the ins-and-outs of the PowerShell Sort-Object cmdlet in this example driven tutorial

by ATA Learning!

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By: Nicholas Xuan Nguyen submitted:Jul 21 2023

Remove Readonly Attribute from All Files in a Folder using PowerShell (deploymentresearch.com)
When working with content copied from an ISO file, like the Hydration Kit ISO, you'll find that the

files are being marked as read only after being copied from the ISO to a folder. Like the CustomSettings_DC01.ini shown in the below example. The Script To remove the Readonly attribute on all the files, you can [...]

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By: Johan Arwidmark submitted:Jul 21 2023

Reporting External Domain Capabilities with PowerShell (practical365.com)
Whether your organization sees external collaboration as a risk or a benefit, it's important to

understand exactly what you have configured. Therefore, Sean McAvinue has created a PowerShell Script to control and report External Domains.

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By: Sean McAvinue submitted:Jul 21 2023

Reporting Microsoft Entra ID Administrative Units (practical365.com)
Microsoft Entra administrative units are gaining in popularity. Restricted administrative units are

now available and many Purview solutions support administrative units. In this article, we explain how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets to create a report about administrative units, role assignments for their management, and their membership.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jul 21 2023

Retrieve synopsis and help URLs for all PowerShell cmdlets/functions in your Modules (powershellisfun.com)
Sometimes you search for cmdlets in your Modules and don't know what they do. You can use Get-Help

*something* to find them and Get-Help afterward for more information on those results. That or using Google for more information... In this blog post, I will show you a way to create a report with all that information in one overview 🙂

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Jul 21 2023

Search for Application and get Uninstall Info with PowerShell GUI (alexandrumarin.com)
In my first post regarding this topic I have constructed a simple PowerShell script that exports all

the available software on the machine. In the second post I have modified the script so that you can search for a particular application and get the necessary information without having to pass through the whole list. But [...]

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By: marinalexandru submitted:Jul 21 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Entra ID Tenant ID & Custom Domains PowerShell Module (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
Buried in my PowerShell Snippets Vol 4 post from 2021 is the PowerShell script and a link to a

PowerShell Module I authored named AzureADTenantID. Its sole purpose was to take a domain name (e.g., darrenjrobinson.com) and lookup return any associated Azure AD (now Entra ID) TenantID.... keep reading

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By: Darren Robinson submitted:Jul 21 2023

PowerShell HTML Server Racks Cabinet Live Diagram maker Demo (vcloud-lab.com)
This is test code I built to create dynamic Server / Racks cabinet live diagram on HTML as frontend

from provided input inside Excel CSV using PowerShell script.

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By: Janvi submitted:Jul 21 2023

PowerShell Universal in Docker (hub.docker.com)
We are now publishing our nightly PowerShell Universal builds as preview tags in docker.
By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jul 21 2023

The Ultimate PowerShell Profile (scottmckendry.tech)
Using a combination of symbolic links and a custom function, I've added automatic updates using git,

which allows me to seamlessly sync my profile across multiple machines.

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By: Scott McKendry submitted:Jul 21 2023

Community

Powershell 7 installed on machines in your environment or not? (programming.dev)
Come join the discussion on c/powershell
By: Tovervlag@feddit.nl submitted:Jul 21 2023

PowerShell Saturday Hanover (pssat.de)
Samstag, 16.09.2023
By: PowerShell Saturday Hannover submitted:Jul 21 2023

The Lowdown on PSResourceGet: An Exclusive with Sydney Smith (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In our latest PowerShell Podcast episode, guest Sydney Smith shared her unique journey to the

PowerShell team and her insights on open-source work. The episode also uncovers exciting updates about PSResourceGet and upcoming events like a bug bash and the community call. Plus, for those wondering about the correct pronunciation of 'nupkg', we've got you covered.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Jul 21 2023

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