July 1, 2022
Announcements!
Jeffrey Snover is leaving Microsoft
(twitter.com)
I'm sure like many of you, I own a big part of my career to this man. He certainly will be missed, and I wish him the best of luck!
By: Jeffrey Snover submitted:Jul 1 2022
I'm sure like many of you, I own a big part of my career to this man. He certainly will be missed, and I wish him the best of luck!
By: Jeffrey Snover submitted:Jul 1 2022
Blogs, Articles, and Posts
Enable AppLocker on Windows 10 Pro and Windows 11 Pro with PowerShell
(4sysops.com)
In the past, AppLocker was available only for Windows Enterprise and Education subscribers. In this
By: Welf Alberts submitted:Jul 1 2022
In the past, AppLocker was available only for Windows Enterprise and Education subscribers. In this
post, I will show you a way to use AppLocker on Windows 10 Pro and Windows 11 Pro.
By: Welf Alberts submitted:Jul 1 2022
Hosting PowerShell in a Python script
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
Yes Virginia, languages other than PowerShell do exist.
By: Jim Truher submitted:Jul 1 2022
Yes Virginia, languages other than PowerShell do exist.
By: Jim Truher submitted:Jul 1 2022
How to make your PowerShell scripts look better
(powershellisfun.com)
When I started writing my first PowerShell scripts. They didn't look that good, it was PowerShell
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Jul 1 2022
When I started writing my first PowerShell scripts. They didn't look that good, it was PowerShell
2.0 of course and I was just a beginner. I'm getting better at it and the newer versions of PowerShell (And Visual Studio Code) have a few nice formatting tricks. This blogpost will show you a few ways to make your scripts look better and more importantly. A lot more readable!
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Jul 1 2022
Install PowerShell on ArcoLinux
(mikefrobbins.com)
ArcoLinux is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. Like other Arch-based Linux
By: Mike F Robbins submitted:Jul 1 2022
ArcoLinux is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. Like other Arch-based Linux
distributions, ArcoLinux uses pacman for its package manager.
By: Mike F Robbins submitted:Jul 1 2022
Microsoft Graph Explorer Boosted by New Features
(office365itpros.com)
Some recent changes have made the Graph Explorer even more useful. First, PowerShell has joined the
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jul 1 2022
Some recent changes have made the Graph Explorer even more useful. First, PowerShell has joined the
set of supported languages for code snippets.
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jul 1 2022
PowerShell Best Practices for Expert Level
(reddit.com)
A great Reddit thread, worth reading through
By: u/bwljohannes submitted:Jul 1 2022
A great Reddit thread, worth reading through
By: u/bwljohannes submitted:Jul 1 2022
Reading Configuration Manager Status Messages With PowerShell
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
I can read Configuration Manager status messages using the Monitoring tab. Can I do it using
By: Francisco Nabas submitted:Jul 1 2022
I can read Configuration Manager status messages using the Monitoring tab. Can I do it using
PowerShell?
By: Francisco Nabas submitted:Jul 1 2022
Restart Exchange Services with PowerShell
(thesysadminchannel.com)
If you're hosting Microsoft Exchange server on-premises, you've probably realized that it is pretty
By: Paul Contreras submitted:Jul 1 2022
If you're hosting Microsoft Exchange server on-premises, you've probably realized that it is pretty
critical to ensure those services are up and running. In the event that some services are not running, it's always good to know how to restart Exchange services with Powershell.
By: Paul Contreras submitted:Jul 1 2022
What other languages do you use, and when do you pick them over PowerShell?
(reddit.com)
Another great Reddit read
By: u/UntrustedProcess submitted:Jul 1 2022
Another great Reddit read
By: u/UntrustedProcess submitted:Jul 1 2022
What’s New with Select-String in PowerShell7?
(commandline.ninja)
Select-String is one of those commands that either you use it often or not much at all. There
By: Mike Kanakos submitted:Jul 1 2022
Select-String is one of those commands that either you use it often or not much at all. There
doesn't seem to be a middle of the road for Select-String. I don't get called upon to use it that often, but when I do, it usually saves my bacon at work. The most typical use case for me is for searching flat log files for patterns of text or for all entries of a particular phrase across a bunch of files.
By: Mike Kanakos submitted:Jul 1 2022
Write great AWS Lambda PowerShell functions
(yobyot.com)
In this post, I share some tips I use when I write AWS Lambda PowerShell functions. You can find
By: Alex Neihaus submitted:Jul 1 2022
In this post, I share some tips I use when I write AWS Lambda PowerShell functions. You can find
lots of help writing .Net end user functions for Lambda. By end user, I mean things that are part of an application system, like kicking off Glue jobs, working with Redshift and so on.
By: Alex Neihaus submitted:Jul 1 2022
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
Confluence CVE Vulnerability Checker
(powershell.city)
So here is something I noticed to be helpful to all Confluence admins that want to check and not
By: Xajuan Smith submitted:Jul 1 2022
So here is something I noticed to be helpful to all Confluence admins that want to check and not
worry about the deep distracted deep reading needed in a slew of other CVE and parse relevant details to only their versions.
By: Xajuan Smith submitted:Jul 1 2022
Curl2PS
(github.com)
This module is a utility module to help convert curl commands to Invoke-RestMethod syntax.
By: Anthony Howell submitted:Jul 1 2022
This module is a utility module to help convert curl commands to Invoke-RestMethod syntax.
By: Anthony Howell submitted:Jul 1 2022
Duplication of last command into terminal
(github.com)
Glad to know I'm not the only one that was annoyed by this.
By: VSCode submitted:Jul 1 2022
Glad to know I'm not the only one that was annoyed by this.
By: VSCode submitted:Jul 1 2022
PSReadLine 2.2.6 enables Predictive Intellisense by default
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
PSReadLine first introduced Predictive IntelliSense using History based suggestions as a customer
By: Jason Helmick submitted:Jul 1 2022
PSReadLine first introduced Predictive IntelliSense using History based suggestions as a customer
enabled feature in November 2020. Since its introduction, two new predictors have become available:
By: Jason Helmick submitted:Jul 1 2022
Start Windows Sandbox with parameters
(powershellisfun.com)
Personally I use Windows Sandbox a lot for testing Endpoint Manager packages or software, sometimes
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Jul 1 2022
Personally I use Windows Sandbox a lot for testing Endpoint Manager packages or software, sometimes
you want to start it with certain options (Connect a folder on your harddrive or start without a network connection) and you have to create a custom configuration file (.wsb) with those options. This blogpost shows you how to start Windows Sandbox using PowerShell with parameters without the need of creating multiple configuration files.
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Jul 1 2022
Books, Media, and Learning Resources
Repositories with Adil Leghari: Do not take orally
(powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, we learned all about repositories and how to use them in a PowerShell context. We
By: The PowerShell Podcast submitted:Jul 1 2022
In this episode, we learned all about repositories and how to use them in a PowerShell context. We
briefly discussed the challenges of working from Home. We learned how Adil got started in the PowerShell community including getting involved in the PowerShell Slack/Discord, attending PowerShell Summit, and even stepping up and helping put on an event: BridgeConf. Adil convinces Jordan to submit to speak at Summit 2023, and Jordan agrees. The crowd goes wild! We tried to capture the code that we ran on this episode in a transcript file, which can be found below.
By: The PowerShell Podcast submitted:Jul 1 2022
TheShow: C1: Why PowerShell Crescendo
(youtube.com)
In this series, Jason will explain the purpose of Crescendo and how to build and automate cmdlets
By: Jason Helmick submitted:Jul 1 2022
In this series, Jason will explain the purpose of Crescendo and how to build and automate cmdlets
from traditional platform-specific console tools.
By: Jason Helmick submitted:Jul 1 2022
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