January 6, 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Graph API using a Managed Identity in an Automation Runbook (thesysadminchannel.com)
In a previous post, I laid out detailed steps on how to connect to Microsoft Graph API using

PowerShell. This is using the PowerShell SDK running on a machine that's not in Azure.

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By: Paul Contreras submitted:Jan 6 2023

How to Craft a Modern PowerShell Message Box (adamtheautomator.com)
Discover all the modern ways to craft a PowerShell Message Box and get away from the VBScript

methods of old in this updated how-to!

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By: Edem Afenyo submitted:Jan 6 2023

Image Manipulation, Image Resize, Image Combine and more with PowerShell (evotec.xyz)
ImagePlayground is a PowerShell module that works in PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7+. It works

partially on Linux and should work on macOS, except for charts. That means it's partially cross-platform, but the end goal is to make it work fully on all platforms. So what can this module do?

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By: Przemyslaw Klys submitted:Jan 6 2023

Install Microsoft Graph Module for Azure Automation using PowerShell (thesysadminchannel.com)
If you're familiar with Azure Automation and Graph API, you may have noticed that it may be a bit

cumbersome to install the Microsoft.Graph PowerShell module in an Automation account.

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By: Paul Contreras submitted:Jan 6 2023

Top Ten PowerShell Tips for Microsoft 365 Management: Part Two (practical365.com)
If you are stuck using your on-premises resources to manage a cloud infrastructure, it is an

opportune time to change that with the availability of tools and functions that are now available. In this article, we focus on how to use PowerShell to manage Microsoft 365. In addition, we consider how to use cloud services to manage PowerShell code, testing, security controls, and more.

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By: Damian Scoles submitted:Jan 6 2023

Why is it “New-ADUser” not “Add-ADUser”? (reddit.com)
I am trying to understand why this design decision was made. It seems a bit off from verb-object

pattern.

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By: u/d3lee3 submitted:Jan 6 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerBGInfo – PowerShell alternative to Sysinternals BGInfo (evotec.xyz)
When I created ImagePlayground, I thought about how to show its usefulness to the general community.

On how to deliver what PowerShell can do. Then I saw on some forum people asking BGInfo to expand and allow running PowerShell scripts so that the data on the BGInfo Wallpaper can be gathered from PowerShell rather than VBS. I thought this was a great idea to create BGInfo using PowerShell without the necessity of using BGInfo at all.

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By: Przemyslaw Klys submitted:Jan 6 2023

Recovering Deleted Groups with the Graph PowerShell SDK (office365itpros.com)
This article describes how to restore deleted Azure AD groups with PowerShell using cmdlets from the

Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. Although options exist in the Microsoft 365 admin center and Azure AD admin center to restore deleted groups, it's nice to have the option to do the same with PowerShell.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jan 6 2023

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Building Communities with Chrissy LeMaire (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, Chriss LeMaire chats with us and shares her perspective as a PowerSheller, DBA,

Github star, community-builder, and more. We explore imposter syndrome and where Chrissy gets her confidence from. We talked about creating DBATools, becoming an author, how awesome Lee Holmes is, and even the fediverse. We also get to hear the legendary story of Big Perms. Last, Jordan derails the conversation to talk about food and has no regrets.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Jan 6 2023

How to open current path using File Explorer in Windows PowerShell (youtube.com)
A nifty trick, I never knew about.
By: Coffee Programmer submitted:Jan 6 2023

PowerShell + Plotting in Polyglot Interactive Notebooks (youtube.com)
In this video, you'll see you how to use PowerShell in combination with ScottPlot, a graphical

plotting library for .NET, to create data visualizations.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Jan 6 2023

PowerShell Notes for Professionals book (goalkicker.com)
A wonder and FREE PowerShell reference ebook. No sign-up required.
By: goalkicker.com submitted:Jan 6 2023

Community

Breaking PowerShell (breakingpwsh.com)
An awesome new site, that already has a ton of great content.
By: Steve Landry submitted:Jan 6 2023

Follow Friday nominee – @skatterbrainzz (twitter.com)
A ton of entertain musing with some great PowerShell content sprinkled in.
By: PSFollowFriday submitted:Jan 6 2023

Upcoming Events

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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