August 4, 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Ask Jeff July 2023 (jeffhicks.substack.com)
Well, this has been a whirlwind month. I hope you accomplished much and still had time to learn a

thing or two. As has been the custom here, let's wrap up with grab bag of tips and suggestions.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Aug 4 2023

Create a Hyper-V VM to run pfSense with a PowerShell script (wmatthyssen.com)
In this blog post, you'll learn how to use a PowerShell script to create a Hyper-V virtual machine

(VM) toContinue Reading

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By: Wim Matthyssen submitted:Aug 4 2023

Find Who Created a User Account in Microsoft 365 | Audit User Creations (o365reports.com)
In Microsoft 365, user accounts act as gateways to access resources. Unauthorized or suspicious user

creations can lead to severe consequences, such as data breaches and compromises in sensitive information. Admins play a critical role in safeguarding organizational data by [...]

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By: Kavya submitted:Aug 4 2023

Function cannot be created because function capacity 4096 has been exceeded for this scope (evotec.xyz)
I had a long day today when my long-running script (10 hours) gave me weird errors with Microsoft

Graph for Teams. Finally, I solved my mistakes and reran the hand to see if the report would be complete this time. Surprisingly, it gave me an error I'd never seen before. "Function cannot be created because function capacity 4096 has been exceeded for this scope". The error is at least weird because it's shown on a production server where I've just a handful of PowerShell modules installed, and I've never seen it on my development machine where I've over 200 modules.

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By: Przemyslaw Klys submitted:Aug 4 2023

Things I use most in my PowerShell scripts (powershellisfun.com)
Looking back at the scripts I created the last year, certain things always come back in most of

them. In this blog post, I will show you a few and explain them.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Aug 4 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Azure Blob Storage Archive and Rehydration Management (github.com)
I've developed a PowerShell Module for managing the rehydration process of archived blobs in Azure.

This script allows you to verify the status of blobs listed in a given file, determine whether they are in an 'Archive' state, and provides visibility on their rehydration status.

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By: Brian Schroeder submitted:Aug 4 2023

One-Liner Wednesday August 2, 2023 (clatent.com)
Have you ever needed to create multiple 365 Groups/Security/Distribution at one time?
By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Aug 4 2023

PowerBits (github.com)
A collection of useful, time-saving tools for working with Microsoft Power BI
By: James D. Bartlett III submitted:Aug 4 2023

Powershell Scripts for Hackers and Pentesters (github.com)
Basic of Windows Systems (history, methods , tricks) Windows Pentest Methods, Common ports/services,

Basic commands Scipts (Ping-Play, Enumeration, Silent Installer) and more

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By: Whitecat18 submitted:Aug 4 2023

PowerShell: Report On-Premises Active Directory Accounts that are Synchronized with Azure AD Connect (techbloggingfool.com)
Organizations that subscribe to Microsoft 365 and also have on-premises IT infrastructure, tend to

synchronize accounts from their local Active

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By: Kevin Trent submitted:Aug 4 2023

Programmatically generate resource names with Bicep and Azure Naming Tool V2 (markou.me)
RIf you've ever found yourself exhausted from manually using the aznaming tool through the UI to

generate resource names, fret not! I've been there, and...

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By: George Markou submitted:Aug 4 2023

Text 2 Video Narrator (github.com)
This PowerShell script allows you to create videos from specially formatted text files using Amazon

Polly for text-to-speech conversion. The script reads the input text file, generates PowerPoint slides with appropriate content, and then exports them as video files. The process involves the use of AWS Polly for voice synthesis and the AWS CLI configured with a user having rights to Polly.

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By: Matt Merchant submitted:Aug 4 2023

Community

Björn Sundling. From PowerShell Developer to MVP: An Unfiltered Journey (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In our latest PowerShell Podcast, we invited Microsoft MVP Björn Sundling, on a riveting journey

from being a PowerShell developer to securing Azure DevOps repositories. With a passion for speaking seeded from his first year at PSConfEU 2015, his road to the podium wasn't easy. The podcast was peppered with a detailed discussion on the automated scanner project PSSecretScanner. Offering insights into development technologies, this episode is a whirlwind tour of community involvement and encompasses his love of sharing knowledge.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Aug 4 2023

Fun

Become the TEC 2023 PowerShell Script-Off Champion (practical365.com)
The TEC 2023 PowerShell Challenge Champion will be known after three rounds of frenetic script

coding at The Experts Conference in Atlanta on September 19, 2023. Competitors will need a working knowledge of Microsoft 365 PowerShell, including Exchange Online, Teams, and Azure AD. Being able to think on your feet and come up with working solutions to problems is possibly a more important attribute than coding genius.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Aug 4 2023

Upcoming Events

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By: Experts Live submitted:Aug 4 2023

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