August 11, 2023

Announcements!

Desired State Configuration (DSC) Planning Update (devblogs.microsoft.com)
A fun and informative blog post sharing the exciting plans and roadmap for Desired State

Configuration (DSC), including plans for compatibility, transparency, cross-platform support, and more.

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By: Michael Greene submitted:Aug 11 2023

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Find enabled local Group Policy settings with rsop.msc and PowerShell (4sysops.com)
When it comes to GPO troubleshooting, you might want to find settings that are configured by local

Group Policy. With rsop.msc, a graphical tool is available for this purpose. However, it is generally more efficient to generate a report using gpresult.exe and evaluate it with PowerShell.

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By: Wolfgang Sommergut submitted:Aug 11 2023

How to optimize and speed up your PowerShell scripts (baswijdenes.com)
My best practices, tips and tricks working with PowerShell This is a blog post that is not deeply

technical. I will not go deep into the tips and tricks, because you will learn this automatically when you have more experience & when you are ready. I have a seperate blog post about best practices, tips ... Continue reading How to optimize and speed up your PowerShell scripts

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By: Bas Wijdenes submitted:Aug 11 2023

PowerShell Advanced Functions: Cmdlet Bindings and Parameters (itprotoday.com)
Part 1 of this series on advanced PowerShell functions introduces the key concepts, including cmdlet

bindings and common parameters like ErrorAction.

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By: Brien Posey submitted:Aug 11 2023

Your Getting Started Guide to PowerShell Approved Verbs (adamtheautomator.com)
Discover how to get started with PowerShell Approved Verbs to make sure your scripts and code is

top-notch in this ATA Learning tutorial!

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By: Nicholas Xuan Nguyen submitted:Aug 11 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

About Colors.md (gist.github.com)
When I'm having a bad day, I can spend hours just fiddling with colors and recursion. Today I wrote

an HslEnumerator class which is fun because if you output it to the PowerShell terminal it just goes on producing colors forever:

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By: Joel Bennett submitted:Aug 11 2023

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo 1.1.0-RC1 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This RC contains several community requested features and fixes including improved support for

PSScriptAnalyzer, improvements to error handling, and the addition of `ExcludeAsArgument` property.

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By: Jason Helmick submitted:Aug 11 2023

Get-AadJoinInformation.ps1 (gist.github.com)
Get Azure AD (Entra ID) Join Information without dsregcmd
By: Marc-André Moreau submitted:Aug 11 2023

ServerCertificateValidationCallback (or rather, collector) for .NET Core (gist.github.com)
ServerCertificateValidationCallback (or rather, collector) for .NET Core - Get-WebCertificate.ps1
By: Joel Bennett submitted:Aug 11 2023

Using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to Generate a Mailbox Traffic Report (practical365.com)
Microsoft 365 makes it easy for administrators to get mail activity usage data for users. However,

if you want to know which domains are sending most mail, you need to do some work. In this article, we cover how to use cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to create reports about user mail activity over time and the traffic sent by different domains.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Aug 11 2023

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

From Cloud to Console: Harm Veenstra’s PowerShell Perspectives (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
We had a cool chat with Harm Veenstra, the guy behind powershellisfun.com. We got into some neat

PowerShell stuff like Out-ConsoleGridView and the -PassThru parameter. Harm also gave us the lowdown on when to quit the cloud and spilled the beans on running his blog. Plus, he shared how he keeps up with the quick mojo of the tech world. Tune in for a fun and laid-back tech talk!

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Aug 11 2023

Community

Simplifying Creation of Empty PowerShell PSCustomObjects using Custom Functions (hcritter.devdojo.com)
Creating an empty PSCustomObject in PowerShell is a common task, but the traditional approach can be

verbose and repetitive. In this blog post, I'll walk you through a more structured and efficient way to achieve this using functions and property definitions.

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By: Christian Ritter submitted:Aug 11 2023

Unlocking PowerShell Magic: Different Approach to Creating ‘Empty’ PSCustomObjects (evotec.xyz)
Today I saw an article from Christian Ritter, "PowerShell: Creating an "empty" PSCustomObject" on X

that got me curious. Do people create empty objects like Christian proposes? I want to offer an alternative to Christian's article, which uses OrderedDictionary and converts to PSCustomObject.

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By: Przemyslaw Klys submitted:Aug 11 2023

Fun

PSQuizMaster (github.com)
A module for creating and running quizzes to learn PowerShell - GitHub -

jdhitsolutions/PSQuizMaster: A module for creating and running quizzes to learn PowerShell

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Aug 11 2023

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