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April 1, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automatic Jira ticket creation for Azure application admin consent requests (doitpsway.com)
If you are an Azure administrator you are probably aware that it can be pretty dangerous to let
users give permissions consent to any Azure application that is in the wild. Because it can lead to illicit consent grant attack which seems to be more and more popular among the hackers.
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By: Ondrej Sebela  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Automating with PowerShell: Shipping your logs (cyberdrain.com)
This time we're going to use PowerShell to setup moving your logs to a centralized logging engine.
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell 7: Providing Module Compatibility with PowerShell 5 Modules (sid-500.com)
Many of us need it, but for just as many it is sometimes a nuisance. What I am talking about is
PowerShell 7 module compatibility. In this post I will show how to make PowerShell 5 modules PowerShell 7 executable. Let's dive in.
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By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell by Example (powershellbyexample.dev)
PowerShell by Example, modeled after Go by Example, is a hands-on introduction to PowerShell using
annotated example programs. Check out the first example or browse the full list below.
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By: Sander Stad  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Predicting with Style (jdhitsolutions.com)
I've been using the PSReadline module for years in PowerShell. I especially loved it when the module
added inline command prediction based on your history. You would start typing a command and the module would search your saved history and suggest an inline completion.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Reconstructing PowerShell scripts from multiple Windows event logs (news.sophos.com)
On the trail of malicious PowerShell artifacts too large to be contained in a single log? Help is on
the way.
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By: Vikas Singh  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Restoring Windows Terminal Link in Windows 11 (jdhitsolutions.com)
Unfortunately, the latest beta release reverts to Windows PowerShell. I've been told that this was a
deliberate decision to avoid having a dead link if the user uninstalled Windows Terminal. Don't even get me started.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Trying to think of a metaphor (reddit.com)
Hi I'm going to do a presentation about powershell to new comer and I'm wondering if someone has
ever thought of metaphor to highlight the "object" part of powershell when it comes to comparing it to cmd or bash.
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By: u/fennecdore  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Use PsExec and PowerShell together (4sysops.com)
In my previous article, we discussed how to use PsExec. As promised, today we will discuss the
various use cases in which you can use PsExec and PowerShell together, working as a team.
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By: Surender Kumar  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Here are 15 PowerShell functions for your day-to-day Intune needs (reddit.com)
That's actually why I'm writing this, I just finished all the primary functions that I'll be
utilizing for the Intune module, and wanted to share the PowerShell source code for folks who want to adopt the functions into their environment without the GUI application.
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By: u/Sin_of_the_Dark  submitted:Jun 16 2022



I made a simple PowerShell script to organize messy folders (reddit.com)
Simple, yet elegant ??
By: u/giuscond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Show-WifiPasswords.ps1 (github.com)
Simple function to view your wifi network names and passwords
By: gangstanthony  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Chatting about Chatbots with Mike Kanakos (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Mike Kanakos is extremely active in the PowerShell community, so getting the opportunity to
highlight all his contributions was pretty awesome for us. We got to talk about all of the ways we can contribute to PowerShell to keep it the best version of itself. We also did a quick dive into ChatBots and highlighted PoshBot, which can connect to several chat backends like Slack or Teams.
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By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get The Most Out of PowerShell. Featuring James Petty, PowerShell MVP – YouTube (youtube.com)
A great discuss on getting the most out of PowerShell
By: PDQ.com  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Big news! Pester 6.0.0 released TODAY! (twitter.com)
I almost forgot it is April 1st
By: Pester Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 10, 2020

Announcements!

Pester v5 – release candidate 1 (github.com)
Pester release candidate is finally here! As the name suggests this release is close to final and
most things that I wanted to get working actually work. This version is already stable enough to be used for new projects, and is the recommended choice if you just started learning Pester. If you own a larger project, please give it a try and report back.
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By: Jakub Jares  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Regarding the change on PSGallery to require TLS1.2 (twitter.com)
Regarding the change on PSGallery to require TLS1.2, we're going to update the change so that 1.2 is
default, but 1.1 and 1.0 are still supported (for now). Sorry about that.
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By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

5 PowerShell tools to help simplify admin tasks and support (searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com)
Here, we examine five companies that offer products and services that focus on or heavily depend on
PowerShell. We'll examine each product's focus, target audience, pricing and how each PowerShell tool integrates into the bigger tech ecosystem. Note that product costs are listed in U.S. dollars.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring DNS record changes (cyberdrain.com)
At my company we use a dynamic DNS service for load balancing or failover. This is great because
clients don't notice downtime when a failover or load balancing action occurs. It makes everything smooth and fluent for clients and users of our systems. The only problem with this is that sometimes a failover occurs and you don't notice. Great for users, not so great for administrators; if a server crashes in the woods, did it really crash at all? To make sure we always get notified about these situations we use the following script via our RMM system.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Replicate your favorite VSCode theme in Windows Terminal (powers-hell.com)
Windows Terminal has been out for around 6 months now and it's safe to say it's a huge success. It's
a great way to handle working with multiple terminal applications in one space, and the ability to customize the environment to suit your needs (both aesthetic and functional) make it a perfect tool for anyone who lives in a shell environment for hours on end.
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By: Ben Reader  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Understanding PowerShell Modules (powershell.one)
Almost all PowerShell commands live in modules, and by adding new modules to PowerShell, you can
easily add more commands. Here is all you need to know about PowerShell modules.
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By: Dr. Tobias Weltner  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PrimalScript 2020 adds PowerShell 7 support (sapien.com)
PrimalScript 2020 (7.7.139) adds PowerShell 7 support. While we have had the ability to run scripts
in a PowerShell 6 or 7 console for some time, support for new language elements, packaging, etc. was not implemented yet. Now that PowerShell 7 was released, we have added full support for it across the board. I should note here that we do not install PowerShell 7 for you.
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By: SAPIEN Technologies  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSQueue (github.com)
A PowerShell Class that uses Stacks and Queues to process/hold information.
By: Josh Rickard  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Getting started with Azure Automation and Power Automate (youtube.com)
In this video, I give a short interview about how you can get started using Azure Automation and
Power Automate to integrated PowerShell into your Flows and never leave the Microsoft Cloud!
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By: Intelligink  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Why Powershell is SO Powerful (youtube.com)
PowerShell was my first programming language thanks to the book Learn PowerShell in a Month of
Lunches by Don Jones coupled with studying for my MCSE. Once I learned how powerful scripting and automating tasks could be, it set me on a path that changed my career. PowerShell is similar to other languages like Python, but the Pipeline is where it sets itself apart. Let's break down why the pipeline is so powerful!
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By: Knox Hutchinson  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

April Fools Day: PowerShell Tips, Tricks & Dad Jokes with Steven Judd (youtube.com)
Our speaker for this session is Steven Judd, who is a Digital Security Analyst at Devon Energy
Corporation. Steven's day to day focus is on DevOps and cloud focused solutions and infrastructure. Steven has amassed a bunch of fun and unusual tips and tricks over the years and he'll be sharing them with you!
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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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April 10, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

2026: Check Secure Boot Certificates of all Domain-Computers with PowerShell (sid-500.com)
By: Patrick Gruenauer
The Microsoft Secure Boot certificate expires in 2026. Here is a PowerShell script that retrieves
the Secure Boot boot certificate information from all domain computers and checks whether they contain the CA
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Check PowerShell Scripts for deprecated Azure AD or MSOnline Cmdlets (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
You might have read it a few times... The Azure AD and MSOnline PowerShell modules are deprecated,
and scripts that use Cmdlets from these modules should be updated to use Microsoft Graph Cmdlets. In this blog post, I will show you a script to scan for them and also which replacement Cmdlets you should use instead.
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Mail-Advanced.ReadWrite permissions required to change sensitive email properties in Exchange Online via Graph API (4sysops.com)
By: IT Experts
Microsoft announced a breaking change to the Microsoft Graph API affecting Exchange Online: from
December 31, 2026
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New Native PowerShell Support for Intune Win32 Apps (buff.ly)
By: Alvin Ashcraft
We explore how the traditional PowerShell script installers work with Win32 apps, and what the new
native support changes are.
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PowerShell does 3 things Windows Settings simply can’t, no matter how hard you try (howtogeek.com)
By: Rich Hein
PowerShell unlocks powerful Windows features you can't access in Settings. Here are the ones
actually worth using.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Manage Microsoft 365 Groups Using a PowerShell Script (o365reports.com)
By: Blesslin Rinu
Managing Microsoft 365 groups in bulk can be tedious and time-consuming when relying solely on the
native admin centers. To address this, we've developed a custom PowerShell script that performs 15+ management actions, including both single and bulk operations. This blog explores how to use the script efficiently to simplify Microsoft 365 group management.
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oh-my-posh v29.9.3 (github.com)
By: Oh My Posh
The best release yet
PowerShellRun (github.com)
By: mdgrs
Terminal Based Launcher and Fuzzy Finder for PowerShell. - mdgrs-mei/PowerShellRun
Update-UserAttributes (github.com)
By: Scott Pack
A PowerShell script to update Entra ID user object attributes either for a single user or from a CSV
batch file.
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vscodemarketplace (github.com)
By: Stephen Valdinger
A PowerShell module that wraps the Visual Studio Code Marketplace public Gallery API, letting you
search, download, install, and uninstall VS Code extensions entirely from the command line. - stevi...
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Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: What The Blank! (youtube.com)
By: Matthew Dowst [OC]
Sometimes a value in PowerShell looks blank... but technically isn't.

Community

Intune Stack and the Art of Showing Up with Hailey Phillips Intune Stack and the Art of Showing Up with Hailey Phillips (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Andrew welcomes back Dual MVP and Intune aficionado Hailey Phillips for a wide-ranging conversation
covering her project IntuneStack, the value of DevOps principles in endpoint management, and the mindset behind consistent skill-building. The two dig into conference culture, the importance of community, mentorship, and why showing up every day - even for just ten minutes - matters more than waiting for inspiration to strike.
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Why PowerShell is Fun and Automation Matters – with Harm Veenstra (youtube.com)
By: Betabit
In this episode, Rick & Oscar talk with Harm Veenstra consultant at InSpark and Microsoft MVP. He
explains how his passion for PowerShell and automation led to his Microsoft MVP recognition, which he sees as an ongoing commitment to the community. They highlight the open culture in IT, where sharing knowledge helps everyone improve. They also touch on challenges like cloud migration and the need to combine automation with good governance. Harm stresses that tools alone are not enough without proper oversight.
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Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
By: PowerShell.org
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
By: SynEdgy
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany

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April 12, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Get MFA Status For Azure/Office365 Users Using PowerShell (thesysadminchannel.com)
Paul Contreras provides a great function you can use to quickly and easily see which users have MFA
enabled or not.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Check Who Reset the Password of a User in Active Directory (woshub.com)
Every wondered who reset that service account password, or any other user password in Active
Directory. Well wonder no longer with this tutorial from Windows OS Hub showing you every step of the process, from enabling logging, to how to search the logs with PowerShell.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell tricks: Splatting (blog.destruktive.one)
Do you hate crazy long parameters? One of the number one tips I always give is use splatting. Never
use back ticks. Roberth Strand has quick and easy to follow example on how you can start splatting too.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Setup PowerShell SSH Remoting in PowerShell 6 (thomasmaurer.ch)
A great post from Thomas Maurer on using the built-in PowerShell Remoting over SSH for all your
remote management needs between Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The Next Release of PowerShell ??? PowerShell 7 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Steve Lee from Microsoft provides a great breakdown of what you can expect in the next version of
PowerShell (PowerShell version 7).
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Practical PowerShell: Exchange Server 2016 Second Edition (leanpub.com)
Managing Exchange and have some PowerShell experience? Want to use PowerShell more and unsure how to
approach it? Then this is the book for you. Created by two experienced Microsoft Exchange (now Office and Apps) MVPs just for you.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Get GoT Schedule with PowerShell (twitter.com)
Are you a Game of Thrones fan, and do you want to see the schedule for the upcoming season?
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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April 15, 2022

Announcements!

PSGalleryReport (github.com)
PowerShell Gallery reports on recently published modules
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How can someone (in, say, a tech support position) practice Powershell in their spare time? (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: u/razzrazz-  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Use the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) to inspect PowerShell command syntax in scripts (mikefrobbins.com)
I recently needed to determine the PowerShell commands and parameters used in multiple scripts. What
better way to accomplish this task than to use the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)?
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By: Mike F. Robbins  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

lAZy (formerly known as Lazy Azure Administrator) (github.com)
lAZy is a simple GUI application designed to handle most of your Azure and Intune Help Desk needs.
By: iBowler1995  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

DBATools with Jess Pomfret (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Jess Pomfret joins us to discuss how PowerShell was the perfect tool to help her automate DBA tasks.
She gives some great insight into joining the community for the first time and talks about how helpful Chrissy LeMaire was in submitting her first submission to the dbatools module. Last, we cover the importance of writing code to test your code with Pester.
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By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What’s new in PowerShell Universal 3 – SQL Server Support – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video, I show how to configure PowerShell Universal 3 SQL Server s
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 16, 2021

Announcements!

New features added in the Azure Container Registry PowerShell module (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
While Azure Container Registry (ACR) is prevalent as an Azure service, the corresponding
Az.ContainerRegistry Azure PowerShell module wasn't fully featured. Sometimes, PowerShell users had to take advantage of the Az CLI. We want to allow PowerShell user to be able to fully manage container images. Starting with Az.ContainerRegistry version 2.2.1, we will gradually be rolling out new cmdlets and new parameters. In this release, you can now fully manage (Get-, Remove-, Update-) repositories, manifests, and tags with increased performance.
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By: Yabo Hu  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1.8 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Welcome back to another release of Windows Terminal! This release updates Windows Terminal Preview
to version 1.8 and moves Windows Terminal to version 1.7. Both builds can be installed from the Microsoft Store as well as the GitHub releases page. Let's jump into what's new!
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By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating with PowerShell: Deploying Unifi DHCP Option (cyberdrain.com)
Last week one of my friends was working on deploying DHCP options to automatically adopt devices
inside networks managed by a Windows DHCP server. The process is pr etty straight forward - Add a vendor class, add the option, and set it to the correct IP address. Unfortunately, that of course means a lot of clicking in the DHCP console on each Windows Server he manages....
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



AWS S3 server side encryption using PowerShell (yobyot.com)
Recently, a client asked me to develop standards for them for AWS S3. They are primarily an Azure
shop but, like most enterprises these days, they have some apps and business units which use AWS. As I documented what I already knew and researched what I didn't, I was (once again) blown away by the capabilities of this massive cloud-scale network file system....
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By: Alex Neihaus  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Building a PowerShell Process Detection Tool (jdhitsolutions.com)
I spend my entire working day in a PowerShell prompt. It is often a combination of Windows
PowerShell and PowerShell 7. Sometimes I'm in a session with a loaded profile, sometimes not. Sometimes I have a PowerShell 7 Preview session running. And then there are the scheduled jobs which also run PowerShell. Over the years, I've written a number of variations of a PowerShell script or function to discover all of the running PowerShell sessions on my computer. But I think I have finally written the final version of a PowerShell process detection tool.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Import and Export Hyper-V VMs with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you need to export a Hyper-V virtual machine and transfer it from one host to another? How about
export a VM from your development workstation to a Hyper-V host in production? If so, you've come to the right place!...
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By: Bill Kindle  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Leveraging PowerShell SecretManagement to generalize a demo environment (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
I've been working with some colleagues on a shared demo environment, and one issue came up during a
session with customers that highlighted a problem.  If any of us change the local admin password of the servers or redeploys the environment with a password of their own.  We no longer can access it without contacting the group and request the new password....
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By: Pierre Roman  submitted:Jun 16 2022



OneDrive and PowerShell: Get size and size on disk (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you a quick script allowing you to display OneDrive size, and onedrive size
on disk.
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By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What do you guys do to setup Visual Studio Code for PowerShell? (reddit.com)
A cool discussion on Reddit of how others are setting up VS Code.
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

discordrpc: Discord Rich Presence Client (github.com)
In celebration of the rumored talks about Microsoft buying Discord, I made a Discord Rich Presence
Client for PowerShell!
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By: Chrissy LeMaire  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Remove all Expired Certs on a Windows Machine (gist.github.com)
A script to remove all expired certs from a Windows machine.
By: tg12  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Roles 1.0.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Allows flexibly granting permissions on code blocks or individual resources. Intended for Just
Enough Administration scenarios.
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By: Friedrich Weinmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Windows PowerShell Remoting Fundamentals (Free this month!) (pluralsight.com)
Learn to use PowerShell remoting to simplify day-to-day Windows administration.
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Generating random Marvel names for your Azure resources (wesleyhaakman.org)
Sometimes you just need to redeploy a lot of resources for testing because you're building something
for a customer. For me these scenario's always go into scripting or templates. That means for every change I want to be redeploy the environment and see if everything is still working. For that I need random names. You could pick a name, add a number and up the number for every new deployment but, where's the fun in that?
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By: Wesley Haakman  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 17, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Application Gateway Ingress Controller Deployment Script (buchatech.com)
In this blog post, I want to share a script I built that deploys the AGIC. There are many steps to
deploying the AGIC and I figured this is something folks will need to deploy over and over so it makes sense to make it a little easier to do.
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By: Steve Buchanan  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Backup all your TechNet Gallery contributions with PowerShell (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you a script I created that allows you to backup all your Technet Gallery
contributions on your computer.
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By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 15 2022



DHCP scopes: Check their utilization with this PowerShell script (techgenix.com)
Whether you have implemented Windows DHCP servers or a third-party DHCP server, it is necessary to
monitor the utilization of DHCP scopes. While Microsoft provides System Center Operations Manager and necessary management packs to monitor all aspects of DHCP servers including monitoring of DHCP scopes, the System Center suite is very expensive and it requires a considerable amount of time to implement all of its components just to enable monitoring of a few servers. In this article, we learn how we can use simple PowerShell commands and a PowerShell script to check the utilization of DHCP scopes on multiple DHCP servers.
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By: Nirmal Sharma  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Create a Beautiful HTML Report with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
PowerShell is a powerful tool that helps you simplify and automate tedious and repetitive tasks.
Administrators typically use PowerShell to extract information from a system or database when the data set required has to be presented as a report. But reports in text or CSV files usually lack the flare and fancy styling of HTML.
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By: Dan Dimalanta  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use cases for PowerShell Help Messages (itluke.online)
If you are like me, when you type a command line, you hit the TAB key to auto-fill parameters'
values. Or, when you don't know which value to enter, you hit CTRL + C and you use a search engine or the Get-Help -Name CmdletName -Parameter ParameterName command line to find out which value to enter.
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By: Luc Fullenwarth  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Introducing Data Mashup Cmdlets (bengribaudo.com)
Maybe you'd like to extract the Power Query mashups embedded in a folder full of Excel or Power BI
files without opening each file one by one. Perhaps you have an M function or query you'd like to mass import into a collection of files. Then there's version control-you'd like a mechanism to manipulate the mashups in files so that you can wire up a version control setup. If any of these possibilities perk your interest, Data Mashup Cmdlets may be a useful tool in your Power Query toolkit.
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By: Ben Gribaudo  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Core Concept: Regex for N00bs (youtube.com)
REGEX!!! It's often misunderstood and hated by many! But the truth is regex is super powerful and
sometime it's the best tool for the job! Ever wish you could learn Regex in a simple, straightforward tutorial with one of the best speakers in the PowerShell community? Thomas Rayner is Microsoft security engineer, blogger, Pluralsight author and Microsoft MVP. He is one of the brightest minds in the PowerShell community and he will be here showing us all how to use regex to solve complex tasks.
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By: Thomas Rayner  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Shell of an Idea: The untold history of PowerShell (leanpub.com)
I can't wait to start digging into this. Author Don Jones was with PowerShell from the beginning,
and through a series of core team interviews, community discussions, and background research, he brings you this: the untold story of PowerShell, a Shell of an Idea.
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By: Don Jones  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Slicing and Dicing with PowerShell on GitLab CI (youtube.com)
All the ways to use PowerShell on GitLab CI - including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core 7 on
Linux and Windows.
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By: Darwin Sanoy  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

How to log in to the Matrix in PowerShell (twitter.com)

By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



I made a color theme for ISE (reddit.com)
Hey there PoSh community, I have been working in the PowerShell ISE for a while at work and really
don't like the color theme, so I made a new one that matches my VSCode and wanted to share.
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By: u/Lyko5  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Pestering for a PowerShell Challenge (ironscripter.us)
Sadly, with the demise of the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit in 2020, there will be no Iron
Scripter Game. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't continue to hone your skills. The Chairman has been pestered the last several weeks for a new challenge. So be careful what you ask for.
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By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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April 17, 2026

Announcements!

Microsoft PowerShell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (msrc.microsoft.com)
By: PowerShell Team
If you are running versions 7.4 or 7.5 be sure to update to 7.4.14 or 7.5.5 to be protected.
PowerShell MSI package deprecation and preview updates (devblogs.microsoft.com)
By: PowerShell Team
Beginning with PowerShell 7.7-preview.1 (April 2026), the MSIX package will be the primary
installation method for PowerShell on Windows. We will no longer ship the MSI installer package for new PowerShell releases.
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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate SOC 2 Compliance with PowerShell and Azure (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Adam Bertram
Learn how to use Azure Policy, the EPAC framework, and PowerShell to automate SOC 2 compliance
evidence collection, enforce controls across subscriptions, and build a continuous audit trail.
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Creating a Planner Weekly Notification Email for Incomplete Tasks (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
A reader wanted a weekly incomplete task report to send details of Planner tasks to people with
outstanding work to do. We used PowerShell to scan for incomplete tasks for people who are members of a group, perform some analysis on the data, and create and send email. Despite some deficiencies in the Planner Graph API, the code is pretty straightforward.
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Find Computers with Pending Reboot Status Using PowerShell (woshub.com)
By: Windows OS Hub
After installing certain patches or security updates on Windows, a restart may be required for them
to take effect. However, if users continually postpone rebooting their computers or if the...
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How to Survive the 2026 Secure Boot Certificate Expiry (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Adam Bertram
Deploy Windows UEFI CA 2023 before the June 2026 certificate expiry. Inventory devices, update OEM
firmware, and trigger enrollment via Intune or PowerShell registry settings.
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PowerShell MSI Package Deprecation starting with the new preview updates (v7.7 Preview 1) (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
PowerShell always had an MSI package that you could download and distribute yourself to install and
update, starting with Preview 1 of v7.7, which has changed to MSIX. In this short blog post, I will explain what this means.
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Running Copilot Retrieval Searches with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
The Copilot Retrieval API is a Microsoft Graph API that apps can use to search Microsoft 365
locations to find information to ground user prompts. Grounding means that the apps use the information found by Copilot to add context to the queries they submit to a generative AI engine for processing. Although I don't have an immediate purpose for the API, it provides a nice insight into how grounding works.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PoshWeb/OP: Overpowered module for Open Packages (github.com)
By: James Brundage
Just dropped an Overpowered Module for Open Packages. Make anything a package!
PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit – Session Materials (github.com)
By: DevOps Collective
Even if you couldn't make it to the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026, you can still browse the
official repository for speaker session materials.
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Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell for Hackers, Part 1: The Basics – Hackers Arise (hackers-arise.com)
By: hackers-arise.official
For those of you who want to learn Powershell but weren't sure how to approach it, we've created a
series with more articles on the way. Helpful for both red team and blue team You can start with Part 1 covering the basics
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Community

Lightning Demos from PowerShell Summit (youtube.com)
By: Andrew Pla
We're coming to you live from PowerShell Summit with back-to-back Lightning Demos! These are fast,
focused, and packed with practical PowerShell goodness - think of it as a highlight reel of some of the coolest things the community is building and automating right now.
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PowerShell Wisdom from 35 Years in the Trenches with Jeff Hicks (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
With PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 opening this Monday, April 13th, this episode brings
back one of the most respected names in the PowerShell community: Jeff Hicks.
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Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
By: SynEdgy
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany

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April 19, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

PowerShell Cheat Sheet (ramblingcookiemonster.github.io)
A great little cheat sheet for some pretty common PowerShell commands.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Quick Search Tips (twitter.com)
Brandon Olin with a simple trick for quicker online searches from within PowerShell
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerShell Import-Excel (github.com)
This PowerShell Module allows you to read and write Excel files without installing Microsoft Excel
on your system. No need to bother with the cumbersome Excel COM-object. Creating Tables, Pivot Tables, Charts and much more has just become a lot easier. It has recently been updated to run much faster.
...>more(less)
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PowerShell Stack Overflow Search (marketplace.visualstudio.com)
Let’s you search Stack Overflow by pressing ctrl+shift+f1. It will search for entries tagged
with PowerShell and the selected text.
...>more(less)
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SCCM Application Packager (github.com)
This Application is a PowerShell Script that can be used to create applications in SCCM, it takes
care of downloading, packaging, distributing and deploying the applications described in XML “recipe” files. The goal is to be able to package any frequently updating application with little to no work after creating the recipes.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automate the Boring Stuff with PowerShell (amazon.com)
Learn to use PowerShell, Microsoft’s scripting language, to automate real-world tasks that IT
professionals and system administrators deal with every day.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Asciify (github.com)
Convert Images to ASCII Pictures using PowerShell
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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April 2, 2021

Announcements!

Announcing the preview of PSArm (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today, we are pleased to announce the first preview of a new experimental module that make it easier
than ever for PowerShell customers to create Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates: PSArm.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

6 Ways to Copy Files to Remote Hosts with Ansible (Step by Step) (adamtheautomator.com)
In Ansible, copying files is a common task most users perform every day. The Ansible copy module is
a familiar way to copy files and copy directories with Ansible, but it's definitely not the only way. Are you picking the right method?
...>more(less)
By: Jason Hiatt  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Add Developer PowerShell and Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio to Windows Terminal (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Windows Terminal is great, I use it for all my command line work. It automatically detects new
shells that are installed on your system, like the shell for Ubuntu or PowerShell Core 7. Unfortunately, it doesn't detect the Developer Command Prompt and Developer PowerShell for Visual Studio. Luckily, you can add them yourself!
...>more(less)
By: Yannick Reekmans  submitted:Jun 16 2022



An alternative progress cmdlet based on cli-spinners – Tech thoughts (powershellone.wordpress.com)
In this post, I would like to share the steps to build a fun project implementing a console-based
progress-spinner that runs in a separate thread while executing arbitrary code in the main thread. The code I'm sharing is compatible with WindowsPowerShell 5.1 and works best when executed within Windows Terminal rather than the PowerShell console window. To keep the cursor in the same position, while writing the progress, we will make use of ANSI-Escape sequences.
...>more(less)
By: Dirk  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Get-LastLogon (reddit.com)
Get accurate last logon time for user
By: u/krzydoug  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Azure Resource Graph Deep Dive (YouTube) (youtube.com)
In this video I dive into Azure Resource Graph. How to use it, what it can do with lots of examples
along the way. See how to use the resource graph to efficiently get information about your resources in Azure.
...>more(less)
By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 22, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Bastion: Azure PowerShell deployment script (wmatthyssen.com)
This blog post will show you how you can deploy Azure Bastion and all associated resources via the
use of an Azure PowerShell script.
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By: Wim Matthyssen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Chrome: Manage extensions with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
In this article, you will learn how you can manage extensions in Google's web browser Chrome in your
organization. With the help of a PowerShell script, you can install Chrome managed extensions in your network either through Intune or any RMM software that supports scripts.
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By: Robert Pearman  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Create and read SCVMM custom properties with PowerShell and the VMM Console (4sysops.com)
In this guide, I will show you how to add, remove, and read Microsoft's System Center Virtual
Machine Manager (SCVMM) custom properties with PowerShell and the Virtual Machine Manager Console.
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By: Alexander Pazik  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Let’s Learn the Get-FileHash Command (tommymaynard.com)
Someone, somewhere, sent me down a path. At the end of it, while it is not where I needed to be, I
learned - or relearned rather - about the Get-FileHash cmdlet.
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By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Power Up your PowerShell experience with these four add-ons (commandline.ninja)
The developers behind PowerShell released a handful of tools and new functionality to improve how
you work with PowerShell. I write about four additions you should consider for your everyday PowerShell usage over at the TechTarget website.
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By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Question for PowerShell twitter: (twitter.com)
what are some cool and fun PS Gallery modules?
By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SSH access to servers running anywhere using Azure Arc (thomasmaurer.ch)
With Azure Arc, you can remotely manage your Linux and Windows Servers using the Azure control plane
and management services, such as Azure Policy, Update Management, Security Center, Azure Monitor, and many more.
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By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AzureDevOps.Services.OpenApi (github.com)
Client Module for the Azure DevOps api.
By: Friedrich Weinmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSGalleryReport – Top 25 PSGallery Contributors (github.com)
This is a report of contributions to the PowerShell Gallery from the top 25 module authors. This
list excludes major vendors such as Microsoft, Amazon, and VMware. The exclusions are completely subjective. The intent is to use this report to highlight individual contributors to the PowerShell Gallery
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSOpenAD (github.com)
A cross-platform Active Directory management module.
By: Jordan Borean  submitted:Jun 16 2022



RestConnect (github.com)
Module used for managing REST api connections and executing requests. It is designed as a component
together with AutoRest-generated code.
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By: Friedrich Weinmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Coding a Neural Network in PowerShell – YouTube (youtube.com)
A great walkthrough on creating neural network module in PowerShell.
By: Caroline Chiari  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 23, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Better Event Logs with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
Because I don't work in a corporate environment, I don't always see opportunities where PowerShell
can make your life better as an IT professional. I have a friend - let's call her Gladys Kravitz. Gladys and I were chatting and she mentioned how tricky it is to pull information out of Windows event logs. If I recall, she was looking at 4625 events in the Security log which represents failed logon attempts.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Finding System Paths (community.idera.com)
Occasionally, your script needs to know the path to the users' desktop, or to the start menu, etc.
These paths can vary, especially when users use OneDrive. To find the current system path, use this line:
...>more(less)
By: Idera  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Tracking Down Potential Security Breaches with the Windows Event Log and PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Many organizations rely on Microsoft technologies to get work done. At the same time, threat actors
can exploit operating systems like Windows. Luckily, Windows logs OS security events to help you track down this behavior.
...>more(less)
By: Justin Sylvester  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Why is += so frowned upon? (reddit.com)
DustinDortch on Reddit gives a great answer to this question.
By: u/DustinDortch  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Check website stock with chrome driver and alert user via telegram (github.com)
For anyone else out there who is trying to buy a GPU.
By: Splinx  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Clean-ADInactiveDevice (github.com)
Just released an AD inactive devices cleanup PowerShell script. It can disable and move computer
objects. Also it logs in EventLog and as a file on disk in csv format.
...>more(less)
By: Ioan Popovici  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Rotten-Scripts (github.com)
Rotten Scripts contains amazing and awesome scripts written in Python, JavaScript, Bash, Powershell,
and more. Consider this repository as your personal space to find or add any new script that can make life easier for us and the Open Source community too, as a Developer, and find a utility of coding to burst out of boredom. Get started with coding exhilarating scripts that you can use to download PDFs from an Online Source or just to randomly like everyone's Instagram Post.
...>more(less)
By: Harsh Mishra  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Tech in 5 minutes: Azure Functions (cyberdrain.com)
Tech in 5 minutes is a new video series to help managed services providers, or technology
specialists get small digestible bites about new technologies, complex scripts, and solutions you could be implementing in your MSP today. I'm fairly anti-tool culture where MSPs get a different tool for each minor inconvenience and focus just on that tool, so I'll be focussed on modern technologies in the Microsoft stack, but also will cover other external tools if they make a big enough difference.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

“Your stupid PowerShell script is broken.” : PowerShell (reddit.com)
A fun little story and a good reminder on why logging is so important.
By: u/BaDumDumTish  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 24, 2020

Announcements!

Release v7.1.0-preview.2 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come test out the latest build of PowerShell
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Terminal Preview v0.11 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are back with one last major update before the 1.0 release of Windows Terminal! Releases between
now and then will be revisions of this version. This is the v0.11 release and you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's see what has changed with this update!
...>more(less)
By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automatically uploading applications to intune tenants (cyberdrain.com)
So I've been doubting if I should make this blog. I found that others had already done this and
maybe my method would just be redundant. After some slight convincing I figured my method does have its merits. One of them being that it uses the secure application model, and thus its easy to apply to all partner tenants for a CSP, the other benefit is that this could run headless as a completely automated solution.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Deploying the WVD POC under 30 minutes (v-desktops.com)
Creating a VDI infrastructure using traditional methods is a thing of the past! VDI the very word is
all about Efficiency, Speed, Productivity. Hence we have put together list of all powershell commands that should help you deploy a WVD infrastructure framework in just under 30 minutes! For this to work as claimed.. first! ensure that you have all of the pre-requisites setup and ready to go!
...>more(less)
By: Surendra Dhondale  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Restore an Office 365 Mailbox for Free [Tutorial] (adamtheautomator.com)
So an admin just accidentally removed one of your executives' Office 365 mailboxes or maybe an
automation script has gone awry that decided to "clean up" your Office 365 tenant unintentionally. In that case, you've got some mailbox restoration to do! Why pay big money for expensive software when you can do it for free using some knowledge and a little PowerShell?
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



New upcoming participant report feature on Microsoft Teams meetings is going to be disabled by default. (twitter.com)
Admins can enable it by setting Meeting Policy with #PowerShell: Set-CSTeamsMeetingPolicy - Identity
Global - AllowEngagementReport "Enabled"
...>more(less)
By: Matti Paukkonen  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Az.Functions 0.0.3-preview (powershellgallery.com)
New PowerShell module for Azure Functions now in preview.
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Backup your TechNet Gallery contributions and migrate them to GitHub with PowerShell (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will share a script I created that allows you to backup all your Technet Gallery
contributions on your computer and then migrate them to your GitHub (if needed).
...>more(less)
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Verbtionary (gist.github.com)
An API and script for searching Merriam-Webster's thesaurus for approved PowerShell verbs
By: Josh Holbrook  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

TheShow:20:E3-VSCode-Enable ISE Mode (youtube.com)
PowerShell 7 is released! Wanna use the latest features AND get the best PowerShell performance, but
wish it was in the ISE? I got something better for you! VSCode + PowerShell Extension + Enable ISE Mode.
...>more(less)
By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Understanding PowerShell Comparison Operators By Example (adamtheautomator.com)
Like many other programming languages, PowerShell has various comparison operators. However, unlike
other languages, those comparison operators can look a little odd. Instead of ==, you have eq. Instead of , you've got ne. It can be confusing to newcomers. Let's demystify PowerShell comparison operators in this article.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Writing Your First Visual Studio Code Extension (youtube.com)
This is a virtual edition of our user group, with a special focus on PowerShell Developer
technologies, Azure and of course a deep dive into PowerShell. We have made the decision to host this event virtually for the first time, and we are excited to be able to open up our local user group to the global stage for the first time! We have an evening with diverse and advanced topics prepared for you presented by experienced speakers. Registration through Eventbrite is optional, with the benefit that you'll receive an email notification with the streaming link and a calendar invite.
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By: Thomas Rayner  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Fun with ASCII Art (twitter.com)
Can't sleep so here's a neat way to create ASCII text with PowerShell.
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Left-Center-Right (jdhitsolutions.com)
Normally, I'd leave a post like this for a Friday Fun article. But given the situation these days, I
thought some of you might like to start your week off with a little fun. And maybe even learn a little PowerShell along the way. If your family is anything like mine, you are hopefully spending...
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Upcoming Events

Chicago PowerShell Users Group (CPUG) Virtual Meetup (secure.meetup.com)
Wed Apr 29 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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April 24, 2026

Announcements!

v7.5.6 and v7.4.15 Releases of PowerShell (github.com)
By: PowerShell Team
Yeah, that's right we got 3 releases in one week!
v7.6.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
By: PowerShell Team
Come get the latest and greatest now!

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Check mail records using the DomainHealthChecker PowerShell Module (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
Verifying DNS records for Exchange Online is something that I do for migrations or security scans. I
wrote a function for that in the past, but the DomainHealthChecker module is pretty extensive! In this small blog post, I will show you how to use it.
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IIS TLS Certificate Deployment with CertKit (directaccess.richardhicks.com)
By: Richard M. Hicks
With public TLS certificate lifetimes shrinking to just 47 days by 2029, administrators must find
ways to automate certificate enrollment and renewal for workloads that require them. One of the most common is Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). I've been using CertKit.io to handle this process for workloads like Always On VPN and DirectAccess, so [...]
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Pause Scripts with ‘Press Any Key’ in Bash, CMD, PowerShell, and macOS (glukhov.org)
By: Rost Glukhov
Pause shell or batch scripts until a keypress. Covers CMD pause, PowerShell Read-Host and ReadKey,
Bash and POSIX read, macOS, and TTY guards for CI and cron.
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PowerShell Vulnerability Update (CVE-2026-26143): What You Need to Know (dowst.dev)
By: Matthew Dowst [oc]
CVE-2026-26143 was published, on April 14, 2026, impacting modern (Core-based) versions of
PowerShell, specifically versions 7.4 and 7.5 prior to recent patches.
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Reflections on AI after the 2026 PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit (lucasallman.com)
By: Lucas Allman
A new hand-crafted artisanal blog post. You can tell it's the real deal because of all the typos...
The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK and the additionalProperties Property (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
The additionalProperties property is available for many Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets. In
this article, we explain the function of the additionalProperties property and how it functions in holding output for Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets. It's all because of the lack of strongly typed properties, or so the AutoRest process would have us believe.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

psmux – Native Terminal Multiplexer for Windows (psmux.pages.dev)
By: Dan Clarke
Built in Rust. Zero WSL. Full tmux compatibility. The native tmux for Windows.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit – Session Materials (github.com)
By: DevOps Collective
Even if you weren't able to attend the summit, there is still a ton of great resources here.
Writing Better PowerShell Scripts using PSCustomObjects with Tara (youtube.com)
By: PDQ
Your PowerShell scripts are fine. They could just be so much better. In this stream, Tara dives into
PSCustomObjects - what they are, why they matter, and how using them will level up the scripts you're already writing.
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Community

PowerShell & DevOps Global Summit Bar session with Brian Quinn & Scott (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
At the PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit, this after-dark bar session blends casual conversation
with a real sense of why the event matters. Brian Quinn talks about returning for his second Summit, filling in PowerShell fundamentals, and bringing back practical skills like remoting, advanced functions, modules, testing, and version control to improve how his team handles identity and access management.
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PowerShell 5 vs. PowerShell 7 (reddit.com)
By: r/PowerShell
Interesting discussion on 5 vs 7.
The PowerShell Summit Hallway Track with Gilbert Sanchez and Joshua Dearing (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
This episode captures the energy of PowerShell Summit through two conversations, one with Gilbert
Sanchez and one with Joshua Dearing. The discussion moves from open source maintenance and the future of PowerShell in AI workflows to the human side of technical communities, including burnout, neurodiversity, mentorship, and the value of showing up in person. It also highlights how PowerShell can change careers over time, not just by teaching syntax, but by opening doors to better communication, stronger community ties, and bigger technical thinking.
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Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
By: SynEdgy
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany

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April 26, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate the Installation of SCCM 1902 (windows-noob.com)
Niall provides everything you need to know to completely script your installation of Configuration
Manager 1902, complete with the actual scripts.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to write Powershell modules with classes (stephanevg.github.io)
In this article St?phane demonstrates ways to organize your code for PowerShell modules that contain
classes, functions and enums.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Basics: Are you using Get-ComputerInfo? (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Michael Bender from Microsoft shows how to use Get-ComputerInfo to obtain system and operating
system properties.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell, Let's Get Started! (yehudakatz.com)
Welcome first time PowerShell blogger Yehuda Katz, with a cold write up on interacting with the Open
Movie Database API.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Powershell: Building Micro Modules (powershellexplained.com)
Kevin Marquette provides a quick and easy to follow guide on building your own little micro modules
that you can use over and over.How to Write Serverless PowerShell Code for AWS LambdaChris Wahl gives you everything you need to know to start moving to a serverless world with AWS Lambda.PowerShell Universal Dashboard – Getting Started with Universal DashboardLee Berg gives a great presentation on getting started with Universal Dashboard. Be sure to follow him on Twitch for more great content and livestreams.
...>more(less)
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Simple method for adding notifications to scripted installations (petervanderwoude.nl)
End user experience is everything, and Peter has a great write up on how you can add notifications
to your end users during scripted installs. A must read for those using Intune or Chocolatey.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

MicrosoftTeams 1.0.0 (powershellgallery.com)
A PowerShell module for MicrosoftTeams is now available!
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio ??? Version 4.4.0 Release Notes (ironmansoftware.com)
With PowerShell Pro Tools in Visual Studio Code you can now view your installed modules and upgrade
the ones that are out of date.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PSKoans (powershellgallery.com)
A module designed to provide a crash-course introduction to PowerShell with programming koans.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Customizing the Title Bar of your PowerShell Console Window (sid-500.com)
If you use PowerShell often, a title bar of your own will make a powerful impression. Let Patrick
show you how it is done.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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April 29, 2022

Announcements!

Announcing General Availability of Az.Tools.Predictor (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
On November 10, 2020, we announced the first preview of Az.Tools.Predictor, a PowerShell module
suggesting the Azure cmdlet to use with parameters and suggested values. Today, we are announcing the general availability of Az.Tools.Predictor.
(+)(-)
By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-WhatsNew (github.com)
Get-WhatsNew is a cmdlet that provides information about changes and new features for a version of
PowerShell, delivered to the local terminal experience.
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.2.3 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come check out the latest PowerShell release!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

3 Best Methods To Import SCCM PowerShell Module Cmdlets (anoopcnair.com)
Let's learn 3 Best Methods to Import SCCM PowerShell Module Cmdlets. The SCCM PS module is a
collection of CMDLets available to perform SCCM administration tasks.
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By: Dhanraj Barman  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Adding Registry Hive HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (HKCC) to your PowerShell Drives (sid-500.com)
Did you know that you can add additional registry hives to your PowerShell drives? No? Then I will
show you now how to do that and how to access HKCC with PowerShell. Let's get started.
(+)(-)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What is the most “Rube Goldberg’d” PowerShell script you’ve cobbled together and what did it do? (reddit.com)
u/AsyncProper with another awesome question this week ??
By: u/AsyncProper  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What is your “must have” module? (github.com)
Join the discussion and be sure add yours to the list.
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What new acquired PowerShell concept/understanding significantly improved the quality/performance of your scripts that inspired you to go back and integrate it into some of your old scripts? (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: u/AsyncProper  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Choco Runner (github.com)
Rapid fast multi package installer for chocolatey packages. Uses different threads for mach speed
By: Neocky  submitted:Jun 16 2022



ClassExplorer: Discover the API you need with ease (github.com)
ClassExplorer is a PowerShell module that enables quickly searching the AppDomain for classes and
members.
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By: Patrick Meinecke  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Create log file with date elements in path (pastebin.com)
$logFile passed as a parameter such as
"%systemdrive%%year%%monthname%blah-%hour%.%minute%-y%.%month%.%year%.log"
(+)(-)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



GetMFAStatusReport.ps1 (github.com)
Export Office 365 users' MFA status using Microsoft Graph PowerShell
By: O365Reports.com  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Securing PowerShell with Fred Weinmann (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
I hope you are ready to learn because Fred hits the ground running with information and never lets
up. We cover a lot of ground on security and PowerShell
(+)(-)
By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Iron Scripter 2022 Main Event (ironscripter.us)
Are you ready for the chairman's latest challenge?
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 3, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell Conference Book Volume 3 Call For Authors (powershell.org)
We are looking for one chapter per author on the topics of PowerShell, DevOps, WinOps, Open Source,
or IT Careers. Topic depths can range from novice to expert. Chapters can be technical or cover cultural aspects. Authors can be new or well established.
...>more(less)
By: Mark Kraus  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automatically alert your team when your tenant is running low or out of Office 365 license (insterswap.wordpress.com)
I would like to kick off this post with a question. Why would Microsoft create something so BB (big
and beautiful) and forget to add an alert to indicate when a license SKU is running low? I have not seen any feature within Office 365 that sends one a notification when a tenant license SKU is low.
...>more(less)
By: u/kdships  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Create Prompts in PowerShell (jeffbrown.tech)
In this post, I'm going to demonstrate two ways to create prompts in PowerShell and how to take
action on the response.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Brown  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Upload Files to Azure Storage (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
In recent days there has been a push to move our team's in-person presentations online. In some
cases we've been asked to record our presentations. Storage has quickly become an issue and so I have been investigating ways to transfer the recorded presentations to the cloud. Now the transfer can take place via GUI however automating the transfer might be needed in future. Luckily uploading files to Azure Storage via PowerShell is an option.
...>more(less)
By: Anthony Bartolo  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Microsoft pushed a new detection capability for AMSI/Defende (twitter.com)
Image on the left shows how executing a stored variable with IEX used to bypass AMSI and the right
shows how it's now detected. IEX now appears to have a new Fully Qualified Error ID.
...>more(less)
By: BC-Security  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Oneliner to Tail the Windows Eventlog (cloudywindows.io)
Since switching focus to the cloud I am doing more and more pure CLI admin of Windows. One of the
pains of windows admin from a console is accessing the windows eventlog. Since they are not simple text files like Linux, special PowerShell CMDLets must be used to retrieve them. Due to the frequency of needing to do it, one of the biggest challenges is tailing an eventlog while waiting for results.
...>more(less)
By: Darwin Sanoy  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Under The Stairs: Setting up an SMTP Relay using SendGrid (tfl09.blogspot.com)
Setting up both IIS and the email relay service which SendGrid provides are straightforward to set
up. In this blog post, I'll show you how to do this.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Using PowerShell to Delete Files [All the Ways] (adamtheautomator.com)
Maintaining free disk space is crucial when managing servers and systems. As admins, you wouldn't
want to get caught unaware of a 'disk full' situation. We all know where that situation leads - dismounted database, stopped services, inaccessible website, and the list goes on.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Working Remotely – Different solutions for Small Businesses with Powershell and SSH Tunnels (scriptinglibrary.com)
The first quarter of 2020 changed our personal and professional life in a lot of ways. I've read a
lot of articles around the trends of adoption of cloud services and all software that should facilitate the challenge of enabling in every country the same practices and processes of working remotely.
...>more(less)
By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Automating with PowerShell: Automating intune Autopilot configuration (cyberdrain.com)
So yesterday I was watching a webinar about intune and Autopilot. Autopilot is pretty cool for MSPs
because it becomes fairly simple to give users a nice OOBE. It also makes setup for devices a lot less of a hassle, the only issue that was spoken about during the webinar is that there is still a lot of manual clicking. This is why I took it upon myself to create some automation scripts for AutoPilot.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 15 2022



COV-ID-19 PowerShell Prompt (powershell.co.at)
Information sometimes helps. COV-ID-19 information is currently everywhere, so i thought, why not on
the PS Prompt ? This is a guide, on how to get current COV-ID-19 Data everytime you open a new PowerShell host.
...>more(less)
By: Roman Stadlmair  submitted:Jun 15 2022



IntuneDocumentation 2.0.12 (powershellgallery.com)
Automatic Intune Documentation to simplify the life of admins and consultants.
By: Thomas Kurth  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell profile to add some functionality for Windows Terminal (gist.github.com)
PowerShell profile to add some functionality for Windows Terminal
By: Matt Graeber  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Linux and macOS Edition (manning.com)
Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Linux and macOS Edition is a task-focused tutorial for
administering Linux and macOS systems using Microsoft PowerShell. Adapted by PowerShell team members Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt from the bestselling Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by community legends Don Jones and Jeffrey Hicks, it features Linux-based examples covering core language features and admin tasks. Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break.
...>more(less)
By: Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PluralSight Offering 1 month free courses (pluralsight.com)
Build in-demand tech skills without leaving your house. Get free access to 7,000+ expert-led video
courses and more all month long.
...>more(less)
By: PluralSight  submitted:Jun 15 2022



TheShow:20:E2 – ActiveDirectory (youtube.com)
PowerShell 7 is released! Let's start with one of the most common questions I get - Can I use the
Active Directory Cmdlets on PowerShell 7? Yes!
...>more(less)
By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Bored at home? I made a PowerShell Capture the Flag (reddit.com)
The objective is to read the contents of the text file located at
D:homesitewwwrootRunArbitraryCodeflag.txt
...>more(less)
By: u/DarrenDK  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerArcade: A Retro Arcade Game Console in PowerShell (github.com)
Yes, you read that correct. A Retro Arcade Game Console in PowerShell!
By: James Brundage  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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April 30, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Az Next – AI-powered interactive assistant Azure CLI (thomasmaurer.ch)
As you know, the Azure CLI already AI-build in with the az find command, and you might have seen a
great feature like AI-powered PowerShell module called Az Predictor Module (Azure PowerShell Predictions), which does what the name says, predict PowerShell commands. Now with az next, the team also brought a similar feature to the Azure CLI. The team's goal with az next is to guide users through their scenarios or sequence of jobs-to-be-done in tool, so that they could remain focused and avoid unnecessary external documentation searches.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Find cmdlets with -ComputerName parameter (twitter.com)
Today my granddaughter asked me what PowerShell cmdlets take a -ComputerName parameter so can be
self-remoted so I gave her this:
...>more(less)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Quickly Initializing Multiple PowerShell Consoles (community.idera.com)
Let's say you are admin in many areas, i.e. Azure, SharePoint, SQL, Microsoft 365, you name it. For
each environment, you may need to run some prerequisites, log onto some systems, and run some commands until your PowerShell environment is ready for action.
...>more(less)
By: Idera  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Run multiple scripts in-process (twitter.com)
Here is some code I sent someone showing them how to run multiple scripts in-process without having
them interfere with one another. SOOO powerful. SOOO cool! I freaking love PowerShell!
...>more(less)
By: Jeffrey Snover  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

5 PowerShell Gallery modules for Windows Server Administration (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
PowerShell Gallery contains lots of modules that you can add to a Windows Server deployment to make
it easier to manage. In this article, I'll cover a few of the ones I've found most useful over the years when it comes to managing Windows Server.
...>more(less)
By: Orin Thomas  submitted:Jun 16 2022



ConvertOneNote2MarkDown (github.com)
Ready to make the step to Markdown and saying farewell to your OneNote, EverNote or whatever
proprietary note taking tool you are using? Nothing beats clear text, right? Read on!
...>more(less)
By: David das Neves  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-RegKeyInfo.ps1 (gist.github.com)
TIL about volatile registry keys which exist in memory and are deleted when the hive is unloaded,
e.g. on a reboot. There's no documented way to determine if a key is volatile so I wrote a PowerShell function that uses the undocumented way
...>more(less)
By: Jordan Borean  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Profiler: Script, ScriptBlock and module performance profiler for PowerShell (github.com)
It can profile performance of modules, scripts, and scriptblocks. And compare them before and after
your changes. More features are coming.
...>more(less)
By: nohwnd  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Getting started and Learn PowerShell on Microsoft Learn! (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
I remember running my first commands and building my first automation using Windows PowerShell back
in 2006. Since then, PowerShell became one of my daily tools to build, deploy, manage IT environments. With the release of PowerShell version 6 and now PowerShell 7, PowerShell became cross-platform. This means you can now use it on even more systems like Linux and macOS. With PowerShell becoming more and more powerful (you see what I did there ;)), more people are asking me how they can get started and learn PowerShell. Luckily we just released 5 new modules on Microsoft Learn for PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



New PowerShell Secrets Management Module – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video I explore a solution to the problem of handling secrets in scripts and having to use
secret implementation specific code. The new Secrets Management module solves this.
...>more(less)
By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Let’s Play a PowerShell Game (ironscripter.us)
The 2021 edition of the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit is here. Sadly, due to the state of the
world, this year's event will be virtual. And sad only in the sense that we can't come together and celebrate the community. This year's virtual even will have the same terrific content. However, there won't be the traditional Iron Scripter event. Instead The Chairman offers this challenge to test your PowerShell skills.
...>more(less)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 8, 2022

Announcements!

Azure PowerShell release notes (docs.microsoft.com)
7.4.0 was released on Tuesday April 5th
By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Get Azure Conditional Access Policy Changes using PowerShell (thesysadminchannel.com)
I always find it very helpful to be able to use Powershell to automate whatever task needs
automating. Knowing how to automate is truly one of the most versatile skills you can have as a Systems Engineer and today I'm going to share a script I wrote to be able to get azure conditional access policy changes using Powershell.
(+)(-)
By: Paul Contreras  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Leverage AWS PowerShell Commands for Automation (adamtheautomator.com)
Are you tired of interacting with your AWS Services from your PowerShell environment through the
REST API endpoints? Although functional, interacting with AWS services through the REST API endpoints can be complex. What is the way out? AWS PowerShell Tools is the solution!
(+)(-)
By: Victory Nwani  submitted:Jun 16 2022



On Preferences and Scopes (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Progress in PowerShell: a tale of Verbosity and other preferences with lessons in Scopes and Proxies
thrown in
(+)(-)
By: James O'Neill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

ConvertTo-PowerShell (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
Up until recently, ConvertTo-CSharp and ConvertTo-PowerShell were a part of PowerShell Pro Tools. We
recently moved them out of PowerShell Pro Tools and into an open-source and free module called CodeConversion. You can use the cmdlets found in it to perform the exact same operations that were available previously in the paid tool.
(+)(-)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Create three Azure Windows VMs running W2K16, W2K19 and W2K22 for testing purposes (wmatthyssen.com)
In this blog post, I will show you how you can create 3 Azure Windows virtual machines (VMs) running
Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022, for testing purposes with Azure PowerShell.
(+)(-)
By: Wim Matthyssen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



GithubAPI (github.com)
A self-generating PowerShell module for the GitHub API
By: Zach Alexander  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Managing Kiuwan users through API with PowerShell (paweljarosz.wordpress.com)
If you have Kiuwan with enabled SAML, and you manage access to the enterprise app using groups -
this script is for you.
(+)(-)
By: Pawel Jarosz  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Cheat Sheet for Azure PowerShell (github.com)
Welcome to the PowerShell Reference Guide. This guide will provide you with a reference to key
PowerShell commands necessary for Azure administrators as well as required to pass the Azure Administrator certification exams from Microsoft AZ-104
(+)(-)
By: Andrei Pintica  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Let’s Chat: Strings Not Arrays, Sometimes, Maybe? – YouTube (youtube.com)
Well, you all asked for it on Twitter so hare it is. The first of the video's on strings. Here we
get started with what a string really is at the end of the day. An object. An array? A.. Char Array?
(+)(-)
By: Jordan Benzing  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A Remote Status PowerShell Challenge (ironscripter.us)
The Chairman is eagerly looking forward to this year's PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit. In
preparation for the first in-person Iron Scripter challenge in a few years, the Chairman has commissioned this intermediate to advanced PowerShell scripting challenge.
(+)(-)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell is amazing! (twitter.com)
Did you know you can implement a sound type system in 6 lines?
By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

MMS 2022 at MOA: Automate ConfigMgr Site Health Checks with PowerShell and Azure Automation (mms2022atmoa.sched.com)
Wouldn't it be nice if you didn't have to stop and run through a manual health check each
month/year? What if you could automate the process, and have it capture results to compare each checkup with the previous results? How about automated notifications when something isn't quite right? It's easier than you might expect, using PowerShell and Azure Automation.
(+)(-)
By: David Stein  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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April 9, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

CI CD for PowerShell scripts in Active Directory environments (reddit.com)
For anyone who is looking for simple solution to:
By: u/Federal_Ad2455  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Control Split-Panes in Windows Terminal through PowerShell (powershellone.wordpress.com)
In this post, I would like to introduce a PowerShell function to create new split-panes for the
Windows Terminal. One of the many great features of the Windows Terminal is the ability to split a window into panes:
...>more(less)
By: Dirk  submitted:Jun 16 2022



From PowerShell to Payload: An Analysis of Weaponized Malware | Threatpost (threatpost.com)
John Hammond, security researcher with Huntress, takes a deep-dive into a stager's technical and
coding aspects.
...>more(less)
By: John Hammond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



ISE should not switch focus automatically to the console pane (windowsserver.uservoice.com)
Glad to know I'm not the only one annoyed by this.
By: User Voice  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring MFA Usage (cyberdrain.com)
So I've blogged about this before too, but times change and monitoring MFA usage is becoming a
little more difficult . Microsoft allows per-user MFA, Security Defaults, and Conditional Access all to be used concurrently. I've created this monitoring script that returns which users seem to fall out of any Multi-factor authentication scope, and also reports what type of authentication is currently active on the tenant. Using the normal PowerShell methods you can only find if a user has per-user MFA enabled, if a user uses Conditional Access or Security Defaults it shows the per-user MFA state as disabled, which is a little annoying.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



My Azure AD has been breached! What now? (danielchronlund.com)
In the cloud, we are all under attack, every day, every minute! In the spirit of zero trust we
should always assume breach. The attack will come and it can strike from any direction - the Internet, on-prem, BYOD, etc. The first thing an organisation experiences after the fact is often confusion, fear, and panic. Not the best mix of feelings to have while trying to sort things out! Most organisations don't have a clear plan of what to do next.
...>more(less)
By: Daniel Chronlund  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Transforming PowerShell experience with PSReadLine (YouTube) (youtube.com)
In this video I introduce PSReadLine as a way to transform your day-to-day PowerShell experience!
By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Create a secure GitHub webhook to trigger an Azure PowerShell Function (4bes.nl)
For this post, I want to look at the connection you can make between GitHub and Azure Functions. I
have written an extensive blog post about this subject before, which I encourage you to read if you have never created this connection before. I want to focus on how you can create a secure GitHub webhook to trigger an Azure PowerShell Function. We will make use of a secret that we will store in Azure Key vault.
...>more(less)
By: Barbara 4bes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Visualize and Document Azure Infrastructure with PowerShell (ridicurious.com)
A PowerShell module to automatically generate Azure resource topology diagrams or rich
infrastructure visualizations by just typing a PowerShell cmdlet and passing the name of one or more Azure Resource Groups.
...>more(less)
By: Prateek Singh  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Infrastructure Testing with Pester (Pluralsight) (pluralsight.com)
Are you sure that script you ran on all of your servers actually did what you intended? Be sure in
the PluralSight course, Infrastructure Testing with Pester, where Adam covers how to use Pester and PowerShell to create in-depth infrastructure tests.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 13, 2021

Announcements!

PowerShell for Visual Studio Code August 2021 Update (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce that an update to our PowerShell extension is now available on the Visual
Studio Code Marketplace. This blog will explain what is new in this release as well as what you can expect from extension updates in the coming months.
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShellGet 3.0 Preview 11 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce that an important update to our preview of PowerShellGet 3.0 is now
available on the PowerShell Gallery!
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

BiteSize: Configure Windows 11 Lock screen using PowerShell – YouTube (youtube.com)
Configuring the Windows Lock screen can be achieved using Intune Policies, but In this video Andy
shows how to deploy this configuration to a Windows 11 machine using PowerShell provided by Bradley Wyatt AKA 'The Lazy Administrator'. PowerShell scripts can be used to configure NON Enterprise or Educational licensed devices.
(+)(-)
By: Andy Jones  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Oh My Posh (ohmyposh.dev)
Oh My Posh is a custom prompt engine for any shell that has the ability to adjust the prompt string
with a function or variable.
(+)(-)
By: Jan De Dobbeleer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using PowerShell in Azure Active Directory to inspect App Service Principals! (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
In this article I would like to share with you some experiences I have made with Azure Active
Directory App Service Principals. Really nothing spectacular but I didn't want to keep it from you.
(+)(-)
By: Tom Wechsler  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Creating a PowerShell password generator for generating a single or entire lists of passwords (scriptingchris.tech)
I created the blog post Creating a PowerShell password generator for generating a single or entire
lists of passwords and then uploaded the code to Reddit. I received a lot of great critique on the code and even got some bugs pointed out. I decided to make it a challenge for myself and see if I could use the input from the good Reddit people and make the code better.
(+)(-)
By: Christian Hoejsager  submitted:Jun 16 2022



RunInSandbox: Run PS1, VBS, EXE, MSI, intunewin, extract ZIP, share folder directly in Windows Sandbox from a right-click (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you the new version of my tool RunInSandbox that allow you to quickly run
file in Windows Sandbox (EXE, MSI, PS1, VBS, ZIP, Intunewin).
(+)(-)
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Amazon.com: Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook (amazon.com)
Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks, 4th Edition
By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Cheat Sheet (sans.org)
This Powershell Cheat sheet provides a comprehensive set of Powershell commands, cmdlets, and
scripts & compliance pros can use to automate compliance measurements in their enterprise and cloud environments.
(+)(-)
By: SANS Institute  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell in Digital Forensics (eforensicsmag.com)
PowerShell gives system administrators extensive access to the Windows operating system internals.
Digital forensic professionals will find that using PowerShell will reveal many items of evidentiary value and a wealth of digital artifacts located within an operating system including how system tools and applications are used as well as user access.
(+)(-)
By: eForensics  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

PowerShell Digital Art (docs.microsoft.com)
Please enjoy the digital artwork linked below. Demonstrate to your peers that you have been
entrusted with the Scrolls of Monad!
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Community Call (github.com)
Aug 19, 2021 at 9:30 AM PST
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 14, 2020

Announcements!

Azure Functions: PowerShell 7 support is now generally available (azure.microsoft.com)
Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7 is now generally available. This enables developing and
deploying Azure Functions Apps for production scenarios using the latest version of PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Pester v5.0.3 Released (github.com)
t fixes some of the scoping issues with the top level BeforeAll. It should now not leave functions
and variables behind. It still leaves $script: scoped variables behind but I am researching how to fix that.
...>more(less)
By: Jakub Jares  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Analyzing Azure Active Directory Sign-In Data with PowerShell (petri.com)
The Azure Active Directory PowerShell module (now renamed the Azure Active Directory PowerShell for
Graph module) comes in two versions. The general availability version is intended for production while the preview version (AzureADPreview) contains the cmdlets from the general availability version plus some new cmdlets under development group. The current version of the AzureADPreview module is 2.0.2.105, released in July.
...>more(less)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Automating with PowerShell: Increasing the O365 Secure Score (cyberdrain.com)
At the start of this week I've blogged about reading the secure score and documenting it. This is of
course just one part of the new beta Secure Score module. The next one is actually the more fun part; applying the correct security settings to a tenant.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Documenting with PowerShell: Office 365 Secure Score PowerShell module (cyberdrain.com)
A while back I wrote a blog about the Secure Score and how to increase it. After that blog I got a
lot more questions about documenting Secure Score with the Secure Application model.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Handle timeouts while scripting with the microsoft cloud (or anywhere else) (blog.it-koehler.com)
If you found this article maybe you are struggling slowness of the Microsoft cloud (or some other
products) and your script fails because it does not find the newly created object. Yeah that's a big issue especially in the wonderful cloud, and if you want to automate tasks. So I invested some time to script this issue, which is not really difficult. It may help others during scripting.
...>more(less)
By: Alexander Koehler  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Set the resolution and get the scale of each monitor, even in WinPE (someguy100.wixsite.com)
Why oh why should such a simple thing as setting (or getting) the resolution or scale of a monitor
be such a pain in the ****?
...>more(less)
By: Mattias Cedervall  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Testing ARM Templates (4bes.nl)
In previous blog posts, I showed how you can test and deploy your ARM templates through Azure DevOps
and GitHub Actions. I mentioned one way to test ARM templates in a pipeline there (the WhatIf module). But there are other options available. And how about testing locally? In this post we will look at different tools that can help you with testing ARM templates.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The Grep of PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
One of the first Linux commands that many system administrators learn is grep. This venerable tool
has been around for decades and is crucial to any administrators toolbelt. Grep's core is simply the ability to search plain text for a RegEx pattern. Grep can search files in a given directory or streamed input to output matches.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Visual Studio Code – Useful Extensions (reddit.com)
Here are some extensions for Visual Studio code I've either found myself or a friendco-worker told
me about, and why the extensions have been useful so far from a PowerShell perspective.
...>more(less)
By: u/jevans_  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Wouldn’t it be cool to get that report through PowerShell/Graph API? (alexholmeset.blog)
In the Microsoft Teams admin portal you have several interesting reports. You can run the reports
and download as a csv. Then after import downloading, you could import the csv into PowerShell to play with the data. Wouldnt it be better to get these data directly into PowerShell? What if you want only a portion of the data, or want any of the others reports there?
...>more(less)
By: Alexander Holmeset  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Get Direct Reports in Active Directory Using Powershell (Recursive) (thesysadminchannel.com)
It might come in handy from time to time to drill down on a manager's direct reports in Active
Directory. A good use case is if a director or VP wants to send an email to all of their direct reports, and the direct reports of those direct reports. Another use case would be if you were doing an audit comparing your HR system to what is in Active Directory. What ever the reason might be, you can use this script to get direct reports in active directory using Powershell. Pretty neat!!
...>more(less)
By: theSysadminChannel  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Configuring PowerShell Remoting Security & Logging (networkadm.in)
Last week I gave a presentation on configuring PowerShell remoting security and logging for my user
group. This talk focused on how to properly setup remoting security and logging options. I talk briefly about how remoting works with some simple examples of what a real-world remoting connection looks like.
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By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A PowerShell Nonsense Challenge (jdhitsolutions.com)
Today I thought I'd share my PowerShell solution to a recent Iron Scripter challenge. The challenge
was to create PowerShell code that would create nonsense documents, with a goal of creating 10 sample files filled with gibberish.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-WhatToEat (reddit.com)
Because sometime i don't know what i'm going to order...
By: u/Bugibugi  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 16, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Creating a Modern Home Page for the Root Site in a Tenant (sympmarc.com)
Want your SharePointOnline root site to have a modern home page? This PowerShell approach from is
easy to follow and will get you results while we wait for the ability to enable a communication site experience at the root.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Everything you wanted to know about the IF statement (powershellexplained.com)
Like many other languages, PowerShell has statements for conditionally executing code in your
scripts. One of those statements is the?if?statement. Today we will take a deep dive into one of the most fundamental commands in PowerShell.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Find an MSI by the ProductName and Uninstall It (alexandrumarin.com)
Want to uninstall an MSI but don’t know the ProductCode? You can do this with Powershell,
thanks to Alex.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get a list of security patches installed in the last 90 days (blogs.technet.microsoft.com)
Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how to get a list of all the security
patches installed in the last three months.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Module Authoring Considerations (docs.microsoft.com)
A module manifest that does not use the following guidelines can have a noticeable impact on general
PowerShell performance even if the module is not used in a session.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Steps To Create Content Type Using Visual Studio And Powershell Programmatically (c-sharpcorner.com)
In this article, you will learn about the steps to create Content Type using Visual Studio and
PowerShell programmatically for Online and On-Prem 2019.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use Docker to run PowerShell in Azure Stack (docs.microsoft.com)
Handy AzureStack tip: use Docker containers to install & run your PowerShell administration
cmdlets.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use PowerShell to change your Office ProPlus theme (cloudappie.nl)
Switching back for Windows was made easy by Lumos, but I also use Office. So it made sense to try
and set the Office theme using PowerShell as well.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AzFuncTFRegistry (github.com)
An Azure Function App written in PowerShell to host a Terraform Registry
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



AzureAutomationFormGenerator (github.com)
Azure Automation Form Generator is already helping tons of people to quickly publish and expose
their powershell automation to their teams. And it’s free!
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Out-GridView Returns (devblogs.microsoft.com)
It?s been almost 3 years since PowerShell Core debuted for Linux and Mac, and as we?ve increased our
cmdlet coverage more and more, one cmdlet has always stood out as a top, cross-platform request. Today, we are excited to announce that?Out-GridView?is debuting on all Core-supported platforms through the?GraphicalTools Module.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Preview Release of the new AWS Tools for PowerShell (aws.amazon.com)
Exciting times for our AWS PowerShell experience. We have released a preview of our new modularized
PowerShell modules. Checkout out the blog post for more information.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

ChatOps the Easy Way (leanpub.com)
An in-depth guide to implementing ChatOps using PoshBot by the creator of the framework, Brandon
Olin.
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August 2, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Announcing docs.microsoft.com/samples (docs.microsoft.com)
Microsoft just announce a new experience on docs.microsoft.com – a unified, company-wide code
samples browser. You can check it out on docs.microsoft.com/samples. With this release, they aim to make it easier for you to discover relevant code examples to get started, no matter what Microsoft product or service you’re using.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



AzureADAssessment (github.com)
Hey AzureAD admins! Do you already know MSCloudIdUtils.psm1? It’s a PowerShell module with
helper functions to gather configuration information of your tenant e.g. logs and reports of licenses, apps (incl. expired secrets).
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Build Docker Container for PowerShell on Raspberry Pi (trevorsullivan.net)
Let Trevor show how you can run PowerShell easily using the RaspberryPi, thanks to Docker.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Extended Intune Documentation Script (wpninjas.ch)
Thomas has updated his already awesome Intune Documentation script. It will now include AutoPilot
configurations, Compliance Policies, Exchange Connector, and may more areas. Check out his blog and Github for the complete list.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to change registry permissions with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Just about every object in Windows can set who and what can access it. The registry is no different.
Since PowerShell ties into the .NET Framework, you can change these restrictions with a script. In this post, you’re going to learn how to change registry permissions with PowerShell using the?Get-Acl?and?Set-Acl?cmdlets.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Transfer File Permissions with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Maintaining file share permissions across servers can be a major challenge but by using PowerShell,
we can automate this process allowing you to go home early.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Powershell: Everything you wanted to know about $null (powershellexplained.com)
The PowerShell?$null?often appears to be simple but it has a lot of nuances. Let?s take a close look
at?$null?so you know what happens when you unexpectedly run into a?$nullvalue.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Returning Data from PowerShell Scripts to be Consumed by Ansible Playbooks (jonathanmedd.net)
Consider the scenario where you have an Ansible playbook which executes some PowerShell code via
win_shell and you wish to consume the PowerShell output later on in the playbook. Well, you’re in luck because Jonathan can show you the quick and easy to way how.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Send Custom Notifications with Intune PowerShell SDK (timmyit.com)
Last week Microsoft released a new feature in Intune where admins now can send custom notifications
to the Company Portal app to Android and iOS devices. If you?re like Timmy (and me) and don?t want to use the Intune Portal more than absoloutly necessary, there is also the option to send notifications using the Intune PowerShell SDK.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Simple PowerShell Wrapper for the Intune Win32 Content Prep Tool (jrudlin.github.io)
Super simple PowerShell script/wrapper for the IntuneWinAppUtil.exe content prep tool to speed up
your Intune packaging pipeline
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



VsCode-PowerShell Prompt to update PowerShell Version (github.com)
Coming in the next version of the PowerShell extension for VSCode…a friendly dialog that helps
you stay up-to-date with PowerShell releases
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Azure PowerShell Two-Day Deep Dive Virtual Workshop (cloudskills.io)
Mike Pfeiffer, Jeff Hicks, Tim Warner, and Adam Bertram are running an Azure PowerShell Virtual Deep
Dive Workshop starting August 20th. Come hang out with them, learn something new, and get your questions answered!
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The Azure Superpowers Workshop (github.com)
If you are interested in doing some Azure DevOps training/workshops check out this repo. It focusses
on the prerequisite skills and technologies needed to succeed with Azure DevOps as the preferred method for deploying applications into Azure, and is all self-paced.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Top 51 PowerShell Examples You Should Learn (sharepointsky.com)
This PowerShell tutorial explains What is Windows PowerShell? What are various tools we can use to
write PowerShell script, What are the advantages of using Windows PowerShell? And also this tutorial contains 51 top useful PowerShell examples with scripts.
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August 20, 2021

Announcements!

Pester Release 5.3.0 (github.com)
Pester 5.3.0 was just published, and it brings a ton of new stuff. A new Code Coverage mode that is
much faster than the previous one. Better integration with CI. More succinct output in Detailed mode. Option to control if stack trace is output for failed tests. Skipping tests after failure. "Mocking" for objects. And so many small fixes.
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By: Pester Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A Complete Guide to Using the Get-WinEvent PowerShell Cmdlet (adamtheautomator.com)
Windows has several different event logs, but how do you go about retrieving them quickly? The
Get-WinEvent cmdlet can retrieve classic Windows event logs like the System and Application logs, logs generated by Windows Event Log technology, and even Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) logs!
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By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Better way of Robocopy Write-Progress… (reddit.com)
After a bunch of messing around and testing Write-Progress with Robocopy, Ive finally figured out 2
ways to implement it with a nice and accurate layout.
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By: u/JeanxPlay  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Doing More with $MyInvocation (jdhitsolutions.com)
Not that long ago someone made a comment to me on Twitter about something I had shared related to
PowerShell. He wanted to know more about the $MyInvocation variable. This is something that isn't well documented, yet can be very useful in your PowerShell scripting. Let's take a look at it in a bit more detail.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Enabling MFA with Web-Sign in for Windows Devices (cyberdrain.com)
Microsoft has introduced web sign-in some months ago as an alternative way to log into Windows. Web
Sign-in allows you to sign in using your M365 credentials and multifactor authentication token, or using a Azure AD Temporary Access Pass. Web-Sign in is pretty cool as users get presented with a modern authentication pop-up dialog when signing in, the same one they are used to seeing when logging into the Office suite applications.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Get the Current User Logged On with PowerShell (All the Ways) (adamtheautomator.com)
When you work with Windows, at some point, you'll probably need to find out which user accounts are
currently logged on to a computer. Luckily, you can use PowerShell to get current users on local or remote computers.
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By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



My practical use of SecretManagement module (reddit.com)
I have written short "blog" with example code, where I try to demonstrate how I use this module
alongside JEA to setup secure functions for non privileged users or services like SQL jobs or scheduled tasks, which has to use alternate credentials.
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By: u/megastary  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSPx (github.com)
PowerShell module that can execute scripts written in markdown that can be accessed either locally
or via a URL
(+)(-)
By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

URLScan API x PowerShell (reddit.com)
A step-by-step guide, with Script
By: Coleman Dole  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

August Virtual Meetup – Automate Your Entire Server Patching Process (meetup.com)
Yours truly will be demonstrating how you can automate our server patching using Azure and
PowerShell!
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By: PowerShell Southampton  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 21, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell 7.1 Preview 6 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Further in this blog post I'll provide details on some important changes you should be aware of as
you starting trying out this preview.
...>more(less)
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell support in Durable Functions is in public preview (azure.microsoft.com)
Durable Functions, an extension to Azure Functions that lets you define stateful serverless
workflows, now supports PowerShell. Common scenarios made possible by Durable Functions include orchestrating the management of complex Azure Resource deployments involving sequential and parallel steps. Long-running workflows are supported, and Durable Functions provides built-in HTTP endpoints for monitoring their progress.
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Cut and Paste Between Worksheets in Excel using Powershell (reddit.com)
Yesterday I posted here asking if anyone knew how to cut and paste between two worksheets in an
excel file. I never really got a response with a solution. I finally figured it out and wanted to share.
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By: u/gregj529  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Manage Microsoft Teams via PowerShell (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Microsoft Teams usage has increased greatly during the current pandemic. All types of organizations
are using the communications tool to stay connected with its employees and customers alike. The increase of use has also resulted in an increase of demand of system administrator's time to manage Microsoft Teams. Everything from adding users and groups to managing policies of said users and groups can be managed via PowerShell. This post will highlight the foundations to get started and provide links to continue your automation through script writing journey.
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By: Anthony Bartolo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Send Email Securely with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Need to notify your team on a failed service, only to find that your PowerShell email has bounced?
Unauthenticated email has become difficult to pass in many mail systems. You don't want to miss an important email notification because you relied on outdated PowerShell cmdlets. The built-in cmdlet Send-MailMessage no longer covers sending email securely.
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By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring O365 alerts (cyberdrain.com)
So today we're tackling two blogs in one again, we're going to be focussing on two different types
of alerting policies. The first getting alerts for M365 or Azure P1/P2 users via the Graph API, these alerts are pretty cool as you can see if users are connecting from tor nodes/VPN nodes, or from stuff like malware linked IPs. Monitoring these alerts actively via your RMM helps you in making sure that users are as safe as they can be.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Responding to an Issue Submitted for the PoShDynDnsApi Module (powershell.anovelidea.org)
The curtains are pulled back in this look behind-the-scenes where I respond to the first
public-submitted issue for PoShDynDnsApi.
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By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Total system update of windows 10 and dev apps (reddit.com)
My fellow geeks, I made a script to update my whole Windows system software, including: Windows
Store Apps, Windows 10 (OS itself), Visual Studio Community 2019, Chocolatey, Anaconda, MSYS2
...>more(less)
By: u/banzr  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows10Debloater (github.com)
Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.
By: Richard Newton  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Using PowerShell for Lazy Maths (nocolumnname.blog)
I was asked today if I could figure out how many ways I could arrange the following equation to get
the number 18?
...>more(less)
By: Shane O'Neill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 23, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Documenting with PowerShell (cyberdrain.com)
Chapter 1 – Server overview page
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Exit, Throw, Return, Break and Continue. A Round up (jamesone111.wordpress.com)
A great write-up on when and how to use Exit, Throw, Return, Break and Continue in your PowerShell
scripts.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Create an Azure AD App Registration (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s fully managed multi-tenant identity and
access capabilities for app service. More organizations are now harnessing the security capabilities of Azure AD into the apps they create for an additional layer of authentication. This post will cover how to register an app to Azure AD via PowerShell to take advantage of this.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Download and Install PowerCLI (adamtheautomator.com)
The PowerCLI by VMWare is the de-facto way to manage vCenter with PowerShell. In this tutorial,
you?re going to learn how to start from scratch; downloading, installing and understanding how PowerCLI can help you get more done.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



On Windows, PowerShell vs. Bash comparison gets interesting (searchitoperations.techtarget.com)
A breaks down of the differences between Bash and PowerShell for Windows.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell 7 Preview 3 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Cool read from the PowerShell team on the latest preview release
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Recursion in PowerShell (dev.to)
Dealing with complex datasets may seem difficult in PowerShell. These datasets have unpredictable
structures and can’t be parsed easily. This the case when you need to extract all the member of an Active Directory group where member can be users and also groups that contains user and groups ?. It’s also the case with data coming from web services and API.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



SCCM Client Health Monitor Script – imab.dk (imab.dk)
The SCCM Client Health Monitor Script is a Powershell script which fixes common issues related to
SCCM client health.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Setting up PoshBot for Microsoft Teams (thelazyadministrator.com)
PoshBot is a chat bot written in PowerShell and created by DevBlackOps. ?It makes
extensive use of classes introduced in PowerShell 5.0. PowerShell modules are loaded into PoshBot and instantly become available as bot commands.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Test Web Site Availability (community.idera.com)
When a web site is unavailable, often the question is whether it?s you, or whether the web site is
generally down for everyone else, too. PowerShell can ask a web service to check web site availability for you. Here is a simple wrapper function.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Troubleshooting Powershell and GraphAPI (uc.lawedo.net)
Learn some additional troubleshooting skills for Powershell and GraphAPI with a little help of
Fiddler .
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use Intune Graph API export and import Intune ADMX templates (scconfigmgr.com)
With the Intune ADMX template is now in public preview, let Zeng show you how to import and export
them with PowerShell.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0 (blogs.vmware.com)
A special pre-VMworld release: PowerCLI 11.4.0 is out and available on the PowerShell Gallery! Get
the latest updates to the modules for Horizon, vSAN, and HCX.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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August 27, 2021

Announcements!

Release v7.2.0-preview.9 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell Preview release now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SecretManagement.KeePass 0.9.2 (powershellgallery.com)
PowerShell SecretManagement Keepass extension v0.9.2 pushed to the Gallery with support for
SecretManagement 1.1.0.
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By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Avoid PowerShell strings issues and REST API with OData queries (pkbullock.com)
PowerShell - Watch out for those strings when working with oData and RestAPI
By: Paul Bullock  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Create the Optimize Database Solution using PowerShell and dbatools (stevethompsonmvp.wordpress.com)
Let's automate the creation of this optimization solution using PowerShell and DBATools. Let's get
building!
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By: Steve Thompson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Display Notifications on Windows 10 using PowerShell (starwindsoftware.com)
In this guide, I will explain to create and display a notification using PowerShell. To perform this
task, I will use PowerShell and especially, the BurntToast module which is a custom module available on GitHub.
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By: Nicolas Prigent  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get variable size in MB? (reddit.com)
Not you typical number conversion here. There are some good tips on data normalization.
By: u/AppleOfTheEarthHead  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Split Paths with the PowerShell Split-Path Cmdlet (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you need to split paths to get specific parts of it? If so, then PowerShell Split-Path is the
friend you can rely on. When you work with files, certificates, and the registry, you'll notice that paths represent their locations.
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By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



New Job, Company locked out Powershell. I’m supposed to be an administrator. (reddit.com)
Yikes! Some of us have been there before. But this thread surprised me by offering some good job
advice, instead of just how to work around it. Definitely worth a read.
(+)(-)
By: u/gordonv  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerCLI: Enable/Disable SSH and Lockdown Mode (angrysysops.com)
Today I will show you quick and easy way to enable and disable SSH and Lockdown mode for all hosts
in the cluster. Continue reading at https://angrysysops.com/2021/08/12/powercli-enable-disable-ssh-and-lockdown-mode/ | Angry Admin
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By: Piotr Tarnawski  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell, VS Code, and a Raspberry Pi – Oh My! | PDQ.com (pdq.com)
Even a teeny tiny device, like a Raspberry Pi, can run PowerShell. Andrew walks you through it here,
By: Andrew Pla  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerNix: Linux Tools for PowerShell People (github.com)
PowerNix is a new PowerShell module that hopes to make Linux easier to use by providing a more
PowerShell-centric experience.
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By: James Brundage  submitted:Jun 16 2022



VMware/Run script in VM (github.com)
Copy a script to a remote machine via Invoke-VMScript, as doesn't require explicitly specified
credentials, and run it. Works around an issue that limits PowerShell script length to 8K because VMware run powershell.exe via cmd.exe.
(+)(-)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automate Your Entire Server Patching Process – YouTube (youtube.com)
Your truly showing us how we can automate your server patching using Azure and PowerShell!
By: PowerShell Southampton  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Calling REST with PowerShell – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video I explore interacting with REST from PowerShell including authentication with services
like Microsoft Azure.
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By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to edit files in Azure Cloud Shell (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Azure Cloud Shell is a great tool to manage your Azure resources directly within the Azure Portal,
Microsoft Docs, the Azure Mobile App or shell.azure.com
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By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 28, 2020

Announcements!

Configuration Manager cmdlet library changes for version 2006 (docs.microsoft.com)
These release notes summarize changes to the Configuration Manager cmdlet library in version 2006.
By: Config Manager  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get PowerShell Preview – Microsoft Store (microsoft.com)
PowerShell is now in the Microsoft Store!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1.3 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are back with another release for Windows Terminal and Windows Terminal Preview! This release
adds all of the 1.2 features into Windows Terminal and introduces new features described below for Windows Terminal Preview 1.3. Both builds of Windows Terminal can be installed from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's check out what's new this month!
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By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure PowerShell releases demystified (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Have you ever wondered why Az.Compute has a different version than the Az module or why a module had
documentation but is not available in Cloud Shell?
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By: The Azure PowerShell team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to use PowerShell for DNS Records (adamtheautomator.com)
DNS records are typically managed dynamically by your DNS server. However, at times, you may find
that you need to manually create, edit, or remove various types of DNS records. Or to even add various DNS tasks to automation scripts. It is at times like this that using PowerShell for DNS records is the way to go.
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By: David Lamb  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring legacy authentication logons (cyberdrain.com)
So Microsoft has announced a while back that legacy authentication is no longer going to be
supported, due to COVID we had some extra time to prepare our clients for this change as its been postponed to July of 2021. We've helped all of our clients move to modern authentication last year but I understood there is still a bit of a struggle for other MSPs to achieve this.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Reading SCCM Logs with PowerShell (tseknet.com)
SCCM log files follow a standard schema that we can use to parse these log files for the data we're
interested in (timestamp, log data, etc.). Once we've separated the important bits, we can do whatever we'd like with that data. In this case, let's dive in on how we can write those logs to the Event Log for later forensic investigation.
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By: Dan Tsekhanskiy  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Mailozaurr (github.com)
Mailozaurr is a PowerShell module that aims to provide SMTP, POP3, IMAP and few other ways to
interact with Email.
...>more(less)
By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Azure Automation Runbooks & State Configuration (youtube.com)
In this video Mike Pfeiffer shows you how to get started with Azure Automation runbooks and state
configuration with PowerShell DSC.
...>more(less)
By: CloudSkills  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Conference Book by Mark Kraus et al. [PDF/iPad/Kindle] (leanpub.com)
20+ subject matter experts have teamed up to bring you the ultimate collection of PowerShell+DevOps
topics that are designed to be like a conference in a book. This book not only delivers top-notch content that rivals any book on the market, but all royalties are donated to the OnRamp scholarship program which bootstraps others into the..
...>more(less)
By: Mark Kraus  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 30, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Add telemetry to your PowerShell module (janhendrikpeters.de)
Ah, telemetry. Very ubiquitous today, telemetry is collected from many software companies, device
vendors and so on. Often telemetry includes PII, personally identifiable information, which of course is a no-go. This post aims to explain how you can responsibly collect telemetry for your PowerShell module to track its usage, version distribution and much more. I will show you the steps you need to take to use Azure ApplicationInsights to collect and Power BI to visualize your telemetry.
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Automating Active Directory Jobs with PowerShell Scripts (mcpmag.com)
PowerShell seems to have the ability to automate just about anything. Active Directory (AD) is no
different. By downloading a freely available PowerShell module, an IT admin can manage every facet of AD and build powerful scripts to save time on all kinds of tasks. The best part is that knowledge of LDAP, ADSI and other typically developer-focused terms is not necessary. The PowerShell cmdlets take care of that stuff for you.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Build a PowerShell GUI for your Scripts (adamtheautomator.com)
PowerShell is a command-line tool but did you know it can also be used as a base for graphical
interfaces? Sometimes command-line isn’t the best kind of interface for a particular instance. Building a PowerShell GUI for for your service desk is a great example. This is one of those times when it is more appropriate to build graphical tools instead.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Hyper-V PowerShell Direct (thomasmaurer.ch)
One of the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 is called
PowerShell Direct. PowerShell Direct lets you remotely connect to a Virtual Machine running on a Hyper-V host, without any network connection inside the Virtual Machine. PowerShell Direct uses the Hyper-V VMBus to connect inside the Virtual Machine. This feature is convenient if you need it for automation and configuration for Virtual Machines or if you for example messed up network configuration inside the virtual machine and you don?t have console access.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The PowerShell you know and love now with a side of Visual Studio (devblogs.microsoft.com)
While we know that many of you enjoy, and rely on the Visual Studio Command Prompt, some of you told
us that you would prefer to have a PowerShell version of the tool. We are happy to share that in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2, we added a new Developer PowerShell!
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now
available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub!
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Migrate Azure PowerShell from AzureRM to Az (docs.microsoft.com)
The Az module has feature parity with AzureRM, but uses shorter and more consistent cmdlet names.
Scripts written for the AzureRM cmdlets won’t automatically work with the new module. To make the transition easier, Az offers tools to allow you to run your existing scripts using AzureRM. No migration to a new command set is ever convenient, but this article will help you get started on transitioning to the new module.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell PKI Module – PKI Solutions Inc. (pkisolutions.com)
This module is intended to simplify various PKI and Active Directory Certificate Services management
tasks by using automation with Windows PowerShell. The module provides features and capabilities for managing and configuring Certification Authorities
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches (manning.com)
An effective DBA is an efficient DBA. And if you work with SQL Server, dbatools is a lifesaver. With
over 500 commands, this free and open source PowerShell module has the horsepower to automate just about every task you can imagine?and then some! Written by dbatools creator Chrissy LeMaire and dbatools advocate Rob Sewell, Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches teaches you techniques that will make you more effective?and efficient?than you ever thought possible.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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August 6, 2021

Announcements!

SecretManagement 1.1 GA (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We're happy to announce that SecretManagement 1.1 is now generally available (GA)!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A Beginner’s Guide to Managing Files with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
In this tutorial, you're going to learn how to get started working with files through an
example-based approach to help inspire you to learn the skills you need to wrangle files.
(+)(-)
By: John Case  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Migrate Azure DevOps repos with PowerShell (4bes.nl)
A situation I have seen with some companies, is that Azure DevOps adoption sort of starts as a
playground. But once stuff is getting serious, you might find that projects and repo's have collected in a counterintuitive way and you want to change the project structure. Moving the repos can be done in the portal, but it is a bit of a challenge if there are a lot of them. In this post I will explain how you can migrate Azure DevOps repos with PowerShell.
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By: Barbara 4bes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring M365 Service Communications (cyberdrain.com)
Microsoft has decided to move the old service communication API to Graph endpoints, which is pretty
handy for us as Microsoft partners because it makes it a little bit easier to retrieve these issues programmatically, and be aware of them before the client gives us a call at times.
(+)(-)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Want a quick way to see what drivers you have and search/filter/sort? (twitter.com)
Run this PowerShell (uses aliases, see screenshot for full cmdlet & parameter names which is what
should be used in scripts)
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By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Why is PowerShell tab completion so awful in vscode? (reddit.com)
A good thread on the auto-complete issues in VS Code, along with many tips to improve it.
By: u/Guyver1-  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

LAZY I.T.: The Path to Efficiency (free eBook) (amazon.com)
I demonstrate how I work smarter by thinking up 'what if' solutions, and how I go about bringing
those solutions to reality. Powershell is definitely one of my biggest weapons of choice, and I even hail out r/powershell as a great resource for scripts and for help. There are a lot of drone-brains out there, and I have encountered a few in my department. I've tried to help them get away from that but I've realised some people are fine following a script rather than writing the script (heh, powershell joke).
(+)(-)
By: Steven Nook  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Play Sounds and Music with PowerShell (sid-500.com)
In the mood for some music while working on your windows machines ? Use PowerShell to play your
favorite songs with NET classes.
(+)(-)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What have you done with PowerShell this month? (reddit.com)
Always a fun read
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 7, 2020

Announcements!

Semantic Highlighting in the PowerShell Preview extension for Visual Studio Code (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Hi everyone! I'm Justin and I am currently an intern on the PowerShell team. One of my projects was
to add PowerShell semantic highlighting support in VS Code allowing for more accurate highlighting in the editor. I'm excited to share that the first iteration has been released.
...>more(less)
By: Justin Chen  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

AWS Custom Config Rule backed by PowerShell (bgelens.nl)
AWS Config Rules allow you to evaluate the configuration settings of AWS resources during creation,
update, deletions of such resources or on a schedule. They are used to audit resources for compliance with some defined policy. They don't prevent you from deploying in-compliant resources as this is the realm of service control policies.
...>more(less)
By: Ben Gelens  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Convert .ps1 Files to .exe Files (sid-500.com)
Have you ever dreamed of creating exe files out of your PowerShell scripts? If yes, read on. In this
post I will show you how you can create exe files with a small and simple program called ps2exe.
...>more(less)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Doing More with Windows Sandbox (jdhitsolutions.com)
One of the reasons I was looking forward to updating to Windows 10 2004 was to have access to the
Windows Sandbox feature. I think I tinkered with a pre-release version and was intrigued. I normally have a set of Hyper-V virtual machines that I can test with, but I'm always looking for something new to play with. And what is better to play with than a sand box!
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Find Active Directory Schema Update History by Using PowerShell (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Use Windows PowerShell to discover what schema updates have been applied to your Active Directory
environment.
...>more(less)
By: Dr Scripto  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

DSC resource platform changes to use JSON instead of MOF (github.com)
As we continue to make DSC more viable cross-platform, we have a serious problem with MOF. MOF
parsing is provided by MMI.dll (there is both native code and managed code). MMI itself has dependency on OpenSSL 1.0 for the WSMan features. The non-Windows build of MMI is no longer supported and has been deprecated.
...>more(less)
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Optimize-WsusServer.PS1 (github.com)
Comprehensive Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) cleanup, optimization, maintenance, and
configuration PowerShell script.
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By: Austin  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Chicago PowerShell Conference – Jeffrey Snover – Keynote + Q&A (youtube.com)
This year's Chicago PowerShell Conference is a virtual one as the United States grapples with the
Coronavirus pandemic. Our keynote speaker, delivering what is one of the most endearing keynotes ever seen, is Jeffrey Snover--who prerecorded the Keynote itself but surprised us all by doing a live Q&A afterwards!
...>more(less)
By: Chicago PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Module Monday: ImportExcel (youtube.com)
This Monday, I looked at ImportExcel. ImportExcel is a PowerShell module for manipulating Excel
files. You don't even need Excel installed. It's super cool!
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows PowerShell Toolmaking Fundamentals (pluralsight.com)
Are you a beginning to intermediate PowerShell scripter and tired of writing one-off scripts? Take
your scripting to the next level and begin to think of your scripts as tools.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A stupid little animation script (reddit.com)
Maybe it could be used while background stuff is happening, idk.
By: u/akaBrotherNature  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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August 9, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

4 Ways to Create PowerShell Objects (ridicurious.com)
PowerShell is object based scripting language and it is good practice to create objects to return,
store and manipulate information instead of text. But are you aware that there are 4 ways to create objects in PowerShell
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Configure Windows 10 Accent Color with Intune and PowerShell (thelazyadministrator.com)
In his last two articles Brad showed you how you can set a computers desktop wallpaper and lock
screen wallpaper without having Enterprise or Education by using a PowerShell script and Intune. Now learn how to configure the Windows accent color to also match your corporate branding.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Find License Status of Windows Servers with Powershell (askme4tech.com)
A new version of the powershell script which identify windows licenses status and created in GUI
using WPF.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How To Find The Recovery Services Vault For an Azure VM With PowerShell (charbelnemnom.com)
in this article Charbel will show you how to quickly find the Recovery Services Vault a VM is a
member of with PowerShell.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Monitor Web Server Uptime with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
There are many different tools to monitor whether a web server is running or not. However, if you
and/or your team know PowerShell and, perhaps, already have some PowerShell scripts to manage web services, using PowerShell to monitor uptime may be a good option.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



SCCM Application Packager Script (sccmf12twice.com)
Package Software While You Sleep Using the SCCM Application Packager Script
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Set Corporate Lock Screen Wallpaper with Intune for Non Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education Machines (thelazyadministrator.com)
Do you love corporate synergy, or just like things to look nice? Then check out Brad’s awesome
series on doing so with Intune.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



TheShow Episode?1 (youtube.com)
PowerShell Program Manager Jason Helmick has new PowerShell video series, “TheShow”.
This is not your typical Getting Started with PowerShell type video series. This series is going to focus on the happenings and goings on around PowerShell and beyond.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Introducing the Azure File Sync DSC resource module (powershell.no)
The Azure File Sync DSC resource module contains a couple of DSC resources, which can provide
declarative automation of some of the tasks required to install and configure the Azure File Sync agent on Windows Server.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Kill Elevated Processes.ps1 (github.com)
Inspired by a tweet Guy has written a PowerShell script which will check existing & newly
launched processes & if a browser (configurable) & is elevated then it will be terminated & written to the event log. Script itself must be run elevated, obviously.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell-Lumos (github.com)
A PowerShell module to automate switching between Dark and Light themes in latest Win10. Use
Register-LumosScheduledTask cmdlet to automate Light/Dark switch on Sunrise/Sunset based on your locale.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Bolt Hands-on Lab (bolt.guide)
This repository contains a step-by-step introduction to Bolt and to the Bolt Tasks
ecosystem. It?s designed to be followed in order, with each exercise introducing the basic concepts. If you complete all of the exercises you should be well on your way to understanding how you can use Bolt and Bolt Tasks to help manage your infrastructure.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The DSC Book (manning.com)
The DSC Book teaches you everything you need to know to implement DSC today! You?ll learn DSC?s
basic architecture, how to write configurations, and how to author your own DSC resources.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Which team is your organization's GIF champion? (alexholmeset.blog)
Have you ever wondered which team uses the most GIF’s? Now you will know, by using
Alexander’s fun weekend scripting project.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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December 10, 2021

Announcements!

PowerShell Crescendo Release Candidate (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to announce the Release Candidate (RC) of PowerShell Crescendo, a framework to
rapidly develop PowerShell cmdlets for native commands, regardless of platform.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShellGet 3.0 Preview 12 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce that an update to our preview of PowerShellGet 3.0 is now available on
the PowerShell Gallery!
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

16 .NET Classes PowerShell Users Should Know (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
There are thousands of awesome cmdlets and modules but sometimes you just need to take advantage of
.NET directly when writing PowerShell scripts. This post includes 16 classes that are helpful to PowerShell scripters.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Exporting PowerShell Functions to Files (jdhitsolutions.com)
When I write a PowerShell module, it typically includes more than one export function. Where you
store your module functions is a great discussion topic and I don't think there is necessarily one best practice for everyone.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Finding duplicate SPN with PowerShell (evotec.xyz)
Duplicate SPNs aren't very common but can happen in any Active Directory as there's no built-in way
that tracks and prevent duplicate SPN's
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By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Finding PowerShell Last Logon by User Logon Event ID (adamtheautomator.com)
There are many fancy tools out there to monitor user login activity. What if I told you, you didn't
need to spend any money by building a PowerShell last logon and history script? You can find the last logon date and even the user logon event ID with the Windows event log and a little PowerShell!
(+)(-)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Viewing PowerShell Files in Preview within Windows Explorer (tfl09.blogspot.com)
Windows Explorer has a nice feature that shows the contents of a selected file. Click on a file and
in the right pane you can see the contents. This is a great feature, except it does not work for ALL filetypes out of the box. So would you wish to view a .PS1 file this way - you are out of luck. By default
(+)(-)
By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What determines when you will use PowerShell to automate a process? (reddit.com)
A great discuss on r/PowerShell about when to automate.
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows PowerShell Inventor Jeffrey Snover Interview (evrone.com)
We had a great talk with Jeffrey Snover, Microsoft Technical Fellow and CTO for Modern Workforce
Transformation. Snover is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, an object-based distributed automation engine, scripting language, and command line shell.
(+)(-)
By: Evrone  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

[FightingEntropy(?)] FEInfrastructure Preview/Demo (reddit.com)
FEInfrastructure is a part of the FightingEntropy module/modification for Windows PowerShell, that
has been many months in the making. Actually, if I'll be perfectly honest... it's truly been a lifetime in the making.
(+)(-)
By: Michael C. Cook Sr.  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Extracting HTML table from a web page (or HTML file) and converting it into PowerShell object (doitpsway.com)
Several months ago I've created ConvertFrom-HTMLTable function for helping me extract HTML tables
from locally saved HTML files or live web pages and convert them into usable PowerShell objects. So it is not a new function but I think it deserves a standalone post because it can be quite handy.
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By: Ondrej Sebela  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-IPGeolocation.psm1 (owenmurr.co.uk)
Sometimes in my day to day job I need a quick way of looking up IP information and wanting a quicker
method that doesn't mean I have to open up a web browser and visit a website, I wrote a small Powershell module to allow me to get the information.
(+)(-)
By: Owen Murr  submitted:Jun 16 2022



hawk (github.com)
Powershell Based tool for gathering information related to O365 intrusions and potential Breaches
By: Paul Navarro  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Update-AllPSModules (github.com)
This script will update all locally installed PowerShell modules to the latest version it can find
online. It will also attempt to update PackageManagement and PowerShellGet so that it can update to pre-release versions.
(+)(-)
By: Kieran Walsh  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Driving the Citrix Cloud REST API with PowerShell – UK CUGC Dec 2021 – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this session, CTP Guy Leech walks through how to authenticate to Citrix Cloud via OAuth, and how
to query and update CVAD configuration via the Citrix Cloud REST APIs using PowerShell, without the need for any Citrix PowerShell modules
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By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



POWERSHELL STRINGS [Highway to PowerShell – Ep 5] – YouTube (youtube.com)
This tutorial covers an introduction to using text in PowerShell. We take a look at how create
strings using different methods and how to combine text from variables and properties into strings. Learn string concatenation and formatting in PowerShell!
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By: Simon Automates  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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December 11, 2020

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo Preview.1 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
As a shell, PowerShell is intended to work with native commands in addition to cmdlets. However,
native commands have their own unique syntax, sometimes containing many subcommands and parameters/switches, and are often like its own language. Wouldn't it be great to have an option to leverage your PowerShell skills to use new commands or be even more proficient with native commands you are already using?
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Active Directory Auditing: How to Track Down Password Changes (adamtheautomator.com)
Tracking and auditing changes to passwords in an Active Directory (AD) domain are crucial to
maintaining a secure environment and heading off bad actors early. Thankfully, AD offers the information necessary to track these changes, despite being difficult to parse and understand at times. LAPS is a great example of this.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Azure Automation Runbook to manage SharePoin Online SPO (spjeff.com)
Wanted to demo Azure Runbook with daily PowerShell PS1 that send SharePoint storage report email
with HTML table and CSV attachment. Features include:
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By: Jeff Jones  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Typosquat domain checking (cyberdrain.com)
One of my team members was following Blackhat today and showed me a pretty cool tool they
demonstrated during the conference. The presenters showed a method of checking if your O365 domain was being Typosquated. The tool can be found here. The presenters made a Python tool, and I figured to create an alternative in PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Remove-Item : Access to the cloud file is denied while deleting files from OneDrive (evotec.xyz)
I like OneDrive. It allows me to keep my data secure and always synchronized. If things go wrong, I
can always get it back. I use it for almost everything. Even for my PowerShell projects, which are committed to GitHub, so in theory, I shouldn't need that. But every once in a while, I make some stupid mistake and delete a file that has yet not been committed to GitHub, and that's where the OneDrive comes in handy. Quick restore, and we're back. Unfortunately, sometimes things aren't as I would expect them to work. For example, let's have a look at this nice list of markdown files that are documentation for my module called GPOZaurr.
...>more(less)
By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Wrangling REST APIs and JSON with PowerShell (Four Demos!) (adamtheautomator.com)
PowerShell is an incredibly flexible language. It has its proverbial digital fingers in just about
every corner of the Windows world you can imagine. However, there comes a time when you need to start integrating external sites and parties. Thankfully, many services have APIs which allow you to work with web services via code.
...>more(less)
By: Christopher Bisset  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSChristmas (github.com)
A demonstration class based PowerShell module
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Send to Viewer.ps1 (github.com)
Simple text viewer so won't add history anywhere. Takes multiple files, from explorer send to, or if
no files, uses clipboard
...>more(less)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Core Concept: Regex for N00bs (YouTube) (youtube.com)
Ever wish you could learn Regex in a simple, straightforward tutorial with one of the best speakers
in the PowerShell community? Check out this awesome intro to Regex
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Rayner  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Introduction to PowerShell (docs.microsoft.com)
Learn about the basics of PowerShell. This cross-platform command-line shell and scripting language
is built for task automation and configuration management. You'll learn basics like what PowerShell is, what it's used for, and how to use it.
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell 7 for IT Professionals (amazon.com)
PowerShell 7 for IT Pros is your guide to using PowerShell 7, the open source, cross-platform
version of Windows PowerShell. Windows IT professionals can begin setting up automation in PowerShell 7, which features many improvements over the early version of PowerShell Core and Windows PowerShell. PowerShell 7 users can enjoy the high level of compatibility with the Windows PowerShell modules they rely on today. This book shows IT professionals?especially Windows administrators and developers?how to use PowerShell7 to engage in their most important tasks, such as managing networking, using AD/DNS/DHCP, leveraging Azure, and more.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

cool-retro-term (github.com)
A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...
By: Filippo Scognamiglio  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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December 13, 2019

Announcements!

Improvements in Windows PowerShell Container Images (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Beginning with Windows Server 20H1 Insider builds, Windows Server Core Insider images have been
reduced in size from ~2.1 GBs to ~1.1 GBs. Find out what this mean for you as a PowerShell user?
...>more(less)
By: Joey Aiello  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

9 Tips for Writing Better PowerShell Functions (devblackops.io)
One of the most common tasks in PowerShell is writing PowerShell functions. Functions are one of the
basic building blocks we use to separate and abstract our code away. Without them, our scripts would be just a tangled mess of if statements, while and for loops, and duplicated code.
...>more(less)
By: Brandon Olin  submitted:Jun 15 2022



A PowerShell Recursive Function (powershell.org)
I was recently in a position where I was asked to provide an example of a PowerShell recursive
function. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to do that as it was a part of a written, and timed, test. Sadly, I didn't even really have time to review the other 50-some answers I had already provided. I mostly knew that might happen.
...>more(less)
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Finally Making Sense of How Windows Manages Certificates (adamtheautomator.com)
If you're a Windows system administrator, you might have been forced to work with certificates.
Working with certificates in Windows is typically one of those extra hats a sysadmin has to take on. Certificates are notoriously complex and hard to understand but in this article, you'll get a chance to discover certificates aren't that scary in Windows!
...>more(less)
By: Michael Soule  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Getting Started with Chocolatey [A Walkthrough] (adamtheautomator.com)
If you're struggling with managing and maintaining software across your environment, you're in for a
treat. In this article, you're going to learn all about the ubiquitous package management tool called Chocolatey. Whether you're building a DevOps pipeline, attempting to automate software deployments or an individual user wanted to speed up software installations, this article is for you.
...>more(less)
By: Francisco Navarro  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Making Sense of Data: The Matrix (toastit.dev)
PowerShell is a, well, powerhouse when it comes to collecting data. Sometimes however it can feel
like you're swimming in said data and you can't quite find the right way to understand that data yourself, let alone hand that data off to someone else and it actually be useful.
...>more(less)
By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Playbook: Automating Active Directory (pluralsight.com)
If you manage Active Directory, you need to know PowerShell. This course covers everything you need
to get started building your own PowerShell toolkit.
...>more(less)
By: Anthony Howell  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Regex for N00bs (youtube.com)
REGEX!!! It's often misunderstood and hated by many! But the truth is regex is super powerful and
sometime it's the best tool for the job!
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Rayner  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

PSChristmas (github.com)
A demonstration class based PowerShell module
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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December 17, 2021

Announcements!

Release v7.2.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Looks like Christmas came early this year!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.3.0-preview.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Two PowerShell releases in one week!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Why is Az 7 an important release for Azure PowerShell? (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
The Azure PowerShell team is proud to announce a new major version of the Az PowerShell module.
Following our release cadence, this is the second breaking change release for 2021. Because this release includes updates related to security and the switch to MS Graph, we recommend that you review the release notes before upgrading.
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By: Damien Caro  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Discovering Aliases with the PowerShell AST (jdhitsolutions.com)
I've been working on a new PowerShell module that incorporates code from a few of my recent posts on
converting PowerShell scripts and functions to files. I even whipped up a script, think of it as a meta-script, to create the module using the commands that I am adding to the module.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Preview PowerShell Scripts In PowerShell (devblogs.microsoft.com)
When I use Windows Explorer and select a PowerShell script file - I do not see the script in the
preview window. Can I fix that?
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By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



To Rename a PowerShell Variable (tommymaynard.com)
I had one of those thoughts. you know, a dumb one. As dumb as it might be, it gave some brief
inspiration to try something new.
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By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What’s new in PowerShellGet v3? (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
In this post, we'll look at the newest version of PowerShellGet.
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Whitelisting your Public IP with Azure Bicep and PowerShell – luke.geek.nz (luke.geek.nz)
Allowing and restricting Azure resources by being accessible by specific Public IP (Internet
Protocol) addresses has been around for years; most Azure resources support it, a Storage account is no different.
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By: Luke Murray  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal as your Default Command Line Experience (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Hey Windows Terminal fans! This month we are delivering a servicing release and the next feature
release is scheduled for January, so we figured we'd write a blog post discussing Windows Terminal as the default command line experience on Windows and what our future plans are.
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By: Windows Terminal Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Apache Log4j2 Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability – CVE-2021-44228 – ESA-2021-31 emergency patch script for Windows (gist.github.com)
I wrote this powershell script because the example command given only works on Linux.
By: Steve Donaghy  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Microsoft Teams Speed Dial Contacts Provisioning (alexholmeset.blog)
Have you ever thought that it might be handy to provision a curated speed dial list for your
end-users to get started with when they are onboarded to Microsoft Teams?
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By: Alexander Holmeset  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Detecting Log4J files (cyberdrain.com)
Hey all, so this is a pretty quick one, to add onto the already many scripts released for this. In
this script we're trying to get all the files that could suffer from the Log4J issue in CVE-2021-44228.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



powershell-notebooks (github.com)
.NET Interactive Notebooks for PowerShell
By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Toolbox (github.com)
Toolbox is a PowerShell based Windows Form tool developed using Sapien PowerShell Studio 5.8.196.
This repo contains the PowerShell Studio project files along with a PS1 export and a x86 and x64 compiled executable of the project.
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By: intrntpirate  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Best youtube series for learning Powershell (reddit.com)
A good list of great resources
By: u/ARASquad  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

I just wanted to share my love for Powershell! (reddit.com)
Just an all around great read and thread
By: u/vksdann  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Obfuscated Oneliner Rickroll (reddit.com)
Specific goal here was to make it look as malicious as humanly possible as a oneliner. The kind of
thing that makes people who can't decipher it run it in a VM with no network access.
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By: u/Danksley  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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December 18, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell 7.2 Preview 2 release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today we are proud to announce the second preview release of PowerShell 7.2. This preview is still
based on .NET 5 as we wait for the first preview of .NET 6 which we expect PowerShell 7.2 to be based upon.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Deploy OpenSSH Server to Windows 10 (jdhitsolutions.com)
PowerShell 7 offers a number of compelling reasons to adopt it. One of the best is support for SSH
as a PowerShell remoting protocol. Unfortunately, this is not a topic that typically comes up for Windows-centric IT Pros. I know this is definitely true in my case, and a deficiency I have been working on. On the plus side, Windows 10 ships with the OpenSSH client installed and ready to go. But what about the OpenSSH Server? On Windows platforms, you need to enable and configure this element if you want to use SSH remoting in PowerShell. Naturally, I'd like to do this with PowerShell and also remotely. First up, I want to show you how to setup the OpenSSH Server component on Windows 10.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Hosting and Protecting Your Own NuGet Feed with ProGet (adamcook.io)
In this post I will share with you how to install Inedo's ProGet to host your own NuGet feed
(effectively your own PowerShell Gallery). This will let you share PowerShell modules and scripts amongst other systems and colleagues from an internal resource, using cmdlets from the PowerShellGet module e.g. Install-Module, Install-Script, Find-Module, Find-Script etc.
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By: Adam Cook  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Deploy an Azure VM to Availability Zone? (PowerShell Guide) (rebeladmin.com)
Azure Availability Zones offers high availability for data and applications. In an Azure region,
there can be one or more data centers. Azure Availability Zone is made out of one or more datacentres in the same Azure region, which have independent power, hardware, networking, and cooling. All Zone redundant service will replicate data and application across Availability Zone for high resilience. Each Azure region contains a minimum of three Azure Availability Zones.
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By: Dishan Francis  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Media Sync: Organize Your Photos and Videos with PowerShell (spiderzebra.com)
Do you have photos and videos that you have taken over the years that are scattered all over the
place? Do you want to have all your photos and videos organized? Do you want all your photos and videos to have a standardized naming scheme? If you answered YES to these questions, then this is the post for you.
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By: SpiderZebra  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Provisioning Azure Automation using Az.Automation module (jopx.blogspot.com)
Azure automation is a cloud based service which allows you to automate, configure and install
updates across hybrid environments. Azure Automation focuses on an infrastructure perspective and allows you to build/deploy resources, handling updates and configuring all type of resources (not only in Azure but also on premise).
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By: jopx  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Setting up NuGet Server on Windows (Complete Walkthrough) (adamtheautomator.com)
So you've developed code. Great! Now you have to publish it to your users. But how There are many
ways to accomplish this but one of the most used is NuGet. NuGet is a technology that allows you to publish code in the form of packages for others. A NuGet server is a way to make it happen.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



You should be customizing your PowerShell Prompt with PSReadLine (hanselman.com)
I thought I had things pretty well dialed in. I even used PSReadLine, a bash inspired readline
implementation for PowerShell. But was I REALLY USING IT? No. Honestly, at the time I wouldn't be able to tell you what it offered me as a command line users. Wow was I wrong. Don't sleep on PSReadLine if you use PowerShell as your preferred prompt. Head over there and give them some love and a star and buckle up, friends!
...>more(less)
By: Scott Hanselman  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

IT Management Software Integrations with PowerShell (sourceforge.net)
Compare the Top IT Management Software integrations for PowerShell of 2020
By: SourceForge  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Out-Verbose (github.com)
A colored verbose stream output.
By: eXpandFramework  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Powershell_Template_with_Transcript.ps1 (gist.github.com)
Template Powershell script with built-in transcript log management
By: Eitan Blumin  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How to Add an SSH Key to VS Code and Connect to a Host (adamtheautomator.com)
If you need to add an SSH key to VS Code to set up an SSH connection using key exchange, this
tutorial is for you. In this tutorial, you're going to learn, step-by-step, how to configure VS code to connect over SSH via key exchange for both a user with sudo rights (homelab in this guide) and the built in root user.
...>more(less)
By: Christopher Bisset  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Run Tasks on Timers in PowerShell (YouTube) (youtube.com)
You can use PowerShell to run tasks on periodic timers. For example, let's say that you want to
clean up a folder with old log files on an hourly basis. Instead of using your operating system's task scheduler (ie. systemd on Linux, MacOS, or Windows Task Scheduler), you can use PowerShell to create a Timer.
...>more(less)
By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Retro Dashboard (docs.ironmansoftware.com)
This retro looking dashboard displays the top 10 CPU and memory using processes, disk usage, and
live CPU and network usage. It also demonstrates how to use themes to custom the backcolor, text color and font family.
...>more(less)
By: Ironman Software  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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December 2, 2022

Announcements!

Change $PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing to default to Legacy on stable release and Windows on previews (github.com)
By: Steve Lee
Given the impact to users with the 7.3.0 release, proposal is to change the default of
$PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing to Legacy on Windows (still Standard on non-Windows). We would keep the default as Windows on Windows for preview releases. This would be backported to 7.3.x
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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A Beginners Guide To PowerShell New-Item (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Nicholas Xuan Nguyen
Get started with PowerShell New-Item in this beginner's guide to creating new items and folders
within PowerShell!
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Active Directory Infra check using PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
Some of our customers have an Active Directory environment that needs upgrading, to get a good
overview of their environment I always check a lot of things before writing a report and a recommendation about which steps we need to take. In this blog post, I will show you a script that gathers information about the Active Directory Domain which saves a lot of command-line checking and starting up Management Consoles 😉
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PowerShell Tab Completion: The Ultimate Guide (jeffbrown.tech)
By: Jeff Brown
Adding tab completion to your PowerShell parameters (or arguments) is a great way to enhance the
user experience. You provide the user with possible values or build a dynamic list of values so the user knows what they can use. This article will teach you five ways to add tab completion to PowerShell functions. Using [...]
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Retrieve Coinmarketcap information using PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
If you're into Crypto and would like to see the latest price of your precious coin, then perhaps
this is a blog post for you 🙂 In this blog post, I will show you a way how you can use the API from Coinmarketcap to show you the latest stats in every newly started PowerShell session.
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Tips From The Warzone – HashSet To The Rescue – E4 (reddit.com)
By: u/bukem
I work with large datasets. Millions of objects. Quite often I need to find unique entities, compare
properties, you name it.
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What command launched your session? (twitter.com)
By: Jeff Hicks
What command launched your session?

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

ComputerCleanup v1.1.5 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Tom de Leeuw
Module for freeing up disk space / removing temp files etc.
Get-MgServicePrincipalPermission.ps1 (gist.github.com)
By: Justin Grote
Get a list of application and delegated permissions for a service principal, similar to what the
Azure Portal shows
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PSEdit (github.com)
By: Adam Driscoll
Edit PowerShell scripts directly in your terminal.
PSWinVitals v0.6.8 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Samuel Leslie
Consolidate common system health checks, maintenance tasks & inventory retrieval

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell 7 Tutorials for Intermediates #7 : Working with JSON (youtube.com)
By: JackedProgrammer
In this video I will go over how to work with JSON in PowerShell 7. I will show how to import a
.json file, convert a .csv to .json, how to create PowerShell objects from json, etc.
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PowerShell Microsoft Teams PowerShell Cheat Sheet (lp.scriptrunner.com)
By: Script Runner
**Requires you to fill out a form** This is not a paid advertisment. This newsletter has been and
always will be ad free. It's just a cheat sheet that I thought was worth sharing.
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The PowerShell Podcast at 40; Reflections, Ruminations, and Ramblings (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
In this laid-back episode, Jordan and Andrew take the opportunity to catch up on their PowerShell
going-ons. Jordan tells us how he saved dozens of hours on a script and the benefits of helping out your friends. Andrew chats about terminal GUIs, his new OMG USB, PowerShell Summit, and being careful not to information overload people when teaching them PowerShell. All this, our usual charming banter, and more!
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Fun

I wrote a guitar tuner in PowerShell. Thought you guys might get a kick out of it. (reddit.com)
By: u/MessAdmin
##Guitar Tuner

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December 20, 2019

Announcements!

Announcing the PowerShell 7.0 Release Candidate (devblogs.microsoft.com)
After 6 previews, we're happy to announce the release of the PowerShell 7 Release Candidate (RC).
Whether you've been running PowerShell Core since our first alpha releases or you've been clinging to Windows PowerShell for backwards compatibility, 7.0 delivers a host of improvements to make your life better.
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By: Joey Aiello  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Curl vs. PowerShell: Comparing Use Cases (adamtheautomator.com)
Curl is a versatile tool that allows you to make HTTP calls across a wide range of situations. It's
been around mostly in the Linux world for many years but more recently in Windows 10. But the scripting language PowerShell can accomplish similar tasks that curl can. Is PowerShell a good alternative to curl? What are the differences? Let's find out!
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By: Devin Rich  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Find Azure Marketplace VM images using PowerShell (yobyot.com)
With PowerShell 7 bringing back the endlessly useful Out-GridView (woot!), I wanted a simple script
to allow a DevOps architect to quickly locate a specific Azure VM Marketplace image. That script is posted below. You can use the output of the script to complete theimageReference property of Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines in an ARM template that deploys a VM.
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By: Alex Neihaus  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The Ultimate Guide to Building REST APIs with PowerShell (ironmansoftware.com)
This guide will cover how to build REST APIs using Universal Dashboard and PowerShell. Most of this
post can be accomplished with Universal Dashboard Community. Only the section covering Authentication and Authorization will require Premium or Enterprise.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Using PowerShell Core 6 and 7 in the Windows PowerShell ISE (ironmansoftware.com)
PowerShell Core 6 and 7 are the way forward for PowerShell. The PowerShell team is no longer
investing in Windows PowerShell 5.1 or the PowerShell ISE. It's recommended that you should upgrade to the newest versions to get new features. That said, many people are still using Windows PowerShell and the PowerShell ISE. In this post, we will look at how to use the PowerShell ISE with PowerShell Core 6 and 7.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Introduction to Kansa (PowerShell-based Incident Response) (youtube.com)
As a continuation of the "Introduction to Windows Forensics" series, this episode covers a powerful,
PowerShell-based incident response framework called Kansa. Kansa uses PowerShell Remoting to run user contributed modules across hosts in an enterprise to collect data for use during incident response, breach hunts, or for building an environmental baseline. This framework can be run across a single host, or even tens of thousands of hosts.
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By: 13Cubed  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Powershell Core 6.2 Cookbook (packtpub.com)
Make use of hands-on recipes for many tasks that are typically encountered in both the on-premises
as well as the cloud world.
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By: Jan-Hendrik Peters  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Deep Dives (manning.com)
Here's your chance to learn from the best in the business. PowerShell Deep Dives is a trove of
essential techniques, practical guidance, and the expert insights you earn only through years of experience. Editors Jeffery Hicks, Richard Siddaway, Oisin Grehan, and Aleksandar Nikolic hand-picked the 28 chapters in the book's four parts: Administration, Scripting, Development, and Platforms.
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By: Jeffery Hicks, Richard Siddaway, Oisin Grehan, and Aleksandar Nikolic  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

PowerShell Web Search and Generating Word Cloud from Results (ridicurious.com)
This is a quick fun blog post to demonstrate how to perform a programmatical web search (A Bing
search! ??) and create a word cloud using the preview snippets any search engine generates, as you can see in the following image which can give you some context on the specific topic.
...>more(less)
By: Prateek Singh  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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December 25, 2020

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December 27, 2019

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December 4, 2020

Announcements!

Incident Report – PowerShell Gallery Downtime October 30, 2020 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The PowerShell gallery experienced downtime on October 30th 2020. This report will give context as
to what caused the downtime, what actions were taken to mitigate the issue, and what steps we are taking to improve the PowerShell gallery experience moving forward.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Update: 2021 PowerShell DevOps Global Summit (powershell.org)
It's time to get excited for the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, which is returning April 27-29,
2021 as a virtual event. I'm here to share with you some details we have planned for this year's event. The upcoming summit will differ from years past, since this event will be 100% virtual. You may wonder what a virtual event would be like, and is it worth it to attend?
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Control license allocation with the PowerShell in Microsoft 365! (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
I used the PowerShell ISE for this configuration. But you are also very welcome to use Visual Studio
Code, just as you wish. Please start with the following steps to begin the deployment (the Hashtags are comments):
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By: Tom Wechsler  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get The List of Non-Compliant Azure Resources With PowerShell (charbelnemnom.com)
In this article, I will share with you how to get the list of non-compliant Azure resources to be
remediated in all your Azure subscriptions with PowerShell.
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By: Charbel Nemnom  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Microsoft Graph: Get group info (ingogegenwarth.wordpress.com)
In my daily work, I often have to deal with topics, where I need to collect more information about a
group. Yes, the new UI in the AAD portal helps, but doesn't provide all the information. On the other side there are a ton of PowerShell modules e.g.: MSOL, AzureAD or AzureADPreview.
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By: Ingo Gegenwarth  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell: Connect to Azure with stored Credentials (sid-500.com)
f you need to connect to Microsoft Azure frequently, it might be useful to store your tenant
information. Why? It brings comfort while giving up security. It's your choice. In this blog post I will show you a walkthrough how to connect to Azure with stored credentials. The credentials are encryptet with a certificate. Let's move on.
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By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Reading Last Logged-On User and Other Registry Values (community.idera.com)
Reading some registry values with PowerShell is typically a snap: simply use Get-ItemProperty. This
snippet of code reads the Windows operating system details, for example:
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By: Idera  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Since mmc won’t do it here’s PowerShell to clone a scheduled task running under an arbitrary account (twitter.com)
Another slick solution from Guy Leech
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Sitecore PowerShell Extensions – Find Content Items Missing From Sitecore Indexes (sitecoreart.martinrayenglish.com)
Over the course of the last month, we ran into data inconsistencies between what was in our content
databases compared to our Solr indexes.
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By: Martin English  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Debugging PowerShell Scripts in Visual Studio 2019 (YouTube) (youtube.com)
In this video, Adam shows how to debug PowerShell scripts in Visual Studio 2019 and PowerShell Tools
for Visual Studio. You can download PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Setting up Visual Studio Code for PowerShell Development (YouTube) (youtube.com)
If you're an aspiring PowerShell developer, we'll explore the process of getting set up with Visual
Studio Code for PowerShell development work. It doesn't matter if you're using Linux, Mac, or Windows, you can be productive as a PowerShell developer on any development platform!
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By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The PowerShell Conference Book Volume 3 (leanpub.com)
20+ subject matter experts (including yours truly) have teamed up to bring you the ultimate
collection of PowerShell+DevOps topics that are designed to be like a conference in a book. This book not only delivers top-notch content that rivals any book on the market, but all royalties are donated to the OnRamp scholarship program which bootstraps others into the industry.
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By: The DevOps Collective  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book (Forever Edition) (leanpub.com)
Learn the patterns, practices, and details of PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking from the
industry's two most recognized experts on the subject.
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By: Don Jones and Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Evolution of a PowerShell developer (twitter.com)
Yup!
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Want to practice your skills? Advent of Code 2020 went live today! (reddit.com)
Friendly reminder that Advent of Code started today! Time to save Santa. Or maybe the elves. Or
maybe Rudolph or something. I dunno, but it's a great way to learn/practice coding.
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By: u/Betterthangoku  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Usergroup #region Munich December meetup (meetup.com)
Donnerstag, 10. Dezember 2020 19:00 bis 21:00 MEZ
By: German PowerShell Usergroup  submitted:Jun 16 2022



vTechUG Virtual Tech Community Event (techug.org.uk)
Thurs 10th Dec 2020 - vTechUG is the virtual tech community event for IT Ops, IT Infrastructure,
Cloud, DevOps & CyberSecurity Professionals. We're completely independent and guided by local committee members who help create a great community experience.
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By: TechUG  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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December 6, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Developing PowerShell Azure Functions Locally in a Container (millerb.co.uk)
I have recently just switched work machines from a Windows laptop to a Macbook. I've not had much
exposure to anything other than Windows but I live on the command line most of the time and 'mac' -eq 'linux' anyway right?
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By: Brett Miller  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Getting Started with Azure Automation (blog.ipswitch.com)
One of the most popular automation tools is Azure Automation and this will be a series of posts
covering the introduction to Azure Automation, creating automation runbooks, dealing with assets, testing and publishing runbooks.
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By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Getting Started with PowerShell: The First Five Commands You Need to Master (networkadm.in)
Getting started with PowerShell is easy. In fact, it's easy enough for some people that they just
dive in and start using it every day with little formal knowledge. At some point though, everyone needs a little help. The PowerShell console has a rich set of cmdlets and built-in help that can be useful for learning how to use the PowerShell language correctly.
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By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to easily sign PowerShell scripts (itluke.online)
I am a SysAdmin and whenever I need to type interactive commands I use ISE because I can work
simultaneously on several servers from several script panes. However, when I write scripts, functions or modules I use VSCode. Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, in VSCode there is no builtin feature, nor extension to assist us in signing PowerShell code
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By: Luc Fullenwarth  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Manage IIS Websites with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
If you manage Windows Servers, you've likely worked with Internet Information Services (IIS).
Websites are one of IIS's main features and, using PowerShell, you can easily manage and automate IIS websites with ease!
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By: Bill Kindle  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Managing the Recycle Bin with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
A while ago, I posted an Iron Scripter challenge asking you to write some PowerShell code for
working with items in the recycle bin. You were asked to calculate how much space the recycle bin is using and then restore a file. If you'd prefer, stop reading this post, check out the challenge and see what you can come up with. If you get stuck, this article might get you back on track. Although, I'm sure there are several ways to meet the challenge. My solution is far from the only solution.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell vs. Python: A Battle for the Ages (adamtheautomator.com)
What's the best programming language? You might get ten different answers when asking ten different
developers. In this article, we're going to compare two languages; PowerShell and Python. You will get a glimpse into each of these languages and understand how they compare and contrast in features such as syntax, availability across platforms, and more.
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By: Mohamed Mostafa  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Process CPU Usage Limit (controlup.com)
Finds threads over consuming CPU in the selected process and reduces their average CPU consumption
based on the agressiveness argument. The higher the agressiveness, the more CPU throttling is performed. The number can be between 1 and 10 including decimal places. A duration can be set, in minutes or parts there of, for how long the selected process will be monitored/adjusted but if set to 0 then the process will be monitored/adjusted until it exits. WARNING: This may make interactive applications become sluggish for users if they are targeted.
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By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book (leanpub.com)
Learn the patterns, practices, and details of PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking from the
industry's two most recognized experts on the subject.
...>more(less)
By: Don Jones and Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

25 Days of Serverless (25daysofserverless.com)
Want to check off that coding New Year Resolution early and have fun doing it? Join the
@AzureAdvocates and puzzle solvers all over the world for #25DaysOfServerless adventures! We'll publish one Serverless coding challenge a day, for 25 days. Solve it in the programming language of your choice and submit your solution via GitHub. We'll showcase the best solutions every week and possibly in a final series recap!
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By: @AzureAdvocates  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Enter-BSOD (reddit.com)
PS-script to prank your friends into a fake 'Blue Screen of Death'
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Friday Fun: Getting Ahead with Windows Terminal (jdhitsolutions.com)
I've been using the new Windows Terminal from Microsoft for quite while. In fact, it has become my
standard command line interface for PowerShell and more. I'm not sure at what point some of these features were added, but I can now set a background image and specify where to display it in the terminal. This has led me to creating a PowerShell 7 experience like this:
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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February 11, 2022

Announcements!

PSA: Microsoft has started to supply Mg (SDK) PowerShell examples in their Graph endpoint documentation (reddit.com)
A very welcome addition! Thank you to those involved!
By: u/logicalmike  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Clear Host Deconstructed (tommymaynard.com)
Sometimes, just sitting inside my console, I issue a few consecutive commands, and suddenly, I have
something worth sharing. Recently, as I prepared to work with something other than PowerShell, I cleared the host. It's a common occurrence - probably for us both, even. After doing so, I decided to take a closer look at the command I had just issued.
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By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Creating an Azure Automation Account (modernendpoint.com)
There are a lot of different tools that can be used to automate tasks in Azure, but perhaps the most
flexible is an Azure Automation account.
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By: Sean Bulger  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to perform Azure AD bulk operations with PowerShell (networkadm.in)
While the Azure portal is fine for simple user and group management in Azure Active Directory,
PowerShell is the optimal choice when you need to make large-scale changes. But there are caveats to consider before you can reap the automation benefits.
(+)(-)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Permanently delete a Key Vault in Azure using PowerShell (4sysops.com)
In this post, we will be looking at purging options to permanently delete a Key Vault and fully
erase all the secrets, keys, and certificates in it.
(+)(-)
By: Baki Onur Okutucu  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Trying to figure out how to eliminate += (reddit.com)
A good discussion on Reddit on a very common topic.
By: u/saarmi  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What was the one thing you learned in PowerShell that made the biggest difference? (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

aws-tools-for-powershell (github.com)
The AWS Tools for PowerShell lets developers and administrators manage their AWS services from the
PowerShell scripting environment.
(+)(-)
By: Amazon Web Services  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Proactive Remediation script (systanddeploy.com)
notify users for low disk space and help them to see what takes up space
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Let’s Chat: PowerShell Variables Types Gone Wrong or, when 1 2 = 12 – YouTube (youtube.com)
In the last video we walked through how to type an object and showed a few examples. Now lets start
to exlplore why that might matter. Because sometimes, 1 + 2 = 12
(+)(-)
By: JordanTheItGuy  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

National Pizza Day with some PowerShell flavor (twitter.com)
??
By: Heiko Brenn  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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February 12, 2021

Announcements!

EXO V2 PowerShell module is now Generally Available on Linux & macOS (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
At Microsoft Ignite 2020, we announced the preview of support for Linux and Windows PowerShell Core
in Exchange Online management using EXO V2 Module. Today, we are delighted to announce general availability of this feature along with the support for macOS.
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By: Exchange Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Collecting AzureAD User Authentication Method Information (verboon.info)
Hello everyone, last Friday I received an e-mail from one of my customers, asking how to identify
users in AzureAD that have enabled passwordless sign-in with the Microsoft Authenticator app. Previously I usually made use of the Script for Azure MFA authentication method analysis but that script uses the MSOnline PowerShell mode where the Get-Msoluser cmdlet doesn't expose the information about these newer Authentication Methods.
...>more(less)
By: Alex Verboon  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting Microsoft 365 Individual User Usage Reports with PowerShell (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
The ability to obtain Individual User Usage Reports has been possible in Office365 for many years.
However, they were only available from each individual service such as Teams, OneDrive, Exchange, SharePoint and Yammer. If you wanted a holistic view you needed to query each of the services API's and collate the responses for each identity. In August 2020 Microsoft added the ability to get M365 User Usage Reports to the BETA Microsoft Graph API. This means you can now use the Microsoft Graph Reports API to get a Microsoft 365 Individual User Usage Report with PowerShell rather than using the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal and the reports functionality there.
...>more(less)
By: Darren Robinson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Set Up PSRemoting in a Workgroup Environment (adamtheautomator.com)
PSRemoting is a great way to run commands on remote computers but if you're not in an Active
Directory (AD) domain, authentication is not quite straightforward. PSRemoting in a workgroup requires a few pieces to set up if you don't have Kerberos available.
...>more(less)
By: Tyler Muir  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Installing and setting up PowerShell PSReadline with predictive IntelliSense (powershellone.wordpress.com)
While the PowerShell Team's post already fully covers the functionality of the feature, I actually
struggled to install this on Windows PowerShell 5.1 and would like to share my experience in case someone else encounters a similar issue.
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By: Dirk  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Storage Spaces and Windows RAID (cyberdrain.com)
So this blog was requested a lot lately - I'm not a big fan of using Windows RAID anywhere but
Storage Spaces is becoming more relevant each day, with S2D and larger deployments. Storage Spaces is Microsoft's successor to the classical Windows Software RAID options.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Parsing large 500 MB text file (reddit.com)
I have large text file that can be up to 500 MB in size. I have PowerShell script to parse each line
for a specific string, if found will copy that line to another text file for additional action later on in the script. My parsing works with the code below, but it can take a large amount of time and consume 10GB of ram while doing it. Is there a better, more efficient, and faster way of doing this?
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By: u/Sparks_IT  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Passwordless PowerShell (ephingadmin.com)
One thing I've always hated doing with PowerShell is storing/retrieving passwords, because that
always feels like a weak link in the security chain. I love running code as multiple accounts (my team probably has 75+ AD accounts we own), but hate everything else we have to do with those accounts.
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By: Ryan Ephgrave  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Tips and Tricks to Using PowerShell Dynamic Parameters (jeffbrown.tech)
A neat but often unknown feature is the PowerShell dynamic parameter. These are no ordinary
parameters as dynamic parameters only exist when certain conditions are met. Imagine the possibilities!
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By: Jeff Brown  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Completed Script to change between audio devices (reddit.com)
I searched around and found idk how many different variants that were all too niche to be userful. 6
hours later I created this. Hope it helps someone else.
...>more(less)
By: u/WillGoalieForBeer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Cheat Sheet: Connect to Microsoft Cloud Services (sid-500.com)
Az, AzureAD, Exchange, MSTeams
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services: 2nd Edition (amazon.com)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading public cloud platform. In this book you will learn to use
Microsoft PowerShell to create, host, manage, and administer workloads using Amazon Web Services. You will learn how to create virtual machines, provision storage, configure networks, and more?all using your preferred Windows scripting language.
...>more(less)
By: Emmanuel Tsouris  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Another PowerShell Math Challenge (ironscripter.us)
The Chairman is back with another set of math-related challenges. These types of challenges are a
good way to get your brain looking at a problem from a different angle. This challenge includes 2 problems. One aimed more for intermediate level PowerShell scripters and one that might be a little more advanced.
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By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Translating Text to Morse Code (community.idera.com)
Because why not 🙂
By: Idera  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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February 14, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Cleaning data (reddit.com)
I've recently had to deal with some messy data, and put together a bunch of small regex-based
replace operations.
...>more(less)
By: u/akaBrotherNature  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Monitoring the Network Load with Powershell (scriptinglibrary.com)
Monitoring is an important activity in IT operations, it's essential for correlating the state of
all the moving parts of our systems and applications and create a big picture of the health of the whole environment. Before going down the rabbit hole of complicated monitoring tools and techniques let's start with define a that monitoring can be subjective and on a case-by-case can be very basic or detailed and can let you choose a specific tool or strategy. There is no one-size-fits-all. This week I needed to implement a custom check to monitor the network load/usage on any Windows OS and instead of looking for a third-party tool and deploying maybe another agent on servers I wrote a Powershell script to perform this activity.
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By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Obfuscating PowerShell Scripts in Packaged Executables (ironmansoftware.com)
In this post, we will look at what obfuscation is and how to obfuscate scripts in your packaged
executables using PowerShell Pro Tools.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Beginners Have to Start Somewhere (powershell.anovelidea.org)
Learn basic PowerShell concepts and apply them to the beginner's Iron Scripter challenge.
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Remoting Profiles with Windows Terminal (jdhitsolutions.com)
I have jumped in the deep end and fully committed to Windows Terminal as my default PowerShell
environment. I love having one interface with tabs for different terminal profiles. Windows Terminal makes it easy for me to have tabs open to PowerShell 7, Windows PowerShell, an Ubuntu instance or even a PowerShell session with no profile. The last piece I needed was an easy way to launch a Windows Terminal profile and connect to a remote computer. Want to see how I did it?
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Public Preview of PowerShell Support in Jupyter Notebooks (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today, the .NET team shipped an exciting new preview of .NET Interactive. If you're unfamiliar, .NET
Interactive (within a Jupyter environment) provides the ability to write .NET Jupyter Notebooks which are a powerful tool that combines documentation and the ability to execute and see the output of code all in the same file.
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By: Tyler Leonhardt  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Release Notes – OSDSUS (osdsus.osdeploy.com)
OSDSUS 20.2.11 PatchTuesday for OSDBuilder OSDUpdate and WIMWitch is released with new updates for
just about everything.
...>more(less)
By: David Segura  submitted:Jun 15 2022



SecretsManagement.KeePass (twitter.com)
I made a Powershell SecretsManagement Keepass provider extension proof of concept!
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell and Regular Expressions | Pluralsight (pluralsight.com)
If you are a PowerShell Pro who needs to know what regular expressions are and how to take advantage
of them in PowerShell, then this course is for you. Learn the regex fundamentals, from matching, splitting, replacing, to turning text into objects.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Drum Machine! (twitter.com)
Staying up until 3am sequencing a part of "New Order - Blue Monday" on a Drum Machine and a
Synthesizer using only #PowerShell was totally worth it!
...>more(less)
By: Lee Berg  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Simple Number Guessing Game to teach my elementary aged children about coding (reddit.com)
I wrote this for my elementary aged children to teach them about how coding works. I'm slightly
proud of this and thought I'd share.
...>more(less)
By: u/tk42967  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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February 18, 2022

Announcements!

Introducing the First Preview of BurntToast v1 (toastit.dev)
It may have taken 10 months, but preview releases are finally coming for BurntToast v1.
By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Twitter PowerShell Community (twitter.com)
A place to support, share and encourage the PowerShell community. This an inclusive, supportive and
encouraging community of people passionate about PowerShell
(+)(-)
By: Brett Miller  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Background Jobs and Recursive Functions (tommymaynard.com)
I recently had a thought: I have not written much on background jobs over the last nearly eight
years. I should do more of that.
(+)(-)
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Block brute force Remote Desktop attacks with Windows PowerShell (4sysops.com)
The Windows PowerShell script I introduce here detects brute force Remote Desktop attacks and blocks
them in the Windows Firewall.
(+)(-)
By: Alexander Pazik  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Go vs. PowerShell, Python, and JavaScript for DevOps (4sysops.com)
In this article, I outline why I chose the Go programming language over PowerShell, Python, and
JavaScript for my DevOps projects.
(+)(-)
By: Graham Beer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Check If a Machine is Physical or Virtual? (adminknowhow.wordpress.com)
Although it's difficult to differentiate a virtual or physical machine by remote desktop to the
machine alone, because it looks exactly the same. However, there are several ways to verify it.
(+)(-)
By: Jimmy Liew  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to enable function to foreach-object -parallel? (reddit.com)
My function at the top of the script in VSCode isn't recognized inside my foreach-object -parallel
loop, but if I put the entire function in the loop, it works. How can I setup the function at the top of the script so I can pretty up my loop?
(+)(-)
By: u/MyOtherSide1984  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Multiple devices writing to shared file at the same time (reddit.com)
I am deploying a script to approx 200 laptops that will all need to write a log entry to a single
file on a shared drive. The problem is that they are trying to do so at the same time and thus getting the "cannot access file because it is in use by another process" error.
(+)(-)
By: u/whitefoot  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Password Generator (sid-500.com)
In this blog post I will show you my project for generating passwords with PowerShell. The goal is
to develop a password generator which outputs an account name and the corresponding password and stores it in the clipboard.
(+)(-)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Use PowerShell to find Windows services configured to run as another user (networkadm.in)
One day at work my manager asked me to find all services running under different credentials on a
handful of a specific servers. The ask went something like this: "Hey Mike, can you find all the services configured to run as another user on a specific group of servers?"
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By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

ScriptRunner Action Packs (github.com)
Public PowerShell script gallery for ScriptRunner.
By: ScriptRunner  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A PowerShell Warm-Up Exercise (ironscripter.us)
It is time to get back to work exercising your PowerShell scripting muscles. The Iron Scripter event
at the PowerShell & DevOps Global Summit will be returning this year, and The Chairman wants you in top shape.
(+)(-)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Fun with text to speech and the cat fact API (reddit.com)
Maybe I should consider including this in the gpo logon script....it's probably best that I don't.
By: u/jstar77  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Painting a Pretty Picture with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
A few months ago, I wrote about my PSClock module. This is a set of PowerShell commands for creating
a digital clock using a transparent WPF form.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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February 19, 2021

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February 21, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

AWS Key Management Service (docs.aws.amazon.com)
PowerShell examples for AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
By: June Blender  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Did you know both array and dictionary index accessors in #PowerShell supports array expressions as index values? (twitter.com)
I learned something very useful today, thanks to Mathias.
By: Mathias Jessen  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Install PowerShell 7 On WSL and Ubuntu (saggiehaim.net)
With PowerShell 7, we get the best PowerShell edition, most importantly, it's cross-platform! While
last time we installed the latest PowerShell 7 on a container, sometimes we don't want just a plain environment with PowerShell, sometimes we want a to add other tools, change system configurations or use different Linux Distros.
...>more(less)
By: Saggie Haim  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Microsoft Endpoint Manager Documentation and Export tool (deploymentresearch.com)
I have just published a tool (PowerShell script) on github to create a comprehensive documentation
of a tenant and also export all settings in JSON format that can also be used for importing settings again in the same tenant or even another. This can be very useful in a scenario where there is a DEV-tenant and then a production tenant to make sure the settings are the same in both.
...>more(less)
By: Mattias Benninge  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Scripting in Azure DevOps Pipelines (adamtheautomator.com)
Did you know you can natively run scripts like PowerShell in Azure DevOps (AzDo) pipelines? By using
the tips and techniques you'll learn in this article, you'll be well on your way to scripting your way to automation greatness.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSA: ActiveDirectory module works natively with PowerShell Core (6.2/7.0) (reddit.com)
I saw that a few people couldn't use PowerShell 7.0 because the ActiveDirectory module isn't
supported. You can totally run the ActiveDirectory module, natively, without using the WindowsCompatibility module! This is one of the most under-reported facts of PowerShell 7, even going as far back as 6.1
...>more(less)
By: u/Emiroda  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The PowerShell Block Comment and Commenting Best Practices (adamtheautomator.com)
Learn how and when to create block comments in PowerShell and many best practices for writing
descriptive comments!
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Hyper-V Backup Utility – Stick To The Script (gal.vin)
This script will create a full backup of virtual machines, complete with configuration,
snapshots/checkpoints, and VHD files.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Galvin  submitted:Jun 15 2022



New Machine Setup with PowerShell profile (github.com)
So happy that I wrote a script for setting up a new Windows machine last time Windows chrashed hard
. From nothing to usable in less than 30 minutes thanks to @chocolateynuget , #boxstarter and #powershell.
...>more(less)
By: Patrik Svensson  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSEmailRep PowerShell Module (kyleparrish.com)
PSEmailRep is a simple PowerShell module to interface with the EmailRep.io API.
By: Kyle Parrish  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Azure AD PowerShell Module Options (youtube.com)
In this video I walk through the key modules that can be used to manage Azure AD with PowerShell
including a look at the old and a focus on the new!
...>more(less)
By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Can we start a PowerShell project of the day?
Certainly an interesting idea, and a great way to continue learning for users at all levels.
By: u/iliketonukeitnukeit  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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February 25, 2022

Announcements!

PSReadLine 2.2 GA (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) of PSReadLine 2.2, an improved command-line
editing experience in the PowerShell terminal. This release is supported for PowerShell 7.x and downlevel to Windows PowerShell 5.1.
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Copy to Multiple Destinations with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
In honor of today, 2/22/2022, I thought I'd share a PowerShell function that allows you to copy
files to multiple destinations. If you look at help for Copy-Item, which you should, you'll see that the Destination parameter does not take an array. That's ok. I can fix that. However, I have a disclaimer that you should consider this a proof-of-concept and not production-ready code.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting Started with 1E’s Tachyon and PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
1E's Tachyon is primarily a GUI-driven endpoint management solution, but not entirely. As it turns
out, the 1E PowerShell module exists called the PSTachyonToolkit that lets you leverage the power of Tachyon PowerShell!
(+)(-)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting started with the PSReadLine module for PowerShell (4sysops.com)
PSReadLine is a module created by Microsoft to customize the command line editing environment in
PowerShell. It offers numerous customizations that can change how your command line editor presents data in many ways.
(+)(-)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Create a List of Your Installed Programs on Windows (adminknowhow.wordpress.com)
Having a list of what programs had installed in your machine, or the machine you manage, is useful
if you are planning to install the same programs on your new machine.
(+)(-)
By: Jimmy Liew  submitted:Jun 16 2022



I’m a PowerShell scripter, want to find a suitable home for running such scripts other than Task Scheduler (reddit.com)
A good discussion on Reddit on a very common topic.
By: u/dverbern  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

IT Generalist aka Mr Automation – YouTube (youtube.com)
A great YouTube channel with tons of PowerShell content
By: Mark Bakker  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A Top Challenge for PowerShell Scripters (ironscripter.us)
The Chairman feels his last challenge took it easy on you, so he has commissioned a new PowerShell
scripting challenge for advanced users. Do you have what it takes to be an Iron Scripter?
(+)(-)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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February 26, 2021

Announcements!

PowerShell for Visual Studio Code Updates (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce that updates to our PowerShell extension and PowerShell Preview extension
are now available on the Visual Studio Code marketplace. This blog will explain what is new in these releases as well as what you can expect from the extension in the coming months.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



vSphereDSC 2.2 is released now (blogs.vmware.com)
Fully supported on Linux. Total 73 DSC resources are available now. Support for Invoke-DSCResource.
By: VMware  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Comparing PowerShell Property Names (jdhitsolutions.com)
Recently, I was chatting with my friend Gladys Kravitz about the hassle of comparing objects in
PowerShell. Even after all these years. She has a specific use case, but you might also feel the need for a better comparison option. And to be clear, the comparison we're talking about is not the object's values, as you might see with Compare-Object. But rather the property names.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Finding Stale Azure AD B2B Guest Accounts based on lastSignInDateTime – darrenjrobinson – Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
Collaboration between Azure Active Directory tenants typically involves Azure AD Guest accounts.
After a few years, the proliferation of 'Guest' accounts usually becomes a focus, especially for larger tenants. As Azure AD has matured the meta data associated with accounts, along with Microsoft Graph improvements is making it easier to define and locate stale Azure AD B2B Guest Accounts. In this post I investigate Azure AD with Microsoft Graph API's to find stale Azure AD B2B Guest Accounts.
...>more(less)
By: Darren Robinson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How do you deal with encrypting and saving credentials of a script multiple people use / ingest? (reddit.com)
A good discussion on Reddit on a very common topic.
By: u/PartTimeTulsa  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Create a Powershell Menu GUI (smarthomepursuits.com)
In this guide, I'm going to show you an incredibly simple way to create a menu to display all of
your most-used Powershell scripts.
...>more(less)
By: Danny  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to you organize your scripts repos? (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: u/Zylea  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Bitdefender status (cyberdrain.com)
We're considering moving RMM systems, and that means reevaluating parts of our stack. One of the
pain points in our current stack is the monitoring of anti-virus, we often felt like there is not enough transparency and data returned via our RMM system. Either the system does not return the current state of alerts or forces us to use separate portals.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring listening applications (cyberdrain.com)
In one of the online communities I follow someone encountered an issue with application listeners
and ports being in use. The use case is that users have a Autocad type application installed that launches a server on a specific port; the users also run a remote control application that at times steals the port.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell sample for Privileged Identity Management (PIM) (anujchaudhary.com)
How cool would it be if I can use the MSGraph PIM api's to build custom applications. For example,
your IT Org has N different resource groups where you want to activate every day. It would be time consuming to activate them one by one. Instead, you can build a custom app using PowerShell or UI so that you can activate to all of these resource groups in one shot.
...>more(less)
By: Anuj Chaudhary  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using Get-Service (devblogs.microsoft.com)
in PowerShell 7 vs. Windows PowerShell 5.1
By: Faris Malaeb  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using PowerShell and RegEx to extract text between delimiters (powershellone.wordpress.com)
In this post I will share a little PowerShell function that I use quite frequently in order to
extract text between delimiters out of a bigger chunk of text. I hope that this can be useful to others too.
...>more(less)
By: Dirk  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What You Need to Know about Visual Studio Code: A Tutorial (adamtheautomator.com)
Every cowboy needs a horse, every Batman needs a Robin, and every coder needs a great code editor.
When you work with code every day, you must have a go-to code editor. For many developers out there, Visual Studio (VS) Code is their editor of choice. Stick around for this Visual Studio Code tutorial.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Az Predictor Module (thomasmaurer.ch)
Want to make it easier to write Azure PowerShell commands? Check out the Az Predictor which helps
you to predict your Azure PowerShell command!
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By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSGPPreferences 0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
A way to manage Group Policy Preferences through PowerShell
By: Kirill Nikolaev  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Removing Duplicate Items from a Mailbox (eightwone.com)
Updated Remove-DuplicateItems.ps1 script to v2.0, which now also supports OAuth authentication
methods.
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By: Michel de Rooij  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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February 28, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell v7.0.0-rc.3 Released (github.com)
Last Friday saw the newest release of PowerShell v7 with release candidate 3.
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Release history of modules and cmdlets (docs.microsoft.com)
This article lists the modules and cmdlets that ship with various versions of PowerShell. This is a
summary of information found in the release notes. More detailed information can be found in the release notes:
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Reporting OneDrive for Business Storage (office365itpros.com)
A couple of years ago, retrieving information about OneDrive for Business sites with PowerShell
usually involved some gyrations. Then Microsoft updated the Get-SPOSite cmdlet with the IncludePersonalSite switch and things became easier. For instance, a reader asked if it was possible to generate a report listing all the OneDrive for Business sites in a tenant with the storage allocated and used for each site. No problem, we thought, as we scanned the internet to see if people had already solved the problem. As it happens, several example scripts are available, but we ended up writing our own because it was possible to simplify the code . We also store the output in a CSV file as it's a very flexible format for reporting or further analysis (like importing into Power BI).
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By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Right Tool For The Job (david-obrien.net)
A few years ago my focus shifted from on-premises to cloud (Azure and AWS) and this taught me that
my toolset must evolve in order for me to keep up with the industry. I, the Citrix and ConfigMgr / SCCM guy, started learning about infrastructure as code, CI/CD, C#, Python, NodeJS, Go and modern ways of managing infrastructure in a cloud environment. I am far off from being fluent in any of those other programming languages, but know enough to think I can pick the right tool for the job.
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By: David O'Brien  submitted:Jun 15 2022



WMI Reference for PowerShell (powershell.one)
The most complete WMI Reference for PowerShell
By: TobiasPSP  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSScriptTools Updated (twitter.com)
I updated PSScriptTools to fix a few minor bugs in Get-FolderSizeInfo. While I was at it, I added a
new command.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

.NET PowerShell Notebooks – Using Pester (sqldbawithabeard.com)
Using Pester to validate that an environment is as you expect it is a good resource for incident
resolution, potentially enabling you to quickly establish an area to concentrate on for the issue. However, if you try to run Pester in a .NET Notebook you will receive an error. Now let Rob show you how to fix it.
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By: Rob Sewell  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerScripting Podcast : Episode 330 (powerscripting.libsyn.com)
With special guest PowerShell MVP Adam Driscoll
By: PowerScripting Podcast  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition (manning.com)
PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition is the go-to reference for administrators working with Windows
PowerShell. Every major technique, technology, and tactic is carefully explained and demonstrated, providing a hands-on guide to almost everything an admin would do in the shell. Written by three experienced authors and PowerShell MVPs, this is the PowerShell book you'll keep next to your monitor-not on your bookshelf!
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By: Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks, Richard Siddaway  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

How to Get Beautiful Free Rotating Windows Backgrounds (hanswustrack.com)
I wrote a script to download high res images for my desktop background using Unsplash's free API.
Sort of like Spotlight, except for your desktop background. Check it out!
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By: Hans Wustrack  submitted:Jun 15 2022



We got a mascot! Say hello to… uhm. (twitter.com)
We actually don't have a name. Any suggestions?
By: Norwegian PowerShell User Group  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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February 4, 2022

Announcements!

PSReadLine 2.2 RC (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to announce the Release Candidate (RC) of PowerShell PSReadLine 2.2, an improved
command-line editing experience in the PowerShell terminal.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1.13 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Welcome to the first Windows Terminal release of 2022!
By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Iranian Hackers Using New PowerShell Backdoor in Cyber Espionage Attacks (thehackernews.com)
An advanced persistent threat group with links to Iran has updated its malware toolset to include a
novel PowerShell-based implant called PowerLess Backdoor, according to new research published by Cybereason.
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By: Ravie Lakshmanan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell CSV Quick Hack – Redistributing Columns in CSV Files (poshsecurity.com)
This week I ran into an interesting issue where I ended up using some PowerShell tricks to change
the structure of the data into a more useful format.
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By: Kieran Jacobsen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Restore Azure Files with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
On Azure, the files in file shares can be protected with integration of a Recovery Services vault.
In this way, you can create backups, and you can restore files and folders easily whenever needed. In this post, we will be looking at configuring Recovery Services vaults on Azure file shares and restoring deleted files from a backup using PowerShell.
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By: Baki Onur Okutucu  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Check the weather with PowerShell (gist.github.com)
Set up a weather powershell alias for wttr.in
By: Gianluigi Conti  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-GroupCompareInfo.ps1 (gist.github.com)
A demonstration of using Write-Progress in a thread-safe way inside Foreach-Parallel
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-LatestWindowsPatchingDate (github.com)
Get the dates of 3 separate patching mechanisms to determine the 'updatedness' of a single or
multiple windows machines where enterprise tools such as WSUS, SCCM and other 3rd party tools are unavailable.
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By: Guyver1wales  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSi: Math in PowerShell (github.com)
PSi allows you to easily use Math and Science functions in PowerShell.
By: endowdly  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Getting started with PnP Script Samples (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Do you like automating? Want to contribute to the PnPScriptSamples gallery? We would love to feature
your script as well!
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By: Microsoft Tech Community  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Lets Chat: PowerShell Recursion – Groundhog Day Special – YouTube (youtube.com)
I couldn't help myself, with today being ground hog day I wanted to release an extra video on the
subject of recursion and a little bit about loops. This is a big skip ahead, and isn't part of the normal "progression" of the series but I thought it would be the perfect day to discuss recursion.
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By: Jordan Benzing  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Characters and Emojis in PowerShell (sid-500.com)
Once something funny, or rather something that has nothing to do with the typical PowerShell things.
The retrieval of characters in PowerShell. Let's jump in.
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By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Friday Fun: Redacting with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
It has been a while since my last Friday Fun post. These are articles that use PowerShell in fun and
off-beat ways. The goal is to demonstrate techniques and concepts not necessarily give you something ready for production.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Silly Star Wars PowerShell Joke (reddit.com)

By: u/dverbern  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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February 5, 2021

Announcements!

VMware PowerCLI 12.2 (blogs.vmware.com)
PowerCLI now supports parallel operations on PowerShell foreach-object commands!
By: VMware  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A Best Practice Guide To Creating A PowerShell Module (thesysadminchannel.com)
Building a Powershell Module might be a daunting task for someone without much PS experience. But
what if I told you, creating a module can be as simple as grouping multiple functions together and renaming the extension to psm1. It sounds a lot less complicated when you put it that way.
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By: Paul Contreras  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Automate GUIs with UIAutomation in PowerShell (powershellone.wordpress.com)
In this post, I would like to describe how to utilize the Microsoft UIAutomation framework through
PowerShell to automate GUIs. Since the UIAutomation assembly already comes with .Net it also can be accessed directly through PowerShell.
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By: Dirk  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Creating a Class Definition from an Existing Object – Part 3 (powershell.anovelidea.org)
Wrapping up this series, we add methods and recursive capability to the ConvertTo-ClassDefinition
function for this Iron Scripter challenge walk-through.
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By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Write Awesome Functions with PowerShell Parameter Sets (jeffbrown.tech)
PowerShell parameter sets are a great tool to have in your function writing arsenal. With PowerShell
parameter sets, you can create a function that has different parameters for multiple scenarios. The user can specify different parameters so the function can take different actions based on the input.
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By: Jeff Brown  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Sleep Duration Accuracy and Windows Timers (xkln.net)
I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole looking at Start-Sleep and came out with a new appreciation for
timing accuracy and Windows internals.
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By: mdjx  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The Ultimate Guide to Terminal User Interfaces in PowerShell (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
Terminal User Interfaces (TUI) have a long history in computing and were some of the first forms of
interfaces between human and machine. Sometimes referred to as text-based user interfaces, they are starting to gain popularity again with projects like Terminal.Gui for .NET. In this guide, we take a deep dive into how to build TUIs with PowerShell and Terminal.Gui.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Whats the best way of automating user creation in a hybrid AD environment? (reddit.com)
A great discuss on r/PowerShell about the best way to approach this.
By: u/cooconaash  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Deep dive (Video) (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
From the PowerShell team at Microsoft: We will use this time to take a deep dive on PowerShell. From
previous versions and making them work in PowerShell 7 and PowerShell Core. We'll also take a serious look at Learning PowerShell with PowerShell, at Predictive IntelliSense, at the VS Code extensions, at Crescendo, and secret management with PowerShell to avoid the ever-annoying problem of hardcode creds or use prompts.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

PowerShell Puzzles and Challenges (jdhitsolutions.com)
I just wrapped up presenting to the Research Triangle PowerShell User Group. I gave them a set of
PowerShell problems to solve. The idea is that in solving the problem, you improve your PowerShell skills and expertise. Tonight's problems were not scripting problems. The answers to these puzzles are not limited to one-line commands, although some might. Most of these problems should be solved with no more than a few lines of PowerShell code that you would run interactively at a PowerShell prompt.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Sometimes boredom leads to innovation… (reddit.com)
sometimes, it's Pure-Evil
By: u/patdaddy007  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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February 7, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell User Groups (social.technet.microsoft.com)
Thanks to a tweet from Joel Bennett the list of user groups has been updated. Be sure to check out
your local one soon.
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By: Joel Bennett  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Who is your 2020 PowerShell Hero? (powershell.org)
Once again nominations are open for the 2020 PowerShell Community Heros. We want to know who in our
community has gone above and beyond. Be sure to submit those you feel make a real difference out there.
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By: powershell.org  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Microsoft Launches Preview PowerShell Module for Graph (petri.com)
In a September 2019 Petri.com article, I discuss how to use Microsoft Graph API calls with
PowerShell to expose information that can't be accessed with PowerShell cmdlets. In the example given, we use the PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to make Graph calls to fetch the email addresses of Teams channels because this is a property that you can't get with any of the cmdlets in any Office 365 PowerShell module.
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By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PnP PowerShell in Azure Automation tips (msclouddeveloper.com)
A few quick tips for running PnP PowerShell in Azure Automation in this article.
By: Jurgen Wiersema  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Powershell 7 Best Foot Forward.pptx (adslus-my.sharepoint.com)
The final version of Justin's awesome PowerShell 7 presentation.
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



powershell import csv foreach (adamtheautomator.com)
Have you ever had to do the same task multiple times? Like, creating multiple Active Directory users
one user at a time using the GUI? Or how about logging in to a server to delete old logs from some selected folders? If your answer is yes, then know you're not alone. Most admins have gone through the same laborious process.
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By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Pester 4.10.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Pester version 4.10.0 has been released.
By: Pester Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSUnixUtilCompleters: PowerShell native command completers for core utils on *nix (github.com)
PowerShell parameter completers for native commands on Linux and macOS. This module uses completers
supplied in traditional Unix shells to complete native utility parameters in PowerShell.
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By: Rob Holt  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

The PowerShell Conference Book (leanpub.com)
The full book has been published. Grab a copy now. All (100%) of the royalties from this book are
donated to the OnRamp scholarship program. More information about the OnRamp track at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit and their scholarship program can be found on the PowerShell.org website. Plus (shameless plug) check out my chapter "Working with Dates".
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By: Michael T Lombardi et al.  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

ConvertTo-SpongeBob (github.com)
BeCaUsE wHo DoEsN't NeEd ThIs In ThEiR lIfE
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Do you think we could get away with t-shirts for the launch of PowerShell 7 (twitter.com)
I know I'd buy one
By: Joel Bennett  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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January 10, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Documenting with PowerShell: Active Directory domain and settings (cyberdrain.com)
Clients that still have a server on-site are become rare these days - Most of our client base is
either completely public cloud using AAD or they have hosted servers in our private cloud. For these clients I've made the following script to document their Active Directory server settings. I always I want to be in complete control of my clients environment. That means having up to date documentation at the ready.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Revoke Azure AD Tokens from Expired AD Users (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you have an on-prem Active Directory (AD) environment and syncing to Azure Active Directory (AD)?
If so, you may have run across a frustrating problem - an on-prem AD user has expired but that user can still access resources protected with Azure AD.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell’s Get-Date FileDateTime for Safe Filenames (tommymaynard.com)
This article covers using PowerShell's Get-Date cmdlet and its FileDateTime format option to create
safe filenames that include the date and time. If you're just starting this post now, then head over to PowerShell.org to read the beginning of this article. Otherwise, continue reading below.
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By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell’s Secret Wildcard (toastit.dev)
It's funny how you can be a daily PowerShell user for years and completely miss something about a
feature you regularly use... such as the "like" operators accepting more than two different wildcards.
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By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

IPCalculator: A Powershell Module for VLSM subnetting (github.com)
Whenever I am doing Cloud Foundation projects I need to design network segmentation, so I use VLSM.
Variable-Length Subnet Masking (VLSM) consists of segregating subnets into smaller segments, allowing network engineers to divide an IP address space into a hierarchy of subnets of different sizes, making it possible to create very different host subnets without account. waste a large number of addresses. This in turn can be a pretty annoying task, especially when it needs to be done several times, so I decided to do a powershell module to just tell you how many hosts I need in a given segment and it will tell me what the addressing is.
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By: Guido Oliveira  submitted:Jun 15 2022



WindowsFirewallRuleset – Windows Firewall Ruleset Powershell Scripts (kitploit.com)
A great collection of PowerShell scripts for working with Windows firewall rules.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

TheShow:20:E1-Foreach-Object -Parallel (youtube.com)
Welcome to the New Year! ...and as we work to release PowerShell 7 this month, I thought it would be
fun to start a series on the new features. For this episode of TheShow - Take a first look at Foreach-Object -Parallel
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By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

New Year, New Scripts: What are your 2020 best practices and aspirations? : PowerShell (reddit.com)
A fun thread about people's New Years Resolutions for PowerShell.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Taking a Shortcut Path in Your PowerShell Prompt (jdhitsolutions.com)
To kick off the new year I thought I'd take a shortcut and reclaim some wasted space in my
PowerShell prompt. I know I run into this issue during classes and conferences. Perhaps you encounter it as well. You are in in the PowerShell console and have ended up in a deep directory structure so that you prompt and console now look like this:
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Upcoming Events

PowerShell User Group Berlin (twitter.com)
The newest member to the PowerShell user groups. It always great see new ones popping up.
By: Evgenij Smirnov  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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January 14, 2022

Announcements!

PowerCLI 12.5 – What’s New (blogs.vmware.com)
Today, We have released PowerCLI 12.5 and with this, we are continuing to expand our cmdlet coverage
to various VMware products and solutions. Below are some of the key highlights out of this release-
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By: VMware  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Copy PowerShell History Command (jdhitsolutions.com)
I thought I'd share a short but useful PowerShell utility. This is something that is very handy when
I am writing. As you know, PowerShell maintains a command history in your PowerShell session. You can view history with the Get-History cmdlet or its alias h. To re-rerun a command use Invoke-History or its alias...
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to control media playback in powershell (reddit.com)
How do you control media playback in powershell ?
By: u/Stride_44  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using WordPress API’s with PowerShell (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
This blog uses WordPress. Why WordPress? Well, it was the most prevalent platform when I started
this blog back in 2016 and it was more powerful and extensible than Blogger which I had used previously. Anyway, that's rather irrelevant for this post which about accessing WordPress APIs with PowerShell..
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By: Darren Robinson  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Download and extract the latest AzCopy (Windows 64-bit) executable into a specified folder (wmatthyssen.com)
AzCopy is a free command-line tool that is offered by Microsoft. It allows you to easily copy and
transfer data (data migration) from and to Azure storage. It is designed for high performance transfers and can be deployed on both Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) and Linux systems, but also on macOS.
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By: Wim Matthyssen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Prerelease of PSFunctionTools for PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
At the end of last year wrote a series of blog posts describing tools and techniques for working
with PowerShell scripts and functions. My goal was to build a framework of tools that I could use to automate PowerShell scripting work, such as creating a new module from a group of existing files. I've finally...
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

I made a little multiplication game for my daughter (reddit.com)
My daughter is working on learning multiplication in school so I was inspired to make a small
program that would test her skills.
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By: u/Ecrofirt  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Community Call (github.com)
Jan 20th, 2022
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 15, 2021

Announcements!

Introducing the New PowerCLI Home Page (blogs.vmware.com)
Today we are pleased to inform you that we have updated the PowerCLI home Page, Which further
improves your experience working with PowerCLI documentation.
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By: VMware  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Powershell Extension Pack – Visual Studio Marketplace (marketplace.visualstudio.com)
The Powershell VS Code extension pack has been updated to include Tyler Leonhardt's excellent Pester
Test Adapter, and removed some non-directly-relevant PS Extensions. Check it out!
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By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.1.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Hot off the presses (git) the latest release of PowerShell 7 is now available!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What the Shell is Happening? (jdhitsolutions.com)
A great recap of the what's currently going on in the world of PowerShell
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Download a File with PowerShell from the Web (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you need to download files from the web but hate repeatedly clicking links? If your job involves
downloading files from the web regularly, you will probably want to automate the task. Why not use PowerShell to download files?
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By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Send Email from Azure (adamtheautomator.com)
Microsoft Azure does not have an email delivery service. Whether you are testing applications or
developing scripts in Azure to send emails, know that there is no native email service available to you.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Use PowerShell Where-Object to Filter All the Things (adamtheautomator.com)
When you work with PowerShell property values in a collection of objects, sometimes you will need a
way to filter out all the things you do not need. Knowing how to use the PowerShell Where-Object cmdlet is an important skill to have in your PowerShell toolbox.
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By: Bill Kindle  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Saving Time with Background Jobs (tommymaynard.com)
If you're like me, there's something you know a decent amount about regarding PowerShell, but you
just don't get to use it much. Today, it's PowerShell background jobs. If you've been reading my blog currently, then you know I'm right in the middle of a series regarding Splunk. In the series, I'm sending telemetry data from my function template to Splunk. The problem, although slight, is that it's increased the duration, or length of time, the function takes to complete. No surprise. It's running several additional commands where it polls the user and system for information. It's only adding maybe a second more of time to the duration of the function. Still, why not determine if it's time that can be reclaimed. Enter background jobs.
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By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What are your PowerShell hidden gems? Things you discovered that gave you that “Oh, I had no idea” feeling. (twitter.com)
Check out this Twitter thread for a bunch of great tips.
By: Kevin Marquette  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Automating with PowerShell: Automatically following all Sharepoint Sites or Teams for all users (cyberdrain.com)
So a while back we had a client that uses a lot of sharepoint sites. The client only used Sharepoint
online, and found it hard to find all the sites in one place. We pointed them to https://YOURDOMAIN.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx which gives a nice overview of sites and teams.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Regrecent.ps1 (github.com)
Here's a PowerShell script, based on C++ code I wrote 20+ years ago, that allows you to search the
registry based on key timestamps (note that values do not have timestamps).
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By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The Ultimate Guide to Building REST APIs with PowerShell (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
This guide will cover how to build REST APIs using PowerShell Universal and PowerShell. Most of this
post can be accomplished without purchasing an API license.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Basics of PowerShell P2 : Port Scanning and Pattern Matching – TryHackme Hacking with Powershell (YouTube) (youtube.com)
In this video walkthrough, we carried on the basics of PowerShell scripting language for pentesting
and introduced port scanning and pattern matching. This video is part of TryHackMe OSCP Pathway - room: Hacking with Powershell.
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By: Motasem Hamdan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Show 25 – Part 2: A celebration of automation (greyhatbeard.com)
Welcome to the 2nd year of GreyHatBeard. 2021 may not be starting in the best way for many but why
not listen to use as we have a Celebration of Automation. We're joined by Veronique Lengelle, a dual MVP and also a Solutions Architect at CPS, sharing her expertise in PowerShell and how it can improve your life through automation.
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By: GreyHatBeard  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Does anyone remember this mousepad? (twitter.com)
I don't but I wish I had it!
By: Aleksandar Nikolic  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 17, 2020

Announcements!

New PowerShell Version – v7.0.0-rc.2 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
PowerShell 7 Release Candidate 2 has been published and can be downloaded now!
By: Microsoft Github  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Terminal Preview v0.8 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the
Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's jump into what's new!
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By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure virtual network service endpoints (yobyot.com)
This time it's a quickie PowerShell script to list all subnets in all virtual networks in all
subscriptions that have one or more Azure virtual network service endpoints assigned.
...>more(less)
By: Alex Neihaus  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Background Jobs in PowerShell 7 (tfl09.blogspot.com)
With PowerShell 7, you have the option of running a job using either PowerShell 7 (ie the default)
or using Windows PowerShell 5.1.
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By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get All The Aliases by Cmdlet in PowerShell (kpatnayakuni.com)
You can get the alias by name using Get-Alias with -Name parameter.
By: Kiran Patnayakuni  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Jump Start: PowerShell Remoting (networkadm.in)
PowerShell remoting is a method you can use to connect securely to many machines with very little
effort. Using remoting, a user can quickly query information or deploy a change to multiple computers without ever having to login via a GUI or RDP. Here's a collection of content I have created on PowerShell remoting that you can use to learn how to configure and use PowerShell remoting:
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Remoting Kerberos Double Hop Solved Securely (docs.microsoft.com)
Are you facing issues with PowerShell remoting and credentials? You remote into your jump box, but
then any remoting beyond there gets a big red ACCESS DENIED. Maybe you've tried CredSSP, but people say that isn't safe. Read today's post for a completely legit, secure, safe, and easy way to enable Kerberos double hop for PowerShell remoting.
...>more(less)
By: Ashley McGlone  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Printer-Remapper (github.com)
Deletes network printers & their corresponding printer drivers, & then re-installs the printers
By: Justin Lund  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSGalleryExplorer: Search, explore, and discover PowerShell Gallery modules (github.com)
PSGalleryExplorer is a PowerShell module that lets you search, explore, and discover PowerShell
Gallery modules based on various criteria.
...>more(less)
By: Jake Morrison  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSpanner: Simple Network Scanner (reddit.com)
The idea was a simple, lightweight scanner that can be used as an alternative to tools like nmap.
By: secrascol  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Securing Windows with PowerShell Training (sans.org)
You will leave this course ready to start writing your own PowerShell scripts to help secure your
Windows environment. It's easy to find Windows security checklists, but how do you automate those changes across thousands of machines? How do you safely run scripts on many remote boxes? In this course you will learn not just Windows and Active Directory security, but how to manage security using PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Jason Fossen  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition (manning.com)
Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition is an end-to-end revision of the definitive guide to
PowerShell. Written by language designer Bruce Payette and MVP Richard Siddaway, this rich book offers a crystal-clear introduction to the language along with its essential everyday use cases. Beyond the basics, you'll find detailed examples on deep topics like performance, module architecture, and parallel execution.
...>more(less)
By: Bruce Payette and Richard Siddaway  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Learn Something Cool Every Day (reddit.com)

By: u/kewlxhobbs  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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January 21, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Active Directory: Find users based on Attributes and add them to a Group with PowerShell (sid-500.com)
Active Directory objects are usually stored in organizational units. Sometimes these organizational
units don't refer to the site where the users work.
(+)(-)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Behind the PowerShell Pipeline (jdhitsolutions.com)
Last week I made some passing references on Twitter to a new project I am working on this year. I
thought I'd take a little time to explain it and hopefully entice a few of you into joining me.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



For those that work in IT Admin, what are the key Powershell Commands that every admin should know? (reddit.com)
A great discuss on r/PowerShell about what cmdlets to learn
By: u/mrEnigma86  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting new Secure App Model tokens (cyberdrain.com)
Since I've released CIPP I've been getting a load of questions about the Secure Application Model,
one of the most common occurrences happens to be that users somehow don't get their tokens setup completely, and need to retrieve these again.
(+)(-)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Just been asked to try to speed up a PowerShell loop (twitter.com)
notice how much slower Get-Date is than using -as or a cast. Using -as also has the advantage that
it doesn't error with bad date format it just returns $null which you can check for. Use TryParseExact for non-standard ones
(+)(-)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring battery health (cyberdrain.com)
This one was requested by several users for a while, I added this to some script libraries but never
actually released it on the blog so I figured it's a good way to get back into blogging.
(+)(-)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



When PowerShellGet v1 fails to install the NuGet Provider (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Recently there's been a number of users who have encountered a particular bug with PowerShellGet
1.0.0.1 in Windows PowerShell. This bug occurs when you try to to use a PowerShellGet cmdlet that is dependent on PackageManagement, including cmdlets such as Find-Module, Install-Module, Save-Module, etc.
(+)(-)
By: Amber Erickson  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Audit-UserShare (github.com)
Need to find all old user accounts who have home directories? How about old directories that have no
user?
(+)(-)
By: Foyerr  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Sentinel-Queries/Device-PowershellConnectingtoInternet.kql (github.com)
Find users that are connecting to internet endpoints via PowerShell commands
By: reprise99  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Lets Chat: PowerShell Getting Started EP1 – YouTube (youtube.com)
This the first video in a series on how to learn to code with PowerShell. The goal of this series is
to slowly ramp things up over time but we'll start with an assumption that you're here with little to no programming, or PowerShell knowledge.
(+)(-)
By: JordanTheItGuy  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

PowerShell Painting (tommymaynard.com)
Sorry this was just too cute not to share!
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 22, 2021

Announcements!

Azure PowerShell v5.4 release notes (docs.microsoft.com)
This minor release includes several updates for Azure Network, please consider upgrading your
environments.
...>more(less)
By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.0.4 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Check out the latest LTS version of PowerShell Core
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A 2020 Year End Review and 2021 Directions (powershell.anovelidea.org)
Dave's summary of 2020, including the Bad and the Good, and what he hopes for 2021.
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



A Powershell Template For Creating The Perfect Function (thesysadminchannel.com)
Anytime I'm writing a new Powershell script I always find my self scratching my head trying to
recall the exact syntax inside the parameter block. Even though I've created hundreds of scripts in my day, I always use a template because its much easier. Today I'm going to share with the exact Powershell template I use when creating my Powershell Scripts.
...>more(less)
By: Paul Contreras  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Cool little PowerShell tip (twitter.com)
The tilde character (~) is shorthand notation for the current user's home folder.
By: David Goldman  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to use PowerShell to Check if a File Exists (Examples) (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you use PowerShell to create, read, update, and delete files? If so, you've probably experienced
errors when the target files don't exist or already exist. Lucky for you, there are ways in PowerShell to check if a file exists before doing anything to it.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



In-Depth Guide to Building a PowerShell Pipeline in Azure DevOps (adamtheautomator.com)
Did you know you can natively run scripts like PowerShell in Azure DevOps (AzDo) pipelines creating
a PowerShell pipeline? By using the tips and techniques you'll learn in this article, you'll be well on your way to scripting your way to automation greatness.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring WVD availability (cyberdrain.com)
We're in the middle of WVD deployment at my MSP. This client is located all over the world and
needed an easy way to manage virtual desktops over many regions. This deployment actually got me thinking about how monitoring the WVD environment should be done.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Easily Enable End Users to Manage Active Directory Users with PowerShell GUI (thelazyadministrator.com)
Recently I got a request to find a way to let managers or Human Resources the ability to modify
basic user attributes in Active Directory. Like anyone else, I presented the idea of using RSAT to let them modify users in ADUC or ADAC. This was not an ideal solution because ADUC can become overwhelming to someone that isn't technical. They wanted something that was extremely basic, easy to follow and work in without any guidance or instructions, and did not show the user anything else that they could not modify or needed to see.
...>more(less)
By: Brad Wyatt  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Introducing Bicep PowerShell Module (blog.ivemo.se)
Lately I've been spending a lot of time creating a bunch of Bicep modules that I re-use in my
templates over and over again. When I've spent a couple of hours coding I usually end up with a folder containing multiple .bicep files that I need to compile running bicep build. But since bicep build doesn't have a --all switch or support wildcard characters on Windows (on OSX/Linux you can run bicep build *.bicep), I started using a simple PowerShell function to compile all .bicep files in a folder instead of compiling them one by one. After a couple of days using the function it escalated with more features and I decided to put together a PowerShell module that wraps Bicep CLI and share it with the community. And that's how the Bicep PowerShell Module was born.
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By: Stefan Ivemo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Introducing the Office 365 for IT Pros GitHub Repository (office365itpros.com)
It can be hard to become fluent in PowerShell, especially when working with a service where multiple
modules (all with their own kinks) are used. However, PowerShell is very approachable and it's surprising what you can do with just a couple of lines of code. Working examples are great learning tools to help PowerShell newcomers (and maybe experienced coders) come up with solutions to problems. A couple of years ago, we created the Office 365 for IT Pros GitHub repository. Since then, we've been populating the repository with PowerShell scripts created to illustrate new features or to demonstrate how to approach solving an administrative problem in an Office 365 tenant. The repository currently holds a collection of 81 scripts.
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By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Set-DesktopBackgroundColorByComputerName (reddit.com)
Yes it does exactly what it says: changes the desktop background color! With a minor nuance: RGB
colors are derived from the $env:COMPUTERNAME, so the colors would be different for each computer, but it would be the same color for the same computer name each time the script is ran.
...>more(less)
By: u/poshftw  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

PowerShell Brickset Module: Updated for API v3 and PS 7.1 (jonathanmedd.net)
Brickset recently updated their API to v3 and stopped supporting the previous API v2. After
receiving a number of requests to update my PowerShell module for Brickset , (which was developed against v2 and consequently had stopped working), both via a GitHub issue and some direct contact (including, surprisingly to me, internal email at work) I decided I'd better put some effort into updating it.
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By: Jonathan Medd  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 24, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Four commands to help you track down insecure LDAP Bindings before March 2020 (evotec.xyz)
In March 2020, Microsoft will release its monthly updates. With those updates, Microsoft will
disable insecure LDAP Bindings, which is going to break a lot of your systems (hopefully not). But this was already communicated, and you know all about it, right? If not, you should read those two articles that can help you with understanding what is happening and when.
...>more(less)
By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Send email from PowerShell with SendGrid (4bes.nl)
My previous blogpost described how you can use Logic Apps to send emails from a PowerShell script.
While this is a great tool, I want to show you an alternative method that might be more suitable if you have to handle a large volume of email. In this post, I will show you how to send email from PowerShell with SendGrid.
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By: Barbara 4bes  submitted:Jun 15 2022



What does $_. mean in PowerShell? (techgenix.com)
If you follow my work on this site, then you know that I write a whole lot of PowerShell-related
content. One of the expressions that I tend to use in my PowerShell scripts on a regular basis is dollar sign underscore dot, (or $_.). Recently, I had someone ask me what those characters meant, and I realized that I have never really taken the time to explain the significance of this series of characters, or why they are used so frequently. So I want to take the opportunity to do that now.
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By: Brien Posey  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Microsoft Graph PowerShell Preview – Now on PowerShell Gallery – Microsoft 365 Developer Blog (developer.microsoft.com)
The Microsoft Graph PowerShell Preview 0.1.1 is now available on the PowerShell Gallery.
By: Darrel Miller  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Monitoring Active Directory with the PowerShell module PSADHealth (4sysops.com)
The toolkit is a collection of scripts and tools that check the internal pieces of Active Directory
so you don't have to. It is not a replacement for tools already in place such as DCDiag. Instead, this toolkit comprises tools that my co-writers and I have found nowhere else. The goal of this module is to enable you to know when the core pieces of Active Directory aren't working as expected so you can take action.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 15 2022



TooManySecrets Module (github.com)
This module is useful for storing and retrieving passwords and secrets in Azure Key Vaults. This
allows for passwords and secrets to be shared among users via Azure AD authentication and policies with the relatively inexpensive Azure Key Vault resource. While communications are always encrypted and stored securely when working with the Azure Key Vault, further security can be utilized to independantly encrypting the passwords before they are transmitted to Azure.
...>more(less)
By: Kit  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Shell of an Idea – The Untold History of PowerShell (leanpub.com)
Introduced in 2006, Microsoft's PowerShell made an immediate, positive impact on its server products
and in the lives of the people who administer them. The world's first object-oriented shell, the first designed-from-scratch shell for the Windows operating system, and now a cross-platform management shell, PowerShell's technical achievement is significant. It's easy to look at where PowerShell is today, and not realize or remember the long and sometimes-difficult road it took to get there.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The PowerShell News Podcast Episode 025 – Interview with Jason Helmick of Microsoft (powershellnews.podbean.com)
In this episode, we interview Jason Helmick discussing PowerShell 7, the MVP Summit, the PowerShell
and DevOps Global Summit, and much more.
...>more(less)
By: Mick Pletcher & Harjit Dhaliwal  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

What are Some Obsure PowerShell Cmdlets that are Useful when Learned? (reddit.com)
A great thread on Reddit about some hidden gems you may not be aware of.
By: u/ImprovingPiano  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Where-Object is “Adverb-Noun”; does not conform to “Verb-Noun” (reddit.com)
Many of you will hate me for littering the subreddit with this one, but anyone else ever notice
this? I wonder why they didn't use "Filter-Object" instead, since it's actually a verb...
...>more(less)
By: u/taylorblakeharris  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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January 28, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Difference between GetTempFileName() and GetRandomFileName() that got my ass kicked (evotec.xyz)
Today's story is about me making assumptions on how things work based on the method's name.
By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How To Connect To Microsoft Graph API Using PowerShell (thesysadminchannel.com)
Microsoft has confirmed on multiple occasions that the Azure AD Graph Endpoint is deprecated and
will fully be decommissioned on June 30, 2022.
(+)(-)
By: Paul Contreras  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Multiplatform reading EXIF data in Powershell 7 (reddit.com)
I am attempting to get EXIF metadata using a Powershell 7 script
By: u/_ReeX_  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Only One Join-Path Is Needed (nocolumnname.blog)
Learning from my mistakes aka Failing Up
By: Shane O'Neill  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using PowerShell with $PSStyle (4sysops.com)
PowerShell 7.2 introduced the automatic variable $PSStyle for a new feature called PSAnsiRendering.
In this post, I show you how you can use ANSI rendering to control text decorations, such as color and font styling, in PowerShell.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Want to “tail” a text file in real-time? (twitter.com)
Get-Content (alias gc) will do it
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



When PowerShellGet v1 fails to install the NuGet Provider (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Recently there's been a number of users who have encountered a particular bug with PowerShellGet
1.0.0.1 in Windows PowerShell. This bug occurs when you try to to use a PowerShellGet cmdlet that is dependent on PackageManagement
(+)(-)
By: Amber Erickson  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

BicepDev (github.com)
Functions to support and speed up development of Bicep templates
By: justacurley  submitted:Jun 16 2022



MCW-Backup (github.com)
A Powershell script that automate the process of create backups for your Minecraft worlds, both
Bedrock and Java Edition on Windows.
(+)(-)
By: Kevin Luna  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Open Source YouTube PowerShell Module (github.com)
A PowerShell module to manage YouTube content.
By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



OSDCloud Sandbox for OSD Windows Autopilot is ready to go (osdcloud.com)
OSDCloud Sandbox is created to simplify the WinPE and OOBE OSD process. This is a new concept based
on PSCloudScript
(+)(-)
By: David Segura  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Making a “choose your own adventure” game in PowerShell (reddit.com)
Questions around creating your own game in PowerShell
By: u/FlaccoPastorius  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 29, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

An Active Directory Change Report from PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
A few days ago I posted some PowerShell code that you could use to be alerted when things changed in
Active Directory. The code used PowerShell and CIM events to notify you, for example, when a new user account is created. This can be helpful when you need alerting. But perhaps you only need reporting. What has changed in Active Directory since a given date and time, such as in the last 24 hours? And wouldn't it be nice to have a pretty report? Let me help. Here's how I approached the prob lem using PowerShell and the ActiveDirectory module.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Code coverage for PowerShell module development (robstr.dev)
In this particular blog, we're going to explore how to create code coverage metrics and
automatically send the results to the service codecov.io, which in turn will present the results so that we can see change over time.
...>more(less)
By: Roberth Strand  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Empty Windows recycle bin with PowerShell (thomasmaurer.ch)
Windows has the concept of the recycle bin, from which you can restore files you have deleted. You
might want to clear the Windows recycle bin from time to time, to remove unnecessary files and free up space. You can do that using the Windows user interface, or you can empty the Windows recycle bin using PowerShell. The Clear-RecycleBin is a simple PowerShell cmdlet, which removes the file from the Windows recycle bin.
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By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting insights into the utilization of SQL Server licenses on Azure to optimize cost (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Here is a single PowerShell script to get insights into the utilization of SQL Server licenses on
all of your Azure subscriptions to optimize cost...
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By: Sasha Nosov  submitted:Jun 16 2022



I finished a script for work but I’m not comfortable showing it to others, what can I do to make it look professional? (reddit.com)
A great thread on r/PowerShell about making your scripts look professional.
By: u/bei60  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Remoting: The Ultimate Guide (adamtheautomator.com)
In this Ultimate Guide, you will go deep into PSRemoting. You'll learn what it is, how it works, and
all of the various technologies that make PSRemoting work. This guide will not cover how to use PSRemoting. You'll see plenty of references to many of our how-to guides throughout.
...>more(less)
By: Tyler Muir  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

BicepPowerShell (github.com)
This is the repo for the Bicep PowerShell Module.
By: Stefan Ivemo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



JustinGrote.Microsoft.Graph.Extensions (github.com)
Just pushed my Microsoft Graph extensions to the PowerShell Gallery. Includes the Azure Az module
single-sign-on, a search fix, and some additional "proxy" cmdlets that can be used as examples for making more "friendly" ones.
...>more(less)
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



OSD 21.1.28.2 (powershellgallery.com)
When we get a new computer model at the office, we always try to capture a Full Flash Image. I got
tired of my team having to look up the DISM command line (no PowerShell equiv), so I thought I would write a new function to add to the OSD Module
...>more(less)
By: David Segura  submitted:Jun 16 2022



powershell-protect (github.com)
Audit and block PowerShell scripts in your Windows environment.
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PsCommandDiscovery (github.com)
Find-PowerShellCommand goes a step beyond. It takes a simple keyword from you. Just make sure the
keyword describes either the command you are looking for, or the information you want to get.
...>more(less)
By: Dr. Tobias Weltner  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PShot (osdeploy.com)
PShot is a PowerShell Module to take screenshots that works in Windows 10 and WinPE 10. PowerShell
version 5+ and .NET 4.0 are required
...>more(less)
By: David Segura  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Test-Driven Development by Example, Using PowerShell (devingleasonlambert.medium.com)
This is my first entry in a series of book reviews of the book Test-Driven Development by Example,
written by Kent Beck. However I've added a twist, as I will be attempting to do the examples using Powershell.
...>more(less)
By: Devin Gleason-Lambert  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

PowerShell Unplugged – Challenge Edition (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
PowerShell is more than just a management and configuration framework - it's the one tool, the glue,
for managing, configuring, and automating your servers and services. Are you responsible for managing servers on-premises? No problem. How about managing resources in the cloud for Windows or Linux? Why not both! Don't believe us? Let World renowned inventor of PowerShell, Jeffrey Snover, and his side-kick Jason Helmick bareknuckle challenge each other to a PowerShell expose of management and configuration. You are not going to want to miss this!
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By: Jeffrey Snover & Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 3, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automatically remind users to update iOS with e-mails and custom notifications using Microsoft Intune Powershell SDK (imab.dk)
The story here is, that iOS is getting updates quite frequently, and a lot of enterprises (including
myself), are managing those iOS devices as private BYOD devices enrolled through the Company Portal. As of such, keeping the devices up to date is the end-user's responsibility and something that's often forgotten and neglected. So what if we could send those devices and users a kind reminder automatically, both as a custom notification directly on the device, but also as an e-mail? Microsoft Intune Powershell SDK to the rescue!
...>more(less)
By: Martin Bengtsson  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Building a better Group Policy backup with Powershell (networkadm.in)
The PowerShell script I discuss in this post creates a Group Policy backup in a different way than
with the Backup-GPO cmdlet of the Group Policy module. With my function, it will be much easier to identify the correct Group Policy Object (GPO) in case you have to restore Group Policy settings.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Starting Windows 10 “Store App” from the command line (answers.microsoft.com)
Store Apps are MS's "latest and greatest" take on application programming, primarily run from the
Windows 10 start menu. So they MUST be easy to start. Not so much. They are designed to be started from the start menu only. Even with a shortcut on the desktop you DO NOT have enough information to create the required command line.
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By: Rohn007  submitted:Jun 15 2022



What Is SHA-256 and How To Calculate In PowerShell (poftut.com)
Hash algorithms are the heart of the cryptography and security. SHA-256 is a Secure Hash Algorithm
which will generate an output hash value in 256 bit. SHA-256 is designed by the National Security Agency (NSA). SHA-256 is one of the cryptographic hash functions. SHA-256 is also named one-way function where the generated hash value cannot be reversed theoretically. This makes SHA-256 very useful for password validation, challenge hash authentication, anti-tamper, digital signatures, X.509, SSL/TLS certificates etc.
...>more(less)
By: Ismail Baydan  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

GetVulnerableGPO (github.com)
PowerShell script to find 'vulnerable' security-related GPOs that should be hardened
By: Darren Mar-Elia  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Merging, splitting and creating PDF files (reddit.com)
It's that time of the year where this will be my last blog post and module for 2019. I had this
ready for a few weeks already but wanted to fix some minor bugs that were bugging me just a bit too much. I was thinking that it would be great to add a new PSWrite module into my portfolio so today I'm adding (officially) PSWritePDF.
...>more(less)
By: u/MadBoyEvo  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PS-Remote-Support (github.com)
PowerShell Script for Remote Support & Administration. This script assists with user & computer
administration, launching programs, & remote troubleshooting.
...>more(less)
By: Justin Lund  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Script to Install Chromium Based Edge from Intune (wpninjas.ch)
Be prepared the Chromium based Edge will be released in January
By: Thomas Kurth  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Notebook Module – YouTube (youtube.com)
Let's you automate PowerShell Notebooks with PowerShell at the command line, exports to Excel and
more.
...>more(less)
By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The Pester Book (leanpub.com)
Learn all about Pester, the testing framework for PowerShell.
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Utilities: Command Line Utilities + PowerShell with Ryan Leap – YouTube (youtube.com)
Command-line utilities are great. But they don't follow PowerShell patterns. They don't produce
objects and they don't support the pipeline. They output to the console and that's the end of the line. Or is it? Learn how you can bring the benefits of PowerShell to your command-line utilities.
...>more(less)
By: Ryan Leap  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Made a PSCore wallpaper (reddit.com)

By: u/-croz  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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January 30, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

EntraFIDOFinder: New Web UI and Over 70 New Authenticators (clatent.com)
By: Clayton Tyger
You read that right, over 70 new authenticators are now approved for Entra Attestation and have been
add to the web ui and the PowerShell module! I knew they had to be holding back after these last few updates. Also I've updated the web UI and curious of your thoughts.
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How to Control Access to Entra Multi-Tenant Apps (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
Entra multi-tenant applications can be used by any tenant - unless you restrict sign-in audiences to
permit only specific tenants to use the application. In this article, we explain the preview feature and use the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to restrict sign-in audiences by defining a list of permitted tenant identifiers in the properties of multi-tenant applications.
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Intune Win32 PowerShell Installer Type (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
This month, Microsoft re-released PowerShell as a command-line option for Intune Win32 packages,
making it easy to update the installation script without recreating the IntuneWin package. In this blog post, I will show you how it works.
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Quick Tip – Enable vTPM on Hyper-V VMs (deploymentresearch.com)
By: Johan Arwidmark
Here is a quick PowerShell script to enable vTPM on one or more VMs in Hyper-V. Here is a quick
PowerShell script to enable vTPM on one or more VMs in Hyper-V.
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Stop Configuration Drift in Microsoft 365 Using the new Configuration Management API’s – A Deep Dive (thelazyadministrator.com)
By: Brad Wyatt
Microsoft has released into public preview a new set of APIs that enable administrators to monitor
and alert on configuration changes across one or more tenants, spanning multiple Microsoft 365 workloads, including:
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Configure default fonts in Outlook (classic) with PowerShell and Microsoft Intune (imab.dk)
By: Martin Bengtsson
Introduction In my previous post, I shared a PowerShell template for managing registry settings via
Microsoft Intune Remediations. The script handles both HKCU and HKLM, supports all registry types, and works on Microsoft Entra ID and hybrid joined devices.
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DeployR – Backing up your Task Sequences and Content. (garytown.com)
By: Gary Blok
In this post I'll be going a bit deeper into a Script I wrote to help backup specific things. I
created it so I can transfer specific things from one environment to another without having to backup everything.
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Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: Measure-Command For Optimizing Your Code (youtube.com)
By: Matthew Dowst
Measure-Command is the fastest way to find out how long a command actually takes, so you can stop
guessing and start optimizing with receipts. We will time a few real scripts, compare approaches, and learn how to avoid misleading results.
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Understanding PowerShell Output (youtube.com)
By: Andrew Pla Tech
Tara returns for her second PowerShell lesson. She's already learned the 3 core commands: Get-Help,
Get-Command, and Get-Member.
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Community

Stop Trying So Hard and Start Automating Smarter with Jake Hildreth (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Principal Security Consultant and community favorite Jake Hildreth returns to The PowerShell Podcast
to talk about building smarter automation, leveling up through community, and creating tools that solve real problems. Andrew shares his "stop trying so hard" theme for the year, how working smarter applies directly to scripting and security, and why getting involved with others is one of the fastest ways to grow in your career.
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Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
By: PowerShell.org
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA

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January 31, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Creating PowerShell GUIs in Minutes using Visual Studio (foxdeploy.com)
This post is part of the Learning GUI Toolmaking Series, here on FoxDeploy.
By: Stephen Owen  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Ten ways of contributing to PowerShell on GitHub (joskw.gitbook.io)
I found the documentation on how to contribute to PowerShell/PowerShell a bit daunting. The more
links I followed, the more detailed and complex everything got. At that point I felt I was not ready to contribute. But eventually, I did. And I realized there may be more people willing to contribute to PowerShell, but don't know where to start, and there does not seem to be a guide of how to do so in an easy way. Also, there are ways to contribute apart from writing C# code.
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By: Jos Koelewijn  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The PowerShell foreach Loop: Examples, Demos and Learning (adamtheautomator.com)
When you first begin writing PowerShell scripts, you'll inevitably come to a place where you need to
process multiple items from a collection. It is then you will need to dig into PowerShell foreach loops and learn what they're all about.
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By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Unit testing in PowerShell, introduction to Pester (dev.to)
When people (at least IT people) thinks about PowerShell, they think about some magic commands and
maybe about some scripts and sometime more. PowerShell is more than that. It's not only a sequential programming language it's also a functional language. You can create functions and modules, but not only you can use it as configuration management with DSC and other tools, you can use it in serverless platforms like AWS Lambda or Azure Functions, you can build cloud solutions either on Azure or AWS. You can build complete solutions with PowerShell.
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By: Olivier Miossec  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Keep AWS CLI on Windows up to date! (github.com)
Compares the currently installed version to the latest version. Downloads and installs the latest
version if an outdated version is detected.
...>more(less)
By: Tyler Applebaum  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Monitor Scheduled Tasks (github.com)
We were having some odd problems with Scheduled Tasks, just not running when scheduled etc... I'm
pretty sure it was due to permissions. But that didn't stop me from writing something to monitor them! The script loops through all scheduled tasks and if it finds Tasks that haven't run in a day and aren't disabled, it will log it to a array, and then send off a email HTML Chart with relevant information.
...>more(less)
By: Mr Carter  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSScriptTools (github.com)
This PowerShell module contains a number of functions you might use to enhance your own functions
and scripts. The Samples folder contains demonstration script files.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Update-WallpaperFromWindowsSpotlight.ps1 (gist.github.com)
Script to update your wallpaper to match what is on the Lockscreen Windows Spotlight.
By: Shannon Brooks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book (leanpub.com)
Learn the patterns, practices, and details of PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking from the
industry's two most recognized experts on the subject.
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By: Don Jones and Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Pop up a SimCity-style PowerShell loading screen (reddit.com)

By: u/weebsnore  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Protip: from Adam for module developers (twitter.com)

By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Sneak Preview of my #Powershell 7: Best Foot Forward Presentation. (twitter.com)
A pretty cool graphic listing the new features in PowerShell 7.
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Watch out #PowerShell community, we have an up and comer! (twitter.com)
Too cute not to share.
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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January 7, 2022

Announcements!

What are your best Posh tips & tricks? (twitter.com)
Awesome Twitter thread
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating SonarCloud with PowerShell (jonathanmedd.net)
Part 3 Onboarding a User
By: Jonathan Medd  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Discovering Pester Tags with the PowerShell AST (jdhitsolutions.com)
As I resolved at the end of last year, I am doing more with Pester in 2022. I'm getting a bit more
comfortable with Pester 5 and as my tests grow in complexity I am embracing the use of tags. You can add tags to different Pester test elements.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Perform Active Directory security assessment using PowerShell (4sysops.com)
My Active Directory security assessment script pulls important security facts from Active Directory
and generates nicely viewable reports in HTML format by highlighting the spots that require attention. The script manipulates user data using facts collected with benchmark values.
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By: Krishnamoorthi Gopal  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What career or jobs can I use PowerShell most effectively with? (reddit.com)
It seems like the one the continually comes up is sysadmin however, are there other positions that
could use it?
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By: u/redditacct320  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

BuildM365Apps.ps1 (github.com)
Set up #M365 Apps with a single script
By: Gary Blok  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Log4ShellDetection (github.com)
This is written in PowerShell, targets Windows, and is meant to find Log4Shell vulnerabilities
wherever they may be
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By: Ryan Ephgrave  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Investigating WMI Backdoors in Windows With Loki Yara Scanner | TryHackMe Investigating Windows 2.0 – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video walk-through, we covered investigating a compromised Windows machine with WMI
Backdoors. This was part of TryHackMe Investigating Windows 2.0 lab.
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By: Motasem Hamdan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Jumpstart: PowerShell Learning Resources (networkadm.in)
Some people prefer books, others prefer blogs, some prefer videos and some prefer interactive tools.
I have put together a list of resources you can use a reference for places to learn and practice PowerShell.
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By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Play Wordle, the Puzzle Game Using PowerShell (thelazyadministrator.com)
I recently came across a NYTimes article talking about a new game called, 'Wordle.' If you are not
familiar with the game, its a text-based game where you have 6 tries to guess the word. Letters in a Gray box are not letters found in the word. Letters in a Yellow box are found in the word, but are in the incorrect spot. And finally, letters in a Green box are in the word and in the correct location.
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By: Brad Wyatt  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 8, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Durable Functions for PowerShell (4bes.nl)
I have written before about how you can start working with Azure PowerShell functions and how you
can connect to a storage queue and CosmosDB. For this post, we will see how you can use PowerShell in Durable functions. This functionality has been in public preview since August 2020. While some documentation is available, I want to focus on a practical example. This will be a bit of a step-by-step guide on how you can create your own Azure PowerShell Durable functions.
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By: Barbara 4bes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How To Export and Backup Azure Policy Definitions (charbelnemnom.com)
In this article, I will share with you how to export and backup Azure Policy definitions with
PowerShell.
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By: Charbel Nemnom  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to get the Xbox Series X (reddit.com)
Xbox series X were sold out everywhere. Powershell to the rescue. Wrote up a powershell script to
alert me the instant it showed "In Stock" online. After finally getting alerted and purchasing online, within one minute they were already sold out. Just picked it up today. Gotta be smarter than the competition.
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By: u/eldridgephotography  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Store passwords on Azure Key Vault and retrieve them with PowerShell (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you how to store your passwords (like BIOS password) on Azure key vault,
then retrieve them from PowerShell.
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By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Understanding REST Web Services in PowerShell (community.idera.com)
There are many different types of web services, and PowerShell can access many of them using
Invoke-RestMethod. Here is a quick intro to get you started.
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By: Idera  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Az.SecurityInsights 0.1.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Azure Sentinel cmdlets in Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core.
Allows managing and monitoring the security posture of your resources.
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Basics of Powershell For Pentesters (Video) (youtube.com)
In this video walkthrough, we demonstrated the basics of PowerShell scripting language and how to
conduct basic enumeration for the windows system. The machine is part of tryhackme room: hacking with powershell
...>more(less)
By: Motasem Hamdan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSTeachingTools: A set of commands and tools for teaching PowerShell (github.com)
Major update to my PSTeachingTools module. Now with a true demo object.
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Believe it or not, (twitter.com)
PowerShell can help you with your resolutions:
By: Steven Judd  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Iron Scripter (ironscripter.us)
A PowerShell Conversion Challenge
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 10, 2020

Announcements!

Find-Cmdlet (find-cmdlet.com)
A search engine for PowerShell cmdlets
By: u/mrmonday  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.1.0-preview.5 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Note: The MSIX is currently blocked by other factors external to the PS team. We're waiting on a
solution before we can ship another MSIX. In the meantime, please use the MSI packages.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Active Directory Help Desk – Computer Report (ironmansoftware.com)
In this blog post, we will look at how to create a scheduled script to collect some information
about computers in our Active Directory domain. Then, we will update our dashboard and take advantage of the charting capabilities of Universal Dashboard to show the information in an easy to digest manner.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Did you know the PowerShell split method has a ‘MaxSubString’ parameter? (twitter.com)
If you specify .split('.',2) it'll split the string at the first two and then stop.
By: Jess Pomfret  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Generate a DHCP Report Via PowerShell (spiderzebra.com)
Today we are going to look at how to generate a DHCP scope statistics HTML report by using
PowerShell. This report will give you one location to see all of your DHCP scope statistics across all of your Windows DHCP servers. It will dynamically pull the DHCP servers and associated DHCP scopes within your Active Directory domain. This report will help you keep an eye on the usage of all of your DHCP scopes so you can prevent scopes from filling up. With this PowerShell script there is no need to import a list of DHCP servers or hard code them in a variable. I recommend setting this up as a recurring scheduled task so that the report runs without the need for manual intervention.
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By: SpiderZebra  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Manage Hyper-V VM Checkpoints with PowerShell (thomasmaurer.ch)
In this blog post we are going to have a look at how you can create, manage, apply, and remove VM
Checkpoints in Hyper-V using PowerShell. Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) checkpoints are one of the great benefits of virtualization. Before Windows Server 2012 R2, they were known as virtual machine snapshots. VM Checkpoints in Hyper-V allow you to save the system state of a VM to a specific time and then revert back to that state if you need to. This is great if you are testing software and configuration changes, or if you have a demo environment, which you want to reset.
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By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Python in PowerShell (cloudskills.io)
We see a ton of articles and posts about getting started in PowerShell to Python, but how about from
Python to PowerShell? In this blog post, you will get a hands-on approach at Python-ing in PowerShell. We will go over basics of how to run commands and scripts then get into logic and loops.
...>more(less)
By: Michael Levan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal: The Ultimate Guide (adamtheautomator.com)
In this Ultimate Guide, you're going to learn about one of the best consoles around for developers;
the Windows Terminal. You're going to get a full rundown of nearly all features of Windows Terminal and learn how it can help you get things on Windows at the command line.
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By: Chris Blackden  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Discovering Chocolatey with Stephen Valdinger (youtube.com)
Discovering Chocolatey, with Stephen Valdinger, software management on Windows' secret weapon. We'll
discuss what chocolatey is, software management automation, and dive into working with choco. Stop deploying software the hard way!
...>more(less)
By: Denver PowerShell User Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Making Your First Module (youtube.com)
Mike Kanakos walks the SoCal PowerShell User Group through the PowerShell module authoring process
step by step to get you started on writing your own modules.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Tutorial – CH10 – HashTables (youtube.com)
Access a hash table value by key. Creating a Hash Table. Add a key value pair to hash table. Remove
a key value pair from hash table. Enumerating through keys and Key-Value Pairs
...>more(less)
By: TeachJing  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

How to Add Voice to Your PowerShell Scripts (adamtheautomator.com)
One of PowerShell's core design principles is to allow the end-user to jump right in with little to
no shell experience and hit the ground running. However, PowerShell can let you get creative too. For example, did you know you can call upon the .NET classes library in Windows to enhance your PowerShell experience? One of those ways is to use .NET to teach PowerShell how to speak to you!
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By: Francisco Navarro  submitted:Jun 16 2022



My new PowerShell stickers arrived already! (twitter.com)
I'm covering the costs for these so can't send them out individually. If you run a #PowerShell user
group, reply here and we can work out how I can send some.
...>more(less)
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell/Chibi_Avatar.png (github.com)
New chibi version of the avatar
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 10, 2026

Announcements!

Pester v 6.0.0 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Pester Team
The latest version of Pester, a test and mock framework for PowerShell, has been released.

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Build Tiny11 ISO for Windows 11 26H2 (fdaytalk.com)
By: Sheshidhar
Tiny11 is a community-modified version of Windows 11 that strips out unnecessary apps and services.
This guide shows how to get a verified Tiny11 ISO for Windows 11 26H2, either by downloading a prebuilt release or building one yourself from an official Microsoft ISO.
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Make Your Test Data Less Boring with M365Mutator (office365itpros.com)
By: Paul Robichaux
M365Mutator is a small open-source tool that generates realistic activity across multiple workloads
in Microsoft 365, such as Entra ID, Mailbox, Calendar, OneDrive, and SharePoint. It can be used to test scenarios against Microsoft 365 data without polluting a production tenant.
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Migrate from EWS to Microsoft Graph API (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Adam Bertram
Move EWS mailbox automation to Microsoft Graph with a practical inventory, permissions, PowerShell
SDK, and cutover validation checklist.
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Stop Rewriting Your AI Scripts Every Time a New Model Wins (dfinke.github.io)
By: Doug Finke
PSAISuite is a PowerShell module that provides a single, practical command surface for working
across multiple GenAI providers. It allows you to ask questions and get answers without having to rewrite your scripts every time a new model wins.
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Using the PowerShell Webserver Module (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
This article introduces the PowerShell Webserver Module, a module that allows users to start a web
server without installing IIS or other similar web servers.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Az v 16.1.0 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Microsoft
The latest version of PowerShell for Microsoft Azure, featuring improved cmdlets for developers and
administrators.
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DSInternals v 7.1 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Michael Grafnetter
The DSInternals PowerShell Module exposes several internal features of Active Directory. These
include FIDO2 and NGC key auditing, offline ntds.dit file manipulation, password auditing, DC recovery from IFM backups, and password hash calculation.
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How to Check Distribution Lists for Activity Over the Last 90 Days (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
A PowerShell script is provided to check distribution lists for activity over the last 90 days by
fetching historical message trace data and comparing it against each distribution list's primary SMTP address.
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Microsoft.PowerShell.PlatyPS v 1.0.2 (powershellgallery.com)
By: PowerShell team
Generate PowerShell External Help files from Markdown

Community

Building Better SharePoint with PowerShell with Dan Adams (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Dan Adams is a 13-year Microsoft 365 and SharePoint veteran who joined Andrew to talk about the
often misunderstood world of SharePoint, the shift to Microsoft Graph, and his custom PowerShell module built which can assess and benchmark M365 environments. Dan breaks down why SharePoint gets such a bad reputation (spoiler: it's usually about who built it, not the platform), explains why "everything in M365 is SharePoint" isn't just a meme, and digs into how the Microsoft Graph API is changing the way admins interact with the platform. He also shares his experience going from longtime podcast listener to first-time guest, and closes with some honest advice about reaching out to people in the community.
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July 12, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Active Directory Scripts Galore (adamtheautomator.com)
A huge and useful list of Active Directory scripts put together by Adam.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Creating Extensive PowerShell GUI Applications (domruggeri.com)
A great tutorial on creating Powershell applications using Visual Studio
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Sandbox Editor Update (systanddeploy.com)
Windows Sandbox Editor has been update to allow you to generate and edit Windows Sandboxes even
easier and quicker than before.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Active-Directory-CheckList (github.com)
A repo for documents containing curated list of health and (in the future security) checks to be run
against a Windows Active-Directory domain.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



kbupdate (github.com)
Download and view updates from the Microsoft Catalog from PowerShell
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



POSHGUI (poshgui.com)
Need to create a form with PowerShell ? Here’s a great FREE solution!
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Script to Create an Overview and Full Report of all Group Objects in a Domain (jhouseconsulting.com)
Another classic from the archives. Jeremy’s awesome script for creating a report on all group
objects in AD.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Microsoft Quantum Development Kit (youtu.be)
Take a step into the future with the now Open-Source Microsoft Quantum Dev Kit. Now with an
install-free option, Jupyter Notebooks, Kata hands-on training, VisualStudio 2019 and VSCode integration – even my favorite PowerShell!
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Iron Scripter – Whose Code Will Reign Supreme? (ironscripter.us)
Don’t forget to keep an eye on for an ongoing series of PowerShell challenges. Beginner tests
coming soon.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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July 16, 2021

Announcements!

Windows Terminal Preview 1.10 Released (devblogs.microsoft.com)
It's Windows Terminal release day! This release introduces Windows Terminal Preview to version 1.10
and Windows Terminal will be updated to version 1.9 soon.
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By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Adding a year worth of sprints in Azure DevOps with PowerShell (robstr.dev)
If you are working with Azure DevOps to keep track of your projects, you probably have to deal with
sprints. Depending on the length of your sprints, and the fact that you can bulk add sprints, you probably either end up creating the next sprint during sprint planning or create every sprint manually.
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By: Roberth Strand  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to deploy Azure Automation Runbooks with source control through Azure DevOps (scriptingchris.tech)
I use Azure Automation for orchestrating alot of my Powershell automation. I use it for both my
Azure environment but also my on-premises environment. I find Azure automation to be a great solution for managing and running your automation, instead of having them run on a server with scheduled tasks.
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By: Christian Hoejsager  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to run on-demand AV scanning on a file with MS Defender using Powershell (scriptinglibrary.com)
Last month I've published an article on MS Defender and Nagios, on a similar topic this week I used
the MS Defender Powershell module and wrote a helper function to scan on-demand a file using mpcmd.exe.
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By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Searching for PowerShell with CIM (jdhitsolutions.com)
Yesterday I shared a script that you could use to inventory systems for Windows PowerShell and
PowerShell 7 installations. This should work for most people who install PowerShell 7 with the provided installer. But, as has been pointed out more than once to me, this won't detect any side-loaded or out-of-band installations. I made reference to this in the previous article. I think the best you can do is search the hard drive instances of pwsh.exe. But we don't want to do a brute-force recursive directory search. Instead, I'm going to use Get-CimInstance.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

July 2021 – Azure PowerShell updates (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Starting July 2021, the Azure PowerShell team is making the following adjustments: The Az PowerShell
module will now be released on the first Tuesday of each month. We are releasing an AzPreview PowerShell module that includes all Azure PowerShell modules available and supported by Microsoft.
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By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

A PowerShell Counting Challenge Walk-through (powershell.anovelidea.org)
Learn about the PowerShell concepts of for and foreach loops, ForEach-Object and pipelines, and the
range and modulus operators in this Iron Scripter challenge walk-through.
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By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 17, 2020

Announcements!

Azure PowerShell 4.4.0 Released (powershellgallery.com)
We have added cmdlets to manage Azure Network Virtual Appliance and several updates for Azure
Storage!
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022



v7.0.3 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Available for download and install now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Version 2002 release notes – Configuration Manager (docs.microsoft.com)
Configuration Manager current branch version 1910 is the baseline for these changes.
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Detecting Wired, Wireless, and VPN Connections using PowerShell (deploymentresearch.com)
In a recent customer project we needed to detect whether the clients where connected via Wired,
Wireless (WiFi) and/or VPN. This was a decent sized environment, about 50K clients, with hardware models from both HP, Dell, and Lenovo. The existing code I had did not work across all the hardware, so I reached out to the ConfigMgr community, and got some great tips...
...>more(less)
By: Johan Arwidmark  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Generating Advanced hunting queries with PowerShell (verboon.info)
I was recently writing some advanced hunting queries for Microsoft Defender ATP to search for the
execution of specific PowerShell commands. If you are just looking for one specific command, you can run query as shown below. But if you are looking for several functions, then there is going to be a lot of manual editing, and so the idea was born to use PowerShell to help me generate an advanced hunting query.
...>more(less)
By: Alex Verboon  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Delete Microsoft Teams Cache for All Users via PowerShell (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Sometimes there is a need to delete Microsoft Teams cache to quicken the adoption of an in-band
policy change or simply troubleshoot an issue. The challenge here is that the cache for Microsoft Teams is in multiple directories. This can be done manually but would result in a slow and tedious process. Again, we turn to PowerShell to automate this process and this time it's a one-liner that addresses this opportunity.
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By: Anthony Bartolo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Want to Write Beautiful PowerShell Code? Here’s How. (adamtheautomator.com)
Elegant, beautiful code that's crystal clear to read, easily-manageable and simple to add
functionality to. It's every PowerShell developer's dream. And it's possible.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Automatically set desktop wallpaper to the current spotlight image : PowerShell (reddit.com)
I've been enjoying the images of Spotlight and wanted to have it set as my desktop wallpaper.
Unfortunately this feature isn't built into Windows 10. So... Powershell to the rescue!
...>more(less)
By: u/Otacrow  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-PCUptime (networkadm.in)
Find out how long computers have been running via PowerShell
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSDates (powershellgallery.com)
Shameless self promotion time. PSDates provides a set of tools to help you better work with dates
and times in PowerShell. It contains function to help you find specific date formats, get certain dates based on other dates (first/last day of the month or year, patch Tuesday, etc). I also has functions for working with timezones, unix time, WMI time, crontabs.
...>more(less)
By: Matthew Dowst  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How to Write Scripts that Combine Azure CLI with PowerShell (cloudskills.io)
Most articles that are written, regardless of who writes them, either focus on PowerShell or Azure
CLI. Two of the most popular ways to automate Azure workloads are always presented separately. Why? Azure CLI and PowerShell work well together right out of the box for all Azure services. How can we bring the two automation tools together?
...>more(less)
By: Michael Levan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Module Monday: PSDepend – YouTube (youtube.com)
Module Monday is a video series where I look at a cool PowerShell module every Monday. This Monday,
I looked at PSDepend. PSDepend is a simple dependency handler built on PowerShell. I show how to install various dependencies, how to order dependencies and how to build different types of requirements files.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Are you already an advanced PowerShell user? (forms.microsoft.com)
Take the quiz and find out
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Justin Grote on Twitter: “Did you know? (twitter.com)
Powershell fully supports unicode, meaning you can do fun stuff like this...
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



We’ve all been there (twitter.com)
Demonstrating the use of GIFs on PowerShell toast notifications.
By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 17, 2026

Announcements!

Congrats to all of the renewed MVP (mvp.microsoft.com)
By: Microsoft
Find MVPs in your area
Microsoft postpones Exchange Online PowerShell Credential parameter retirement (4sysops.com)
By: IT News
The deadline for removing the Credential parameter from Exchange Online PowerShell modules has been
extended until December 2026, following community feedback.
(+)(-)
Microsoft to Stop Providing Telephony-Based Authentication Methods for MFA in February 2027 (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
In an important announcement for all tenants, Microsoft revealed that Entra ID will no longer
provide SMS one-time codes or voice calls for MFA challenges after February 1, 2027. Tenants can continue to use telephony-based authentication methods after that date, but only by purchasing a service from a telecom provider. This is arguably the biggest change in Entra ID authentication since mandatory MFA for administrative interfaces - and we have a PowerShell script to help identify the affected accounts.
(+)(-)

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Get Installed Software Features List Using PowerShell WMI-CIM (vcloud-lab.com)
By: Vladan Simjanovic
This article shows how to use PowerShell's WMI/CIM to retrieve a list of installed software
features, specifically VMware Tools sub-features.
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How to Identify Obsolete SharePoint Online Sites with PowerShell (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
Microsoft 365 has been around for many years, and it's likely that a tenant has some obsolete
SharePoint Online sites. This article explains how to identify obsolete sites based on usage data extracted from the Microsoft Graph. Combining the usage data with basic site properties taken from SharePoint creates a report that should help administrators to figure out what sites they should consider removing.
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PowerShell Pro Tip: How to Overwrite and Update the Same Line ProgressBar (vcloud-lab.com)
By: vcloud-lab
This article provides three methods for updating the same line in PowerShell, including using the
carriage return character, the Write-Progress cmdlet, and advanced cursor positioning with .NET.
(+)(-)
Using ErrorAction in PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
The ErrorAction Parameter for PowerShell cmdlets is very helpful for... Handling errors 🙂 In this
blog post, I will show you the different options it offers and which to use when.
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Using the M365.AppContainers PowerShell Module for Real-World Loop Governance Scenarios (intranetfromthetrenches.substack.com)
By: Jaime Lopez
This article introduces the M365.AppContainers PowerShell module, which provides practical control
over Microsoft 365 Loop workspaces. It showcases five real-world use cases for the module, including protecting sensitive workspaces, handling offboarding and ownership transfer, cleaning up external collaboration after a project ends, performing quarterly governance audits, and locking down workspaces during legal holds.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Managing Windows Microphone Privacy with PowerShell – Part 2 (pauljnav.github.io)
By: Paul Naughton
Paul Naughton has created four PowerShell functions: Get-MicrophoneAccess, Set-MicrophoneAccess,
Enable-MicrophoneAccess, and Disable-MicrophoneAccess. These functions allow for easy management of global microphone access on Windows.
(+)(-)
SPClean v 1.2.3 (powershellgallery.com)
By: David Pham
Detects, reports, and remediates orphaned users in SharePoint Online. Identifies accounts in the
User Information List whose Entra ID state is Deleted, SoftDeleted, Disabled, or GuestOrphaned. Supports AppOnly (certificate) and Interactive authentication, HTML/CSV/JSON reports, permission snapshots, and Windows Scheduled Task automation.
(+)(-)
The Power of Primes (posh.pckt.blog)
By: PowerShell Pocket Blog
A new PowerShell module called PrimeTime uses prime numbers to create unique time intervals.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) – Getting Started Guide (2026) (techygeekshome.info)
By: Andrew Armstrong
This guide provides a comprehensive introduction to PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC),
covering its basics, configuration writing, application, and enterprise compliance enforcement.
(+)(-)
Putting Active Directory Into Source Control (youtube.com)
By: Andrew Pla Tech
What if you could put Active Directory into source control? Watch Fred Weinmann and Andrew Pla demo
ADMF and see this PowerShell-backed tool in action!
(+)(-)

Community

Write the Test First – Robert Prüst on Pester, PSConf, and Learning in Public (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Robert Prüst discusses Pester as a testing framework for PowerShell, its benefits, and how it can be
used to test AI-generated code. He also talks about the importance of community involvement, overcoming imposter syndrome, and learning in public.
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July 2, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

General Guidance on Conversion to C# Cmdlets (github.com)
A great discussion on converting script modules into C# cmdlet modules.
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to download and install offline Windows updates with PowerShell (ryanjan.uk)
Automating Windows Update Services can be a pain! It's often easier to install an offline Windows
update with PowerShell, but where can you download offline update files? Thankfully, the Microsoft Update Catalog site provides offline .msu files for all updates that are released. And, using the MSCatalog module, it's a breeze to download and install these offline updates using PowerShell.
(+)(-)
By: Ryan Kowalewski  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring Azure App Proxies (cyberdrain.com)
Sometime back I made a youtube video about how to use Azure App Proxy. This was received really good
in a lot of the communities I frequent but a worry popped up by someone recently; how am I sure that the Azure Application Proxy is always completely functional at my clients? You can monitor the service of course, but that does not mean that the entire connection to Azure is functional.
(+)(-)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

ConvertFrom-JsonFast (github.com)
A faster and more memory efficient implementation of ConvertFrom-Json and Invoke-RestMethod
By: William Easton  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Install-NewRDCMan.ps1 (github.com)
Install the new Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) with PowerShell
By: Martin Bengtsson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



StopAndDisableDefaultSpoolers.ps1 (github.com)
This script STOP and DISABLES Print Spooler service (aka #PrintNightmare) on each server from a list
By: Grzegorz Tworek  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Master Class – YouTube (youtube.com)
Zero adverts or interruptions, just info to help you learn this awesome technology.
By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 23, 2021

Announcements!

Release v7.2.0-preview.8 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Check out the latest preview version of PowerShell
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Install PowerShell 7 with Windows Package Manager (techielass.com)
I recently noticed that on my machine I was on an older version of PowerShell and not taking
advantage of PowerShell 7 and I wanted to make sure I was using the latest version. And since I am a big fan of Windows Package Manager at the moment I wanted to see if I could update my PowerShell version with that.
(+)(-)
By: Sarah Lean  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Make PowerShell 5.1 Use TLS 1.2 (sqladm.in)
Back in April of 2020, Microsoft updated the security used in the PowerShell Gallery. Weird errors
started popping up. Errors that didn't really point to a security problem.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Invoke_LocateDevice.ps1 (github.com)
A quick script to locate a remote Intune device and display location in a MAP or full address
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



QRCodeGenerator 2.6.0 (powershellgallery.com)
QRCodeGenerator 2.6 is out, now with configurable foreground and background colors. Check it out and
create all kinds of QRCodes with PowerShell
(+)(-)
By: Dr. Tobias Weltner  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using the PowerShell ISE as a Remote Management Console (jdhitsolutions.com)
I hadn't touched it in years until someone reached out with a problem with the module. They used the
module daily and I realized there is still value in the ISE as a remoting interface so I dusted off the code and polished it up.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

GitHub Actions: Automating tasks for your workflows – YouTube (youtube.com)
Writing code to solve problems and automated tasks can be awesome! But code development doesn't end
when you finish writing your routine. There's formatting, branches to merge, and builds to create just to name just a few. Many of those tasks are tedious and repetitive, which makes them ripe for automation; but how?
(+)(-)
By: Chrissy LeMaire  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Maneuvering Your Way to Microsoft Graph API with Jocel Sabellano – YouTube (youtube.com)
Jocel Sabellano gives a deep dive into getting started with the Microsoft graph API via PowerShell.
He discusses how it works and how to interact with it to access the myriad of services in the Microsoft 365 Cloud.
(+)(-)
By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Mastering PowerShell Scripting: Automate and manage your environment using PowerShell 7.1, 4th Edition (amazon.com)
This comprehensive guide starts with the basics before moving on to advanced topics to help you
become a PowerShell 7.1 expert.
(+)(-)
By: Chris Dent  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 24, 2020

Announcements!

Windows Package Manager Preview (v0.1.41821) (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The first update to the Windows Package Manager has been released. If you are a Windows Insider or
part of our Package Manager Insider program, you should already have the latest version. Launch the store and check for updates if you're an insider and you don't have it. If you prefer to just download the client, head on over to GitHub releases page and take it for a spin. You can also join the Windows Package Manager Insider Program if you'd like automatic updates from the store, and you want to run on the released version of Windows 10.
...>more(less)
By: Demitrius Nelon  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1.2 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Windows Terminal Preview has new features for version 1.2 which will appear in Windows Terminal in
August. You can download Windows Terminal Preview and Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's dive into what's new!
...>more(less)
By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Building PowerShell for Speed (adamtheautomator.com)
In every scripter's journey, a script is never fast enough. To remedy this, let's cover some ways on
how to get the performance of your PowerShell scripts to the highest it can be.
...>more(less)
By: Tyler Muir  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Notifying users of Windows Updates (cyberdrain.com)
With my recently released RunAsUser module there's been an influx of questions on what it could be
used for. I've tried to describe as much as possible on the github page and the previous blog about it. But one I wanted to talk about real quick is the ability to create Toast notifications.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using PowerShell to rename, move or reconnect an Azure VM (dev.to)
Sometimes you need to change something on a VM. You may want to rename it for compliance reasons,
change the network, change the disk name, etc
...>more(less)
By: Olivier Miossec  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Green Means Go – A Mutex Demo (github.com)
I posted a write up on using a Mutex in PowerShell to synchronize access to a resource (comes in
handy when using Jobs and Threads) Enjoy!
...>more(less)
By: Ryan Leap  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSScriptAnalyzer (github.com)
PSScriptAnalyzer is a static code checker for PowerShell modules and scripts. PSScriptAnalyzer
checks the quality of PowerShell code by running a set of rules. The rules are based on PowerShell best practices identified by PowerShell Team and the community. It generates DiagnosticResults (errors and warnings) to inform users about potential code defects and suggests possible solutions for improvements.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Updating PowerShell About Help (jdhitsolutions.com)
During some recent work, I realized my new Windows PowerShell 5.1 installs are missing the About
help topics. Apparently, this is a known issue, although I don't think it gets a lot of attention. Microsoft is working on improving updateable help for PowerShell 7 which I think will also have a beneficial change for Windows PowerShell. Microsoft has in fact been updating the about topics. All of the help files are open source on GitHub at https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs/tree/staging/reference. I use the about topics often, so I wrote a PowerShell script to download and install the latest About topics from GitHub.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learning Powershell: Weaning Yourself Away From the GUI for Active Directory (networkadm.in)
I recently was a guest on the Hybrid Identity Podcast to discuss getting started with automation and
how it fits in with Identity Management. This is a new podcast presented by Semperis and hosted by 15 time MVP Sean Deuby. The podcast is off to a fantastic start with wide range of experts in the field of Identity Management. It's a great listen because of the topics but also because the episodes are only 15-20 minutes in length.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Module Monday: PSWritePDF (youtube.com)
This Monday, we are looking at PSWritePDF. PSWritePDF is a module for manipulating PDF files. You
can create new PDFs, merge PDFs, split PDFs and extract text from PDFs.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Fun With PowerShell (reddit.com)
Mario Themes
By: u/geostude  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Having Some Fun (reddit.com)
Because why not 🙂
By: u/INATHANB  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

Chicago PowerShell Conference (chicagopowershell.com)
Free virtual PowerShell Conference with keynote speaker Jeffery Snover
By: Chicago PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 24, 2026

Announcements!

Release v7.6.4 Release of PowerShell · PowerShell/PowerShell (github.com)
By: The PowerShell Team
Be sure to update to the latest version of 7.6

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How Permissions Creep Can Halt the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK's Connect-MgGraph cmdlet can fail to connect due to permissions
creep, where a service principal accumulates too many delegated permissions. The problem is caused by users requesting and granting consent for multiple permissions over time, exceeding the limit of approximately 140 delegated permissions.
(+)(-)
Intune Multi Admin Approval Now Enforced on Graph API Calls (recastsoftware.com)
By: Jannik Reinhard
As of Intune service release 2606 in June 2026, Microsoft Graph API calls made by automation scripts
or apps with app-only tokens will require Multi Admin Approval (MAA) approval, causing 403 errors.
(+)(-)
New Teams PowerShell module introduces advanced federated chat controls (4sysops.com)
By: IT News
Microsoft has released version 7.9 of the Teams PowerShell module with enhanced authentication
security, but it causes assembly clash issues and will be deprecated in future releases.
(+)(-)
Primer: How to Use JSON Batching to Speed up Graph Processing (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
JSON batching is a technique used to improve the performance of Graph-based automation in Microsoft
365 tenants by combining up to 20 requests into a single JSON payload and a single HTTP call. It can be used for updating large numbers of objects, such as user accounts, groups, and devices, and also for retrieving information faster than the standard Graph paginated mechanism.
(+)(-)
Simplified Identity Management with Authentik for Holodeck 9.1 (blogs.vmware.com)
By: nikhil m kulkarni
Authentik is a self-hosted, open-source Identity Provider that integrates natively with Kubernetes
via a Helm chart. In Holodeck 9.1, Authentik is deployed automatically as part of the Set-HoloRouter command and provides a fully federated identity layer for VMware Cloud Foundation labs.
(+)(-)
Teams PowerShell Embraces Web Account Manager and Imposes Control Over Federated Chat (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
The Microsoft Teams PowerShell module has adopted the Windows Account Manager (WAM) for
authentication, introducing new controls over federated chat. The changes include stricter external access and mutual federation policies in federated group chats, which can be managed with the Set-CsTenantFederationConfiguration cmdlet.
(+)(-)
The Case of the Sign-In Window That Refused to Show Up (shankuehn.io)
By: Shannon Eldridge-Kuehn
The author shares their experience with running PowerShell on a Mac, where they encounter unexpected
issues during an Azure command.
(+)(-)

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Add experimental global mocks (github.com)
By: Pester
Pester 6.1.0-alpha2 has global mocks, this solves headaches with -ModuleName. -ModuleName is now
needed only when the function is not public to tell us where to find it.
(+)(-)
AzureScout v 2.0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Kristopher Turner
AzureScout - discover, inventory, and assess everything in your Azure environment. Inventories Azure
resources, Entra ID, and identity objects (Excel, JSON, Markdown, AsciiDoc)
(+)(-)
IntuneAssignmentChecker v 4.3.1 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Ugur Koc
Analyze and audit Microsoft Intune policy assignments. Check user, group, and device assignments,
simulate group membership changes, search policies and settings, generate HTML reports, and more.
(+)(-)
SyntheticEnterprise.PowerShell v 0.9.1 (powershellgallery.com)
By: OpenAI / DataGen contributors
Synthetic enterprise data generation platform for labs, demos, exports, and downstream validation.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Building Long-Running Scripts That Don’t Trip Over Themselves – Jake Hildreth (youtu.be)
By: PSConfEU
This lecture introduces Stepper, a PowerShell module for helping long-running scripts recover after
failure. Jake Hildreth explains that the talk is aimed at multi-step automation such as deployments, migrations, data collection and health checks, where one stage depends on another.
(+)(-)

Community

Jake Hildreth on PSConf EU, Stepper Updates, and Taking the Day Off (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Jake Hildreth discusses his recent trip to PowerShell Conference Europe, where he co-presented a
session on securing PowerShell and gave a talk on Stepper, an open-source module for building resumable scripts. He emphasizes the importance of taking vacation time and separating work from personal life.
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July 26, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Active Directory Health Checklist (mczerniawski.pl)
Mateusz created a repository with simple lists in different topics with RAW Active Directory checks.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Azure Quickstart – Back up a VM with PowerShell (docs.microsoft.com)
This step-by-step guide shows you how to easily back up a VM on Azure using PowerShell.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Diagnosing Common Windows Problems with PowerShell (techgenix.com)
Although Windows 10 is the most stable and reliable version of Windows that Microsoft has created in
quite some time, things can, and occasionally do go wrong. Thankfully, there are a number of different diagnostic and troubleshooting tools built into the operating system. In fact, you can diagnose a wide variety of Windows problems through PowerShell by leveraging the built-in troubleshooting packs.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Display Execution Time In PowerShell Prompt (blog.ukotic.net)
Let Mark show you a pretty cool way to easily see the efficiency of your code.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Finding Azure AD Users with Admin Roles Not Protected with MFA (office365itpros.com)
Some great developments in Azure AD recently and strong evidence to use MFA everywhere. Here’s
how to use PowerShell find accounts that have an Office365 Admin role that don’t use MFA.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get all your local certificates by using PowerShell (blogs.technet.microsoft.com)
Learn how you can use Windows PowerShell to enumerate all certificates on a Windows computer.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Jeffrey Snover explains Microsoft's PowerShell Mission (video.cube365.net)
Jeffrey Snover explains Microsoft’s new PowerShell mission “manage anything,
anywhere”
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



My Essential PowerShell Discovery Cmdlets (mattbobke.com)
No matter how experience or inexperienced you are, going back and reviewing the basics is never a
bad idea.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Normalizing Phone Numbers, Easier with Regex (toastit.dev)
Need help normalizing the phone numbers in you Active Directory, or cleaning input data. Let Josh
show you how with a little PowerShell and RegEx.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use Hash Tables to Make Code Readable (community.idera.com)
I will continue to advocate for this until my last breath.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



VS Code Automatic Dynamic PowerShell Help (sqldbawithabeard.com)
In VS Code, simply type ## to autogenerate a PowerShell comment based help, even including params.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows 10 VDI Optimization Script Primer (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Very useful PowerShell script that can be used to optimize Windows10 Enterprise, 1803, for use in a
VDI environment.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Forms – working in PowerShell 7 Preview2 (tfl09.blogspot.com)
One long-anticipated feature of what is soon to be PowerShell 7 is the use of Windows Forms.
Technically, it is the .NET Framework that provides for form handling, but with the latest Preview.2 of PowerShell 7, this is now possible!
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Azure Subscription Chooser PowerShell Script (developerschallenges.com)
For those of us that switch between multiple Azure subscriptions all day, this is a life saver.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Invoke-CommandAs v3.1.5 Released (powershellgallery.com)
Invoke Command As System/Interactive/GMSA/User on remote machine and returns PSObjects! Tons of bugs
fixed!
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Essential PowerShell Resources by The Lonely Administrator (jdhitsolutions.com)
New to PowerShell? Take a look at Jeff’s Essential Resources for beginners.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



MSIX Labs and Training Videos (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
A whole lot of how-tos for MSIX: check out new labs + videos to get started with the MSIX packaging
tool, managing packages with PowerShell, and much more. Create an MSIX package for any Windows app – old or new.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerScripting Podcast (feeds.feedburner.com)
With over 300 eipsode already published, you’re bound to find tons of useful information here.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

A PowerShell Scripting Challenge for Everyone (ironscripter.us)
Check out the latest challenge from the Iron Scripter
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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July 3, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Modern Auth and Unattended Scripts in Exchange Online PowerShell V2 (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Today, we are happy to announce the Public Preview of a Modern Auth unattended scripting option for
use with Exchange Online PowerShell V2. This feature provides customers the ability to run non-interactive scripts using Modern Authentication. This feature requires version 2.0.3-Preview or later of the EXO PowerShell V2 module, available via PowerShellGallery.
...>more(less)
By: The Exchange Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell to C# and Back – Introduction to Classes (ridicurious.com)
The purpose of this blog post is to bridge the learning and concept gap between PowerShell and C#
classses, to jump start you from scripting to development. This is not deep diving in C# concepts, we will cover this in later sessions of this series.
...>more(less)
By: Prateek Singh  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Serial vs Parallel Processing (scriptinglibrary.com)
Whenever I look for improving the performances of a script or code there is sometimes an option for
parallelising the processing/execution of some of the workflows. It generally means adding complexity and is not always the case that it will make necessary the whole process so much faster, but for long-running ones made of independent sub-tasks, it is probably a very effective strategy.
...>more(less)
By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Setup FTP Server with PowerShell (ridicurious.com)
In this article, we are going to discuss step by step installation and configuration of the FTP
server using PowerShell and IIS from installing the required Windows features, setting up sites, ports, and root folder to creating FTP users and authenticating them on FTP site to allow access to the FTP servers.
...>more(less)
By: Madhav Bhandari  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Microsoft Power BI Cmdlets (github.com)
A great overview of the Power BI cmdlets and how to use them.
By: Alex Powers  submitted:Jun 16 2022



POSHGUI (poshgui.com)
The Alpha version of a completely new, WPF designer is now available
By: Maciej Obuchowski  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Querying the Graph API with Powershell and Jupyter Notebooks (youtube.com)
Welcome everyone and this video I will go over querying the graph API with powershell and jupyter
notebooks. feel free to clone the repo or spin up the site on mybinders yourself.
...>more(less)
By: TeachJing  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 3, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate SOC 2 Compliance with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Adam Bertram
This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough on automating SOC 2 compliance using PowerShell and
Azure Policy as Code, enabling organizations to enforce controls across their enterprise cloud environments.
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Cleanup Inactive Active Directory User Accounts Using PowerShell (o365reports.com)
By: Kanaga
This article explains how to clean up inactive Active Directory user accounts using PowerShell,
including a script that identifies and automates cleanup actions such as disabling, moving, or deleting accounts.
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Deploy Enterprise PowerShell Modules Using Azure Artifacts (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Adam Bertram
This article shows how to use Azure Artifacts to create a private repository for deploying
enterprise PowerShell modules, including automated CI/CD publishing and secure module distribution.
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Microsoft Graph API fails to fully block external Teams chat access (4sysops.com)
By: IT News
The Microsoft Graph API does not prevent external participants from viewing conversation history in
Microsoft Teams chats, despite removing their access.
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PowerShell Counting Objects (claytonerrington.com)
By: Clayton Errington
The author explains why they prefer using Measure-Object over .Count when counting the number of
objects in a pipeline operation, highlighting the differences in how these two methods work and why Measure-Object provides more explicit and predictable results.
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Using the Hashtable PowerShell Module (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
This article introduces the Hashtable module in PowerShell, which simplifies operations with
hashtables, such as merging and converting to PSCustomObject.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

M365.AppContainers: PowerShell Module for Loop, Designer & Outlook Newsletters (intranetfromthetrenches.substack.com)
By: Jaime López
Jaime López introduces the M365.AppContainers PowerShell module, which simplifies the management of
SharePoint Embedded containers for Microsoft Loop, Designer, and Outlook Newsletters. The module provides intuitive commands to control search indexing, sharing policies, sensitivity labels, and lifecycle management across these container types.
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Manage Microsoft Store Apps with Store CLI in Windows 11 from Terminal (woshub.com)
By: Windows OS Hub
Microsoft has released a new command-line utility, Store CLI, that allows users to manage Microsoft
Store apps directly from the Windows 11 terminal.
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Pester Release 6.0.0-rc3 (github.com)
By: Pester
Come see what changes are coming.
Splitter (github.com)
By: Stephen Valdinger
Split a Windows Operating System ISO into smaller, edition-specific ISO files. -
steviecoaster/Splitter
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Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Saving PowerShell Notebooks – David Sass (youtube.com)
By: PSConfEU 2026
This session, titled "Saving PowerShell Notebooks," is presented by David Sass. He introduces his
background as a PowerShell MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and former SharePoint user, and explains that he is focused on PowerShell notebooks and the work around them.
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Teaching Tara: PowerShell Script Breakdown (youtube.com)
By: PDQ
Reading PowerShell scripts can be intimidating, especially when you're still learning.This week on
PowerShell Wednesday, Tara and I are breaking down scripts line by line and asking the questions beginners actually have:What does this mean?Why did they do it that way?Is that required?Could you write it another way?
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Community

Encore presentation: Lessons in Leadership from PowerShell Pioneers Jeffrey Snover & Don Jones E235 (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: PowerShell Podcast
Jeffrey Snover and Don Jones, pioneers in the PowerShell world, share lessons on leadership,
storytelling, and community building.
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Fun

Friday Fun #1 – Servers with PowerShell (pckt.blog)
By: James Brundage
I've been doing WebDev with PowerShell for a while now. I find it a lot of fun.

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July 30, 2021

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo Preview.3 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to announce the third preview of PowerShell Crescendo, a framework to rapidly develop
PowerShell cmdlets for native commands, regardless of platform.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSBicep Release v2.0.0 (github.com)
The Bicep PowerShell module has been rebuilt with its own assembly load context to avoid conflicts
with other modules using the same assemblies. Assemblies are no longer loaded during module import, instead its relying on the nested module BicepNet that wraps Bicep.
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By: Stefan Ivemo  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

15+ new code scanning integrations with open source security tools | The GitHub Blog (github.blog)
Github code scanning now supports PowerShell PSScriptAnalyzer!
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



5 PowerShell Script Examples To Inspire You to Get Scripting (adamtheautomator.com)
PowerShell is an extensive scripting language capable of automating just about everything, and not
just for system administrators. But what if you don't know what you don't know yet? In that case, this combination of various PowerShell script examples will help jumpstart your PowerShell scripting adventure.
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By: John Case  submitted:Jun 16 2022



A technical solution to a business problem (reddit.com)
A great discussion on automation in the work place and lessons learned.
By: u/PowerShellMichael  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Download script or file from GitHub (thomasmaurer.ch)
Since a lot of people are starting to store their scripts and files in GitHub repositories, I often
get the question, how can I download a script or a file from a Git repository using PowerShell. There are a couple of ways to you can obviously do this. You could use git and do a git clone of the repository and then run the script. In many cases however you don't have git installed on the machine or it would be too much to clone the whole repo. So you can simply download the file or script from GitHub using PowerShell using the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet.
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By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting Started with PowerShell on Linux: A Beginner’s Guide (adamtheautomator.com)
In this tutorial, you're going to learn how to get started from scratch by installing PowerShell on
Ubuntu (other Linux distributions are similar), how to run commands, and even install some modules.
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By: AbdulMusawwir Khatri  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Remove Offline Network Printers from all Workstations (techbloggingfool.com)
If you have ever moved Windows print services to a new server, chances are that you have been left
wondering what to do with the old stuff left over on the client computers. GPOs make deploying printers a snap, but when it comes to removing them, you are on your own.
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By: Kevin Trent  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What Do I Name My PowerShell Script (sqladm.in)
We take a look at how to find the right verb for naming our functions.
By: Jeff Hill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Deploying AAD branding to all clients (cyberdrain.com)
The following script changes the branding text, it's also easy to adapt the script to update the
images, the logos, or even help with localization. To check out all the options I suggest grabbing the documentation by Microsoft here. Remember that you need a P1 subscription or higher for branded portals.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get Scheduled Task completion statuses (pastebin.com)
PowerShell 1 liner to get the history of scheduled task completion statuses - export to csv or
display in grid view to filter on a specific task and see when/if it returned a fail
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By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Invoke-CommandAs (github.com)
Invoke Command as System/User on Local/Remote computer using ScheduleTask.
By: Marc R Kellerman  submitted:Jun 16 2022



UninstallBloatware (github.com)
Allows administrators to easily specify a list of applications to remove, whether they are
traditional Win32 applications or modern AppX packages. Since not every Win32 application can be removed without a little extra work, the module was designed to allow instructions for specific applications to be pulled from a JSON file.
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By: sean-sauve  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

What was I thinking? (reddit.com)
Have you ever written a sweet piece of code that you were proud of? Have you ever looked at that
code 5 years later and wondered what idiot wrote that shit code?
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By: u/tsclapper  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 31, 2020

Announcements!

PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19.1 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19.1 is now available on the PowerShell Gallery. This minor update fixes a few
user-reported bugs and introduces a new rule (which is disabled by default) for avoiding using double quotes for constant strings. To install this version of the module, open any PowerShell console and run: Install-Module PSScriptAnalyzer -Force -Repository PSGallery
...>more(less)
By: Sydney Smith  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automatic Azure AD Conditional Access Documentation (wpninjas.ch)
Creating configuration documentations is always hassle. Therefore, I extended the Intune
documentation with a new option to also document Azure AD Conditional Access policies.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Kurth  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Building PowerShell for Speed (adamtheautomator.com)
In every scripter's journey, a script is never fast enough. To remedy this, let's cover some ways on
how to get the performance of your Powershell scripts to the highest it can be.
...>more(less)
By: Tyler Muir  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How IT admins can use PowerShell to monitor CPU usage (searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com)
IT administrators that are familiar with PowerShell can use certain scripts to monitor CPU
performance on desktops to determine the root cause of desktop performance issues.
...>more(less)
By: Dan Franciscus  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Pause a PowerShell Script (adamtheautomator.com)
There are many reasons to pause script execution. Perhaps a script needs to wait for user input,
slow down execution speed, or wait for another process to conclude before moving forward. As with most tasks in Powershell, there is more than one way to pause a script. Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, the method of pausing you choose will have its strengths and weaknesses.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Open PowerShell files up in VS Code instead of ISE? (twitter.com)
Have you had the desire for that right-click edit command to open PowerShell files up in VS Code
instead of ISE? It is a simple reg update...
...>more(less)
By: Shawn Melton  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Tips & Tricks (jdhitsolutions.com)
This page is my one-stop-shop for all sorts of PowerShell related, tips, tricks, hacks, suggestions,
and other bits of wisdom I've gleaned over the last 14 years.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Some fun with teams PowerShell module (blog.it-koehler.com)
You may have found my old article from june 1st 2018. Some time has passed since this article was
released. Yes I know there is a overview in Teams Admin Center, but I thought it would be nice to do this and some kind more via PowerShell Module. So I picked up the script and build it again with the organic PowerShell Module for Teams.
...>more(less)
By: Alexander Koehler  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What are your useful functions? (reddit.com)
A great thread with a tons of useful functions
By: Reddit  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

RunAsUser (github.com)
This module has been created to have the ability to run scripts under the current user session while
the application executing this script only has SYSTEM access. This is especially useful when performing tasks from RMM(Remote Monitoring and Management) systems that do not have the abilty to execute monitoring components in user-space.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

#PS7Now (leanpub.com)
Did you miss the #PS7Now #PSBlogweek? Don't worry. All the content on why you should consider moving
to PowerShell 7 has been assembled into a free single ebook. Brought to you by your favorite PowerShell community members. The book is offered for free, although we hope you'll consider making a donation for the OnRamp Scholarship fund.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Training at SANS (blueteampowershell.com)
Jason Fossen's six-day PowerShell for the Blue Team course is currently hosted by the SANS Institute
as course SEC505: Securing Windows and PowerShell Automation.
...>more(less)
By: Jason Fossen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Serverless Event-based Automation with PowerShell & Azure Functions (youtube.com)
Automate and manage your cloud-native, hybrid, and even on-premises resources using PowerShell.
Eamon O'Reilly, who's leading the efforts at Microsoft for serverless automation, shows you how to get started.
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft Mechanics  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Conway’s Game of Life (reddit.com)
Made Conway's Game of Life in good ol' Powershell!
By: u/blithen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to tune your Guitar with Powershell (scriptinglibrary.com)
I wanted to celebrate my 100th article doing something simple and out of the ordinary. Looking back
one popular article using PowerShell written 2 years ago was Text-To-Speach in 3 lines of code, so I've decided to play with sounds.
...>more(less)
By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Retro Synthwave Theme for PowerShell in Windows Terminal (reddit.com)
I made a synthwave-y type theme for PowerShell for Windows Terminal. You can either use the theme OR
I commented out the color names to align with PowerShell tokens so you can use it as a base to create your own theme.
...>more(less)
By: u/thebeersgoodnbelgium  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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July 31, 2026

Announcements!

Exchange Online PowerShell Updates to 3.10.1 (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
Microsoft rushed out version 3.10.1 of the Exchange Online management PowerShell module to fix a
problem with certificate-based authentication. It seems like a change in an internal Microsoft identity platform caused the tokens issued after a successful connection to Exchange Online to not authorize the execution of further cmdlets. To their credit, Microsoft fixed the issue, but is this the kind of thing that should be caught in testing?
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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Attackers Use Microsoft Teams Vishing Campaigns to Deploy Chaos Ransomware (petri.com)
By: Rabia Noureen
Cybercriminals are using Microsoft Teams voice phishing campaigns to infect corporate networks and
deploy Chaos ransomware, targeting dozens of organizations in the US and Canada.
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Jumping WinGet’s Install Technology Hurdle (edtittel.com)
By: Ed Tittel
Windows developer Ed Tittel discusses the limitations of WinGet, Microsoft's package manager, and
how alternative update techniques can be used instead of re-replacing installed packages.
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Resetting Escrowed Accounts on a Microsoft Entra Provisioning Job (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
By: Darren Robinson
This post dives into using Microsoft Graph to clear escrows for an ECMA Connector provisioning job
either using Microsoft Graph Explorer or a new cmdlet in the ECMA2HostTools PowerShell Module (coming soon).
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Review the Microsoft 365 Profile Card visibility configuration before mid-August 2026 (blog-en.topedia.com)
By: Tobias Asböck
Microsoft is updating the default visibility of some profile card properties, requiring
administrators to update configurations manually before August 24, 2026.
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Two Wrongs Make a Right (posh.pckt.blog)
By: James Brundage
This blog post demonstrates how to use PowerShell to automate common tasks and simplify script
maintenance.
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Using DumPS in PowerShell for easy reading of all Properties (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
While debugging PowerShell code outside of Visual Studio Code, it's always difficult to keep
drilling down into all the Properties with nested objects inside of them, etc. With DumPS, this is a lot easier. In this blog post, I will show you how it works.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

FileInspectorX v 1.1.1 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Przemyslaw Klys
FileInspectorX is PowerShell module that allows you to query files and folders for information. It
supports multiple types of file queries and can be used to query local file systems, network shares.
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Unicodery v 0.0.0.4 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Brian Lalonde
Cmdlets to search, lookup, and get details about Unicode characters.

Community

Active Directory Meets Source Control with Fred Weinmann (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Andrew sits down with Fred Weinmann, one of the most prolific PowerShell module authors in the
community, for part one of a multi-episode series covering his projects. This episode focuses on the Active Directory Management Framework, or ADMF, a configuration-driven system Fred originally built while working as a field engineer at Microsoft for a large enterprise customer managing hundreds of Active Directory forests.
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Is poweshell worth it? (reddit.com)
By: r/PowerShell
Join the discussion on Reddit

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July 5, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Install Docker on Windows Server (jorgebernhardt.com)
Let Jorge show you how to quickly and easily install docker on a Windows Server using PowerShell.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Unit testing in PowerShell, introduction to Pester (dev.to)
Great article by Olivier Miossec about getting started with unit testing in PowerShell with an
introduction to Pester.
...>more(less)
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

GPOTools – Group Policy Migration tool just released (github.com)
The GPOTools module is designed to handle all things GPO. As a special focus, it tries to manage
migrations, backup & restore.
...>more(less)
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July 9, 2021

Announcements!

Update PowerShell versions 7.0 and 7.1 to protect against a remote code execution vulnerability (azure.microsoft.com)
We've released new versions of PowerShell to address a .NET Core remote code execution vulnerability
in versions 7.0 and 7.1. We recommend that you install the updated versions as soon as possible. Windows PowerShell 5.1 isn't affected by this issue.
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Build a Powershell API with Pode (scomnewbie.github.io)
I've tried to explain previously how to secure a backend api where I've used Azure functions to
demonstrate how to protect it, but what if we're not on Azure? I know you can run the Az functions anywhere with Arc for Kubernetes but here, I wanted to create something quick and simple for my demos.
(+)(-)
By: Francois Leon  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Display-Object: a PowerShell utility Cmdlet (red-gate.com)
How do you list all the objects and values within a PowerShell object, investigate an object or
explore its structure? There must be a simple way. I used to use ConvertTo-JSON. This is fine up to a point but what if you just wish to search for strings or look for objects with a cartain name or value? What if you need their path so you can reference them? It isn't plain-sailing. In the ISE, the intellisense will help you a lot but I want more and I want to do it in script rather than the IDE
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By: Phil Factor  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Faster Exchange PowerShell commands (cyberdrain.com)
We've had the ExchangeOnlineManagement PowerShell module for some time now. This module is the
faster and better method of managing Exchange Online via PowerShell - It just has some downsides right now for most Microsoft Partners.
(+)(-)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Hide Teams-Enabled Groups from Exchange Online (office365itpros.com)
Microsoft intends for groups created for new MicrosoftTeams to be hidden from Exchange Online. Many
are not. If you want to hide all the groups used by Teams, here's how to do the job with PowerShell
(+)(-)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AzureADGraphvizOrgChart (github.com)
The script scans azure active directory and finds every user and their manager and arranges them in
a hierarchy that is then created in a visual org chart using a program called GraphViz
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By: rbarbrow  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Blockman (marketplace.visualstudio.com)
VSCode Extension For Nested Block Highlighting
By: Levan Katsadze  submitted:Jun 16 2022



DomainHealthChecker (github.com)
Is your email domain properly protected against abuse, such as email spoofing? This form of abuse
can cause (image) damage to an organization. The PowerShell script DomainHealthChecker.ps1 checks the SPF, DKIM and DMARC record of one or more email domains and gives advice if necessary.
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By: T13nn3s  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Inside OSDCloud and AutopilotOOBE with David Segura – YouTube (youtube.com)
For the July 2021 meeting, SoCal PowerShell got together for "Inside OSDCloud" where David Segura
dove into the technical workings of deploying Windows 10 without any deployment infrastructure. He showed us how Autopilot can be easily configured in OSDCloud, or using AutopilotOOBE for Azure Join. With the OSD Module, WinPE can be customized with PowerShell Gallery support, and full Dell / HP / Lenovo / Surface OS Deployment over the internet ... aka OSDCloud.
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By: SoCal PowerShell User Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Securing Windows with PowerShell Training (sans.org)
SEC505 Securing Windows and PowerShell Automation teaches how to use PowerShell to automate Windows
security and harden PowerShell itself.
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By: SANS Institute  submitted:Jun 16 2022



TheShow:21:E1-Objects: Dead or Alive – with Jeffrey Snover! – YouTube (youtube.com)
We are approaching the release of PowerShell 7.2 LTS (Long Term Service) and I started a series
explaining the new enhancements and features that you can expect in Powershell 7.2! For this first episode, I got a chance to chat with Jeffrey about a story in the book "Shell of an Idea" by Don Jones. Here, he jumps into the story and gives some examples of why you want both, live and dead objects.
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By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Excuse generator (time waster) (reddit.com)
Need some down time...
By: u/richie65  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 10, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Arc: Azure PowerShell prerequisites configuration script (wmatthyssen.com)
This blog post will show you how you can configure Azure Arc prerequisites via the use of an Azure
PowerShell script.
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By: Wim Matthyssen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Changing the Look of the Prompt (sid-500.com)
PowerShell comes with a standard prompt whose configuration is stored in the prompt function. The
good news is that we are able to change this prompt function to suit our needs. In this blog post, I will show you how you can change this prompt and I will give you some examples.
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By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Creating sudo for PowerShell (Part 2) (community.idera.com)
In our effort to create a sudo command for PowerShell - to elevate individual commands - in part 1
we created the sudo function body:
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By: Idera  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Inspired to Share (reddit.com)
This is why I love the PowerShell community
By: Jeremie Hayter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Reading IIS logs with PowerShell (evotec.xyz)
Today I was reading Twitter, as I am pretty addicted to technology news when Adam Bacon mentioned
that he's surprised that no one has rebuilt IIS Parser as pure PowerShell. While this is not entirely true, and some modules can do some parsing, I decided to try my luck. While doing it from scratch in PowerShell is possible, I opted to use an external C# library that does all the heavy lifting and is optimized for speed.
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By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using PowerShell Your Way (jdhitsolutions.com)
I've often told people that I spend my day in a PowerShell prompt. I run almost my entire day with
PowerShell. I've shared many of the tools I use daily on Github. Today, I want to share another way I have PowerShell work the way I need it, with minimal effort. This specific task centers on files and folders.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using the conditional ternary operator for simplified if/else syntax in PowerShell 7 (mikefrobbins.com)
The conditional ternary operator is a feature added to PowerShell in version 7. You can use it as a
simplified version of if/else.
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By: Mike F. Robbins  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What should I be able to do with Powershell in order to feel comfortable labeling myself as proficient? (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

psframework (github.com)
A module that provides tools for other modules and scripts
By: Friedrich Weinmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Optimizing Visual Studio Code for Powershell Development by Justin Grote – YouTube (youtube.com)
I've used VSCode as my primary Powershell environment for over 3 years and have tried a lot of
extensions and settings, and now is your turn to learn from my experience! Here are some examples of items we will cover:
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By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell tool that uses the OpenAI Codex turning natural language into executable scripts – YouTube (youtube.com)
Aims to grow the understanding of using OpenAI in PoweShell by providing an example of an
implementation and references
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By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Template Podcast Title with Gilbert Sanchez (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, we cover the value of templating and how Stucco can be used to improve our module
development, both inside an organization and for personal projects.
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By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 11, 2021

Announcements!

Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretManagement 1.1.0-preview2 (powershellgallery.com)
SecretManagement 1.1-preview2 is out! A stable 1.1 release is expected in a few weeks if there are
no major issues reported.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

6 steps to pimp my terminal (dev.to)
My current setup is mixed of tools from following list:
By: Piotr Stapp  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How anyone can contribute to the MS Docs website! – YouTube (youtube.com)
docs.microsoft.com is the home for Microsoft documentation. It is a valuable resource for IT pros to
learn how various Microsoft services and products work. What may not be well-known is that the docs website is open source! Anyone can contribute, edit, change, add to the documentation available. The question is how to does someone make a change and what happens after they submit a change?
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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How I Automated Software Management (tseknet.com)
Did someone say chocolate?
By: Dan Tsekhanskiy  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to chain multiple PowerShell commands on one line ?? – YouTube (youtube.com)
PowerShell one-liners sometimes are an easy way to achieve something quickly. There are cases where
you might want to run multiple separated PowerShell commands on one line. This can be handy if you do copy pasting of commands or if you want to make it easy for the end-user when you need to troubleshoot something. In this blog post, we will look at how you can chain and run multiple PowerShell commands on one line using pipelines and chaining commands.
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By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to show all known Wi-Fi network SSIDs and Passphrases with Powershell (scriptinglibrary.com)
I think is very important to remember how much information is stored on our laptops over the years,
this is the case also for all wireless networks with (SSID and Passphrase) that our OS stores and use to connect automatically.
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By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Is Python better than PowerShell? (itblogpros.com)
Many developers and IT professionals have been debating for years whether Python is better than
Powershell. There are many factors to consider when making this decision, including speed, ease of use, adoption rates, and demand for each technology. In this article we will try to answer the question by comparing these four factors side-by-side.
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By: Graeme John  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Moving on from Send-MailMessage (practical365.com)
Sending Email from PowerShell using the Graph API
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Remoting for Troubleshooting Purposes | ScriptRunner (scriptrunner.com)
I'm going to show you ways to perform troubleshooting, remotely, for instance when the problem is
that a GUI based logon such as through mstsc or the physical or virtual console hangs/goes slowly.
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By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



These damn curly quote marks! (reddit.com)
You copy / pasta some snippet of code you find handy, and then when you go to actually use the
script...
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By: u/richie65  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition (oreilly.com)
This portable reference to PowerShell summarizes the command shell and scripting language and
provides a concise guide to the many tasks that make PowerShell so useful. If you're a busy administrator and don't have time to plow through huge books or in-depth online searches, this is the ideal on-the-job tool.
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By: Lee Holmes  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Powershell Codewars (codewars.com)
Interactive PowerShell Learning
By: u/we3trees  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 12, 2020

Announcements!

Preview 4 and Store Update (twitter.com)
PowerShell 7.1 preview.4 will be coming later this month with the next .NET 5 preview. Windows Store
publication is still being worked on. No ETA for that.
...>more(less)
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.0.2 Release of Powershell (github.com)
Hot off the presses (git) the latest release of PowerShell 7 is not available for you to install.
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

ForEach-Object and its scriptblocks (sergeyvasin.com)
A great refresher on ForEach-Object.
By: ?????? ?????  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How To Create Azure IoT Hub Using PowerShell (c-sharpcorner.com)
In this article, we are going to see how to create an Azure IoT Hub using Azure PowerShell cmdlets.
IoT Hub is used to connect, manage, and monitor billions of IoT devices. It securely connects the devices to develop IoT applications. IoT Hub is a flexible cloud platform service that supports multiple protocols and open-source SDKs.
...>more(less)
By: Ravishankar N  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Code Golf (code.golf)
Code Golf is a game designed to let you show off your code-fu by solving problems in the least
number of characters.
...>more(less)
By: u/sirbogman  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Don Jones’ PowerShell 4N00bs (leanpub.com)
What the heck is PowerShell, and why should you care? This new book from PowerShell MVP Don Jones
will teach you everything you need to know about PowerShell Core! Honor System: Pay what you feel this book is worth and what fits your budget.
...>more(less)
By: Don Jones  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Module Monday: BurntToast (youtube.com)
Module Monday is a video series where I look at a different PowerShell module each Monday. This
Monday, I'm showing off BurntToast. BurntToast is a module for showing notifications in Windows 10. We'll look at how to send basic notifications, show progress bars, buttons and even kick off PowerShell scripts from notifications.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Solving the PowerShell Object Age Challenge – Part 2 (jdhitsolutions.com)
The other day I shared part of my solution to an Iron Scripter challenge to write a generic function
to report on the age of an object. The idea being that you could pipe any type of object to the function and get a result. And because I can't help myself, I went a bit further with my solution.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

VsCode is watching you (i.redd.it)
I know we've all been there
By: www.commitstrip.com  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What DON’T you like about PowerShell? (reddit.com)
Pretty interesting read on some of the quirks with PowerShell.
By: u/makecodedothings  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 12, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Find Inactive (Stale) User Accounts (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
Inactive accounts can soak up a lot of paid-for but unused product licenses. With increases for
Microsoft 365 licenses due to come into effect from 1 July 2026, it's time to find and remove unused licenses from inactive user accounts. We discuss two approaches by using the Microsoft 365 Licensing Report or a PowerShell script that assesses inactivity based on sign-in dates and refresh token baselines.
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PowerShell and the new Coreutils for Windows (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
Microsoft released Coreutils for Windows at the beginning of this month, command-line tools that are
native to Linux, macOS, and WSL. In this blog post, I will show you how they work and if you can use them with PowerShell, too 🙂
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PowerShell: How to list all Intune Devices (Model, Owner …) (sid-500.com)
By: Patrick Gruenauer
In this blog post, I'll show you how to retrieve all Intune devices and display key attributes such
as the owner, device model, and other important information.
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Remote Help is included in E3 and E5 from July 1 – here’s my updated PowerShell script to roll out the RBAC (imab.dk)
By: Martin Bengtsson
Introduction From July 1, Microsoft is rolling out Remote Help as part of Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 -
no separate add-on required.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSParseHTML v 2.0.14 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Przemyslaw Klys
Module that allows to manipulate, parse, format and optimize HTML, JavaScript and CSS

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Designing modular code – part 1 – Tobias Weltner (youtu.be)
By: PSConfEU
In this session, Tobias introduces the idea that PowerShell users should think more about
specifications, reusable building blocks, and how AI can help with code that is already in use. He describes the talk as a discussion for experienced PowerShell users and says he wants to show where AI can be useful, especially as requirements and tools change.
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PowerShell: Designed for a Messy World by Jeffrey Snover (youtu.be)
By: PSHSummit
Corporate dysfunction is a fact of life. We see it in: siloed teams, keynote-driven projects that
are abandoned after announcement, promotion-focused developers delivering checkbox features and ignoring admin needs. I tried to fix those problems but knew that I would fail, so I also designed PowerShell to route around the damage.
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Summer of Variables (youtube.com)
By: Matthew Dowst [OC]
I've started a new series, where I cover 1 PowerShell automatic variable a day for the next 2
months.
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Community

Cookie Monster Has Entered the Teams Chat with Miriam Wiesner (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Recorded live at PSConfEU 2026, Andrew sits down with returning guest Miriam Wiesner, Senior
Security Researcher at Microsoft, for a wide-ranging conversation on PowerShell security, cookie-based attacks, and the evolving threat landscape. Miriam walks through her two conference talks - one on Microsoft Teams session cookie hijacking (a follow-up to her 2025 Entra ID cookie talk, complete with Cookie Monster branding and actual handcuffs), and a joint session with Stéphane van Gulick on using Microsoft Defender's Live Response feature for incident investigation. The conversation also covers the current state of PowerShell security, why sophisticated attackers are moving away from PowerShell, and why defenders who haven't enabled script block logging and AMSI are leaving easy wins on the table. On top of the technical deep dive, Miriam and Andrew get into the human side of the conference community - nerves before presenting, imposter syndrome, and why showing up is already half the battle.
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PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (youtube.com)
By: PSHSummit
PowerShell Summit videos are being uploaded to our YouTube channel this week.
PSConfEU 2026: Celebrating ten years of PowerShell community (devo-inc.net)
By: Devolutions
Adam Driscoll recaps PSConfEU 2026 - the 10th anniversary edition in Wiesbaden.

Fun

my new PowerShell script to estimate PI! (youtube.com)
By: DigitalGems
Language Warming! 🙂
PoshWeb/Fun (github.com)
By: James Brundage
A Fun PowerShell Server.

Upcoming Events

PowerShell UserGroup InnSalzach Meeting (meetup.com)
By: PowerShell UserGroup InnSalzach Germany
PowerShell UserGroup InnSalzach Meeting - 18th June 2026

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June 14, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Garbage Collection (auto-delete your unused resources) (feval.ca)
Delete expired Azure resources automatically with this Azure Garbage Collector, using Powershell
Azure Functions
...>more(less)
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Donovan Quick and Easy Tip to Run PowerShell in MS Docs (twitter.com)
The “Try it” buttons in Microsoft Docs are really cool but always run Bash. If you are
like me and prefer PowerShell just type pwsh. Now you are in PowerShell!
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How To Build PowerShell ChatOps Integrations with PoshBot (rubrik.com)
Jaap Brasser walks through PowerShell ChatOps integrations with PoshBot
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Testing Self-contained Scripts With Pester (jakubjares.com)
Check out Jakub Jares’s blogpost about testing self-contained scripts with Pester.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Version Report from Active Directory (itlumberjack.com)
Brad created this awesome script that will search your AD and give you a break down of every version
of Windows in your domain. It will also break down the versions of Windows 10.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Centreon-Powershell-Module (github.com)
Manage Centreon easily from PowerShell
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



forgetMeMethod_Intune (github.com)
Michael created a new “integrated” method of getting Intune to re-run PowerShell scripts
repeatedly.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Set-CMDistributionPointMaintenanceMode (sccmf12twice.com)
ConfigMgr 1902 added DP Maintenance Mode. The PowerShell cmdlet isn’t here for this yet, so
Cody wrote a function to do it! Just need to trigger the WMI Method.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

PoShFuck (github.com)
When you type a command incorrectly, don’t say ‘fuck’, type it!
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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June 18, 2021

Announcements!

BluebirdPS v0.6.1 Released (powershellgallery.com)
New version released this week, with multiple updates and fixes.
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Preview updating PowerShell 7.2 with Microsoft Update (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today, we're happy to announce that we're taking the first steps to making PowerShell 7 easier than
ever to update on Windows 10 and Server.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Create advanced dynamic groups with PowerShell & Azure Functions (powers-hell.com)
Creating advanced dynamic groups for MS Intune with PowerShell and Azure Functions
By: Ben Reader  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Fully automated RDP connection using LAPS password and PowerShell (doitpsway.com)
In this article, I will show you, how to automate using of LAPS password for making RDP connection,
so it will be a matter of calling one PowerShell function
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By: Ondrej Sebela  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Microsoft Defender PowerShell module and Nagios (scriptinglibrary.com)
Microsoft Defender antivirus is included in every Windows OS and there are many components and
options available to manage, protect and monitor endpoints. I was not surprised a few months ago when I needed to implement a monitoring check for Nagios that there was a dedicated PowerShell module that did exactly what I needed.
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By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Predict when disk is full (cyberdrain.com)
I've always liked predictive monitoring as it allows you to be as proactive as you can be - making
small analysis on stuff like disk space can make a huge difference in how you respond to incidents but I rarely see this integrated into RMM systems - Often there are some reports on which you could extrapolate this data manually but that means you'll only do it on demand and it will require your time.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



ps-documentor: Automatic PowerShell Function Documenting (github.com)
This Script can be used to document all Custom PowerShell Functions inside of a Script or a Script
Directory. I just created this script and I am testing it to multiple use cases. This whole project could be a PowerShell module in the future.
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By: Ismael Wismann  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Teams Meeting Tenant To Tenant Migration (alexholmeset.blog)
I have seen and done several tenant to tenant migrations lately. You can migrate both Exchange and
Teams. But there's one problem, when you migrate a Teams meeting event from Exchange to a new tenant, the URLs and other information still points to the old tenant. If you then disable all the users in the old tenant, those meetings would be useless even if guests are auto accepted to join, as they would not exist anymore. There would be various other problems also trying to join a meeting in the old tenant.
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By: Alexander Holmeset  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Intune Backup & Restore (github.com)
Back up all of your Intune configuration to JSON files.
By: John Seerden  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Snippets Vol 4 (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
Welcome to my PowerShell Snippets Vol 4. A collection of PowerShell commands for tasks that I don't
perform often and can't recall easily from memory. Those 'I know I've worked this out before' type moments.
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By: Darren Robinson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Remove old PowerShell modules versions using PowerShell (luke.geek.nz)
Did you know, that if you update PowerShell modules, the old versions can sometimes get left behind?
By: Luke Murray  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 19, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Building a PowerShell Inventory (jdhitsolutions.com)
A few weeks ago, a new Iron Scripter PowerShell scripting challenge was issued. For this challenge
we were asked to write some PowerShell code that we could use to inventory our PowerShell script library. Here's how I approached the problem, which by no means is the only way.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



My Windows Terminal Color Schemes (thomasmaurer.ch)
The Windows Terminal became generally available at the Microsoft Build 2020 virtual conference a
couple of weeks ago. I already blogged about how you can customize your Windows Terminal settings and shared my settings.json file. Many people asked me about the different Windows Terminal Color Schemes I use. So I thought a blog post would be a good way of sharing my Windows Terminal Schemes.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Need to remove formatting, etc from clipboard contents to paste into something that doesn’t have a text only paste? (twitter.com)
Create a desktop shortcut thus, problem solved
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Resolving PowerShell Module Assembly Dependency Conflicts (devblogs.microsoft.com)
When writing a PowerShell module, especially a binary module (i.e. one written in a language like C#
and loaded into PowerShell as an assembly/DLL), it's natural to take dependencies on other packages or libraries to provide functionality.
...>more(less)
By: Michael Taylor  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Getting started with AutomatedLab (sysmansquad.com)
Have you ever wanted to build a lab environment, but didn't know where to get started? AutomatedLab
offers you an easy way to do it. Adam explains how to get started here.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Cook  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSAppDeployToolkit-Plus (magitekai.com)
PSAppDeployToolkit-Plus is an extension to the wonderful open-source project, PSAppDeployToolkit.
The goal is to utilize the toolkit in a more consistent and easier to uddate manner
...>more(less)
By: u/cybermoloch  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSProfiler 1.0.1.0 (powershellgallery.com)
A great tool that will measure the execution time of each line of your script.
By: Mathias Jessen  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Was testing REGEX, when suddenly… (reddit.com)
It happens to the best of us
By: u/SupremeDictatorPaul  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 19, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Deprecation Notice (jdhitsolutions.com)
By: Jeffery Hicks
Get your copy of this wonderful content, while it is still available.
How to Remove Teams Chat Threads with PowerShell (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
Sometimes, Microsoft 365 tenants need to remove problematic Teams chat threads from user view. The
usual reason is because someone posted some bad or objectionable content to Teams. This article covers how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets to find chat threads, to check thread messages for targeted content, and to remove matching chat threads. The code can be run interactively by an administrator to clean up Teams.
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Troubleshoot DNS Issues with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Adam Bertram
Troubleshoot DNS issues with PowerShell by testing name resolution, DNS client settings, cache
entries, and network connectivity in a repeatable workflow.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

ScriptLogger v 3.5.0 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Claudio Spizzi
PowerShell Module to provide logging capabilities for PowerShell controller scripts.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Summer of Variables (go.dowst.dev)
By: Matthew Dowst [OC]
An adventure through every PowerShell Automatic Variable

Community

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (youtube.com)
By: PowerShell.org
Check out all of the records from PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026
PowerShell Universal and the Joy of Building with Adriano Carollo (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
In this episode, Andrew chats with Adriano Carollo at PSConfEU about community, PowerShell
Universal, AI, and what happens when you stop lurking and start talking to people. Adriano shares how PowerShell helped him grow from sysadmin into web apps, automation, and open source-style contribution, while Andrew reflects on learning, AI, and why enthusiasm still matters.
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Fun

game-icons-studio (github.com)
By: YellowRed
Turn your Windows game shortcuts into a cover-art shelf, automatically. Powered by SteamGridDB. -
YellowRed1705/game-icons-studio
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Upcoming Events

PowerShell Pro Series (recastsoftware.com)
By: Recast
This two-part series led by Microsoft MVPs is designed to help IT admins strengthen their PowerShell
scripting skills, from core fundamentals to more advanced techniques.
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June 21, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Finding Installed Updates (community.idera.com)
A pretty cool method to find installed updates.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Manage Groups using Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph (rebeladmin.com)
A step-by-step guide to managing groups using Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph module
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Remoting from Linux to Windows (blog.quickbreach.io)
A quick how to on Remoting from Linux to Windows using PowerShell core.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Puppet Bolt Examples – Run a PowerShell Script (puppet.com)
Do you have a few PowerShell PS1 scripts lying around for repetitive work? Learn how you can quickly
power up those scripts into PuppetBolt Tasks so you can easily automate and share to any Windows environment at scale.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Understanding file encoding in VSCode and PowerShell (docs.microsoft.com)
Interesting documentation about file encoding: PowerShell Microsoft
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Azure PowerShell module v2.3.2 (github.com)
The Azure PowerShell module v2.3.2 is now available on the PowerShell gallery. Quite a lot of
updates in the Network and EventGrid modules, read more: s://t.co/Jxv01aCglT
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get-ApplicationRegistryKey (powershellgallery.com)
Returns strings from well known Registry keys that define a Windows application. Used to assist in
defining an FSLogix App Masking rule set.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSPublicAPI (powershellmagazine.com)
PSPublicAPI – PowerShell Module For Listing Free APIs For Use in Software and Web Development
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

MVA: Getting Started with Microsoft PowerShell (channel9.msdn.com)
Learn the basics of PowerShell, from the man who created it, in just six hours. Jeffrey
Snover’s very popular MVA: Getting Started with Microsoft PowerShell is now available on CH9
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



pwshop: A PowerShell 101 Workshop (leanpub.com)
Check out Michael’s a fairly inexpensive 101 course that includes practical exercises to helps
you go from blinking cursor to knowing how to use PowerShell well enough to get your day jobs done!
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference (amazon.com)
VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference was recently named one of the best VMware books of all time by
bookauthority.org.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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June 25, 2021

Announcements!

Practical Automation with PowerShell (manning.com)
I am proud to announce my book is now available for early access. Learn how to design PowerShell
automations to be reusable, resilient, and flexible enough to handle any unforeseen complexities. Save 50% by using the code 'mldowst'
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By: Matthew Dowst  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating with PowerShell: Deploying Microsoft Teams Templates (cyberdrain.com)
ne of the biggest challenges we've faced when moving over our client base towards a cloud-only
infrastructure has been the development of Teams. Teams is amazing tool on it's own but there is a risk regarding governance and training, but also explosive growth of teams and the way these are implemented. Especially because Teams makes self-services super easy.
(+)(-)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Azure PowerShell – Knowing the basics and starting with few important CMDLETS (knowledge-junction.com)
On every weekend we are started sharing basic question and answers (may help to prepare interview ,
certifications, migration, help to understand basic concepts.) related to Microsoft cloud technologies (Azure, Azure AD, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Teams, Power Platform and so on)
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By: Prasham SaBbdra  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to run ESXCLI commands in PowerShell using the PowerCLI Get-EsxCli cmdlet (ryanjan.uk)
If you're a vSphere admin, you'll be very familiar with the esxcli command. But have you ever
wondered how to run esxcli commands from PowerCLI? Maybe you don't want to enable SSH on your hosts, or perhaps you need to run an esxcli command in a PowerShell script. The Get-EsxCli cmdlet from the VMware.PowerCLI PowerShell module is the answer!
(+)(-)
By: Ryan Kowalewski  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Manipulating Strings with Trim, TrimStart and TrimEnd (sid-500.com)
In PowerShell it's easy to manipulate strings, especially to cut off some characters from a string.
These three methods are your friends when it comes to trimming: Trim, TrimStart and TrimEnd. In this blog post I will show you how to use PowerShell to manipulate strings and cut off something at the beginning and at the end. I will also try to give you some useful practical examples in hand to convince you that it's worth to learn something about string manipulation. Let's hop in.
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By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Sorting Tricks (Part 1) (community.idera.com)
A lesser-known fact is that Sort-Object also accepts hash tables which gives you more control. For
example...
(+)(-)
By: Idera  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using the PSGSuite Module for G Suite (powershell.anovelidea.org)
Examples on how to create OUs, groups, and users with the PSGSuite PowerShell Module.
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

And so it begins… (github.com)
Useful-Windows-11-Scripts/Set-TaskbarAlignment.ps1
By: u/ixi_your_face  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Create a Sharepoint Document Library from PowerShell (community.spiceworks.com)
Quick script to stand up a new SPO site and use the document library template.
By: Gregory for Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Delete Device Records in AD / AAD / Intune / Autopilot / ConfigMgr with PowerShell smsagent (smsagent.blog)
I've done a lot of testing with Windows Autopilot in recent times. Most of my tests are done in
virtual machines, which are ideal as I can simply dispose of them after. But you also need to cleanup the device records that were created in Azure Active Directory, Intune, the Autopilot registration service, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (if you're using it) and Active Directory in the case of Hybrid-joined devices.
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By: Trevor Jones  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSano: A powershell text editor (reddit.com)
PSano is a Text editor written in Powershell. So no external c# libraries or binaries needed to be
able to interactively edit text. And I don't just mean text files on your computer. Function definitions and variables1 can be edited in memory. It also supports editing text files over a PS Session, so you can edit text without access to the admin share or installing a editor on the remote computer.
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By: u/purplemonkeymad  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
I've just published v1.1.4 of the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module to both GitHub and the
PowerShell Gallery. Release 1.1.4 of the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module is the result of considerable effort by myself and Sean McGovern. Release 1.1.4's numerous updates comprise changes to cmdlets to account for changes to IdentityNow API authentication, four new cmdlets, cmdlet updates for API changes, bug-fixes and documentation updates..
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By: Darren Robinson  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Cookbook: Your Complete Guide to Scripting the Ubiquitous Object-Based Shell (amazon.com)
How do you use PowerShell to navigate the filesystem, manage files and folders, or retrieve a web
page? This introduction to the PowerShell language and scripting environment provides more than 400 task-oriented recipes to help you solve all kinds of problems. Intermediate to advanced system administrators will find more than 100 tried-and-tested scripts they can copy and use immediately.
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By: Lee Holmes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell for Beginners: Learn PowerShell 7 Through Hands-On Mini Games (amazon.co.uk)
Learn the basic tools and commands to write scripts in PowerShell 7. This hands-on guide is designed
to get you up and running on PowerShell quickly - introducing interactive menus, reading and writing files, and creating code that talks over the network to other scripts, with mini games to facilitate learning.
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By: Ian Waters  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Remember to triple check your scripts before using in prod (reddit.com)
A simple yet effective reminder from this Reddit user.
By: u/the_star_lord  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 26, 2020

Announcements!

Release v7.1.0-preview.4 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell release now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

5 Tips On Getting Started with AWS and PowerShell (scriptrunner.com)
How many times have you had to open up a web browser, log in to the portal, choose a service, click
a bunch of buttons, and finally receive the information you were trying to retrieve on an AWS service? Perhaps the metadata on an EC2 instance? Now you can do it all automatically!
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



awesome-powershell (github.com)

By: Janik Vonrotz  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Backup and Restore your Microsoft Intune configuration with PowerShell! (srdn.io)
BREAKING Update: IntuneBackupAndRestore v2.0.0 released, which relies on the Microsoft.Graph.Intune
PowerShell module instead of MSGraphFunctions
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By: John Seerden  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Building a PowerShell Command Inventory Solution – Part Deux (powershell.anovelidea.org)
A quick update on how I used PowerShell Abstract Tree Syntax to solve this Iron Scripter challenge.
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting file metadata with PowerShell similar to what Windows Explorer provides (evotec.xyz)
I'm working on a new feature for one of my modules that requires me to know what kind of files I am
working with. It's quite easy in PowerShell, and without a lot of code, you can reasonably quickly get necessary information about data stored on your desktop or anywhere else for that matter.
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By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Native Commands in PowerShell – A New Approach (devblogs.microsoft.com)
In this two part blog post I'm going to investigate how PowerShell can take better advantage of
native executables.
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By: James Truher  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Run reports on All users permissions in SharePoint Online with PowerShell (chironusa.com)
If you are managing the SharePoint online environment there pretty high chances that you would need
to run the report on users who have access to the site / list / library and all sub-sites or sub-items. If you have a pretty complex structure of sites / lists and permissions you wouldn't like to spend all your time by manually going and checking permission. Also, if you don't have any reporting tools like ShareGate - PowerShell would be the best option here.
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By: Alex Pashkevych  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Export all GPOs to a folder (pastebin.com)
Quick script to export all GPOs
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PS1 to Service (systanddeploy.com)
A tool to convert your PS1 to Windows Service on local or other devices
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Yes please! (twitter.com)
A shell that changes background color based on music beat. The dumbest thing ever that I will
install immediately. Someone do this with PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 26, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Find if a Hard Drive is HDD or SSD on Windows (techviral.net)
By: Amarnath Chakraborty
This article provides three methods to determine whether a hard drive in a Windows PC is a Hard Disk
Drive (HDD) or Solid State Drive (SSD): using File Explorer, PowerShell, and freeware apps.
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How to Reset Windows Security App in Windows 11 (techviral.net)
By: Amarnath Chakraborty
This article provides three methods to reset the Windows Security app on Windows 11: using
PowerShell, Settings, or Command Prompt.
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How to Use PowerShell to Identify Inactive Teams Channels (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
This article explains how to use PowerShell and the Microsoft Graph SDK to identify inactive Teams
channels in a Microsoft 365 tenant. It provides a script that generates a report file containing details of channels and their last message, along with information on team owners.
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Managing Microsoft Defender Antivirus through PowerShell cmdlets (4sysops.com)
By: IT News
Microsoft offers robust PowerShell cmdlets to manage security features on Windows devices, allowing
for automated security tasks and consistent protection.
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PowerShell Terminal tips and tricks (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
Harm Veenstra shares useful PowerShell terminal tips and tricks for automating tasks and improving
productivity.
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Selectable Export PowerShell Engine arrives for the Granfeldt PowerShell Management Agent (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
By: Darren Robinson
The Granfeldt PowerShell Management Agent now supports a selectable export engine, allowing
connectors to choose between different PowerShell engines for improved flexibility and compatibility.
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Taming AI Tool Sprawl: A PowerShell Guide to Auditing and Governing Unauthorized AI Applications (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Adam Bertram
This guide teaches you how to use PowerShell to detect, audit, and govern unauthorized AI
applications using Microsoft Graph, Entra ID, and Defender for Cloud Apps.
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Using Graph Delta Queries with Entra ID Groups (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
Delta queries can be used to track changes in Microsoft 365 groups, but they are not suitable for
long-term reporting. Instead, delta links can be used to check for modifications from a specific point forward. The article explains how to create a delta link and use it to track changes to specific groups.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerShell updated from 7.4 to 7.6 LTS on all runner images (github.com)
By: Justin Grote
All Github runners should now have PowerShell 7.6!

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

The Microsoft DSC Handbook (leanpub.com)
By: Gijs Reijn
Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) is the next step of Desired State Configuration,
bringing in even more cross-platform support so you can define and enforce system state across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Community

Certificates Are Not Optional with Leo D’Arcy (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Leo D'Arcy discusses the importance of certificates in IT, the difference between self-signed and
proper CA infrastructure, and the value of integrating signing into a CI/CD pipeline.
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Don’t ask Microsoft to do it all (linkedin.com)
By: David Sass
Hayden Barnes makes a really good point here.

Fun

Making Memes (pckt.blog)
By: James Brundage
It's Friday. Let's have some Fun! Let's write fun servers in PowerShell. About a week ago, I
released Fun. It's a fun functional server in PowerShell.
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Upcoming Events

PowerShell Pro Series (recastsoftware.com)
By: Recast
This two-part series led by Microsoft MVPs is designed to help IT admins strengthen their PowerShell
scripting skills, from core fundamentals to more advanced techniques. Part 2 takes place on June 30th.
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June 28, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automatic environment cleanup with Intune Connector for AD Extender (blog.basevision.ch)
Thomas Kurth provides great examples on how to keep your environment clean, using automatic cleanup
of Intune Devices and ActiveDirectory Computer Accounts with PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to add MDT applications with Chocolatey package manager (searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com)
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit allows administrators to install applications during deployment.
Here’s how IT can simplify the process with Chocolatey’s command-line input.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Check File Size Using PowerShell (sharepointsky.com)
This PowerShell tutorial, we will see a very simple way to check file size using PowerShell
script. 
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Network Performance Monitoring with iPerf and PowerShell (4sysops.com)
Learn how to extend the functionality of the popular network performance measurement and tuning tool
iPerf with the help of PowerShell.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Restore Group Policy with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
Check out Mike’s scripts he created for a restoring Group Policy from backups. It is a
companion tool to the Group Policy backup tool he shared earlier this year.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

HypervLAB (hypervlab.co.uk)
HypervLAB is a great blog and resource for all things Microsoft and PowerShell. Simon has a ton of
great content and easy to follow tuturials.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The Pester Book (leanpub.com)
The first major update to the PesterBook in two years out today. Most, if not all, the newest Pester
goodness is now in it along with a ton of reorganization and editing! Enjoy! Free update to existing buyers.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Trolling your colleagues with the new Windows Terminal (blog.kieranties.com)
Tricks include setting their Terminal background to a new gif every time the open it.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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June 28, 2024

Announcements!

Introducing the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
By: Stefan Stranger
Microsoft Entra PowerShell is a new scenario-focused PowerShell module for the Microsoft Entra
product family.
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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Adding Details of Authentication Methods to the Tenant Passwords and MFA Report (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
V1.2 of the User Passwords and MFA report includes the names of authentication methods registered
for user accounts. V1.3 expands the amount of detail reported for each method, such as the phone number used for SMS challenges, or the email address used for SSPR. It's a small but important detail that's useful to administrators. However, it also comes with a potential privacy issue, so the script must handle that too.
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Connect to the Microsoft Entra PowerShell Module (o365reports.com)
By: Sudha
We all know that Microsoft deprecated the Azure AD PowerShell and MSOnline PowerShell modules. So,
they advise us to migrate all the scripts to the MS Graph PowerShell. But finding the equivalent cmdlets and updating the scripts can be tough. Don't worry! Microsoft heard our struggle!
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Create, configure, and delete system restore points with PowerShell, vssadmin.exe, and System Properties (4sysops.com)
By: Wolfgang Sommergut
System restore points allow users to roll back Windows to an earlier state if problems arise. These
points capture important system files, the registry, and drivers. In addition to using the System Properties applet, you can manage system restore points with PowerShell and vssadmin.exe.
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How to Identify MFA Deployment Source in Microsoft 365 Using PowerShell (o365reports.com)
By: PaVee
Have you ever felt like managing multi-factor authentication (MFA) is more of a hurdle than a
security measure? Constant MFA issues can be frustrating! Here are some common MFA issues; as you read, consider how you might address these challenges.
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Leveraging OpenAI to Enhance Pull Request Management in Azure DevOps (thelazyadministrator.com)
By: Brad Wyatt
Our goal is to create an automation that significantly enhances the efficiency of our development
process. A service hook is triggered when a new Pull Request is created in Azure DevOps, sending a webhook to an Azure Function. This function analyzes the request body, gets all commits in the Pull Request, and sends it to Open AI's API, which generates a Pull Request message detailing all of the proposed changes from the commits and writes it back to the Azure DevOps Pull Request.
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PowerShell: Beyond the Prompt! (telegra.ph)
By: Raúl Romero García
Powershell often gets overshadowed by its scripting cousin, Bash, but just like Ruby, Powershell
offers a depth that goes beyond the initial impression.
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Using Debug and Verbose parameters in PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
It's one of those things you forget, and you can get a lot more output when running scripts that
will help you find out why things are not working as you expected. This small blog post will show you how to get more verbose and debug information.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSLinux v 1.0.6 (powershellgallery.com)
By: eswaras
The RedHatSatelliteSearch PowerShell module provides functions to retrieve and manage data from a
RedHat Satellite server. This module allows users to specify search filters to query and fetch information about hosts and other resources managed by the Satellite server.
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Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Counting Files with a Specific Extension Using PowerShell (youtube.com)
By: The PowerShell Playground
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of using PowerShell to count the total
number of files with a specific extension within a directory and its subdirectories. This method is highly useful for system administrators and IT professionals who need to manage and analyze large volumes of files efficiently.
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Community

From NoWayShell to PowerShell: A Coding Transformation (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
In this episode, host Andrew Pla converses with coding enthusiast Josh Hendricks (@joshooaj) about
his transformative PowerShell journey - a pathway that led him from avoidance to adoration. The discussion delves into the intricacies of Joshua's PSPushover and MilestonePSTools projects, developing an understanding of their creation process. Additionally, Josh recounts his captivating experience of giving a talk on "Docs" at the prestigious PowerShell Summit. This riveting dialogue remarkably encapsulates a personal journey blending skepticism, discovery, and innovation at the heart of coding.
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Fun

TEC 2024 PowerShell Script-Off (practical365.com)
By: Tony Redmond
TEC 2024 in Dallas (October 1-2) will once again feature the TEC PowerShell Script-Off where coders
attempt to come up with the best solutions for challenges set by the judges. The challenges are all Microsoft 365 scenarios (Exchange Online, Entra ID, Teams, and SharePoint Online), so there's nothing unknown about what we'll ask people to code. Come along to TEC 2024 and compete to be the best coder in town!
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June 3, 2022

Announcements!

PowerShellGet 3.0 Preview 14 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce that an update to our preview of PowerShellGet 3.0 is now available on
the PowerShell Gallery!
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Disable Bitlocker (powershell.city)
Disabling bitlocker with PowerShell is as easy as you might not believe.
By: Xajuan Smith  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Formatting PowerShell 7 code like Kusto Query Language (mikefrobbins.com)
An obscure feature that was added to PowerShell in version 7 is the ability to specify the pipe
character on the next line similar to the syntax for Kusto Query Language (KQL).
...>more(less)
By: Mike F. Robbins  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Install PowerShell on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (linuxcapable.com)
Microsoft PowerShell is a versatile and industry-leading scripting language that can be used for
automation. It is also often paired with other technologies like CI/CD platforms, making it possible to build solutions without much effort quickly! No matter what kind of input you are looking at, whether it's text or object data, PowerShell will return .NET objects when executed; this means there is no need whatsoever to parse out information from output messages since all values are already inside them.
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By: Joshua James  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Modifying the New-Guid Cmdlet (tommymaynard.com)
I'm deep in the weeds right now writing new content about my experience with Azure and Azure
PowerShell. So, what a better time to have an idea, write a quick function, and then create its own post and publish it. Or, maybe not.
...>more(less)
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Productivity tip: Working with History (blog.ehmiiz.tech)
One thing I've always done while hacking along in the terminal is working with my command-line
history. There's quite a few ways to do so currently, so I thought i'd share some of my favorite ones.
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By: Emil Larsson  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AudioDeviceCmdlets (github.com)
AudioDeviceCmdlets is a suite of PowerShell Cmdlets to control audio devices on Windows
By: frgnca  submitted:Jun 15 2022



ExplainLinuxFS (powershellgallery.com)
Get info of the linux standard directories at the command-line, and go there
By: Emil Larsson  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSNotes 0.2.0.1 (github.com)
Now with splatting support
By: Me (shameless self-promotion, I know)  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Building PowerShell module on Azure DevOps pipeline – step by step guide – YouTube (youtube.com)
The World talks constantly about DevOps, CI/CI pipelines, automation - which great, but where to
actually start? Especially when you've been writing PowerShell which is often used as automation language, but not actually as programming language?
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By: Kamil Pro  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Debugging PowerShell Scripts in Visual Studio Code – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video, I show how to use the PowerShell Extension for Visual Studio Code to debug PowerShell
scripts. We'll look at how to run scripts, set breakpoints and view variables during debugging. We'll also go through the various ways to step through scripts and evaluate variables and expressions with the watch window. Next, we'll learn about advanced breakpoints and how to configure launch.json to configure how to launch scripts.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell & Global DevOps Summit. The Bar Sessions. (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
This episode features several conversations we captured while at the Global Summit. Ryan Richter
talked to us about his experiences attending the OnRamp. Steven Judd talked about helping to run the remote summit, dad jokes, and music. Lastly, we talk with Harjit and Mick from the PowerShell news podcast, where we talk about how our podcasts came about and things we have learned and improved on since we started.
...>more(less)
By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Have any of you made any cool powershell headers for your console when it opens? (reddit.com)
Whether it is just your name in ASCII letters or displaying the date, a little quote etc? Looking
for some additional ways to spice up the powershell console.
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By: u/jakobyscream  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSHangMan (powershellgallery.com)
The famous game Hang Man, right in your PowerShell host! With tech-companies theme.
By: Emil Larsson  submitted:Jun 15 2022



You know you’ve been spending too much time in Powershell.. (reddit.com)
We've all been there 🙂
By: u/ir34dy0ur3m4i1  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Upcoming Events

#PSTweetChat (twitter.com)
Join the PowerShell conversation tomorrow from 1-2PM Eastern (UTC-4). Use #PSTweetChat to follow
along.
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By: Everyone  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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June 4, 2021

Announcements!

Call for Speakers (sessionize.com)
The Call for Presentations for the Automation + DevOps Summit 2021 is now OPEN! Proposals are due by
11:59 CDT Thursday, July 15th, 2021
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By: Automation + DevOps Summit  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate and manage Azure AD tasks at scale with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
If you're using the Azure AD PowerShell or MSOnline PowerShell modules to manage Azure AD, we
encourage you to try the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK is where all our current and future investments are being made.
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By: Alex Simons  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Import PFX Certificate and Configure Binding on Remote IIS Servers (geeklifenow.com)
A way to import a pfx certificate and set the HTTPS binding on a list of remote servers
By: Matthew Snyder  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Move-Item examples for file, folder management (searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com)
Moving files and folders with PowerShell requires some finesse for different situations.
By: Anthony Howell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Collection-of-Useful-Scripts (github.com)
This is a collection of useful scripts from various sources
By: Abhishek Sinha  submitted:Jun 16 2022



UserRightsAssignment 1.0.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Analyze the effective User Rights Assignments on a computer and compare results
By: Friedrich Weinmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Debug PowerShell with and without VS Code – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video I walk through how to debug PowerShell code using VS Code native features and the
native PowerShell debugger.
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By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 5, 2020

Announcements!

Announcing General Availability of the Exchange Online PowerShell v2 Cmdlets (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
The V2 module is now available in the PowerShell Gallery and we recommend all Exchange Online
customers start using these new cmdlets right away.
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By: The Exchange Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating with PowerShell: an Azure DynDNS replacement (cyberdrain.com)
Oracle has bought DynDNS somewhere in 2019 and decided to slowly start killing off the DynDNS
Managed DNS services. This has caused us to look for a different solution. Of course, I immediately thought of Azure, with an Azure DNS hosted zone.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Exchange Online PowerShell V2 use cases and small tutorial (blog.it-koehler.com)
Dealing with PowerShell is a great thing, especially if you have to administer a large and dynamic
organization. Let's spend some time to learn some default use cases lot of exchange admins have to do. In this article I'm showing a various combination of different PowerShell cmdlets, with special focus in the new Exchange Online cmdlets. You can do a much more crazy stuff, but I want to show some basics.
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By: Alexander Koehler  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Use the Azure DevOps REST API with PowerShell (imaginet.com)
Using PowerShell to call the Azure DevOps REST API is simple, yet very powerful. In my newest video,
I will provide a detailed walk-through and demo of how to use the Azure DevOps REST API with PowerShell.
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By: Etienne Tremblay  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using Win32_UserAccount WMI filter in PowerShell/Group Policies and what to avoid (evotec.xyz)
Some months ago, I created PowerShell Script to create local administrative users on workstations -
Create a local user or administrator account in Windows using PowerShell. It's a bit overcomplicated, but the goal was it should work for Windows 7 and up, and that means supporting PowerShell 2.0. As part of that exercise, I've been using Win32_UserAccount WMI based query to find local users and manage them to an extent. While Get-LocalUser exists, it's not suitable for the PowerShell 2.0 scenario. I also use the same query in GPO for WMI filtering. You can say it's been a good friend of mine - until today! Let's take a look at this basic WMI query:
...>more(less)
By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

50 of the Top PowerShell Modules to Check Out (ironmansoftware.com)
We put together a list of some awesome PowerShell modules that we think are worth checking out. If
you see an error or have a module that you'd like to recommend, please contact us!
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Compiling PowerShell 7 Scripts into an Executable (ironmansoftware.com)
We're happy to announce the return of PowerShell 7 script packaging! You can now target PowerShell 7
as a packaging target with PowerShell Pro Tools for Visual Studio, VS Code, and with Merge-Script. We're even introducing experimental Linux and Mac support. You'll be able to run your scripts cross-platform!
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Module Monday: InvokeBuild (youtube.com)
Module Monday is a video series where we show off cool PowerShell modules on Monday. In this video,
we look at InvokeBuild. InvokeBuild provides the ability to create build scripts with PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Conference EU – YouTube (youtube.com)
Check out tons of great videos from this years PowerShell Conference EU that took place earlier this
week.
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By: PowerShell Conference EU  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Show ANSI Samples (jdhitsolutions.com)
Earlier this week I did a live session for the PSPowerHour. I talked about ways to dress up your
PowerShell work and console sessions. One of things I talked about was using ANSI escape sequences to add some color.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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June 5, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Bypassing the VCF 9.1 Subnet Trap (angrysysops.com)
By: Piotr Tarnawski
How the SDDC Manager API and a Bit of PowerShell Saved My Upgrade. If you are gearing up for the
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 upgrade, grab a cup of coffee and pull up a chair.
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Events are Easy (posh.pckt.blog)
By: James Brundage
Events are easy. Events let you know when something happened, and respond to it if you choose.
Events are incredibly useful.
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How to Turn Off Touchscreen on Windows 10 & 11 (thetechnicalmaster.com)
By: Technical Master
If you don't need your laptop touchscreen, turn it off. Here's how to disable it on Windows 10 and
11, re-enable it, and troubleshoot touch issues.
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Microsoft Artifact Registry becomes the trusted source for first-party PowerShell modules (4sysops.com)
By: IT News
Microsoft is transitioning its first-party PowerShell modules to the Microsoft Artifact Registry to
provide a more secure and reliable distribution channel. This new platform serves as a Microsoft-controlled publishing pipeline that offers stronger provenance and ownership guarantees than the community-driven PowerShell Gallery. Administrators are encouraged to adopt the PSResourceGet module to manage these resources and separate package discovery from production consumption.
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Microsoft Artifact Registry is the New Home for Trusted Code (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
A recent Microsoft blog laid out some changes for PowerShell developers work in terms of installing
modules and the role of the Microsoft Artifact Registry.
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Microsoft Coreutils for Windows: native Linux command-line tools (4sysops.com)
By: IT Experts
Microsoft announced Coreutils for Windows at Build 2026, making a set of Unix-style command-line
tools available as native Windows applications. Built on an open-source Rust reimplementation of GNU coreutils, the package ships as a single binary. It bundles the standard coreutils, findutils, and a GNU-compatible grep. Because many command names overlap with existing Windows built-ins, you must be aware of shell conflicts before using them in cmd or PowerShell. The project carries a preview label on GitHub despite being announced as generally available.
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Using PSBoundParameters or IsPresent when checking PowerShell Switch or Parameters usage (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
Had a talk with a colleague about whether to use IsPresent or PSBoundParameters to validate if a
Switch or Parameter was used in a Script or Function. In this blog, I will explain what they do and how you can use both.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

All-in-One PowerShell Script to Manage Active Directory Contacts (o365reports.com)
By: Adi
While Active Directory contacts are essential for maintaining an accurate Global Address List (GAL),
managing them natively can be time-consuming and difficult to scale. To simplify the process, we developed a PowerShell script that supports 12 Active Directory contact management actions. With support for both individual and bulk operations, it helps admins efficiently manage the entire contact lifecycle from creation to deletion.
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Coreutils for Windows (github.com)
By: Microsoft
UNIX-style core utilities for Windows. The same commands and pipelines you use on Linux, macOS, and
WSL - natively.
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Community

Betting on Yourself with Frank Lesniak (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Frank Lesniak joins Andrew Pla for a wide-ranging conversation that covers Frank's newly minted
Microsoft MVP status, his journey through PowerShell, and what it looks like to build a real presence in the tech community. Frank talks through the pipeline struggles that tripped him up early on, how his VB Script and object-oriented background made the shift to PowerShell's object model feel disorienting, and how AI has quietly changed the way he approaches scripting today. The conversation takes a thoughtful turn as Andrew and Frank dig into impostor syndrome, the value of conference speaking, and how showing up consistently in the community compounds into a career. Frank also shares an update on DuPage Animal Friends, the nonprofit he serves, which supports one of the country's highest-performing open-admission animal shelters.
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PSConfEU 2026 (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
I attended my third PSConfEU event, this time it was in Wiesbaden (Germany). In this long blog post,
I will recap the week, the sessions, the event, the people I met, and everything else surrounding it.
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June 7, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Create a Powershell Function App and trigger from Kudu and Logic Apps (cirriustech.co.uk)
In his latest post on working with Logic Apps and Kudu Graham Gold shows you how to create a
PowerShell Function App and trigger from Kudu and Logic Apps. The things he shows here are a great primer for multiple different scenarios, even if you aren?t using Kudu.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Friends of Azure PowerShell survey 2019 (aka.ms)
Microsoft wants your feedback to help shape the future of Azure PowerShell.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Import Windows Autopilot device identity using PowerShell (scconfigmgr.com)
New blog post: “Import Windows Autopilot device identity using PowerShell” –
MSIntune PowerShell Autopilot
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Invoke sync to all devices in Intune with PowerShell (timmyit.com)
In this post Timmy Andersson shows how you can invoke sync to multiple devices in Intune with
PowerShell and the Intune GraphAPI
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell 7 Road Map (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Steve Lee the Principal Software Engineering Manager for the PowerShell Team at Microsoft, provides
a road map of what to expect with PowerShell 7.0.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Using PowerShellGet with Azure Artifacts (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Azure Artifacts is an Azure Dev Ops service which introduces the concept of multiple feeds that you
can use to organize and control access to your packages. In other words it is a place for storing and sharing packages with controlled access through Azure Dev Ops.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



What GPO changed in the last few days? (twitter.com)
If you want to see if any GPOs have changed in the last few days (e.g. diagnosing new logon issues)
check out the following command.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Working with Passwords in PowerShell (blog.it-koehler.com)
Alexander has released a great new article series about simple password encryption in powershell
scripts.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

New SharePoint CSOM version released for SharePoint Online (developer.microsoft.com)
A new version of the SharePoint Online Management Shell (16.0.8924.1200) now available from
PowerShell Gallery. List of new cmdlets included in the CSOM update.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



RobocopyPS (powershellgallery.com)
All the greatness of Robocopy, now in PowerShell form.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



TechSnips SnipScripts Repo (github.com)
A huge collection of scripts provided by TechSnips contributors. There is a ton of great stuff in
here.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches (manning.com)
Struggling to learn PowerShell? It only takes a month of lunches or less if you eat quickly!
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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March 11, 2022

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo General Availability (GA) (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) release of PowerShell Crescendo
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Download HTTP files over 122x faster (twitter.com)
by disabling the progress bar
By: Stephen Gutekanst  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Git repo best practices for PowerShell (reddit.com)
Curious how everyone else manages their code repos for Powershell.
By: u/Sunsparc  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Learning How to Compare Objects with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Sure enough, comparing files or file contents in Windows is one thing you've been doing through the
years. But doesn't eyeballing files and contents strain your eyes at some point? Well, lucky for you, PowerShell lets you compare objects the way you want to with the Compare-Object command.
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By: Chaitanya  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using a PowerShell script to determine app requirement in Intune (sccmentor.com)
When creating Win32apps in Intune, we have a standard set of requirements we can use to determine if
an app will install on a device or not. These are
(+)(-)
By: Paul Winstanley  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Building an Open Source IT Admin Toolkit with WinUI 3 (nkasco.com)
A customizable and expandable destination for centralizing day-to-day job functions.
By: Nathan Kasco  submitted:Jun 16 2022



psncal.ps1 (gist.github.com)
Print the calendar vertically i.e the weekdays will be shown in a column, not in a row
By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Let’s Chat: PowerShell IDE I mean ISE I mean VSCode – YouTube (youtube.com)
Finally we are going to leave the console, at least for a little bit, just long enough to start off
with getting an editor installed, and no I'm not talking about Notepad++ I'm talking about that amazing tool VSCode.
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By: JordanTheItGuy  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

I stole this and editied it (was BaSh before), (twitter.com)
but I love it and it's true! However that may have more to do with my work not spending money and
expecting me to script stuff rather than buy a product. I treat it as a big techincal exercise! It works in my favour.
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Young Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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March 12, 2021

Announcements!

Announcing Az Predictor preview 2 (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Last November, we announced the first preview of Az Predictor, a PowerShell module for Azure that
brings to your fingertips the entire knowledge of the Azure documentation customized to your current session.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.1.3 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come and get it while it's still hot!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Documenting with PowerShell: Documenting admin actions (cyberdrain.com)
So with all this exchange news going around, I figured there's enough people writing about that so I
won't bother; there's lots a smart scripts flying about that can be used to find the webshells, etc. Instead I'm focussing on M365 admin actions.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to add pictures to Excel with PowerShell? (bronowski.it)
Spreadsheets' main purpose is data: storing, manipulating and analyzing them. We can add some
colours or charts to make the data more friendly, but sometimes we may want to add something else - like a logo or picture and all that can be achieved with PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Mikey Bronowski  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to backup all of your keys, certs and secrets included in all your Azure Key Vaults (scriptinglibrary.com)
After my previous article on the basic Powershell cmdlets for Azure Key Vault, I thought it would be
interesting to provide to all users, who are already familiar with it, a method to export all keys, certs and secrets stored in it once via Powershell.
...>more(less)
By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Use the Get-FileHash PowerShell Cmdlet (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you need to compare two files or make sure a file has not changed? The PowerShell cmdlet
Get-FileHash generates hash values both for files or streams of data. A hash is simply a function that converts one value into another. Sometimes the hash value may be smaller to save on space, or the hash value may be a checksum used to validate a file.
...>more(less)
By: Devin Rich  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Passing each element of an array into a function with Powershell (sean-lloyd.com)
Let's say you have a collection of objects, and you wish to perform the same action over each object
in that collection.
...>more(less)
By: Sean Lloyd  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Reviewing PowerShell’s Role in the Exchange Hack (reddit.com)
A good discussion on Reddit about the recent Exchange exploit..
By: u/PowerShellMichael  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The De Facto Guide for Converting a PS1 to EXE (7 Ways) (adamtheautomator.com)
You can invoke PowerShell scripts in many different ways, but they all have one downfall, you can't
simply run them like a standard Windows program (EXE). Perhaps you'd like to prevent editing the code in a script or perhaps make it easier for your users to run scripts. It's time to learn how to convert a PS1 to an EXE.
...>more(less)
By: Arman Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

posh-git (github.com)
A PowerShell environment for Git
By: Keith Dahlby  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSWriteHTML (github.com)
PSWriteHTML is PowerShell Module to generate beautiful HTML reports, pages, emails without any
knowledge of HTML, CSS or JavaScript. To get started basics PowerShell knowledge is required.
...>more(less)
By: Evotec  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Test ARM templates with What-If in a pipeline (4bes.nl)
Find out how to test all templates in your repo in one task with PowerShell and the What-If module.
With examples for Azure DevOps pipelines and Github Actions
...>more(less)
By: Barbara 4bes  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How to Run SQL Assessment Checks in Azure SQL MI (YouTube) (youtube.com)
In this episode with Aaron Nelson, we'll show you the basics of the SQL Assessment PowerShell
commands, and how you can run the assessments for your Azure SQL Managed Instances as well as your on-prem SQL Server instances.
...>more(less)
By: Aaron Nelson and Anna Hoffman  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Unattended Authentication to Azure (YouTube) (youtube.com)
A walkthrough of options for unattended authentication to Azure for automations. Covers managed
identity and service principals. Lots of demos including service principals with secrets and certificates with PowerShell. Concepts apply to AZ CLI as well.
...>more(less)
By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Because why not (twitter.com)
There are 3 PowerShell script examples in this Microsoft Doc and each one uses a different brace
style
...>more(less)
By: Mark Wragg  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SnuePape (github.com)
Sets your desktop's wallpaper to today's top upvoted Reddit wallpaper
By: Nikola  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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March 13, 2020

Announcements!

A new kind of GridView right in your console: Introducing the early preview of ConsoleGuiTools (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools is a module that will contain a set of cmdlets that enable
console-based GUIs. Today, it contains one very important cmdlet: Out-ConsoleGridView.
...>more(less)
By: Tyler Leonhardt  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Changes to Invoke-RestMethod in PowerShell 7 (tommymaynard.com)
As we continue, do keep in mind that Invoke-RestMethod can do much more than what we've seen so far,
and what we'll cover. It can do POST requests, handle pagination, handle multipart/form-data, and it can pass in multiple headers if required. Don't forget about authentication and credentials; it can handle those, as well.
...>more(less)
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Justin Grote on Twitter: Serverless is the future. (twitter.com)
My Azure Functions Powershell, which processed 496,000 tickets last month, including a peak of
14,000 tickets a second, georedundant across 8 azure regions, cost $8 to run last month
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell 7 Experimental Features (powershell.anovelidea.org)
Earlier today, I posted an article on experimental features of PowerShell 7. I go beyond the basic
commands and provide examples of two features and a demo module.
...>more(less)
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell 7 Profile Paths and Locations (ridicurious.com)
Apart from these major feature releases there are some changes in directory paths as well if you are
coming from Windows PowerShell v5.1, like the default locations where your $Profiles are stored is changed.
...>more(less)
By: Prateek Singh  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Searching for a string in half-a-million file names. What’s the fastest way? (reddit.com)
A great discussion on an often thought about topic.
By: u/shalafi71  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Staying up to Date on PowerShell Releases with Update Notifications (toastit.dev)
If you're not stalking the PowerShell team on Twitter, or obsessively refreshing the PowerShell repo
on GitHub, how are you meant to be aware of new releases?
...>more(less)
By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Using PowerShell Markdown Cmdlets (duffney.io)
The vast majority of the technical documentation written today is written in Markdown. From Jane's
dev blog to Microsoft's PowerShell documentation, markdown is behind it. Markdown is a light weight markup language with plain-text-formatting syntax. Markup languages were designed to be easy to write using a generic text editor and easy to read in its raw from without rendering. Markdown's success is largely in part because it does this very well. It is easy to read without being rendered. It also does not require a bunch of opening and closing tags. Which are difficult to read and time consuming to type. Markdown has an extensive list of features that allow you to; style font, define headings, create tables, create hyperlinks, define code snippets, and much more. Recently, a few new Markdown cmdlets were introduced to PowerShell. These cmdlets allow you to work with Markdown from the terminal. They allow you to render the markdown as HTML or to view it within a terminal window using AsVT100 Encoding. In this blog post, you'll learn how to use these cmdlets to render and output Markdown using PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Josh Duffney  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Collaboration between Teams: PowerShell and .NET!
We're happy to announce the Generally Available (GA) release of PowerShell 7.0! Steve Lee and
Richard Lander discuss how the PowerShell and .NET Teams are working more closely together bringing better compatibility and performance.
...>more(less)
By: Rich Lander  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Norwegian PowerShell User Group on Twitter: (twitter.com)
Yes, there will be stickers
By: NorwegianPUG  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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March 18, 2022

Announcements!

AsBuiltReport.Microsoft.AD v0.7.0! (github.com)
Check out what's new!
By: AsBuiltReport  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A great discussion on Twitter about when to use PowerShell vs C# (twitter.com)
Whenever I review PowerShell from someone who is really good at it, I'm always envious. But
sometimes, when there is a lot of code...I think to myself, this would be better in a .NET app, for testability
(+)(-)
By: David Pine  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Building a Discord Bot in PowerShell and Azure Functions (blog.dcrich.net)
I like using Discord to accomplish stuff. But I'm no programmer. That leaves me with little space to
operate in; making a Discord bot is hardT. I've made some scripts for my own usage that integrate with Discord bots, but they've always been for my own use only.
(+)(-)
By: Devin Rich  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Convert Dynamic Distribution Lists to Teams (office365itpros.com)
After writing about the recent revamp of Exchange Online dynamic distribution lists, I was asked if
it was possible to create a team from the membership of a dynamic distribution list. The answer is that the steps are straightforward to create a static Microsoft 365 group. Things get more complicated if you contemplate using a dynamic Microsoft 365 group.
(+)(-)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Creating and publishing PowerShell Modules to Azure Artifacts with Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines (faun.pub)
PowerShell Modules are very useful and can save a lot of time if well designed and created. Check on
this post how to create and pack a basic PowerShell Module, and publish it into Azure Artifact using Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines.
(+)(-)
By: Wesley Camargo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-CIMInstance Vs Get-WMIObject: What’s The Difference? (networkadm.in)
Sysadmins have been using WMI for years, and then Microsoft gave us data access via CIM with the
rollout of PowerShell v3.0. What's the difference between these management interfaces? Which one should you use, and why?
(+)(-)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Quickly Open PowerShell for Folder (community.idera.com)
In Windows Explorer, when you navigate to a folder, you can easily open a classic cmd or a
PowerShell console with the current folder set as current path.
(+)(-)
By: Idera  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Variable name with a space in it? O_o (reddit.com)
For those who have ever had to deal with this.
By: u/bee_administrator  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Introducing PSProjectStatus (jdhitsolutions.com)
I write a lot of PowerShell modules. And probably like you, I am working on more than one project at
a time. I was finding it difficult to keep track of what I was working on and what I might be neglecting. So I turned to PowerShell and created a tool that I use to keep on top of my projects.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Invoke-ParameterisedSqlQuery.ps1 (gist.github.com)
Invoke-SqlCmd doesn't support parameterised queries, so you have to resort to magic strings, and
possibly leave yourself open to SQL injection attacks. While you may be the only one using your script, it's likely that you're using values you're getting from a database, file, or some other external source. So I finally got around to writing a function that supports parameterised queries, and thought I'd offer it up in case others find it useful.
(+)(-)
By: Neil Barnwell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows security event log backup to SQL Server Express with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
My ADSecurityLogArchivingManager PowerShell module is a custom monitoring data retrieval tool that
allows you to export security event logs to SQL Server Express, which Windows cleans from the system after a certain number of days. The tool enables you to create an offline Event Viewer for a specific computer.
(+)(-)
By: Krishnamoorthi Gopal  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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March 19, 2021

Announcements!

Release v7.2.0-preview.4 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Check out the latest version of PowerShell
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Voice your support for an AWS Lambda container base image for PowerShell (github.com)
I recently discovered that AWS Lambda launched support for container images, and supported every
major language except for PowerShell. If you're interested in publishing AWS Lambda functions, by using a PowerShell container image, add your voice to this GitHub issue report. One of the AWS developers has responded and expressed interest in prioritizing, but we need to show interest / demand for this feature.
...>more(less)
By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Add your IP address as an NSG rule in Azure using Powershell (sean-lloyd.com)
One of the (very minor) downsides of working from home, is that I often need to add my IP address to
many network security groups (NSG) in Azure.
...>more(less)
By: Sean Lloyd  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Advanced HTML reporting using PowerShell (evotec.xyz)
I've been using HTML reporting in PowerShell for a while. Initially, I would usually build HTML by
hand, but the time spent trying to figure out what works and what doesn't drive me mad. With the PSWriteHTML module, a lot has changed. With just a few PowerShell lines, I can create feature-rich reports that change how I show data to my Clients. Today I wanted to show you some advanced HTML reporting without actually complicating PowerShell code. In the last few months, I've added many features that create advanced reports without sacrificing readability.
...>more(less)
By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Better Active Directory Reporting with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
During the course of conversations with my friend and AD admin, Gladys Kravitz, I realized I needed
to build a solid reporting tool around Active Directory. I had a library of scripts and functions I have written over the years, including a few that I've written about here recently. Thus was born ADReportingTools.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Dynamic PowerShell Version in Windows Terminal Tabs (tommymaynard.com)
I find myself inside the Window Terminal's JSON Settings file each time I update the version of
PowerShell on my system. That includes non-preview and preview versions of PowerShell. Well, as of today, that's changed. Previously I would install an updated version, jump into the JSON Settings file, and modify the Name and TabTitle properties of the corresponding profile. I've long wanted the version number on the Tab and so I was hard coding the values. No longer.
...>more(less)
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Just found out you can “Copy as PowerShell” a web request in Microsoft Edge : PowerShell (reddit.com)
Well now me too!
By: u/solarplex  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using PowerShell WhatIf So You Don’t Break Stuff (jeffbrown.tech)
PowerShell is a powerful scripting language and automation tool. You make changes for one thing or
hundreds of things using the same script or function. One amazing feature to add to your functions is the PowerShell -WhatIf parameter. This parameter tells you what the function is going to do before you execute it for real.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Brown  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

A new version of the psframework PowerShell (psframework.org)
Among other things it now provides awesome new ways to author configuration files to import (e.g.
during CI/CD pipelines).
...>more(less)
By: Friedrich Weinmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get MigrationWiz Project Statistics and Error Reports Automatically (bittitan.com)
One of the biggest advantages to working with BitTitan is leveraging PowerShell scripting for
project management. While MigrationWiz has numerous capabilities built directly into the tool itself, using scripts to help manage users, adjust project settings, and monitor status is an easy way to step outside the UI and automate additional components of your project.
...>more(less)
By: Pablo Galan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



jumpfs (github.com)
Jumpfs is a simple utility and set of scripts that allow you bookmark locations and refer to them
from PowerShell, Bash, or CMD. It can translate between WSL and Windows paths so you can access locations from your preferred shell.
...>more(less)
By: Neil MacMullen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SecretStore Release Candidate 3 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The SecretStore release candidate 3 (RC3) module is now available on the PowerShell Gallery. This
contains an exciting new feature which allows users to non-interactively create, and configure a SecretStore. This feature was added to support CI systems and other automated scenarios.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



WindTerm 2.0 (github.com)
A Free Cross-Platform PowerShell/SSH/SFTP/Telnet/Serial Client
By: kingToolbox  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Azure Cloud Shell in the Windows Terminal (YouTube) (youtube.com)
Azure Cloud Shell is a great tool to manage your Azure environment. In this video, we are going to
have a look at how you can run your Azure Cloud Shell in the Windows Terminal. Azure Cloud Shell is an interactive, authenticated, browser-accessible shell for managing Azure resources. It provides the flexibility of choosing the shell experience that best suits the way you work, either Bash or PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A PowerShell IP Challenge (ironscripter.us)
The Chairman has returned with a new challenge that will test not only your PowerShell skills but
your networking knowledge as well. The challenge has been graded for Intermediate and Advanced levels, but don't let that stop you.
...>more(less)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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March 20, 2020

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March 25, 2022

Announcements!

Release v7.3.0-preview.3 (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell Preview release now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Configuring PowerShell 7 With Group Policy (tfl09.blogspot.com)
Group policy is a feature of Windows Server Active Directory which automagically deploys groups of
policies to users and computers. A policy is some computer setting you wish to enforce, such as which screen saver to use, what desktop background to use, or what the default execution policy should be.
(+)(-)
By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Connect Azure Cloud Shell to Virtual Network vNet (thomasmaurer.ch)
As you know, Azure Cloud Shell is a great management tool to manage your Azure resources. Azure
Cloud Shell is an interactive, authenticated, browser-accessible shell for managing Azure resources. It provides the flexibility of choosing the shell experience that best suits the way you work, either Bash or PowerShell.
(+)(-)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to create a Jira ticket using PowerShell (doitpsway.com)
The possibility to create Jira tickets in an automated can be very handy. But it can be a little bit
tricky because Jira is quite customizable and therefore there is no universal PowerShell function that will work for everybody.
(+)(-)
By: Ondrej Sebela  submitted:Jun 16 2022



I’m too lazy to put text I want to search for into the clipboard from a PowerShell window (twitter.com)
get a new browser tab & paste it in to get search results so I added $google variable to my $profile
so I can search thus
(+)(-)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Use PowerShell to get your OneDrive Sync status (cloudappie.nl)
The OneDrive Sync client makes it easy to sync your files. Event with selective sync you can just
right-click to download everything. The only downside was that the site collection contained around 250 GB of content.
(+)(-)
By: Albert-Jan Schot  submitted:Jun 16 2022



When is it NOT a good idea to use PowerShell? (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: u/DenverITGuy  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows PowerShell disk management (4sysops.com)
In this series I will introduce you to Windows PowerShell disk management. In today's post I review
some general disk management concepts.
(+)(-)
By: Surender Kumar  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Building PowerShell Module – YouTube (youtube.com)
how to organise your source files and build with ease
By: Kamil Pro  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition (manning.com)
Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, 4th Ed being released on March 31st
By: Travis Plunk, James Petty, Tyler Leonhardt, Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Reddit Powershell Episode 1 – YouTube (youtube.com)
Starting to record my reddit PowerShell sessions in case it helps out any beginners
By: Intermediate IT  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Sysmon for Linux PowerShell Module – YouTube (youtube.com)
SysmonLinux.Util is a PowerShell module for working with the Syslog events generated by Microsofts
Sysmon for Linux. This is a brief intro to the module and how it can be leverage for working with the logs and easier Sysmon configuration rule creation.
(+)(-)
By: Carlos Perez  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

I know it feels like PowerShell has been around here forever and I guess it has. (twitter.com)
@jsnover hasn't aged a bit!
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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March 26, 2021

Announcements!

SecretManagement and SecretStore are Generally Available (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce two modules are now generally available on the PowerShell Gallery
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Can you specify powershell 7 for remote sessions? (reddit.com)
A neat little trick on how to use PowerShell 7 from an Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker.
By: u/PartTimeTulsa  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Enable Remote Desktop remotely with PowerShell (sid-500.com)
Forgot to enable remote desktop? This is bad. The only solution is to go back to the remote computer
and then enable RD. Not really. In this blog post I will show you how you can enable RD with PowerShell. Let's jump in.
...>more(less)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Going Deep Converting PowerShell Objects to JSON (jeffbrown.tech)
When working with APIs, you often need to convert between PowerShell objects and JSON. Web APIs
accept requests in JSON notation, and your PowerShell script might have data represented as a PowerShell object. In order to use this data in a web request, you convert it to JSON.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Brown  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to chain multiple PowerShell commands on one line (thomasmaurer.ch)
PowerShell one-liners sometimes are an easy way to achieve something quickly. There are cases where
you might want to run multiple separated PowerShell commands on one line. This can be handy if you do copy pasting of commands or if you want to make it easy for the end-user when you need to troubleshoot something. In this blog post, we will look at how you can chain and run multiple PowerShell commands on one line using pipelines and chaining commands.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Powershell and Azure Functions – Some experience to Share (reddit.com)
I've had a couple people asking me for details on what I did with azure functions, so I figured that
I'd just detail a little bit real quick for you
...>more(less)
By: u/Szeraax  submitted:Jun 16 2022



TIL you can color text without Write-Host (reddit.com)
I don't know how on earth I've gone all this time without knowing this, but this was the only reason
I ever used Write-Host.
...>more(less)
By: u/CohorsMando  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What’s One Thing that PowerShell dosen’t do that you wish it did? (reddit.com)
Join the discussion on Reddit for what you would like to see in PowerShell
By: u/PowerShellMichael  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Bicep 1.4.3 (powershellgallery.com)
Just updated the Flexed biceps Bicep PowerShell module to use the BicepLang v0.3.126 assemblies.
By: Stefan Ivemo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Subnet 1.0.5 (powershellgallery.com)
Quickly find network details from the command line. Sorry, no #IPv6 support yet. :/
By: Richard Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Winfetch 2.0.0 released (github.com)
New segments, better speed, tons of improvements!
By: LPTSTR  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Have they never heard of PowerShell? (twitter.com)
No love, I tell ya
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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March 27, 2020

Announcements!

Microsoft and Facebook Are Helping to Organize a Giant Hackathon to Combat Coronavirus (inc.com)
Got tech skills? #BuildforCOVID19 is your chance to pitch in and potentially save lives.
By: Jessica Stillman  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Power Lunch (twitter.com)
Hey PowerShell Fam! If you haven't heard already, during the COVID-19 pandemic, @MrThomasRayner and
I are combating Social Isolation with a weekly #PowerLunch on Zoom at Noon Wednesdays (PDT)! Come hang out!
...>more(less)
By: Adilio-vid-19  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell 7.1 Team Investments and Preview.1 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today we released the first preview for PowerShell 7.1! This release includes a number of changes
that did not make it in time for the 7.0 release. It also includes .NET 5 preview 1!
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By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Add a PowerShell Remote Session in Windows Terminal (thomasmaurer.ch)
I am sure you have heard about the new Windows Terminal, which is in preview, and you can get it
from the Windows Store. In this blog post, I want to share how you can add a PowerShell remote session to the drop-down menu in the Windows Terminal when you open a new tab. The new Windows Terminal is highly customizable and it allows you to run different shells like the classic command prompt, Windows PowerShell, PowerShell 7, and also Windows Subsystem for Linux shells (I am using, for example, Ubuntu with the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2)).
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Everything you wanted to know about ShouldProcess (powershellexplained.com)
PowerShell functions are very robust with several features that greatly improves the way users
interact with them. One important feature that is often overlooked is -WhatIf and -Confirm support and it is easy to add to your functions. In this article, we will dive deep into how to implement this feature.
...>more(less)
By: Kevin Marquette  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Up your Game with PowerShell Try Catch Blocks (adamtheautomator.com)
Have you ever run a script or a PowerShell cmdlet and get confronted with a screaming wall of text -
in red - like the one shown below?
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell 7 Cross-Platform Scripting Tips and Traps (jdhitsolutions.com)
One of the reasons you want to adopt PowerShell 7 on your desktop, is that it can be used
cross-platform. Theoretically, you can write a PowerShell script or function that works on Windows, Linux, and Mac. However, this is not without challenges. In some ways, it feels like we are back to the early days of PowerShell scripting where we are all trying to figure out what to do. Based on my experiences, let me share some thoughts on what I think you should keep in mind.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The PowerShell Switch Statement: Much More than If/Then (adamtheautomator.com)
The concept of conditional logic in programming is not anything new. Conditional logic is a fancy
term for first checking for a condition (if something happened) and then doing something as a result of that condition.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use cases for the new null coalescing operator in PowerShell 7 (itluke.online)
I was just watching the recent presentation from the Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group, in
which there is a demo about the new null coalescing operator in PowerShell 7 (by the way you should really subscribe to their Youtube channel!). And, someone asked what could be a use case for this operator.
...>more(less)
By: Luc FULLENWARTH  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use deployment scripts in templates (docs.microsoft.com)
Learn how to use deployment scripts in Azure Resource templates. With a new resource type called
Microsoft.Resources/deploymentScripts, users can execute deployment scripts in template deployments and review execution results. These scripts can be used for performing custom steps such as:
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 15 2022



What’s new with Select-String in PowerShell7? (networkadm.in)
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.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Server DomainController find LDAP binds (blog.it-koehler.com)
Some time ago Microsoft announced the changing of default domain controller behavior for ldap and
ldap signing. See LINK. This affects every supported version of Windows Server (from 2008R2 till 2019). There is another LINK ADV190023 with detailed explanation.
...>more(less)
By: Alexander Koehler  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Fast Deploy Microsoft Teams for Education (github.com)
These set of scripts are designed to help small schools, co-ops, and tutors quickly get up and
running using Microsoft Teams
...>more(less)
By: Matthew Dowst  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Managing Azure Functions via PowerShell (gist.github.com)
Some great examples of how to manage Azure Functions with PowerShell
By: Francisco Gamino  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools 0.4.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Cross-platform Console Gui Tools for PowerShell
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSGuacamole (github.com)
PowerShell functions useful to manage Apache Guacamole
By: Matthieu C.  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Virtual Desktop – Cleanup (mczerniawski.pl)
How to remove all artifacts from WVD using PowerShell
By: Mateusz Czerniawski  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

From Admin to DevOps (leanpub.com)
If you want to know a No BS way to 'do the DevOps' in Azure, you're in luck. You will not only learn
how to implement DevOps tools and strategies in Azure but more importantly why. Prepare yourself to embark on a DevOps in Azure journey!
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram and Michael Levan  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The PowerShell Conference Book: Volume 2: Now Available in Print (amazon.com)
Forty subject matter experts have teamed up to bring you the ultimate collection of PowerShell
topics that are designed to be like a conference in a book. This book not only delivers top-notch content that rivals any book on the market, but all royalties are donated to the OnRamp scholarship program which bootstraps others into the industry.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

What’s a cmdlet that you use a lot or just have used before, that some on here might not have heard of before? (reddit.com)
I love when one of these threads come up. Even after all these years, I never fail to learn
something new.
...>more(less)
By: u/afbrh  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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March 4, 2022

Announcements!

Deprecation of Azure AD module extended (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
It was announced that Microsoft is going to postpone the deprecation of the Azure AD Graph API
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A simple performance increase trick (reddit.com)
Just posting that a simple trick of not using += will help speed up your code by a lot and requires
less work than you think.
(+)(-)
By: u/kewlxhobbs  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Find orphaned (unused) User Accounts with PowerShell (sid-500.com)
This short blog post will show you how you can find orphaned user accounts in Active Directory that
may no longer be in use. Let's go.
(+)(-)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Learn to adjust the AdminCount attribute in protected accounts (techtarget.com)
It's critical to know how to change the settings for protected accounts and groups in Active
Directory to avoid serious problems. PowerShell can make quick edits to keep order.
(+)(-)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Put the Alias Description Property to Work (tommymaynard.com)
I use a small handful of my own PowerShell aliases and of course some of those included with
PowerShell natively. There is a best practice around aliases in PowerShell, and that is to not use them in anything that is going to live longer than a one-time use.
(+)(-)
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Uninstall programs (remotely) with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
Microsoft offers several options if you want to remove installed programs by using the command line
or a script. Unfortunately, no method covers all scenarios. PowerShell's package management, for example, is limited to the local computer, while WMI does not recognize all programs.
(+)(-)
By: Wolfgang Sommergut  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell with Azure Automation (practical365.com)
In a previous article about using Azure Automation accounts and runbooks with the Exchange Online
management PowerShell module, in that article, I also explained how to use Graph API queries in a PowerShell script executed in a runbook.
(+)(-)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Comparing advanced objects (evotec.xyz)
Let's take two or more objects with the same structure but different data. It's pretty easy to
compare it if the object is one-dimensional, but things are not that obvious once you try to reach more complicated objects. Below, I have two objects that look the same at first, but I've changed a few values.
(+)(-)
By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



HardeningKitty (github.com)
The project started as a simple hardening list for Windows 10. After some time, HardeningKitty was
created to simplify the hardening of Windows. Now, HardeningKitty supports guidelines from Microsoft, CIS Benchmarks, DoD STIG and BSI SiSyPHuS Win10. And of course my own hardening list.
(+)(-)
By: Michael Schneider  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Interactive Pipelines (blog.dcrich.net)
A while back, I asked about how we can pause or close the pipeline prematurely like Select-Object
-First 3 without causing errors and was told to either try/catch it or use a gist by SeeminglyScience. Well today, I've used that gist and turned it into a module that can do far more than just exit a pipeline early.
(+)(-)
By: Devin Rich  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Metric Meta PowerShell Scripting (jdhitsolutions.com)
I was fiddling around with PowerShell the other day. I spend my day in front of a PowerShell prompt
and am always looking for ways to solve problems or answer questions without taking my hands off the keyboard. For some reason, I started thinking about metric conversions. How many feet are 50 meters? How many meters is 21.5 feet?
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell S2E64 (Pending reboots) – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video I demonstrate how you can get pending reboot information on Windows using remoting
techniques.
(+)(-)
By: IT Generalist aka Mr Automation  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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March 5, 2021

Announcements!

Call for Editors/ Authors for PowerShell Community Textbook (reddit.com)
I'm pleased to announce the Call for Editors and Call for Authors for the "Modern IT Automation with
PowerShell" book.
...>more(less)
By: Michael Zanatta  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Migrate Azure PowerShell scripts from AzureRM to Az (docs.microsoft.com)
Don't wait until the last minute.
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Team 2021 Investments (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The PowerShell Team plans engineering work per semester (6 months at a time). However, PowerShell
itself follows the .NET schedule of release every year. In this blog post, we'll cover the year long plan for PowerShell 7.2 as well as tooling and modules work we have planned for the next semester.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SecretManagement and SecretStore Release Candidate 2 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The SecretManagement and SecretStore release candidate 2 (RC2) modules are now available on the
PowerShell Gallery. These releases contain an exciting new feature which allows users to provide non-sensitive metadata for secrets (note: this feature may not be available for all extension vaults).
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

[PSA] Do not use [DateTime]$var to cast a String to a DateTime object, use Get-Date instead (reddit.com)
Looks like casting via [DateTime] doesn't respect the culture (d/MM/yyyy in my case), but Get-Date
does.
...>more(less)
By: u/dextersgenius  submitted:Jun 16 2022



A Beginner’s Guide to Visual Studio Code and Git (adamtheautomator.com)
Those new to Visual Studio (VS) Code might just see a code editor. The true power of VS Code lies in
it's extensions, integrated terminal and other features. In this hands-on tutorial, you're going to learn how to use Visual Studio Code by working with a Git repo.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Azure AD Authentication Methods Summary Reports using Microsoft Graph and PowerShell (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
Recently I wrote about reporting on individual Azure AD Users Authentication Methods using Microsoft
Graph and PowerShell. Whilst this is great at a user level, Azure AD Authentication Methods Summary Reports at an organization level are often requested by IT Management. And whilst they can be obtained from the Azure Portal (Azure Active Directory > Security > Authentication Methods > Activity) how can we get them programmatically? In this post l will show how to extract Azure AD Authentication Methods Summary Reports using Microsoft Graph and PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Darren Robinson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Connecting to Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Online via PowerShell using the new Teams Module (ucit.blog)
his guide will cover the command blocks that are needed to connect to Microsoft Teams and Skype for
Business Online via PowerShell via two methods.
...>more(less)
By: Eric Marsi  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to import/export data between SQL Server and Excel using PowerShell? (bronowski.it)
ImportExcel is a powerful tool to manage MS Excel, however, the user is not limited to data stored
in worksheets. We can import from and export to SQL Excel data using a combination of ImportExcel and dbatools modules.
...>more(less)
By: Mikey Bronowski  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to use Powershell to create a virus for testing your AV (scriptinglibrary.com)
In this article, I will use a PowerShell one-liner script to generate a test file to test if the
Anti-Virus runtime solution installed is working as expected.
...>more(less)
By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Loaner Laptop Checkout/Checkin Powershell Script (smarthomepursuits.com)
If you work in the IT department, chances are that you loan out laptops to your users every once in
a while. They may need something temporary to use when giving a presentation, if their work computer breaks, or simply for testing something. In our case, we had to loan out a lot of laptops during the Work From Home shift so our users can VPN into the office from home.
...>more(less)
By: Danny  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Logit Blog – Increase the success rate of Azure DevOps pipelines using Pester (logitblog.com)
With the increase in Azure DevOps usage, more and more EUC environments are being deployed using
pipelines. In the EUC environments, PowerShell is the primary scripting language to get these deployments automated. By using Pester the quality of the produced PowerShell code can be increased, which will result in a higher success rate of the DevOps pipeline. This blog post will provide some guidance and pointers how to use Pester in the Azure DevOps pipelines.
...>more(less)
By: Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Export Office 365 admins report (reddit.com)
The admins in the tenant are responsible for all the users, devices, applications, etc. Many
different admin roles for each administration purpose will help the company to track, monitor, and support the people and resources that belong to the company.
...>more(less)
By: u/Kathy_Cooper1012  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Invoke-RestMethod with a SOAP API (tommymaynard.com)
In the past, I have absolutely written PowerShell to interact with REST (REpresentational State
Transfer) APIs. What I haven't done until now, is interact with SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) APIs. The below example is a mostly full-featured PowerShell function.
...>more(less)
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Windows Server Backup (cyberdrain.com)
Some MSPs are using Windows Server Backup as a 'last resort' type of backup, if online backups fail,
or the backup software does not work, they still have an image based backup for those huge emergencies.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSModuleBuilder (github.com)
This will allow you to quickly create your own custom Powershell Module's Just select a Source Path
were you saved all your functions in separate .ps1 files and select an output filePath.
...>more(less)
By: Jackldam  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Power BI, PowerShell and Azure Functions Deep Dive – YouTube (youtube.com)
This video shows you how to use Power BI's PowerShell commandlets and call those in an Azure
Function to allow you to run them fully automated.
...>more(less)
By: Steve Winward  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Under the Wire. PowerShell Training for the People (underthewire.tech)
Under the Wire trains experienced, developing, and novice Information Technologists to use Windows
PowerShell in a variety of situations through innovative and fun wargames.
...>more(less)
By: Under the Wire  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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March 6, 2020

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell 7.0 GA (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today, we're happy to announce the Generally Available (GA) release of PowerShell 7.0! Before
anything else, we'd like to thank our many, many open-source contributors for making this release possible by submitting code, tests, documentation, and issue feedback. PowerShell 7 would not have been possible without your help.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Visual Studio Code for PowerShell 7 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce that we have released a major update to the PowerShell extension for
Visual Studio Code. This release contains months of architectural work that first shipped in our PowerShell Preview extension in November of 2019, along with incremental bug fixes in the intervening months. If you are new to Visual Studio Code this article is helpful for getting started. If you already use Visual Studio Code with the PowerShell extension, read on to find out what is new.
...>more(less)
By: Sydney Smith  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Designing Professional Parameters (powershell.one)
With the help of the attribute [Parameter()], you can define sophisticated PowerShell parameters
that enhance usability and versatility of your functions.
...>more(less)
By: Dr. Tobias Weltner  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Getting data from Power BI using PowerShell (powershell.no)
In this article, we are going to have a look at how to access data in Power BI from PowerShell.
By: Jan Egil Ring  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to rename Windows 10 devices in Intune using PowerShell | | System Center ConfigMgr (scconfigmgr.com)
With more and more organisations around embracing management through Endpoint Manager/Intune and
using provisioning technologies like Autopilot, sometimes small things like the computer naming conventions can be overlooked. Autopilot has methods to use to apply computer naming, but what happens if you were to deploy several hundred or thousands of devices and need to change their computers names?
...>more(less)
By: Maurice Daly  submitted:Jun 15 2022



It’s Likely We’re Living in a PSSession (toastit.dev)
PowerShell remoting is a truly powerful tool, but sometimes your scripts need a little help finding
their way. How can you tell when you're in a PSSession and what info is available about the session itself?
...>more(less)
By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Using PowerShell to generate and deploy Group Policies for non-domain environments (cyberdrain.com)

By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Why I use Visual Studio Code to write PowerShell (trevorsullivan.net)
Since 2009, PowerShell users have been rewarded with an improvement over Notepad, for authoring
PowerShell scripts and modules. That tool is called the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Editor (ISE), which was originally included out-of-box with Windows 7 and PowerShell version 2.0. Over the years, PowerShell developers have used tools like Quest PowerGUI and Visual Studio with the PowerShell Tools Extension to write, test, and debug their PowerShell code. In fact, not all that long ago, I wrote about moving from PowerGUI over to Visual Studio for your PowerShell development work. Since then, the momentum in the software field has gotten more and more agile, requiring developers to invest more and more time learning, and less time focusing on their business logic.
...>more(less)
By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PoshBot 0.12.0 (powershellgallery.com)
v0.12.0 is out and ensures TLS1.2 is used for Slack websockets. Slack deprecated TLS 1.0/1.1 so
you'll want this update. Oh, and one more thing, it now supports Discord backends as well!?? Go and get your PowerShell ChatOps on!
...>more(less)
By: Brandon Olin  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Welcome To PowerShell 7! (channel9.msdn.com)
We're happy to announce the Generally Available (GA) release of PowerShell 7.0! Joey Aiello and
Sydney Smith, PowerShell PM's, stop by to introduce the latest news and features in PowerShell 7.
...>more(less)
By: Channel 9  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

How many Services does Microsoft Azure Offer? (mikefrobbins.com)
I've recently wondered how many service offerings Azure has. I've read anywhere from 150 to 600 and
I even went so far as to ask an Azure Product Manager but still didn't receive a clear answer. What I did find out is that Microsoft maintains an Azure services directory on their Azure products website. I figured that was a good place to start looking and while the website is informative, it didn't provide a count of the service offerings. Manually counting them wouldn't be an efficient or accurate way of accomplishing the task of determining how many services are offered so I decided to use PowerShell for the task.
...>more(less)
By: Mike F Robbins  submitted:Jun 15 2022



psweekly202010 on Twitter (twitter.com)
Clearing the recycle bin - the modern way ??
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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May 1, 2020

Announcements!

vscode-powershell Release v2020.4.3-preview (github.com)
Come check out what's new with the PowerShell extension for VS Code.
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Checking for SQL Server Updates with dbatools (flxsql.com)
For the longest time, I've been checking my SQL Server instances to see what needs patching with
Test-DbaBuild from the dbatools PowerShell module. But the result was always the same - it never returned a Service Pack or Cumulative Update target. I glossed over it because I knew what the right answer was already, but recently I decided that wasn't good enough. We need a reliable report to give to other people.
...>more(less)
By: Andy Levy  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Combine Two JSON Files With PowerShell (jonathanmedd.net)
Over the years I've used a few different methods to combine two JSON files using PowerShell, but
today I found a neat way to do it, so thought I would document it here for easy recall next time I need to do it.
...>more(less)
By: Jonathan Medd  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Creating Azure DevOps WIKI Pages from within a pipeline – part 1 – Stefan Stranger (stefanstranger.github.io)
Everything you need to know to create really cool documentation directly from an ARM Template during
a pipeline build.
...>more(less)
By: Stefan Stranger  submitted:Jun 15 2022



If you want to see all scheduled tasks in a single pane (twitter.com)
Another great sweet and slick tip from Guy.
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell ternary operator tips (itluke.online)
Like you probably know, the PowerShell ternary operator ? : is the equivalent of the If/Then/Else
statement.
...>more(less)
By: Luc Fullenwarth  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Teams PowerShell [001] (powershellgeek.com)
I've decided to see what I can do with PowerShell to manage and work with this setup . and blogging
about it! So this will be an entire series on Teams PowerShell - including interlocking aspects like Skype, Azure AD and Exchange PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Damian Scoles  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows: Find and eliminate Duplicate Files with PowerShell (sid-500.com)
We are living in a big data world which is both a blessing and a curse. Big data usually means a
huge number of files such as photos and videos and finally a huge amount of storage space. Files are accidentally or deliberately moved from location to location without first considering that these duplicate files consumes more and more storage space. I want to change that with you in this blog post. We will search duplicate files and then move them to a different storage location for further review.
...>more(less)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

A simple Health-check / Inventory Dashboard for WVD (v-desktops.com)
So, we thought, why not build a quick healthcheck dashboard using powershell.. and the result is a
powershell based healthcheck and / Or documentation dashboard. Customers may use this to perform their day to day checks before start of business to ensure the WVD availability. and at the same time be able to keep track of their inventory on WVD.
...>more(less)
By: Surendra Dhondale  submitted:Jun 15 2022



List all Devices in Device Manager (twitter.com)
Nice, if you need the DeviceHardwareID + want/have to use your webcam as generic usb device in
Citrix.
...>more(less)
By: Thorsten E.  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell 16.0.20017.12000 (powershellgallery.com)
New SharePoint Online Management Shell version available - April 2020 monthly release
(16.0.20017.12000)
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Never write a batch wrapper again (reddit.com)
The purpose of this post is to share a batch script wrapper for powershell scripts with the goal
that you don't have to reinvent the wheel and write one yourself.
...>more(less)
By: u/TheIncorrigible1  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

The Anatomy of a PowerShell Command (freecontent.manning.com)
A great abstract from the book "Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches: Linux and macOS Edition" by
Travis Plunk. And a great refresher for those who've been using PowerShell for years.
...>more(less)
By: Travis Plunk  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Building a Network Usage PowerShell Monitor (ironscripter.us)
The Chairman has issued a new PowerShell scripting challenge if you feel you are worthy of accepting
it. These challenges are meant to not only prove your worth as a PowerShell Warrior but to also help educate and hone your skills. You are encouraged to post links to your work and solutions in the comments so that others may learn from your wisdom and experience.
...>more(less)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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May 10, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Finding Performance Bottlenecks (github.com)
Check out the code and slides from Mike’s Finding Performance Bottlenecks with PowerShell
session at this year’s PowerShell Summit.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



OpenSSH Resources for Windows and PowerShell (centinosystems.com)
A great list of resources for everything you need and want to know about using OpenSSH based
PowerShell Remoting
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Tracking down bad password attempts with PowerShell (theposhwolf.com)
Want to know where bad password attempts are coming from before they lock out an account in Active
Directory? Check out Anthony Howell’s walkthrough of a PowerShell function to easily do just that.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Want to Use Exchange Online in Azure Cloud PowerShell? (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Let Michael Bender show you how to access the Exchange Online module easily, and begin working with
your Exchange Online resources in Azure Cloud Shell.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Demo the Scope Pyramid for Functions in Modules (gist.github.com)
Friedrich put together a great little POC to show how the scopes in PowerShell work. Specifically
around how modules see things.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get-AzServiceStatus (gist.github.com)
Tim Warner wrote a great little script to quickly retrieve global Azure service messages with no
authentication necessary.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn PowerShell concepts using Pester! (youtube.com)
Learn how you can use Pester with the help of PSKoans.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell and Python Together (apress.com)
You will learn how to join PowerShell’s robust set of commands and access to the internals of
both the MS Windows desktop and enterprise devices and Python’s rich scripting environment allowing for the rapid development of new tools for investigation, automation, and deep analysis.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Solving the Dark Faction's PowerShell Challenge (ironscripter.us)
Now that this year?s Iron Scripter battle is complete, the Chairman has arranged for a
solution to the Dark Faction?s challenge.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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May 13, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Comparing Invoke-RestMethod to the PowerShell SDK (modernendpoint.com)
Welcome back! A lot has happened since my last post. This post is a companion to one of my sessions
at MMSMOA. It is also the latest post in my series on automating endpoint management tasks with Microsoft Graph and the MEMCM AdminService.
(+)(-)
By: Sean Bulger  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Find Who Sent Email from Shared Mailbox in Office 365 using PowerShell (o365reports.com)
Shared mailbox delegates can send emails from the shared mailbox based on permissions like 'Send As'
and 'Send On Behalf.'
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By: O365Reports.com  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get Per-User MFA Status using PowerShell (thesysadminchannel.com)
There are a ton of scripts out there that show you if the user has MFA enabled by checking their
authentication methods, something very similar to this Get MFA Methods using Graph API script I wrote a while back. However, I haven't really seen a script to show me what their per-user MFA status is.
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By: Paul Contreras  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to pipe binary stream in Powershell? (reddit.com)
I did some research and found that Powershell doesn't have the ability to pipe binary stream, (you
can pipe just string AFAIK)
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By: u/Moises-Tohias  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring Logon Attempts in Active Directory with PowerShell (sid-500.com)
Domain-Controllers monitor successful logon attempts by default. All events of all login attempts
are logged in the Event Viewer. In this article I will cover how to monitor all logon events with PowerShell. Let's dive in.
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By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Remove or block Chrome extensions with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
A comment on the previous post about deploying Chrome extensions posed the question of whether
PowerShell could be used to remove Chrome extensions.
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By: Robert Pearman  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Use the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) to list parameters and variables in PowerShell functions (mikefrobbins.com)
One thing I've missed during the past couple of years with virtual-only conferences is the hallway
track. While at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2022, there was a discussion about using PascalCase for parameter names and camelCase for user-defined variables in your PowerShell functions.
(+)(-)
By: Mike F. Robbins  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

JAz.PIM 0.0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) module
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Office 365 Offboarding Script (reddit.com)
reclaim license, convert mailbox to shared, set OOO
By: u/np05573  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Intune + PowerShell + MS Graph – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this session we will have a look at how we as IT-admins can utilize MS Graph in our daily work.
MS Graph is key when it comes to automation of our tasks and activities, work smarter not harder!
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By: Modern Endpoint Management (Official Group)  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Performance: .NET Collections – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video, I go over how to use specialized .NET collections in PowerShell to improve
performance.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The Value of Mentorship with Jeff Hicks (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
We caught up with Jeff Hicks at the PowerShell and Global DevOps summit. He talks about how he
always wanted to be a teacher and how PowerShell has helped him achieve that. We also discuss the holy trinity of PowerShell Cmdlet: Get-Help, Get-Command, and Get-Member, which will help you find the command you need, learn how to use it, and give you everything you would want to know about the objects it returns.
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By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Tiny PowerShell Projects (MEAP) (manning.com)
PowerShell can automate almost any IT task. This book guides you through 17 practical PowerShell
projects that will build your skills and save you hours-or even days-of work.
(+)(-)
By: Bill Burns  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

An Iron Scripter Warm-Up Solution (jdhitsolutions.com)
We just wrapped up the 2022 edition of the PowerShell+DevOps Global Summit. It was terrific to be
with passionate PowerShell professionals again. The culmination of the event is the Iron Scripter Challenge.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



DutchWordGame (github.com)
Simple Word Game for Studying Dutch
By: Simon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 14, 2021

Announcements!

Microsoft Stops Set-User Updating Phone Numbers for Azure AD Accounts (office365itpros.com)
Without any warning, Microsoft seems to have introduced a restriction to the Set-User cmdlet in the
Exchange Online management PowerShell module. The change happens when you connect a new PowerShell session to Exchange Online and the cmdlets are downloaded into a session.
...>more(less)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Block or unblock keyboard combinations on your devices with PowerShell (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you how to prevent some keyboard combinations on your devices with
PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Documenting with PowerShell: Documenting Remote Access (cyberdrain.com)
A friend of mine recently requested if it would be possible to document some of the types of remote
access tools that are installed on a computer, and list the possible access URLs; that way he could easily document which access methods are open and audit them once in a while to see if he...
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Use PowerShell To Scan Windows 10 for Virus & Malware (techviral.net)
Windows 10 is indeed a great operating system that's powering most PCs and laptops. Windows 10
offers you more features and options than every other desktop operating system. Microsoft also provides users a free antivirus tool known as Microsoft Defender Antivirus.
...>more(less)
By: Amarnath Chakraborty  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Tough Love (jdhitsolutions.com)
Do you know you need to start using VSCode instead of the ISE but can't break the habit? See if this
helps?
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Upload Files to Azure Blob Storage using Power Automate Desktop (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
In this blog post, we are going to have a look at how you can automatically upload files to an Azure
Blob storage account using Power Automate Desktop. Power Automate Desktop is a great tool to build automation on your desktop. You can create flows,?interact with everyday tools such as email and excel and work with modern and legacy applications.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Copy-MSTeamsTeam (github.com)
While Microsoft provides avenues to easily clone a Team whether using the Teams client or Graph
API's clone URL. The cloning isn't as robust as it could be, both avenues miss key components that an administrator may want to clone, like but not limited to private channels. This script not only copies the group's public channels, but its private channels, and private channel members including their correct roles. It's also been my experience while the Teams client will copy guest Teams members, using clone from the Graph API doesn't. This script, however, will.
...>more(less)
By: thetolkienblackguy  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Show file download time & rate (pastebin.com)
How long did it take (roughly) to download that file and what was the average download speed?
Assuming file not modified since download, here's PowerShell to do it
...>more(less)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Azure Functions University – HTTP Lesson (PowerShell) – YouTube (youtube.com)
Hi serverless friends! We have a new video for Azure Functions University ????? where @Ba4bes shows
how to create HTTP triggered functions written in PowerShell!
...>more(less)
By: Barbara 4bes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Tech in 5 minutes: M365 Universal Print (cyberdrain.com)
In about 5 minutes, I'll walk you through what Universal Print is, what is isn't, and how to deploy
a shared printer via Universal Print
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 15, 2020

Announcements!

Free PowerShell weekend! (app.itpro.tv)
On May 16 - 17 , 2020, PowerShell Basics & PowerShell Scripting courses will be part of the free
membership. 40+ hours of free IT training!
...>more(less)
By: IT Pro TV  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.0.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)

By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A PowerShell Network Monitor (jdhitsolutions.com)
I hope you've been trying your hand at the scripting challenges being posted on the Iron Scripter
web site. The challenges are designed for individuals to do on their own to build up their PowerShell scripting skills. A few weeks ago, a challenge was posted to create a network monitoring tool using PowerShell and the Write-Progress cmdlet. I thought I'd share my notes on the challenge and some of the code I came up with.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Remote Computer Inventory with PowerShell vNext, 2020 Edition – SignalWarrant.com (signalwarrant.com)
This is the successor to the first inventory script I put together in 2016
(https://www.signalwarrant.com/remote-computer-inventory-powershell/) This version uses the Get-CIMInstance CMDlet to get all the information from the WMI classes as opposed to the WMI CMDlets. I have also added some additional information that I thought was relevant. If you can think of anything else that may be good to add let me know, or submit a Pull Request on Github.
...>more(less)
By: David Hall  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Write PowerShell Online using Visual Studio Codespaces (thomasmaurer.ch)
Last week the Visual Studio Services team announced a new service called Visual Studio Codespaces.
Visual Studio Codespaces allows you to do cloud-hosted development for wherever you're working. While the new services support many different programming and scripting languages, it also supports PowerShell. In this blog post, I am going to show you how you can write PowerShell code online in a web browser using Visual Studio Codespaces.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell 7 Video Series (devblogs.microsoft.com)
As a part of our PowerShell 7 release, the PowerShell Team put together a series of videos
explaining and demoing aspects of the release. The intent of these videos was for User Groups to host events celebrating and discussing PowerShell 7, however, in light of the current guidance against group gatherings, we have decided to make these videos available publicly on the PowerShell Team YouTube channel.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Serverless Event-based Automation with PowerShell & Azure Functions (youtube.com)
Automate and manage your cloud-native, hybrid, and even on-premises resources using PowerShell.
Eamon O'Reilly, who's leading the efforts at Microsoft for serverless automation, shows you how to get started.
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft Mechanics  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A PowerShell Counting Challenge (ironscripter.us)
It is time for a new PowerShell scripting challenge. Today's challenge is targeted at beginner and
intermediate skill levels, although everyone is welcome to try their hand. To get the most out of the challenge you should do as much of all challenges posted. And really do it. Commit code to a file and not merely in your head. The best learning comes by actually doing. As always, you are encouraged to post links to your work in the comments.
...>more(less)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The face you make when someone says PowerShell is dead. (twitter.com)
Glad I don't know any of those people.
By: BC Security  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 15, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automatic Pull Requests (funkysi1701.com)
By: Simon Foster
Creating pull requests is part of the development process when working with version control systems
like Git. Pull requests allow developers to propose...
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DSC v3.2.0: new Windows resources, version pinning, and Bicep integration (4sysops.com)
By: IT Experts
Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.2.0 reached general availability on April 29, 2026.
DSC is a tool that lets you describe how a Windows or Linux system should be configured - services running, firewall rules in place, features installed - and then automatically apply or verify that configuration.
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Freeform Functions (pckt.blog)
By: James Brundage
We all yearn for freedom. We want to be free from tyranny. We want to be free to live. We want to be
free to do things we enjoy. Some of us yearn to be free of...
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How to Update PowerShell on Windows (techviral.net)
By: Amarnath Chakraborty
PowerShell may take time to respond to your commands or return with errors. At times, PowerShell may
also fail to open on your Windows PC. You can easily fix such problems by updating PowerShell.
(+)(-)
Manage Active Directory Groups Using PowerShell Script (o365reports.com)
By: Karthi
Group management in Active Directory can be time-consuming, especially when handling bulk
operations. To simplify this, we developed a PowerShell script that helps you perform 15 Active Directory group management tasks for single or multiple groups in bulk. This blog walks through the script and shows how to use it to manage AD groups.
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Splatting the GitHub CLI (pckt.blog)
By: James Brundage
Brevity is the soul of wit, and I'm not always known for it. But let's try to make a quick post
about a little daily PowerShell timesaver: splatting the GitHub...
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Understanding How Graph Permissions for Groups Work (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
Understanding what Graph permissions are required by apps can be challenging. In this article we
discuss how the Group.Read.All and GroupMember.Real.All permissions work and why you should choose one permission over the other and respect the principle of least permission when it comes to assigning Graph permissions to your apps and PowerShell scripts.
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Using Get-Help About_ in PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
The Get-Help Cmdlet is great for showing information about Cmdlets, but there are also the About
Topics with conceptual help to better help you understand how PowerShell works. In this small blog post, I will show you how to query and use them.
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Using Microsoft Azure MCP with Codex (powershellcenter.com)
By: Faris Malaeb
Azure MCP gives your Codex agent a direct way to inspect Azure resources, query services, and answer
Azure operations questions from your local development workflow. The setup is simple. Microsoft provides the Azure MCP Server, Codex provides MCP client support, and your Azure identity controls what the agent is allowed to see or change.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

[HOWTO] Delete Azure DevOps users with principalName starting with OIDCONFLICT_UpnReuse_ (blog.rufer.be)
By: Marc Rufer
In Azure DevOps organizations that are connected to Microsoft Entra, you may spot (duplicated) users
with email prefixed with OIDCONFLICT_UpnReuse_{OID_HERE} (i.e. when trying to give them access or when mentioning them): Such users are neither visible in the Azure DevOps Web UI under Organization settings > General > Users nor when querying all users via graph or via the Azure DevOps CLI.
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Gatekeeper v 0.4.0 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Gilbert Sanchez
Helps implement feature flags in your PowerShell projects.
PSParseHTML v 2.0.11 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Przemyslaw Klys
Module that allows to manipulate, parse, format and optimize HTML, JavaScript and CSS

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

paneship (github.com)
By: An Ng.
A high-performance shell prompt written in Rust, supporting Bash, Fish, PowerShell, Nushell, Elvish,
Xonsh, Tcsh, Ion, and Cmd. - andev0x/paneship
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Community

Splatting, Automation, and Chasing the Sun with Jess Pomfret (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Jess Pomfret returns for her third appearance on the PowerShell Podcast and brings the same energy
that keeps people coming back. She and Andrew cover a lot of ground, starting with her upcoming "Chase the Sun" charity cycling event where she'll attempt to ride 205 miles coast-to-coast across the UK in a single day, starting at sunrise on the longest day of the year and racing the sun to the finish line. It's a big undertaking, and she's riding to raise money for Momentum in Fitness, a charity her wife works for that brings fitness opportunities to older adults, kids in non-traditional school settings, and children with cancer.
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Fun

Uploading Music Files To Amazon S3 (PowerShell Mix) – amazonwebshark (amazonwebshark.com)
By: Damien Jones
In this post, I will upload lossless music files from my laptop to one of my Amazon S3 buckets using
PowerShell.
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Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
By: SynEdgy
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany

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May 17, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Create folders in OneDrive For Business using PowerShell PnP (veronicageek.com)
If you ever need to pre-provision OneDrive For Business for a better user experience or create
folders/files in advance, Veronique lays out the entire process using PowerShell PnP in this blog post.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Creating Code-Signing Certificates (community.idera.com)
Windows 10 and Server 2016 (and better) ship with an enhanced New-SelfSignedCert cmdlet that finally
can create code-signing certificates. With code-signing certificates, you can digitally sign PowerShell scripts and use the signature to detect when people tamper with your script content.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Find Microsoft Teams teams without an Owner, Teams Admin Center and PowerShell (tomtalks.blog)
Let Tom help you keep your Teams deployment clean by identify any Teams without an owner.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Scripting SQL Server objects with PsDbaTools ??? Beyond default options (claudioessilva.eu)
Let Cl?udio show you some good tips and tricks to get the most out of PsDbaTools.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerShell Module For JSON Schema Validation (blog.tyang.org)
Check out Tao?s new module to perform Pester tests for JSON schema validation. It is built on
PowerShell Core v6 so there is no longer a need to use the JSON.Net libraries.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

15 Best New PowerShell Books To Read In 2019 (bookauthority.org)
BookAuthority’s list of must read PowerShell books for 2019.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Invoke-Lollercoaster (github.com)
Cause some times you need to ride a rollercoaster.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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May 20, 2022

Announcements!

Automation + DevOps Summit 2022: Call for Speakers (sessionize.com)
The Call for Presentations for the Automation + DevOps Summit 2022 is now OPEN!
By: The Automation Summit  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell 7.3 Experimental Features (github.com)
Use Get-ExperimentalFeature to get a list of the currently enabled features. You might need to
explicitly enable them to use them:
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.2.4 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell release now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

3 different options to Sort (gist.github.com)
I ended up writing some notes on a few different ways to sort. I'm pretty sure others might find
this useful, so I created a gist. I have an example for sorting a) with an IComparer, b) with LINQ and c) with [array]
(+)(-)
By: Panos Grigoriadis  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to create a command-line predictor (docs.microsoft.com)
PSReadLine 2.1.0 introduced the concept of a smart command-line predictor by implementing the
Predictive IntelliSense feature. PSReadLine 2.2.2 expanded on that feature by adding a plugin model that allows you create your own command-line predictors.
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to use Managed Identity to connect to Azure, Exchange, Graph, Intune,… in Azure Automation Runbook (doitpsway.com)
Managed Identity is definitely a better option for authentication in Azure Automation Runbooks than
RunAs account because it doesn't require certificate/secret renewal. Therefore it is maintenance-free.
(+)(-)
By: Ondrej Sebela  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AzureADStuff 1.0.10 (powershellgallery.com)
Various Azure AD related functions.
By: Andrew Ztrhgf  submitted:Jun 16 2022



CleanUserProfileFolders.ps1 (github.com)
Clean up user profiles on a machine or terminal server
By: My Random Thoughts  submitted:Jun 16 2022



IntuneStuff 1.0.2 (powershellgallery.com)
Various Intune related functions
By: Andrew Ztrhgf  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SCCMStuff 1.0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
Various SCCM related functions
By: Andrew Ztrhgf  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Call REST APIs with Invoke-RestMethod in PowerShell – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video, we look at the basics of REST APIs. Next, we dive deep into Invoke-RestMethod. We'll
look at various methods, status codes, headers, query string parameters, cookies, sessions, authentication, sending files, processing JSON, XML and text and finally we look at retries, redirects and timeouts.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Restore a Deleted Power Automate Flow via PowerShell, Power Automate and Power Apps – YouTube (youtube.com)
If you've ever deleted a flow and required assistance from Microsoft to restore it, you're in luck.
Non solution aware flows can now be restored via PowerShell but in this video I demonstrate how you can turn a PowerShell script into an Azure RunBook, which in turn can be called from Power Automate and Power Apps.
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By: Damien Bird  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Talking Crescendo and Documentation with Stevie Coaster (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, we talk about Crescendo, a development accelerator that can help rapidly build
PowerShell cmdlets around existing command-line tools. We also discuss coding on twitch, writing with the customer in mind, and proper documentation practices.
(+)(-)
By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

I, uh, may have gotten a little carried away with my (twitter.com)
#Powershell #Azure #PIM role activation status monitor...
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 21, 2021

Announcements!

Announcing PlatyPS 2.0.0-Preview1 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
PowerShell external help files have been authored by hand or using complex tool chains and stored as
MAML XML for use as console help. MAML is cumbersome to edit by hand, and common tools and editors don't support it for complex scenarios like they do with markdown. Markdown is adopted widely by Open Source, supported by many editors including Visual Studio Code, and with minimal rules, easier to author. PlatyPS is provided as a solution to allow documenting PowerShell help in any editor or tool that supports markdown.
...>more(less)
By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Announcing PSDesiredStateConfiguration on PowerShell Gallery (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Continuing our investment in DSC, we are pleased to announce the release of
PSDesiredStateConfiguration 2.0.5 for DSC as a separate module on PowerShell Gallery. This is in preparation for publishing previews of the 3.0 version of this module which will have new capabilities, but also some breaking changes.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How To Setup A Github Actions Pipeline For Publishing Your PowerShell Module (scriptingchris.tech)
In this post, I will walk through how I set up a Github Actions Workflow Pipeline for publishing a
PowerShell module to the PowerShell Gallery.
...>more(less)
By: Christian Hoejsager  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Invoke-Command: Connecting to computers requiring different credentials (4sysops.com)
Connecting to computers that require different credentials via the PowerShell cmdlet Invoke-Command
is a common occurrence. This post explains how you manage these situations.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Launch PowerShell Script From Within KeePass And Include Password Secure String Credential (sans.org)
You want to 1) launch PowerShell.exe using the KeePass password manager by double-clicking an entry
in KeePass, perhaps to run a script, 2) inject a password stored in KeePass into that PowerShell.exe process as a variable, such as for a secure string or a PSCredential object, but 3) you cannot expose the password as a command-line argument or other plaintext channel when launching PowerShell.exe because it could be logged or captured. This article will show you how to do it.
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By: Jason Fossen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Managing the Windows 10 Taskbar with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
When I'm working on a Pluralsight course, I tend to setup a virtual machine for recording. Although,
lately I've been trying with Windows 10 Sandbox. This is handy when all I need is a Windows 10 desktop. When I setup the system, I have particular settings I need to configure. Naturally I use a PowerShell script to automate the process. One item that I wanted to address was Windows 10 taskbar. When I'm recording a course, I like to have it auto-hide. Sure, I could manually set it. But that's no fun.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Moving SQL Server System Databases With PowerShell (onsb.co)
One task that I was frequently finding myself spending more time than necessary with was building
out SQL Servers. The chief time consuming task being when I'd have to move the SQL Server's default System Database and Log Files to new, dedicated database and log volumes.
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By: Dane  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Pester 5 and Group-Object – Best Friends (nocolumnname.blog)
Figuring out how to group the output of your Pester tests
By: Shane O'Neill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Azure Sentinel PowerShell Notebook DNS Enrichment example (nbviewer.jupyter.org)
A lot more work to do but some start on Azure Sentinel PowerShell Notebook DNS Enrichment example
By: Nathan Swift  submitted:Jun 16 2022



CSIRT-Collect (github.com)
PowerShell script to collect memory and (triage) disk forensics
By: Doug Metz  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Network Troubleshooting with PowerShell – YouTube (youtube.com)
PowerShell vs CMD for network troubleshooting
By: PowerShell Breakdown  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Get-AsciiDice.ps1 (github.com)
Easily create ascii are dice for your powershell games. You can roll them at random, or from a
number set. You can change the colors too. Limited to numbers 1-6 and a total of 10 die.
...>more(less)
By: smithcbp  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 22, 2020

Announcements!

Windows Package Manager Preview (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are thrilled to announce the Windows Package Manager preview!
By: Demitrius Nelon  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal 1.0 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are incredibly proud to announce the release of Windows Terminal 1.0!
By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure ARM template deploymentScripts (yobyot.com)
After you finish reading this post and experimenting with the Azure sample template below, you may
never again have to write a nested or linked template.
...>more(less)
By: Alex Neihaus  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Team May 2020 Update (devblogs.microsoft.com)
A great summary of what the PowerShell team at Microsoft has been up to.
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Powershell in Azure Functions (kareldewinter.com)
In this first part of a multi-series blog, I will explain why and how we should use Azure Functions
and PowerShell together. Next, I will show you how to deploy a PowerShell based Function.
...>more(less)
By: Karel De Winter  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Az.Functions 1.0.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Azure Functions service cmdlets for Azure Resource Manager in Windows
PowerShell and PowerShell Core.
...>more(less)
By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Advanced PowerShell Debugging Techniques (youtube.com)
In this video, I show you how to use some advanced PowerShell debugging techniques. We look at how
to debug in the console, debug job, background runspaces, and remote processes. We also used some of the advanced debugging features of Visual Studio Code.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Automate Azure tasks using scripts with PowerShell (docs.microsoft.com)
Install Azure PowerShell locally and use it to manage Azure resources.
By: Microsoft Learn TV  submitted:Jun 16 2022



TheShow:20:E3-VSCode-Enable ISE Mode (youtube.com)
PowerShell 7 is released! Wanna use the latest features AND get the best #PowerShell performance,
but wish it was in the ISE? I got something better for you! VSCode + PowerShell Extension + Enable ISE Mode.
...>more(less)
By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Friday Fun with PowerShell and ANSI (jdhitsolutions.com)
Ever since PowerShell 7 came along, I've been having a lot of fun exploring what I can do with ANSI
color escape sequences. And actually, even in Windows PowerShell you can use them. Although you need to use a different escape character. Run Get-PSReadlineOption to see what I'm talking about.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Mathematics, PowerShell and the Universe (twitter.com)

By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 22, 2026

Announcements!

PowerShell is now notarized and hardened for macOS (devblogs.microsoft.com)
By: PowerShell Team
We're excited to announce that the PowerShell packages for macOS are now properly notarized and
hardened, meeting both Apple's security requirements and Microsoft's internal compliance standards.
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PowerShell PSResource Roadmap and Best Practices (devblogs.microsoft.com)
By: PowerShell Team
PowerShell is a critical automation and configuration platform across enterprises-and as that
automation grows, how you source, validate, and distribute PowerShell packages becomes just as important as the scripts themselves. Modern security guidance increasingly treats package feeds as part of the software supply chain. For PowerShell, that means being deliberate about which repositories you trust
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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM: Securing the Azure Connected Machine agent during onboarding with PowerShell (wmatthyssen.com)
By: Wim Matthyssen
In this blog post, I'll cover one of the more overlooked aspects of deploying Azure Arc-enabled
SCVMM, which is hardening
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Contributing to PSAISuite (pauljnav.github.io)
By: Paul Naughton
A Practical Guide for New Contributors
Microsoft AD CS Adds Post-Quantum Cryptography Support with ML-DSA (directaccess.richardhicks.com)
By: Richard M. Hicks
Despite predictions of its decline, Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
continues to evolve.
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Monitor a Folder for File Changes Using PowerShell and FileSystemWatcher (woshub.com)
By: Windows OS Hub
If you need to monitor a specific folder/file and trigger an automatic action on changes, use the
built-in .NET FileSystemWatcher class instead of relying on classic Windows file-system access auditing....
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PowerShell Methods (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
In scripts, I often use Methods to perform actions or retrieve information. In this blog post, I
will show you how to discover and use them 🙂
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Secure Boot Rollout Scripts added in May 2026 Security Update (deploymentresearch.com)
By: Johan Arwidmark
If you've patched a Windows 11 device with KB5089549 (the May 12, 2026 cumulative update) and looked
in the root of C:Windows lately, you've probably noticed something new: a SecureBoot folder containing an ExampleRolloutScripts subfolder with seven PowerShell scripts inside. You might even recognize these scripts because they were previously available as individual articles
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Static Sites are Simple (with PowerShell) (reddit.com)
By: James Brundage
I've been doing WebDev since the dawn of the internet, and I've been doing PowerShell for almost 20
years now. I want to share with you something that I've realized over the years: Static Sites Are Simple
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Toward a more POSIX-Friendly PowerShell experience (dev.to)
By: daniel sieradski
I'm a MacOS and Debian user primarily, but my 9-5 is a Windows shop that requires I work from a...
Windows 11 SecureBoot folder: PowerShell scripts explained (4sysops.com)
By: IT Experts
The May 2026 cumulative update KB5089549 added a new C:WindowsSecureBootExampleRolloutScripts
folder containing seven PowerShell scripts. These scripts are part of Microsoft's sample toolkit for managing Secure Boot certificate migration across enterprise environments. This article explains what each script does, how to run it, and its limitations.
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Your Git config is not reproducible (and here’s how to fix it) (idontlikeai.dev)
By: Gijs Reijn
Configure Git in a way you might not have seen before

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Driver Automation Tool – Upgraded (msendpointmgr.com)
By: Maurice Daly
The Driver Automation Tool is back and better than ever in version 10. This marks 10 years of
development, and some new additions, including Intune support.
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PSFunctionInfo (github.com)
By: Jeff Hicks
A PowerShell module for managing metadata in stand-alone functions.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: Get-Verb Before You Get Judged (youtube.com)
By: Matthew Dowst [OC]
PowerShell function names are more than personal preference. In this PoshBytes, I cover how Get-Verb
helps you find approved verbs, make your commands easier to discover, and keep PowerShell from judging you.
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Community

PowerShell After Dark: OnRamp, IoT, and Finding Your People. (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
It's PowerShell After Dark. Recorded live at the PowerShell & DevOps Global Summit in Bellevue,
Washington, host Andrew Pla takes his mic to the hotel bar for a series of candid conversations with attendees. The episode features four guests: Josh Gratton, an OnRamp scholarship recipient whose career pivot to junior systems engineer was fueled by PowerShell and the podcast; Mark Go, a first-time Summit speaker and attendee; Craig Mileham, a fellow podcast listener and Summit first-timer working in higher ed IT; and Matt Zaske, a longtime community member, conference speaker, and IoT enthusiast who ran a Home Assistant lightning demo. What connects all four conversations is the same thread Andrew keeps pulling on: community makes everything better. Beginners belong here. Reach out. Take the risk. Start now.
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PowerShell Community Call – May21st, 2026 (youtube.com)
By: PowerShell Team
For more information on the PowerShell Community Call, check out https://aka.ms/PSCommunityCall

Fun

Bing-ImageOfTheDay-Xplat (github.com)
By: Are Bee
Fetch the Bing wallpaper image of the day. Now with macOS support

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
By: SynEdgy
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany

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May 24, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Install and Update PowerShell 6 (thomasmaurer.ch)
This blog post covers how to install and update PowerShell 6 with a single command line.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



HP Driver Packs Download & #ConfigMgr Import (garytown.com)
This script will Allow you to Check and Update your HP Drive Packs that you have CM Legacy Packages
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Logon scripts in?Intune (larsstaal.com)
Lars shows a quick and simple tip on how to get a Logon script like experience with Intune.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerShell Universal Dashboard ??? 2.4 Released (ironmansoftware.com)
Cross-platform module for developing websites and REST APIs.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Testing, Testing, 1…2…3: Using Pester for Infrastructure Validation (youtu.be)
This talk will show how to use Pester, the pervasive testing framework for PowerShell, for
validating that your infrastructure is operating how you expect.
...>more(less)
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Fun

A Glorious Day (i.redd.it)

By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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May 27, 2022

Announcements!

Introducing the PowerShell custom runtime for AWS Lambda (aws.amazon.com)
The new PowerShell custom runtime for AWS Lambda makes it even easier to run Lambda functions
written in PowerShell to process events. Using this runtime, you can run native PowerShell code in Lambda without having to compile code, which simplifies deployment and testing. You can also now view PowerShell code in the AWS Management Console, and have more control over function output and logging.
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By: Amazon Web Services  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Release v7.3.0-preview.4 (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell Preview release now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Format the output of a string in multiple columns with PowerShell (mikefrobbins.com)
In my previous blog article, I used the PowerShell Format-Wide cmdlet to format the output of a
string in multiple columns. While Format-Wide isn't a command that I've used extensively, the behavior wasn't what I expected.
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By: Mike F. Robbins  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How the Graph X-Ray Tool Helps PowerShell Developers (office365itpros.com)
When Microsoft decided to build the administrative tools for Exchange Server 2007 around PowerShell,
they realized that it would take time for administrators to become accustomed to PowerShell. Sensibly, Microsoft included a cmdlet logging facility in the Exchange Management Console (EMC) to allow administrators to see the PowerShell code used to execute different actions, such as creating a new mailbox.
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By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



It Begins – Azure with PowerShell I (tommymaynard.com)
So, I am beginning my journey into Azure, alongside PowerShell. Or just maybe, I have that
backwards: My journey into PowerShell, alongside Azure.
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By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Open Up Wide (jdhitsolutions.com)
I recently read a terrific post from Mike F. Robbins about using Format-Wide to display strings.
Format-Wide is one of those cmdlets that I don't think gets much use. This is a shame because it certainly fulfills a need. But as Mike points out, if you have a list of strings, Format-Wide requires a little extra work, which Mike demonstrates. I decided to take his idea and run with it. Wouldn't it be easier to have a function?
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

CVE-Tracker (kitploit.com)
With The Help Of This Automated Script, You Will Never Lose Track Of Recently Released CVEs
By: ZION3R  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Powershell Application Insights Telemetry (gist.github.com)
Report the results and performance of any scriptblock to Azure Application Insights
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PS_toolkit (github.com)
PowerShell script to automate/facilitate some basic desktop support functions.
By: ns319  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSBicep (github.com)
Multiple new feature and fixes in this release.
By: Stefan Ivemo  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Creating PowerShell Notebooks with .NET Interactive Notebooks in Visual Studio Code – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video, we'll look at how to install and use .NET Interactive Notebooks in Visual Studio code
with PowerShell.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Drinking From The Firehose Of Knowledge With Justin Grote (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, we got to become familiar with a couple of Justin's favorite things: deep dives
into subjects and axioms.
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By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-EventSession (github.com)
Script to assist in downloading Microsoft Ignite, Inspire or Build contents or return session
information.
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By: Michel de Rooij  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 28, 2021

Announcements!

PowerShell support in Durable Functions is now generally available (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
This week at Microsoft's annual Build conference, we made two announcements related to Azure Durable
Functions: Two new backend storage providers, and the General Availability of Durable Functions for PowerShell. In this post, we'll go into more details about the new capabilities that Durable Functions brings to PowerShell developers.
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By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.2.0-preview.6 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
PowerShell 7.2-preview.6 is out! Thanks to all the community contributors (see changelog for
details!)
(+)(-)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SecretManagement Module v1.1.0 preview update (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The next 1.1.0 version of SecretManagement has a number of minor fixes, but also two significant
changes, one of which is a potentially breaking change for extension authors. For more information on the changes in this release, see the CHANGELOG document. This blog discusses the primary changes, why one is potentially breaking, and is especially relevant for extension vault owners who may want to test their vault and make any changes while these updates are in a preview state.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1.9 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Happy Microsoft Build 2021 and happy 2nd birthday to Windows Terminal! This release introduces
version 1.9 to Windows Terminal Preview and migrates Windows Terminal to version 1.8. As always, you can install both builds from the Microsoft Store as well as from the GitHub releases page. Let's get into what's new!
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By: Windows Terminal Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Invoke-Command: Compensating for slow responding computers (4sysops.com)
Sometimes, running remote code with the PowerShell cmdlet Invoke-Command can take a long time to
run-and not for any reason having to do with your code itself. Connecting to older computers means that long bits of code take longer to run. Computers on the other side of slow WAN links will always be slower in responding than something close and well connected.
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By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Most Useful PowerShell Cmdlets to Manage Exchange Online Mailboxes (o365reports.com)
Most admins prefer PowerShell over Microsoft 365 admin center to manage, report, audit, and analyze
their Exchange Online Environment. So, I have listed the top 15 useful PowerShell cmdlets for admins to manage their Exchange mailboxes efficiently.
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By: O365Reports.com  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Understanding PowerShell’s Execution_Policy and Scope functionality – Part 1 (alanbonnici.com)
Windows started life as a text-based OS that had graphical elements bundled on top. Today most of
the interaction with the OS is done through the graphical interface although the underlying text-based interface still exists and is important to reach certain nooks and crannies that are not exposed graphically.
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By: chribonn  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Poshover (github.com)
A PowerShell module for sending notifications / messages using the Pushover API
By: Josh Hendricks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Top 5 Useful PowerShell Commands – YouTube (youtube.com)
If you're a PowerShell user, then you likely have a handful of commands you use on a regular basis.
Among the hundreds of cmdlets, there are likely a few useful ones that you're unaware of. Join Mike in this video as he shares his top 5 PowerShell commands!
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By: ITProTV  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

I like making dumb little games in PowerShell. (reddit.com)
My latest is Hangman. Clues sourced from Wheel of Fortune.
By: u/premtech  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 29, 2020

Announcements!

Pester 5.0.0 Released (github.com)
Come check out all the new features available in the latest version of Pester.
By: Pester Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

ARM Template what-if deployment (4bes.nl)
Last year at Microsoft Ignite, the private preview of the ARM template what-if option was
introduced. Since about a month, this new option for PowerShell has gone into public preview and it is really a great new feature, that can help a lot with your template development. In this post, I want to show you how you can use ARM Template what-if deployment, how it can be integrated in a Azure DevOps pipeline and what this means for my PowerShell module ARMHelper.
...>more(less)
By: Barbara Forbes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Converting Pester V4 to Pester V5 basics (evotec.xyz)
Now that Pester V5 is out, I decided that I need to make sure that my Pester tests for all my
modules keep on running correctly. Some substantial changes in Pester add new features, changing some things, but that also means all the tests that you have defined most likely will need a small push to get it up and running again on Pester V5. Starting this blog post, I wanted to mention that I am by no means an expert on Pester, but I do use it for some time now for most of my projects. I am using basic functionality, but even that basic functionality stops working once you upgrade from PesterV4 to PesterV5, so I thought I would save you some time and give you a small overview of how you can quickly fix it. It works for me, but you may have to find your way to fix things.
...>more(less)
By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting Started with OpenSSL and PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Generating SSL certificates can be a daunting task, one filled with frustration and sorrow. But it
doesn't have to be that way! If you are struggling with SSL certificates for your webpages and servers, keep reading.
...>more(less)
By: Bill Kindle  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Classes and Enums (pipehow.tech)
Learn how to write them, and hopefully why!
By: Emanuel Palm  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers (reddit.com)
now removes provisioned packages too: bug or feature?
By: u/Fs00  submitted:Jun 16 2022



So *That’s* What OutBuffer Is For! (toastit.dev)
OutBuffer has been lurking in amongst the common parameters on most cmdlets for years, but I've
never taken the time to ask what it's for.
...>more(less)
By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Announcing Central Management Deployments (chocolatey.org)
We are gearing up for the 3rd release of Chocolatey Central Management (CCM), and this one will
include an amazing feature that many of you may have been waiting for - managing endpoints with a full Chocolatey solution! We are really excited to share with you what Central Management Deployments will offer and how you can get your hands on it!
...>more(less)
By: Chocolatey  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Fish-like prompt that autoshrinks your current directory listing (reddit.com)
As a long time fish shell user who recently returned to Windows, I really wanted to recreate the
prompt from the fish shell, so I wrote a little script to do it! It's my first Powershell script, and I'm amazed by how easy it is to script things; it's just like C#!
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Tay  submitted:Jun 16 2022



jX509ToOpenSSH (github.com)
PowerShell functions to convert Windows X509Certificate2 objects to OpenSSH public key format to use
for SSH authentication.
...>more(less)
By: jimmy58663  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Layer 2 Host Discovery With Powershell In Under A Second (xkln.net)
Fast LAN scanner, finds hosts on a /24 in under a second, even if the firewall is blocking pings
By: mdjx  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Microsoft Teams Reporting using PowerShell (o365reports.com)
Recently, Microsoft Teams' usage has been increasing tremendously. This increased the need of
generating reports on Microsoft Teams on daily basis. Most admins and executives want to prepare reports on the number of meetings between users, meeting participants, call times, and more. But Microsoft is yet to provide the cmdlets or API to extract those data from Office 365.
...>more(less)
By: Kathy Cooper  submitted:Jun 16 2022



OnedriveMapper 4.00 released (lieben.nu)
With version 4.00 OnedriveMapper now fully supports 'Modern' Authentication
By: Jos Lieben  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Mobile PowerShell Needed? (powershell.city)
I have always wanted to get my mittens on a mobile iteration of the prized management tool.
By: Xajuan Smith  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 29, 2026

Announcements!

v7.7.0-preview.2 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
By: PowerShell Team
Come test the latest preview of 7.7

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Logic Apps Adds Sandboxed Code Interpreters to Agent Workflows (infoq.com)
By: Steef-Jan Wiggers
Microsoft added sandboxed code interpreters to Azure Logic Apps, enabling agents within integration
workflows to generate and execute Python, JavaScript, C#, and PowerShell in Hyper-V isolated session.
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Entra Automation: Users, Groups, and Conditional Access (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Adam Bertram
Use Microsoft Graph PowerShell to automate Entra ID users, security groups, group membership, and
Conditional Access policies with report-only validation.
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Get Users’ True Last Logon in Active Directory Using PowerShell (o365reports.com)
By: Adi
Identifying the true last logon time of Active Directory users can be difficult because logon
details are stored on individual domain controllers and not fully replicated. This makes it hard to get a single accurate value, especially in environments with multiple DCs. To simplify this, we developed a PowerShell script that retrieves accurate last logon details for all users in a domain.
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How to Send a Welcome Message to New Employees with Attachments for Calendar Events (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
ICS files are a useful method to send information about calendar events between different IT
systems. This article discusses creating ICS files for Teams Online meetings as part of a project to send welcome messages to new employees that contain information about upcoming corporate events that the new people might like to attend. Suffice to say that formatting the ICS files to Outlook's satisfaction takes some effort.
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Mastering Markdown (pckt.blog)
By: James Brundage
I've loved Markdown since the day it was a Daring Fireball post. It's a simple rich text format that
gets the job done, and it's used everywhere.
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RBAC for Exchange Online Service Principals: A Deep Dive (powershellcenter.com)
By: Faris Malaeb
Configuring Exchange Online Service Principal permissions correctly is one of those things that
looks straightforward until something breaks in production. Connecting an application to Exchange Online is not the same as connecting a user. The objects involved are different, and the mistakes people make are different too.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Create executables of PowerShell scripts (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
Giving PowerShell scripts to people often results in questions like, "How do I start this?" or "I
ran this, but nothing happens..." (When sending a script that contained a function). In this blog post, I will show you how to create an executable of a script and its limitations.
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New EntraFIDOFinder Module Version Release! (clatent.com)
By: Clayton Tyger
Good news and bad news.. which would you like first? Bad news? There are no new external PowerShell
functions in this release, but I did create some functions to compare differences as well as one to show changes by the month. Is there a functionality you are looking for?
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PsBash v 0.10.1 (powershellgallery.com)
By: Andy Brummer
Real bash commands for PowerShell with typed objects. 76 commands (ls, grep, sort, awk, sed, jq,
find, ps, du, tar, etc.) that accept real bash flags and return structured PowerShell objects while producing identical text output. Pipeline bridge pattern preserves typed objects through grep, sort, head, tail.
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Release Pode v2.13.3 (github.com)
By: Matthew Kelly
Multiple bug fixes and improvements

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Compare AI Models from PowerShell: PSAIBattlecard + PSAISuite Dashboard (youtube.com)
By: Doug Finke
A quick walkthrough of PSAIBattlecard, a PowerShell-backed model comparison dashboard powered by
PSAISuite.
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Community

Solving Problems at the Root with Mark Littlefield (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
In this episode, host Andrew Pla sits down with Mark Littlefield, VP of Product at PDQ, for a
wide-ranging conversation about product management, the PowerShell community, and what it looks like to deeply learn a technical domain when you're not coming from a traditional sysadmin background. Mark shares his journey from tech support to product management, what drew him to PDQ and the challenges facing IT admins, and what surprised him about PowerShell once he started paying close attention. The two also dig into the history behind PDQ Connect's PowerShell Scanner, how product teams learn from customers, the art of storytelling as a PM and sysadmin skill, and more.
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Upcoming Events

PSDepend is Back! (Gilbert Sanchez) (meetup.com)
By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group
If you've ever wished PowerShell had a requirements.txt -- a simple file that says "here's what this
project needs" and just handles it -- that's exactly what PSDepend is.
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May 3, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Convert OneDrive to per-machine installation (deploywindows.com)
Learn how to convert OneDrive to per-machine installation with MS Intune and PowerShell and Win32
app
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Event-Driven Serverless Containers with PowerShell Azure Functions and Azure Container Instances (dev.to)
Create your first serverless container using PowerShell and Azure Functions
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to replicate the ISE experience in Visual Studio Code (docs.microsoft.com)
Tyler Leonhardt has created a doc to help bridge the gap between the ISE and the PowerShell
extension for VScode.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Serverless automation using PowerShell in Azure Functions (azure.microsoft.com)
Eamon O’Reilly joins Scott Hanselman to show how PowerShell in Azure Functions makes it
possible for you to automate operational tasks and take advantage of the native Azure integration to deliver and maintain services.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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May 31, 2019

Announcements!

PowerShell Core v7.0.0-preview.1 (github.com)
Public preview of PowerShell v7 is now live!
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating the Citrix Federated Authentication Service with PowerShell (citrix.com)
This blog post will provide a baseline understanding of how FAS automation works and includes
PowerShell code required to build a scalable solution.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Creating Containers with PowerShell For Azure Cosmos DB (sqlshack.com)
Creating Containers with PowerShell For Azure CosmosDB with PowerShell?s Az module
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Step-by-Step Guide: Manage Users using Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph module (rebeladmin.com)
Check out Eugen’s great step-by-step guide for manage users using Azure Active Directory
PowerShell for Graph module. It provides you everything you need to know to get started, quickly and easily.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Stop and Start Azure VMs using an Office 365?Calendar (msfreaks.wordpress.com)
Check out this awesome solution for Arjan to help you save time and money by using an Office 365
Calendar to control when your VMs should power on and off.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Now available: PowerShell cmdlets for Azure Monitor metric and log alerts (azure.microsoft.com)
Now available: PowerShell cmdlets for AzureMonitor metric and log alerts from the Azure updates team
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell for O365 (skillmeup.com)
In this course Liam will educate you on the details you need to know to be able to start writing
PowerShell for Office 365.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

EnphasePS (github.com)
A quick script for querying Enphase solar panel controllers via your local network and quickly
getting Production, Consumption, and Net Usage information.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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May 6, 2022

Announcements!

Major update to the PowerShell Extension for Visual Studio Code (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This update represents a complete overhaul of the core PowerShell engine of PowerShell Editor
Services, intending to create a more reliable and stable user experience.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Give me your most strongly-held opinions about PowerShell coding style (twitter.com)
Join the discussion now on Twitter
By: Mathias R. Jessen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Learn How PowerShell CmdletBinding Enhances Functions (adamtheautomator.com)
Have you ever wanted to create a PowerShell cmdlet but didn't know C# or another Microsoft .NET
Framework language? Why keep 'wanting' when you have PowerShell CmdletBinding at your fingertips?
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By: Samuel Ogunleke  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Literally a decade later I discover a better way with enum… (reddit.com)
Yes, enums can be very useful
By: u/Jacmac_  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Hunting with Microsoft Sentinel (misconfig.io)
An attacker is like a lover. He teases until he finds the right moment to act on your network. This
behavior is the same for the PowerShell attack. The following post focuses on PowerShell obfuscation and how to monitor with Microsoft Sentinel.
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By: Elli Shlomo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What have you done with PowerShell this month? (reddit.com)
Always an interesting read
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Why is “$($i )” different from “$(($i ))” (reddit.com)
For those who like to know how things work.
By: u/alphanimal  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSBusinessTime (github.com)
A PowerShell module with functions to help calculate working hours, and for generally working with
or calculating business hours / date times.
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By: Adam Cook  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Contributing to PowerShell Made Easy with Sean Wheeler (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
We caught up with Sean Wheeler at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit to discuss all things
documentation. We discuss why open source is an open discussion and how documentation moving to open source makes for a lot of opportunities to help contribute to the PowerShell community. We discuss the value of the PowerShell blog, and how contributing to the blog can help you practice and improve your writing skills, get your blogs published, and provides an opportunity to plug your own site at the same time.
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By: The PowerShell Podcast  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting Started with oh-my-posh in PowerShell and Windows Terminal – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video, I show how to install oh-my-posh, setup a Nerd Font, and apply a theme in PowerShell
and Windows terminal.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Update: PowerShell Community Textbook (reddit.com)
Update time for the PowerShell Community Textbook!
By: PowerShellMichael  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Case Study: How many colors are too many colors for Windows Terminal? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
A group of users were trying to implement a simple, terminal-based video game and found the
performance under Windows Terminal to be entirely unsuitable for such a task.
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By: Leonard Hecker  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

#PSTweetChat from 1-2 PM Eastern Today (twitter.com)
Open chat on Twitter about all things PowerShell
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Mark your calendar – the next AMA session with @HeikoBrenn and @nulle1ns will take place today! (twitter.com)
Let us know your questions about PowerShell, ScriptRunner, Automation, Cooking, or Music, and fill
out the form in advance
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May 7, 2021

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo Preview.2 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to announce the second preview of PowerShell Crescendo, a framework to rapidly
develop PowerShell cmdlets for native commands, regardless of platform.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Az 5.9 is out! (docs.microsoft.com)
Checkout the new features of Az.AKS - attach / detach an Azure Container Registry (ACR) to an Azure
Kubernetes Cluster (AKS) and reset the service principal of an existing AKS cluster !
...>more(less)
By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Pester 5.2.0 is out (github.com)
Code coverage works, including report! And more
By: Pester Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Deploying Temporary Access passwords (cyberdrain.com)
So last time I spoke about Passwordless but skimped over the new feature TAP. TAP stands for
Temporary Access Password and TAP is actually pretty cool, especially for MSPs deploying loads of devices. The TAP is a generated password th at has a maximum amount of uses...
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



From PowerShell to Payload: An Analysis of Weaponized Malware (huntress.com)
Click, boom, and your network is compromised. All a hacker needs is one successful exploit and you
could have a very bad day. Recently, we uncovered one artifact that we would like to break down and showcase. We will get "into the wee ds" here and really deep-dive on the technical details, so put on your ear protection and let's walk down range...
...>more(less)
By: John Hammond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Use PowerShell to Remove OneDrive Files Found by a Content Search (practical365.com)
Recently, while working on some Content Searches, a question came up on how to perform selective
deletion of OneDrive documents found in the searches. While you can remove email using a content search action, Office 365 doesn't includ e a method to cleanup OneDrive documents found by content searches....
...>more(less)
By: Damian Scoles  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Run PowerShell scripts or commands to your Azure Windows VM from Cloud Shell (markou.me)
I am pretty sure that you have already have found out that you can run PowerShell scripts or
Commands within your VMs using the Azure Portal or the Azure PowerShell or Azure CLI modules....
...>more(less)
By: George Markou  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Send a mail using the current outlook user account without to provide credentials with PowerShell (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you how to send a mail using the current outlook user account without to
provide credentials....
...>more(less)
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using the new PowerShell profiler to profile `Export-Excel` (twitter.com)
Using the new PowerShell profiler to profile `Export-Excel` and then use `Export-Excel` to export
the trace, and apply a data bar
...>more(less)
By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Make your code faster with Profiler (powershellmagazine.com)
Making PowerShell code faster has always been a difficult task. There are few DOs and DON'Ts of
writing fast PowerShell code, but until now there was not a good way to measure what is actually happening. This changes with my new Profiler module....
...>more(less)
By: Jakub Jares  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Microsoft Releases V2.3.0 of the Teams PowerShell Module (office365itpros.com)
On April 30, 2021, Microsoft published V2.3.0 of the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module in the
PowerShell Gallery. Welcome as any update is, the publication was unaccompanied by any announcement or notification, and Microsoft didn't up date the release notes for the module until late on May 3. Even with the release notes, we don't know exactly what V2.3.0 contains, so it's time for inspired interpre...
...>more(less)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Pglet (pglet.io)
Web app to run PowerShell commands on a computer from anywhere
By: Feodor Fitsner  submitted:Jun 16 2022



TlsConfig (github.com)
Imagine how great it would be if all you had to do to get secure TLS settings on your box were
running: Set-TlsConfiguration -EnableSecure -DisableInsecure Fortunately it IS that simple with the new PowerShell module TlsConfig
...>more(less)
By: Friedrich Weinmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automating SSLabs testing using PowerShell – YouTube (youtube.com)
Clem Messerli demos a script he wrote to automate the testing of a website SSL settings. The script
leverages the SSLabs API to test websites from the command line. Clem walks through why he is using the various settings that he added to his script. This is an excellent example of how API's can be leveraged to automate a task and query for certain suspect security settings.
...>more(less)
By: Clem Messerli  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Counting Down Events with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
We just finished a very successful virtual edition of the PowerShell+DevOps Global Summit. We lost
our 2020 event to the pandemic but fortunately, the people at The DevOps Collective were able to pull together a fantastic virtual even t. There were as many virtual attendees as we normally have at the in person event. But of course, we are all looking forward to next year when we can gather again in...
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Fun with PSWordCloud (twitter.com)
Fun PowerShell things I made that bring me simple joys
By: Joe Sallow  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Happy Birthday Song (reddit.com)
With Beep Tones in PowerShell Script (My Cake day)
By: u/hackoofr  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 8, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

C# to PowerShell an Introduction (blog.truesec.com)
I, like most C# developers, had heard about PowerShell since it came out. I originally shunned
PowerShell as 'just a scripting language' and assumed it could never do what I could do with a custom C# tool. Over the past year I have learned how very wrong I was. In this article I will try to highlight some information about PowerShell I found useful during my transition.
...>more(less)
By: Tim Davis  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Excel Charts from PowerShell data (powershell.city)
Looking to make Reports more sharing friendly? Script Time!!!!
By: Xajuan Smith  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get Installed PowerShell Versions (jdhitsolutions.com)
The problem I had was to remotely query a Windows system and determine what versions of PowerShell
were installed. For servers, you can use Get-WindowsFeature to check if PowerShell-V2 is installed. But what about PowerShell Core, PowerShell 7, or even a preview build? My solution was to query the registry.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



OneDrive Known Folders and PowerShell Module Installations (office365itpros.com)
The OneDrive Known Folder Move feature has been around for a couple of years. Basically, this allows
you to redirect common (well-known) folders from your PC to OneDrive so that anything created in Documents, Pictures, and the desktop is automatically saved in your OneDrive for Business account. Generally, everything works well, and I have been very happy. Except until the time came to update the Azure Active Directory preview module from 2.0.2.77 to 2.0.2.89.
...>more(less)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Helper Scripts for Windows Terminal (jdhitsolutions.com)
I've spent some time over the last few days getting my Windows Terminal setup in order. Hopefull you
saw my recent post about backing up my settings.json file. I've also put together a few other simple PowerShell scripts that I use to make Windows Terminal even easier to use and manage.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Write PowerShell Online using Visual Studio Codespaces (thomasmaurer.ch)
Last week the Visual Studio Services team announced a new service called Visual Studio Codespaces.
Visual Studio Codespaces allows you to do cloud-hosted development for wherever you're working. While the new services support many different programming and scripting languages, it also supports PowerShell. In this blog post, I am going to show you how you can write PowerShell code online in a web browser using Visual Studio Codespaces.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

A great reminder from skatterbrainzz (twitter.com)
Don't forget (on Windows at least) you can append "| clip" to output statements to go directly to
the clipboard for faster pasting into other things. Ex. "get-process | clip".
...>more(less)
By: skatterbrainzz  submitted:Jun 15 2022



A PowerShell Windows Terminal Toolbox (jdhitsolutions.com)
Last week I shared some PowerShell code I had been using to manage different aspects of Windows
Terminal. I also had posted a script to backup my Windows Terminal settings file. With all that code, plus other ideas brewing, it only made sense to bundle everything together into a PowerShell module.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

BridgeConf videos (youtube.com)
If you're looking for the BridgeConf videos they not on the BridgeConf YouTube channel. They are
here.
...>more(less)
By: PNWPSUG  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Get-MomFlowers (reddit.com)
Don't forget Mother's Day is this Sunday. (In the US that is)
By: u/sleightof52  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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May 8, 2026

Announcements!

Announcing Native PowerShell Tooling for ReFS Snapshots | Microsoft Community Hub (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
By: Jeffrey Woolsey
We're excited to share a new open-source PowerShell module on GitHub that provides PowerShell-native
management of ReFS snapshots.
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Heads up: We’re moving to the Devolutions forum (forums.ironmansoftware.com)
By: Adam Driscoll
We have an important update for everyone in this community. Starting Monday, May 11th, 2026,
existing discussions and threads will be migrated to the Devolutions forum - the new home for all PowerShell Universal conversations
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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Locking down Windows devices by suppressing key combinations (petervanderwoude.nl)
By: Peter van der Woude
This week is not about something new. Not even close actually. This week is all about further
locking down specific types of Windows devices, such as shared devices, kiosk devices, or even just actual locked down devices, by suppressing specific key combinations.
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PowerShell Preview v7.7.0-preview.1 release (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
Three days ago, the latest PowerShell Preview version was released, following the previous Preview
version, 7.6 (which is now the new LTS). In this short blog post, I will highlight some changes and how to install v7.7.0-preview.1.
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PowerShell: How to install the new Microsoft Entra ID Module (sid-500.com)
By: Patrick Gruenauer
In this post, I'm going to walk you through installing the new Entra ID module so you can manage
your Microsoft 365 cloud with PowerShell. It only takes a few commands-super simple.
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Shift Happens – Uncovering Two Built-in Command Injections in Windows Context Menus (specterops.io)
By: Remi GASCOU
Two long-standing Windows Explorer vulnerabilities lets attackers execute arbitrary PowerShell
commands using crafted folder names, affecting Windows 10 and 11 since 2017.
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Tools reference – Claude Code Docs (code.claude.com)
By: Joe Finney
FYI if you're using Claude Code on Windows in Powershell, you might want to enable this
Using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to Update User Profiles (office365itpros.com)
By: Tony Redmond
Now rolling out to Microsoft 365 tenants is the ability to update user profile cards with details of
awards and certifications held by users. Usually this would be done through a Copilot connector, but it's possible to add awards and certifications using Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets. All explained in great detail with working examples here.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

ExcelFast Release v0.0.1-alpha14 (github.com)
By: Justin Grote
A high performance PowerShell module for importing, exporting, and manipulating Excel Files
Exchange Unattended Install Script [Update] (eightwone.com)
By: Michel de Rooij
Back in 2013, I published an unattended installation script for Exchange Server 2013, together with
a walkthrough on this blog. At the time, the goal was simple: make Exchange deployments more predictable, repeatable, and less error‑prone by removing as much
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Release Pode.Web v1.0.0-preview3 · Badgerati/Pode.Web (github.com)
By: Matthew Kelly
Released Pode.Web v1.0.0-preview3! Added support for nested groups Events can now trigger JavaScript
new Datalist element and a lot more - including some additional breaking changes.
(+)(-)

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: Stop Clicking Download. Use Invoke-WebRequest (youtube.com)
By: Matthew Dowst
Stop downloading files one click at a time. Use Invoke-WebRequest in PowerShell and automate it in
seconds.
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Community

From ISE Anxiety to VS Code Every Day with Paula Kingsley (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
Paula Kingsley, a senior IT leader, longtime consultant, automation and PowerShell enthusiast,
eight-time Microsoft MVP for Exchange Server, and happy generalist, joins Andrew for a wide-ranging conversation about her tech journey and what it actually looks like to grow from deep hands-on work into technology leadership. They kick things off with a topic near and dear to a lot of PowerShell folks: the ISE-to-VS Code migration. Paula was terrified of it, put it off for as long as she could, and now uses VS Code every single day.
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Fun

SpotifyControls v 2.1.0 (powershellgallery.com)
By: RedThinkCode
A PowerShell module for managing your Spotify tracks and playlists via Spotify's API.

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
By: SynEdgy
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany

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November 1, 2019

Announcements!

Update to Drive Automation Tool – Coming Soon (twitter.com)
It feels like its been too long since the last update, so the Driver Automation Tool 6.4.0 will be
out by the end of the week. Added Windows 10 1909 support, new Microsoft Surface device support and other tweaks/fixes.
...>more(less)
By: Maurice Daly  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1910 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the
Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
...>more(less)
By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Fast, Dirty DNS Enumeration BONUS: Fast, Dirtyport scan (reddit.com)
It's a native powershell/.net zone transfer... without the zone transfer. It's on GitHub
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Monitor Microsoft Teams using PowerShell Universal Dashboard (starwindsoftware.com)
In this guide, I will describe how to create a PowerShell Dashboard using the PowerShell Universal
Dashboard module created by Adam Driscoll (PowerShell MVP), in order to monitor Microsoft Teams Cloud call queues.
...>more(less)
By: Nicolas Prigent  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Intune-App-Deploy (github.com)
A fast, reliable way to package your win32 applications and deploy them to Intune from any source -
including SCCM, using Powershell & VS Code tasks!
...>more(less)
By: Ben Reader  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Managing Azure Blueprints with PowerShell (blog.ipswitch.com)
Azure Blueprints provide a "one-stop shop" for Azure governance. By implementing JSON templates and
a controlled, unified workflow, Azure administrators can define, deploy, enforce, and maintain standardized Azure environments.
...>more(less)
By: Tim Warner  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PS1 To Exe Generator – v1.1 Released (systanddeploy.com)
In this post, I will show you the new version of my tool PS1 To EXE generator that allows you to
generate an EXE file from a PowerShell project, choose the main ps1 and inlude other files and folders.
...>more(less)
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Testing DFS Replication with PowerShell (bcthomas.com)
DFS Replication (DFS-R) is a fantastic tool in any sysadmins belt when it comes to creating highly
redundant and scalable file shares. And yet anyone who has used it, knows that monitoring it can be difficult at the best of times.
...>more(less)
By: Ben Thomas  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Creating a Spooky Windows Terminal Theme (jdhitsolutions.com)
With Halloween fast arriving, I thought I'd share some more holiday-themed fun. Today's entry isn't
necessarily PowerShell related but you might use it with your PowerShell work. If you've been kicking the tires on the Windows Terminal project from Microsoft, you might enjoy this. Here's the finished product and then I'll show you how to recreate it.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get-Bugs (reddit.com)
I know the feeling all to well
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Write-Host ?? But I always use the debugger. I mean, yea, always. (twitter.com)
There is the right way and the way to works.
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Upcoming Events

The PowerShell Team Community Meetup at Ignite 2019 (twitter.com)
"The PowerShell Team is hosting a community meetup at MSIgnite 2019! Meet the team along with other
PowerShell enthusiasts on Nov 4th from 4-5pm location TBA. Note that only the first 100 to arrive will be able to attend and you must bring your Ignite badge"
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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November 12, 2021

Announcements!

General Availability of PowerShell 7.2 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We're pleased to announce the General Availability of PowerShell 7.2!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Creating a PowerShell Clock (jdhitsolutions.com)
I've published a new project to the PowerShell Gallery. This is something that I needed, and maybe
you do as well. Even though I have the typical clock running in the Windows taskbar, I have an ultrawide monitor so it isn't always easy to read.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Endpoint Manager Packaging Script Pt.1 (nielskok.tech)
I created an Endpoint Manager Packaging Script which downloads the installer, packages it, uploads
it to Intune and assigns it. But first things first, credits to Nickolaj Andersen and his module who made it all possible.
(+)(-)
By: Niels Kok  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get a better Intune policy report part 3. (doitpsway.com)
By combining information from MDMDiagReport.xml and system registry
By: Ondrej Sebela  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How do we create a temp file through powershell that last for one session and goes away? (reddit.com)
I m facing issue in finding logic to create a temp text that is created during a powershell session
and which gets automatically deleted after the powershell session ends. Any help is much much appreciated .Thank you
(+)(-)
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Microsoft Flags Need to Upgrade PowerShell Scripts to Use TLS 1.2 (office365itpros.com)
Failure Will Break Ability to Send Email via Exchange Online
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell and Regex (Find, Replace, Occurrences.) (sid-500.com)
Want to get more out of PowerShell? Refine the search? Just get better? Then check out Regex. Regex
statements make things possible that seem impossible. In this blog post I show you a few Regex examples you can build on. Let's dive in.
(+)(-)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Search Everything with PowerShell (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
Everything is a Windows file system indexer that makes search very fast. This post uses the
PSEverything module to search Everything.
(+)(-)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Mass Upgrade .doc .xls and .ppt files to their relative .x file format (reddit.com)
Posting here after helping someone from this subreddit, and hoping that this may help save others
some headaches as well. The below updates .doc to .docx .xls to .xlsx and .ppt to .pptx, optionally deletes the old files if you un-comment the remove-item lines
(+)(-)
By: u/oneAwfulScripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



WinOps (github.com)
PSModule For Windows/AD Administration
By: Evan Chisholm  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

My Hallway is Red During Teams Calls (brianbunke.com)
Why? So my family knows the answer before they walk down the hall and open the door.
By: Brian Bunke  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

psconf.eu 2022: Call for Speakers (sessionize.com)
We would LOVE to have YOU here with us to share your knowledge, experience, and wisdom.
By: PowerShell Conference Europe 2022  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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November 13, 2020

Announcements!

Announcing Az Predictor (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
The Azure PowerShell modules expose over 4,000 cmdlets and, on average, ten parameters per cmdlet.
Experienced PowerShell users will find the right cmdlet and parameter to achieve their goal but this can be more complicated for casual users.
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By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Announcing PowerShell 7.1 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We're proud to announce the release of PowerShell 7.1, the latest major update to PowerShell 7. This
release includes a number of improvements and fixes that build on top of the PowerShell 7.0 release in March and the recent GA release of .NET 5. Since then, the PowerShell Team (and many of you, our community contributors, thank you!) have been hard at work addressing some of the community's top bug reports and feature requests.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Announcing PSReadLine 2.1 with Predictive IntelliSense (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Tab completion has accelerated the success of new and experienced PowerShell users for over a
decade. New users get the benefit of discovery, seeing available cmdlets and parameters as options while interactively typing. Experienced users receive the benefit of acceleration, typing less while using the Tab key to quickly complete a command.
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By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1.5 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We're back with another Windows Terminal release! Windows Terminal has moved to version 1.4 and
includes the features described in the 1.4 release blog post. Windows Terminal Preview has moved to version 1.5 and includes the features described below. You can download both versions from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's dive into what's new!
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By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Attention if you use fslogix (twitter.com)
and your users still have an old profile path configured in their AD user object! You will get logon
errors. Use PowerShell to find users with a profile path in your AD!
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By: Dennis Mohrmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Survive Refactoring a PowerShell Script from Hell (adamtheautomator.com)
If you've ever inherited a script or set of PowerShell scripts, you probably know the frustration.
You have a specific way of coding honed over years and years of experience and you come across a...let's say monstrosity.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Domain Admins logon (cyberdrain.com)
So this is one I've been researching for a new tool I'm creating. AzPAM, AzPAM will be a Privledged
Access Management tool that will be living in your Azure environment, mostly designed for MSPs. If you want to see how AzPam looks or contribute, check out the Github page about it here. I should be pretty close to releasing an alpha version soon!
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Parsing ssh Known Hosts with PowerShell and Regular Expressions (jdhitsolutions.com)
Lately, I've been spending time learning more about ssh. Sadly, I've rarely had a need to learn and
use ssh. But of course, with PowerShell 7 and ssh-based remoting, it is time to up my game. I've started deploying the ssh server component to my Windows test servers (I'll write about that another day) and exploring how to use ssh in my automation and scripting work.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What’s New in PowerShell 7.1 (docs.microsoft.com)
Check out what's new in PowerShell 7.1
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



You can unpin easily specific folders from explorer Quick Access with PowerShell. (twitter.com)
This can be useful for instance after migration from DFS to OneDrive.
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Introducing PSTeams 2.0 (evotec.xyz)
PSTeams PowerShell module has been on the market for a while now. It supports sending notifications
to Microsoft Teams channels via Incoming WebHooks. You could send a pretty message to the team's channel with just a few lines of code. With PSTeams 2.0, support for Adaptive Cards, Hero Cards, List Cards, and Thumbnail Cards was added. In PSTeams 1.0, you could send a message to Teams Channel using the following code
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By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Win10Debloat (github.com)
A simple PowerShell script to remove bloatware apps from windows 10, disable bing in windows search
aswell as perform various other changes to declutter the windows 10 experience.
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By: Jeffrey Raphire  submitted:Jun 16 2022



WPF – Create AD/Azure User (reddit.com)
Last week I created a minimalistic Create AD / Azure user script. Since then I have been asked to
make it easier to modify (Or more succinctly a Settings Page). This was a bit of work to think through. I am hoping someone might know of a more robust way to do what I am doing. This way I felt I could do with a bit of work. So I came up with two ways of implementing the same settings script.
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By: Alan Newingham  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How To Update Windows 10 Using PowerShell Commands (Video) (youtube.com)
Learn how to update Windows 10 using PowerShell commands.
By: Alexander Hubbard  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Object Formatting (youtube.com)
If you work with PowerShell output and want to learn how to massage your data to work better for
you, this will be a great presentation. I will be covering how PowerShell formats output objects it creates, how formatting is determined and how you can create your own custom formatting views.
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By: David Goldman  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Tic-Tac-Toe in PowerShell (reddit.com)
I made tic-tac-toe in PowerShell and wanted to share it with the community.
By: u/Fireburd55  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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November 15, 2019

Announcements!

Az.Functions 0.0.1-preview (powershellgallery.com)
We have just published a preview of the Azure PowerShell module to manage AzureFunctions! Check it
out and share your feedback!
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By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate Azure Disk Encryption for Windows Virtual Machines – Elan Shudnow’s Blog (shudnow.net)
The purpose of this article is to provide a script and demonstrate different scenarios in which my
script can be used to help provide an automated method which can encrypt your OS and Data disks as well as automatically creating a Key Vault if one does not exist including the Access Policy configuration.
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By: Elan Shudnow  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Deep dive into a custom class in PowerShell (lagebj.github.io)
On November 7th I published a post about my new Powershell module Passphraser. I have been using
this module to test Plaster, Pester, psake, platyPS, Appveyor and ReadTheDocs. I have also been wanting to explore custom classes in Powershell, so I figured Passphraser would be the perfect platform. This allows me to get a passphrase as an object which I can manipulate further to my needs. I wrote a little bit about this in an update to my post on Passphraser, but here I'll dig deeper into the class itself.
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By: Lage Berger Jensen  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Multithreading: A Deep Dive (adamtheautomator.com)
At some point, most people will run into a problem that a basic PowerShell script is just too slow
to solve. This could be collecting data from lots of computers on your network or perhaps creating a ton of new users in Active Directory at once. These are both great examples of where using more processing power would get your code to run faster. Let's get into how to solve this using multithreading in PowerShell!
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By: Tyler Muir  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Testing RPC ports with PowerShell (and yes, it’s as much fun as it sounds!) (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Using PowerShell to identify RPC ports in use by capturing content from Dos Commands like
PortQRY.exe
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By: Dr Scripto  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Using PowerShell to Retrieve Exchange Mailbox Statistics for Office 365 Migrations (mikefrobbins.com)
Recently, I've been working on trying to finish up a migration from Exchange Server 2010 to Office
365. There are potentially numerous mailboxes that aren't used and those won't be migrated to Office 365 because there's no sense in paying for licensing for them. How do you determine what mailboxes are in use?
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By: Mike F Robbins  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Watching the Watcher with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
If you followed along with my recent articles about my PowerShell based backup system, you may
recall that I used a PowerShell scheduled job an an event subscriber to monitor for file changes in key folders that I want to back up. I created the scheduled task to run at Windows startup and so far it appears to be working just fine. However, I did catch one instance where the scheduled task stopped. I didn't find any reason, although I didn't dig too deeply either. I simply restarted the scheduled task. But it got me thinking that since I'm relying on this task to log new and changed files, I need to make sure it is watching. In other words, I need to watch the watcher. This is the approach I took.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Unified PowerShell experience for Microsoft Graph (myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Microsoft Graph provides access to a wide range of information belonging to you and your
organization. Currently PowerShell users do not have a unified experience for accessing all of Microsoft Graph. This session introduces our preview Microsoft Graph PowerShell module generated from Microsoft Graph metadata using the same technology the Azure team is using to build their management PowerShell modules. Come learn how you can quickly use this to do ad-hoc interrogation of Microsoft Graph data and also build scripts that can perform unattended processes on your organization's data.
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By: Darrel Miller  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Video: Configuring PowerShell Remoting security (networkadm.in)
I believe that remoting in PowerShell unfairly gets a bad rap in the security world and the truth is
that when done right; PowerShell remoting is equal to SSH. The problem is that Microsoft and Windows get a bad rap because most people assume Windows is not secure. I invite you to watch the video and take notes. If you have questions, please reach out to me via the comments here or via the contact information posted int he video. Also, you can more links on this website that discuss remoting in detail.
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By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Look, obviously I’m not saying you should write PowerShell like this. just that you can… (twitter.com)
owwww! my eyes!!!!
By: Liam Kemp  submitted:Jun 15 2022



My favorite PowerShell Images – free for everyone! (github.com)
These are the images, icons, and desktops I like to use at conferences and in materials. These are
free to use! Enjoy!
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By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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November 19, 2021

Announcements!

Happy 15th Birthday PowerShell! (twitter.com)
Can't believe it's been 15 years
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2022 Call for Presentors (papercall.io)
The PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit 2022 will be returning to Bellevue, WA, to our new home at
the Downtown Marriott from 25-April to 28-April 2022. PowerShell and DevOps experts from all over the world including PowerShell team members will once again join together to discuss and learn about maximizing PowerShell in the workplace in fast-paced, knowledge-packed presentations.
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By: PowerShell + DevOps Summit  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A Beginner’s Guide to Managing Files with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
If you're wondering how to use PowerShell to write a file, use PowerShell to output to a file, or
use PowerShell to check if a file exists, along with other file examples, stay tuned.
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By: John Case  submitted:Jun 16 2022



A multi-stage PowerShell based attack targets Kazakhstan (blog.malwarebytes.com)
On November 10 we identified a multi-stage PowerShell attack using a document lure impersonating the
Kazakh Ministry of Health Care, leading us to believe it targets Kazakhstan.
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By: Malwarebytes Labs  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Checking the Weather with PowerShell (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
In this post, we'll check the weather with PowerShell.
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Embedding Q# in your favorite languages and platforms (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Calling Quantum Programs from Julia? Lua.? PowerShell.?
By: Chris Granade  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using Visual Studio 2022 Hot Reload for Developing Binary PowerShell Cmdlets (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
In this post, we'll look at how to use Hot Reload in Visual Studio 2022 to develop binary PowerShell
cmdlets.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What was the hardest thing in PowerShell for you to learn or understand? (twitter.com)
Or if your struggling to grasp a PowerShell concept right now, what is it?
By: Kevin Marquette  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Easy-GPU-P (github.com)
A Project dedicated to making GPU Partitioning on Windows easier!
By: James Stringer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



FSharp for PowerShell (github.com)
This is a PowerShell module to enable use of the F# language in PowerShell. It is currently only
supported with Powershell 7.2+ at the moment.
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By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-DSREGCMDStatus (powershellgallery.com)
Simple script to format DSREGCMD /Status output
By: Adam Gross  submitted:Jun 16 2022



MarkdownRender 1.0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
Have you wanted ever wanted backward compat. with Windows PowerShell when trying to use
ConvertFrom-Markdown which was introduced with PowerShell 6.1?
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By: David Sass  submitted:Jun 16 2022



ScriptBlockDisassembler (github.com)
Show a pseudo-C# representation of the code that the PowerShell compiler generates for a given
ScriptBlock.
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By: Patrick Meinecke  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Test-TCPPort.ps1 (github.com)
Test one or more TCP ports against one or more hosts
By: krzydoug  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Configuration-as-Code for Microsoft 365 with Microsoft365DSC – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this 20-minute developer-focused demo, Nik Charlebois overviews Microsoft 365DCS (Desire State
Configuration) - a PowerShell Module that represents your entire Microsoft 365 tenant's configuration as code and allows DevOps to monitor and control configuration discrepancies.
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By: Nik Charlebois  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Invoke-MgExtendDeviceManagementDeviceConfigurationGroupAssignmentDeviceConfigurationMicrosoftGraphWindowUpdateForBusinessConfigurationFeatureUpdatePause (reddit.com)
Sorry, nothing serious I just looked at the longest cmdlet I could find and, 152 characters
By: u/Bugibugi  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Power Quiz: (twitter.com)
What is the output of: 1 -eq 2 -eq 2 -ne 2 Explain the working and why.
By: PowerShell Michael  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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November 20, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell Universal 1.5 (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
Ironman Software is pleased to announce another feature-packed PowerShell Universal release! Today,
we're releasing version 1.5 of the ultimate platform for building web-based IT tools. This release contains a variety of new features as well as bug fixes that we suggest all users considering upgrading to.
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By: Ironman Software  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.2.0-preview.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell Preview release now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SecretManagement preview 6 and SecretStore preview 4 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Two updated preview releases are now available on the PowerShell Gallery:
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

AzUpdate: PowerShell and Azure Migrate, Managing User Authentication Updates and more (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
It's been sometime since we connected last so lots of news to cover this week. News this week
includes: PowerShell support for Server Migration with Azure Migrate is now generally available, Updates to managing user authentication methods, New recommendations from Azure Advisor are now available, Microsoft announces the redesign of the Microsoft account Security page, QnA Maker introduces deep learning and as always our Microsoft Learn Module of the Week.
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By: Anthony Bartolo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Disaster recovery plan for Azure Key Vault using tags, PowerShell and Azure Function (rozemuller.com)
By default the Azure Key Vault has softdelete enabled with a 90 day retention. This option will
protect Key Vault items when deleted by accident. When deleted you are able to restore that item through the portal or PowerShell. But what if someone has deleted the Key Vault itself with all the items and softdeleted items included. There is no option to restore a Key Vault. In this article I will describe a way how to backup and restore a Key Vault when deleted.
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By: Sander Rozemuller  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Documenting with PowerShell: Documenting Print Servers (cyberdrain.com)
Before I start on this; I agree. Printers are the bane of our existence in IT and I am hoping for a
paperless environment each day. Unfortunately we're not at that future just yet, so we have to document print servers and their settings.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Errors Connecting to Skype for Business Online PowerShell Module (jeffbrown.tech)
While Teams may have its own PowerShell module, many of the management tasks still reside in legacy
Skype for Business Online PowerShell. To connect to this service, you need to download and install the latest SkypeOnlineConnector module and create a remote PowerShell session to the service.
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By: Jeff Brown  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Revoke Azure Active Directory Tokens from Expired Users (biztechmagazine.com)
Do you have an on-premises Active Directory environment syncing to Azure Active Directory? If so,
you may have run across a frustrating problem: An on-premises AD user license has expired but that user can still access resources on Azure AD. As long as you're on a Windows 10 computer with the Remote Server Administration Tools and the Azure PowerShell module installed, you can remedy this security risk by finding all expired AD accounts and revoking them.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Lest you were wondering which the fastest algorithms were to use in PowerShell Get-FileHash (mobile.twitter.com)
(available in v4+), I've knocked up a quick script. All are equally CPU intensive.
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Write-Host: Do you Need It? Maybe. (adamtheautomator.com)
Over the years, there has been a lot of debate around the PowerShell Write Host cmdlet on whether
it's needed and when to use it. As in most cases, the answer is maybe and dependent on your needs.
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By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using the PowerShell formatting system to your advantage (joskw.gitbook.io)
Format data is completely centered around how a certain Type should be displayed. Type data is all
about defining extra properties and methods, but also accomodates a DefaultDisplayProperty and DefaultDisplayPropertySet property that can be set.
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By: Jos Koelewijn  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What’s the last really useful Powershell technique or tip you learned? (reddit.com)
Some pretty cool tips in this Reddit post.
By: u/Tidder802b  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Pode.Web (github.com)
This is a web template framework for use with the Pode PowerShell web server (version 2.0+). It
allows you to build web pages purely with PowerShell - no HTML, CSS, or JavaScript knowledge required!
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By: Matthew Kelly  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Run Different PowerShell Versions Side-By-Side with Docker (YouTube) (youtube.com)
You can run different versions of PowerShell side-by-side, on the same system, using Docker
containers! Let's take a look at how this works.
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By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

@jsnover Was PowerShell’s verb-noun syntax inspired by the Apollo guidance? (mobile.twitter.com)
Find out the answer from the man himself
By: r_keith_hill  submitted:Jun 16 2022



80’s retrowave color scheme for Windows terminal (reddit.com)
I've been using an 80's color scheme that I've created for a while now, and I think it looks pretty
cool, that's why I've decided to share my config. You can find it here. Enjoy!
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By: u/rambrogi  submitted:Jun 16 2022



A PowerShell Linking Challenge (ironscripter.us)
Back in the day when The Chairman was first managing IT, the cost of storage mattered and there was
no cloud. It might also matter what kind of storage you were using. Naturally, you wanted the fastest local storage. But you needed to make sure you were getting the best value for your storage dollar. Today's challenge is based on this bygone scenario. You will most likely never need to use the expected solution. But as with all challenges, The Chairman hopes it will extend and sharpen your PowerShell scripting skills. The challenge is aimed at intermediate level scripters with advanced bonus elements.
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By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Running VS Code on an Android Device (tech.davidfield.co.uk)
Ir you're the sort of person who's phone is their workhorse as I am, then finding a decent IDE for
quick edits on code is while a personal choice a bit of a problem as there are not many out there.
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By: David Field  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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November 22, 2019

Announcements!

PowerShell 7 Preview 6 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today we shipped PowerShell 7 Preview.6! This release contains a number of new features and many bug
fixes from both the community as well as the PowerShell team. See the Release Notes for all the details of what is included in this release.
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By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Welcome to the PowerShell-Docs wiki! (github.com)
We are using the wiki to capture raw information that may end up in documentation. There is a lot of
arcane knowledge about PowerShell locked in peoples brains, hidden in blog posts, or buried in long issue or RFC discussions. With this wiki, I want to begin to capture that raw information, curate it, polish it, and eventually create published documentation.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Across numerous scripts and management servers I find I need to know the support dates for different Windows versions. (twitter.com)
Across numerous scripts and management servers I find I need to know the support dates for different
Windows versions. Updating lists everywhere was a pain. PowerShell flavored Azure Functions to the rescue! Now I just have to update it once, and it's available everywhere.
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By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Hitting Snooze (toastit.dev)
Hitting snooze on your alarm clock is probably rather common. Let's take a look at how you can do
the same thing with your Toast Notifications.
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By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Prevent and Detect Malicious PowerShell Attacks (blog.rapid7.com)
Hello! My name is Rohit Chettiar, and I am a Solutions Engineer at Rapid7. In this series, we will
discuss why organizations should care about malicious PowerShell activity, how attackers use PowerShell to steal credentials (e.g., Mimikatz), and how to prevent and detect malicious PowerShell activity.
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By: Rohit Chettiar  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Speeding Up Group-Object (powershell.one)
There is a design flaw in Group-Object. With a workaround, your scripts can be up to 50x faster and
still 2x faster on PowerShell Core.
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By: TobiasPSP  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Windows Autopilot health check: An experiment in Graph API scripting (oofhours.com)
We have talked to a number of customers over the past months who have run into challenges with
Windows Autopilot - sometimes these were simple configuration issues, other times they were self-inflicted pains (e.g. deleting Azure AD device objects associated with a registered Windows Autopilot device). But as we learn more about the types of challenges encountered, we get better at detecting those issues (and eventually we'll try to prevent them from happening). To help with the detection process, I've published a new script called AutopilotHealthCheck.ps1 to the PowerShell Gallery. You can install it using PowerShell quite easily, along with its pre-requisite modules.
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By: Michael Niehaus  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Teams Updates PowerShell Module for Private Channels (office365itpros.com)
Microsoft released support for private channels on November 4 (also see this note about managing
private channels). Support for PowerShell access to private channels is not yet available in the publicly available version of the Teams PowerShell module. Instead, if you want to work with private channels through PowerShell, you must install the latest version of the Teams module from the PowerShell test gallery. You need to run version 1.0.18 or better to manage private channels.
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By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

A Beginner PowerShell Function Challenge (ironscripter.us)
The Chairman realizes that many IT Pros who take on his challenges are experienced and advanced
PowerShell users. But everyone was a beginner once. Everyone had that first challenge of writing a PowerShell function. Today's challenge is for those of you in the early stages of learning PowerShell. Now, it is time for you to begin scripting. For this beginner challenge, the Chairman would like you to write 2 very simple functions.
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By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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November 25, 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Custom PowerShell Script for Release Retention in Azure DevOps (techgenix.com)
By: Eric Eissler
If you're using Azure Devops Classic, you can retain production releases forever using an extension
it has. That said, what if you want to retain releases from another environment or you want to set your own retention policy? Learn more in this article.
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Export registry information using PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
By: Harm Veenstra
At the end of another busy week, and after passing the AZ-801 exam two days ago, it's time for a
small blog post 🙂 I had to export a registry from a client on which regedit tools were blocked. Exporting using PowerShell is an option, but the format isn't that great by default. In this blog post, I will show you how to export it to a friendly format.
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Find and remove duplicate files with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
By: Surender Kumar
You can use PowerShell to find and remove duplicate files that are only wasting valuable storage.
Once you identify duplicate files, you can move them to another location, or you might even want to permanently remove all duplicates.
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How to fix ‘CliXml’ in parameter input Azure Automation (baswijdenes.com)
By: Bas Wijdenes
Azure Automation, Start-AutomationRunbook, parameters, & CliXml... I'm not going to explain what
Clixml is, or what it means, nor am I going to explain exactly why this issue is happening (mainly because I don't have a clear answer for you). I'll give you the solution and a possible way to make this easier for you.
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One of the coolest new enhancements in tab completion with PowerShell 7.3.0 (twitter.com)
By: Patrick Meinecke
is splat hashtable keys. HUGE props to MartinGC94 for this one
PowerShell Community Textbook Update (reddit.com)
By: u/PowerShellMichael
Gday everyone! I'm really sorry about the delay with the release of the paper-back editions. We are
having amazon issues. At the moment I'm exploring other options to get a paperback so I can conduct a final review.
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Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSMSI (github.com)
By: Adam Driscoll
Create MSIs using PowerShell.
Terminal User Interface (TUI) (github.com)
By: Adam Driscoll
The Terminal User Interface (TUI) designer is used for designing UIs that run within standard
terminals. They output script that works with Terminal.Gui. This project allows for the creation of UIs that run on Windows, Linux and Mac. You can even run terminals in shells like Azure Cloud Shell.
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Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell: Creating functions that accept Pipeline Input (sid-500.com)
By: Patrick Gruenauer
So you have already created a function and now you want to enable pipeline functionality? Yes? Then
read on.
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RTFM with Steven Judd (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
By: The Powershell Podcast
In this episode, we have our first returning guest, Steven Judd! Steven gets things started off
right by talking about the process of turning a command into a function and how PowerShell provides value each step of the way. Steven convinces Jordan that RegEx is powerful and shares some tips for using it more. We learn about living off the land, how solving a problem can help you understand the technology that you are creating a solution for, and the three most important PowerShell commands. All this, and more, in this wisdom-infused episode.
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The PowerShell While Loop : A Back to Basic Guide (adamtheautomator.com)
By: Nicholas Xuan Nguyen
Discover the many ways to utilize the PowerShell while loop and take control of your applications
flow with this ATA Learning tutorial!
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November 27, 2020

Announcements!

Pester Release 5.1.0 (github.com)
Pester 5.1.0 is out!
By: Pester Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Backup and restore Conditional access policies with PowerShell (4bes.nl)
Since the summer of 2020, the AzureAD PowerShell module provides cmdlets that can help you manage
Conditional access policies. This can give you some nice options to backup, document and restore Conditional access policies. In my opinion, the PowerShell cmdlets aren't all that intuitive, which is the reason I want to show in this post how to backup and restore Conditional Access Policies with PowerShell.
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By: Barbara Forbes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Check latest PowerShell Module version with PowerShell (blog.it-koehler.com)
Sometimes it is necessary to check if your powershell module is still up to date. Yes in newer
PowerShell Versions you can choose the following cmdlet: Update-Module (PS-Version5.1). But I wanted to have a function which can compare versions of any powershell module and can also compare any other version. Therefor I did some research in google and found .Net Framework class [version]. Some blogposts later I got the comparing mechanism to check if one version is older than another.
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By: Alexander Koehler  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Level up your PowerShell with five tips in five minutes! (nathanlmagyar.medium.com)
As engineers, we're fortunate enough to have the most diverse tool in Microsoft administration right
at our fingertips. With these 5 tips, you'll start to understand just how easily you can leverage PowerShell to your advantage in your daily operations.
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By: Nathan Magyar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Measuring PowerShell Profile Performance (jdhitsolutions.com)
Today's topic is one of those things that I don't know why I've never addressed before. Well, I have
for myself in a manual process. Hopefully you'll find it useful. As you probably know, PowerShell uses a set of profile scripts. These scripts have hard-coded paths and PowerShell runs them in order from broadest to narrowest.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: App hangs (cyberdrain.com)
I was talking to a friend the other day and he was using my user experience script in his RMM system
for a while. He told me that he loved having the ability to measure the users experience but he had some clients with in-house applications that would write errors to the system log constantly, or he had other clients with crashing services that could not be prevented.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Under The Stairs: Creating a PowerShell Cmdlet Using C# (tfl09.blogspot.com)
As part of a book I am writing, I wanted to show how simple it could be to create your own cmdlet in
C#. This was to be a part of an advanced look at the things you can do with PowerShell 7 and DotNet Core.
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By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using a LiteDB portable database with your PowerShell project (smsagent.blog)
I was working on a PowerShell project recently where I needed to reference a large number of items -
more than I wanted to add as an array or hash table in script, or even an external file like an XML document. So I searched for a portable, standalone database that I could distribute with the script and happened across LiteDB, a lightweight, single-file NoSQL database. It seemed the ideal solution as there's a .Net code library for it, and so far I'm pretty impressed.
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By: Trevor Jones  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

BluebirdPS 0.1.1 (powershellgallery.com)
A Twitter Automation Client for PowerShell 7. Tweet, retweet, send direct messages, manage lists,
and more.
...>more(less)
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Preview Release of DDD (davidlenihan.com)
DDD is a PowerShell module. It adds commands to PowerShell to make working with 3D graphics easy.
By: David Lenihan  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Azure Arc Intro (YouTube) (youtube.com)
You've might have heard the news about Azure Arc and how it enables multi-cloud management from
Azure. However, there's a secret that not many people know... you can manage your on-prem resources with Azure Arc.
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By: Mike Kanakos and Jeremy Brow  submitted:Jun 16 2022



CyberSecLabs – Toast – Active Directory (YouTube) (youtube.com)
When hackers gain powershell access to a machine, they will check the powershell history. Here's a
practical example:
...>more(less)
By: PinkDraconian  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Lightning Talk: Disk Speed Test on PowerShell with Jeremy Smith (YouTube) (youtube.com)
Jeremy smith shows how he created some custom PowerShell functions to test disk speeds. He details
how he was able to take a manual process and automate it. Prior to Jeremy's automation, this process was done through an old school cmd line utility and then manually parsing out the relevant data. Jeremy was able to automate the process from start to end.
...>more(less)
By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Tools: Build your first Serverless App in Azure in under 60 minutes! (YouTube) (youtube.com)
Looking to learn how to get started in Azure? Have you considered Serverless apps? Be not afraid.
They're easy to build and allow you get started without needing a degree in programming.... Our speaker, Jeremy Brown, will walk through the basics of serverless apps, build a simple app AND put it online in 45 minutes!
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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Monitoring the London Underground with SCOM (cookdown.com)
Not into train spotting, don't worry, our blog on monitoring the London Underground will show you
how to literally monitor anything! All you need to get started is our PowerShell MP, plus some APIs and custom discoveries - happy monitoring!
...>more(less)
By: Team Cookdown  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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November 29, 2019

Announcements!

PowerShell Support in Azure Functions is now Generally Available (azure.microsoft.com)
Azure Functions now supports PowerShell for serverless automation tasks in production. Organizations
can now take advantage of the event-driven programming model for infrastructure management and scripting tasks across Azure and hybrid environments.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Functions – Event Driven, Serverless Functions (millerb.co.uk)
Quick introductory overview of Azure Functions with PowerShell. Some use cases and I will follow up
with a couple of in-depth posts on getting started and lessons learned.
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By: Brett Miller  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Convert ConfigMgr Error Codes to Plain Text Messages for Reporting (asquaredozen.com)
If you have ever checked the logs in ConfigMgr, you've likely run across an error code in a format
like 0x87D00664 or -2016410012. If use the error lookup feature in CMTrace, you can generally convert the error to plain text. In the ConfigMgr console, if you are looking at deployment statuses or even SSRS reports, you will see the plain text listed, but that data doesn't exist in the database.
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By: Adam Gross  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Find disabled Security Center Recommendations using PowerShell (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
If you are using Security Center's Secure Score today (and you should!), you are able to disable
specific recommendations which may not be relevant to you. By navigating to the ASC's default initiative in the Azure Policy blade, you can disable a recommendation:
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By: Tiander Turpijn  submitted:Jun 15 2022



OSDWindowsImage – OSD (osd.osdeploy.com)
Here's a PowerShell One-Liner to update a WIM with the latest WindowsUpdates.
By: David Segura  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Three Ways to use PowerShell to Send a Welcome Message to New Office 365 Users (office365itpros.com)
A recent appeal from a reader for a PowerShell script to send a welcome message to new people
joining an Office 365 tenant forced me to think about the best solution. The issue isn't finding a script to do the job because there's plenty of scripts published in places like the TechNet Gallery
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By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AWS Tools for PowerShell (github.com)
The AWS Tools for PowerShell lets developers and administrators manage their AWS services from the
PowerShell scripting environment. This repository is meant to be used as a way to collect feedback from users of the AWS Tools for PowerShell modules. You are invited to create GitHub issues to report bugs or make feature requests.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Microsoft 365 internals explained | Microsoft Graph, substrate, and PowerShell with Jeffrey Snover (youtube.com)
See the benefits and explanation for AI-infused capabilities in Office. We'll show you the Microsoft
Graph and the Graph Explorer, everyday AI in office.com, PowerPoint and the upcoming Project Cortex. Plus, you'll see how all of this can be put into practice using PowerShell scripting together with the Microsoft Graph.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

So say we all! (reddit.com)

By: u/SpacezCowboy  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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November 5, 2021

Announcements!

I almost fell off my chair logging on to Azure Automation this morning! (twitter.com)
PowerShell 7.1 support in preview!
By: Alexander Holmeset  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Did you know that you can use functions as values in a PowerShell hashtable? (twitter.com)
You can define the scriptblock as a reference to the keys of the hashtable, and then you can pass
arguments to it and evaluate it.
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By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Testing RPC ports with PowerShell (devblogs.microsoft.com)
(and yes, it's as much fun as it sounds!) New and Improved!!
By: Dr Scripto  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What have you done with PowerShell this month? (reddit.com)
Always some great PowerShell stuff
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerShell Module Cache (github.com)
This action makes caching PowerShell modules from the PowerShell Gallery easy for both Linux and
Windows runners. Basically, it builds all of the required input for actions/cache@v2.
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By: Chrissy LeMaire  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using LINQ in PowerShell with plinqo (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
LINQ is a set of methods that are useful in .NET for working with arrays of objects. Using LINQ is
difficult in PowerShell because it doesn't work well with generic methods. plinqo provides methods that accept script blocks so LINQ methods are easily accessible in PowerShell.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Good video courses for PowerShell (reddit.com)
Some really good links in this post.
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Unplugged (mediusdownload.event.microsoft.com)
Best MS Ignite session
By: Jeffrey Snover & Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Friday Fun: PowerShell Console Editing (jdhitsolutions.com)
The other day I read an interesting article on Adam Bertram's blog about editing files with a text
editor in PowerShell. Naturally, the PowerShell wheels in my head began turning. While I was intrigued by some of the options in the article, I've in fact installed the Micro editor to play with, I realized I already had my favorite console text editor installed.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The PowerShell After Party – YouTube (youtube.com)
Join us for the best After Party at Ignite 2021! We will host an Ask The Experts style session with
Jeffrey Snover, SydneySmith, Justin Grote, Jason Helmick, Jeff Hicks Mike Kanakos, Steve Lee, and Danny Maertens.
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By: Azure DevOps  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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November 6, 2020

Announcements!

The Return of the PowerShell DevOps Global Summit (powershell.org)
The DevOps Collective INC is pleased to announce the return of the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit
in April of 2021.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell.org  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Back to Basics: How to Manage Windows Services with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Windows services is one of those topics nearly every Windows sysadmin has to work with. To manage
Windows services you could fire up the services.msc MMC snap-in for one-off tasks but what if you need to build some kind of automation with PowerShell? Learn how to use PowerShell to get a service, use PowerShell to start a service, use PowerShell to stop a service, and use PowerShell to restart a service in this tutorial!
...>more(less)
By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Finding Zombie Files with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
Ok, maybe these aren't really living dead files, but rather files with a 0-byte length. It is
certainly possible that you may intentionally want a 0 length file. But perhaps they are artifacts or accidents that you'd like to clean up. Here's one approach you might take.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Get a Computer Name with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you need to find a local or remote Windows computer's name in a PowerShell script? Look no
further. In this tutorial, you're going to learn how to use PowerShell to get a computer name in a few different and sometimes unexpected ways.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Outlook offline mode and OST Sizes, and active PSTS (cyberdrain.com)
Todays blog I'm going to be showing how to monitor if outlook has been set to offline mode by the
user, and if the OST size is nearing it's maximum size, as a bonus I'm also giving you the option of alerting on active PST files. The offline mode is just a handy gizmo to notify users that they might've misclicked - It still happens to our users from time to time.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell and Containers (phillipsj.net)
Did you know that Microsoft published official container images for PowerShell? Those official
images can be found here, and one cool thing to note is that there are even some ARM images. It is incredibly cool that these are provided as it makes shipping PowerShell tools simpler or hosting any PowerShell based script. I have two different use cases that I can demonstrate that make these pretty cool. The first demo is going to be using the Alpine image as the base image for building a container that hosts a Polaris based REST API, like I blogged about a few weeks ago. The second demo will be to host a PowerShell script that needs to run as a sidecar to a SQL Server container. Let's dive into these demos.
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By: Jamie Phillips  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Start and execute Windows Updates on multiple servers (reddit.com)
An interesting discussion on patch management with PowerShell and if it is really the right tool for
the job.
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By: u/shab3y  submitted:Jun 16 2022



You can convert a PS1 file to EXE (twitter.com)
with iexpress which is installed by default on Windows
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

MS Teams Uninstall – Reinstall (reddit.com)
Here is my script, it is uninstall MS Teams with update.exe --uninstall, Remove this folder:
'C:Users\AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTeams', Clear this registry entry 'HKCU:SoftwareMicrosoftOfficeTeamsPreventInstallationFromMsi', download Teams installer to c:temp as teams.exe, execute teams.exe --silent
...>more(less)
By: u/jaqb7  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Publish to PowerShellGallery with GitHub Actions (robstr.dev)
My next step in automating my PowerShell module development workflow is to have my module deploy to
PowerShellGallery when creating a GitHub release. Last time it was doing unit testing with pester, now we want our code to get out in the world.
...>more(less)
By: Roberth Strand  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Free PowerShell Security e-Book by Script Runner (lp.scriptrunner.com)
This is really good material for people who are not sure about how to secure PowerShell within their
environments. Featured topics: Control execution of scripts using execution policy, codesigning and constrained language mode. Secure PowerShell remoting with SSH und TLS. Delegate administrative tasks with JEA. Audit and analyze PowerShell activities, encrypt logs. Improve code quality following best practices.
...>more(less)
By: Script Runner  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Happy Cakeday, r/PowerShell! Today you’re 12 (reddit.com)
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
By: Reddit  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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November 8, 2019

Announcements!

PowerShell Editor Services Roadmap (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Over the last year we have committed to making the PowerShell editing experience in Visual Studio
Code a rich and productive cross-platform alternative for the PowerShell ISE. To that end, we have focused on two primary areas: bringing the PSReadLine experience to the Integrated Console, and improving the stability of the extension while editing and debugging. The goal of this blog post is to walk through how we have made efforts in these key areas, and what our next steps are to follow through on these efforts.
...>more(less)
By: Sydney Smith  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Support in Azure Functions is now Generally Available (azure.microsoft.com)
Azure Functions now supports PowerShell for serverless automation tasks in production. Organizations
can now take advantage of the event-driven programming model for infrastructure management and scripting tasks across Azure and hybrid environments.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Do-While vs. Do-Until vs. While (sid-500.com)
Understanding the differences between a do-while, do-until and while loop could be confusing. Is it
the same? Why then two different techniques? In this blog post I will show the differences.
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By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get-ADObject: Querying Active Directory Objects (adamtheautomator.com)
Are you looking for a quick way to create an Active Directory (AD) report using PowerShell? You've
come to the right place! In this article, you will learn how to create custom reports of user accounts in your AD environment using the Get-ADObject cmdlet.
...>more(less)
By: Kevin Sapp  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to access ARM template outputs in PowerShell (yobyot.com)
This post takes a look at how you might use outputs: {} to send ARM template results to a PowerShell
script.
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By: Alex Neihaus  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Installing Windows Services Created with PowerShell (sapien.com)
Last week we introduced a new PrimalScript template for Windows PowerShell which makes writing
Windows Services much easier. In this article, we will show you how to use MSI Builder to create an installer for your Windows Services.
...>more(less)
By: Alex Riedel  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Office 365 E-Mail forward attack via inboxrules in user mailboxes (blog.it-koehler.com)
A customer called me two weeks ago, that he got the feedback from his customer that he is sending
some strange mails. So I had a look at the O365 security and clompliance center. After searching some reports I found out, that every E-Mail four users receive was redirected to a GMAIL address. The report also said that it was done with some inboxrules (the user never set up). Here some screenshots from the Azure Security Center and Compliance Center.
...>more(less)
By: Alexander Koehler  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Notebooks are Available in Azure Data Studio (sqlvariant.com)
PowerShell Notebooks are now available in the November release of Azure Data Studio. Back in March I
requested this feature be added to Azure Data Studio and it has become the most popular feature request for Notebooks. (Although, I'm sure it only became the most popular after they added copying from the results grid a few months ago )
...>more(less)
By: Aaron Nelson  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell’s plus equals (+=), the array serial killer (theposhwolf.com)
I did a livestream recently where I created a function to parse an HTML table and convert it to a
PowerShell object. If you followed along, you probably noticed that I used a += with no shame whatsoever. Luckily, @PrzemyslawKlys caught it and asked that I fix it (you can see the commit history here, the actual request was a Twitter DM). This was a great reminder to me that += should be avoided!
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By: Anthony Howell  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use a CSV file to make a graphical menu of PowerShell scripts (blog.osull.com)
I've recently been working on a PowerShell module that uses a CSV file to create a custom menu of
scripts.
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By: Dan O'Sullivan  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

BurntToast (github.com)
Module for creating and displaying Toast Notifications on Microsoft Windows 10.
By: Josh King  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Creating a UI Part 3 – POSH GUI (youtube.com)
In this third in the series on developing a GUI for your PowerShell apps, we learn about a free web
based service called POSH GUI available on poshgui.com. It writes the Winform code for you. In this video I'll explain what you need to know to develop your own UI with POSH GUI.
...>more(less)
By: Bryan Cafferky  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Essential PowerShell for Office 365 (amazon.com)
Take your Office 365 skills to the next level. Master PowerShell for Office 365 to stay competitive
in today's world of highly sought after cloud management skills. With expert guidance, IT pros will learn how to leverage the muscle of PowerShell to automate many advanced administrative tasks not otherwise accessible in the Office 365 Admin Center. You will discover how to unlock configuration options and automate tasks in order to free up valuable time and resources.
...>more(less)
By: Vlad Catrinescu  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Raise the Dead with this PowerShell Challenge (ironscripter.us)
Halloween is upon us and the Chairman has devised a demonic PowerShell scripting challenge for you.
This is not for the faint of heart. The Chairman wants you to raise the dead. Specifically deleted items in your Recycle Bin on a Windows 10 desktop.
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By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The PowerShell Magic 8 Ball (jdhitsolutions.com)
I have a short script that uses Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to create a spooky graphical
prompt that allows you to ask questions of a Magic 8 Ball (this name may be trademarked or otherwise protected). For those of you who may not be familiar with it, this is a toy shaped like a giant 8 ball from a billiards game. You ask a question aloud, shake the ball and look at the bottom to get an answer. I did the same thing with PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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October 1, 2021

Announcements!

Az module support in Azure Automation is now available (azure.microsoft.com)
To make it easy for you to work with the Az modules, Azure Automation now supports Az modules by
default.
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By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Release v7.2.0-preview.10 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell Preview release now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Error handling in functions? (reddit.com)
After reading the thread below it got me curious about how everyone implements error handling in
their functions.
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By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Kill a Windows Process on a Remote System (adamtheautomator.com)
Perhaps you're working happily on a remote Windows server, then find a process that runs awry using
up valuable CPU cycles. What do you do? Kill it!
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By: Nick Rimmer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Transfer files with PowerShell SFTP (adamtheautomator.com)
If you need to transfer files securely with SFTP and know a little about PowerShell, you're in luck.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to work with files remotely via SFTP and dig into some of the different PowerShell SFTP modules you can use.
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By: Chaitanya  submitted:Jun 16 2022



I Need a PSDrive Now! (jdhitsolutions.com)
I hope you've been enjoying the last few posts on working with PSDrives. To round out the set, I
thought I'd remind you of a command in the PSScriptTools module that I use often, especially when teaching a live class or presenting at a conference. As you've seen, I use PSDrives as shortcuts to commonly used folders. Back in my DOS days, I relied on subst.exe. PSDrives are much easier. Here's my typical dilemma and how I solve it.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Interactive Authentication to Microsoft Graph using MSAL with PowerShell and Delegated Permissions – darrenjrobinson – Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
Previously I've written about using MSAL and PowerShell with Application Permissions and Client
Credentials and Certificate based authentication. Also with Delegated Permissions and Device Code flow authentication. The one I haven't written a post on is performing interactive authentication to Microsoft Graph using MSAL with PowerShell and Delegated Permissions. I have for Python so this post will complete the examples for both Python and PowerShell.
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By: Darren Robinson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



My Crescendo journey (devblogs.microsoft.com)
In a recent PowerShell Users Group meeting I was thinking that it might be good to talk about the
new Crescendo module and how to use it. I was going to ask Jason Helmick if he would do a presentation for us. Then, in an unrelated conversation, someone mentioned using vssadmin.exe for some project. This got me thinking: vssadmin is a perfect candidate for a Crescendo module and maybe I should just learn it and do the presentation myself.
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By: Sean Wheeler  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell on Linux? A primer on Object-Shells (fedoramagazine.org)
This post gives you an overview of PowerShell and a comparison to POSIX-compliant shells.
By: TheEvilSkeleton and Ozymandias42  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AsBuiltReport (github.com)
A configuration document framework which utilises PowerShell to produce as-built documentation in
multiple document formats for multiple technologies
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By: AsBuiltReport  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Default Intune Enrollment (github.com)
This document will guide you and show you which steps to take to deploy your whole Intune tenant
within a few minutes. Before we can configure the tenant with Powershell, we need to make sure we have configured some prereqs.
(+)(-)
By: Rudy Ooms  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Generating Beautiful Documentation with Stephen Valdinger – YouTube (youtube.com)
Does this sound familiar? You love PowerShell because it's awesome and, with PowerShell, you can
create automation to eliminate manual tasks. But... you don't love writing the documentation for your code....
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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Make PowerShell a Real Solution in 5 Steps! – YouTube (youtube.com)
Wait, isn't PowerShell a solution already? Let me explain 🙂
By: Brisbane Infrastructure DevOps User Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

clickbait.ps1 (gist.github.com)
In this PowerShell `Clickbait Headline Generator` script, learn about text manipulation, get-random,
functions, switch statement, and the `-f` operator to create this algorithm.
(+)(-)
By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Coolest script you’ve created? (reddit.com)
A fun discussion thread on r/PowerShell
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 11, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

11 Ways to Create HashTable in PowerShell (ridicurious.com)
PowerShell Hashtables are compact data structures, which are very popular and come handy in a lot of
use cases. They are capable to store one or more Key-Value pairs and today we are going to looking into various approaches and methods to create a Hashtable in PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Prateek Singh  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Get-Help Episode 021 (powershellnews.podbean.com)
This episode was recorded at the PowerShell on the River event. It is a sitdown interview with David
Littlejohn and James Petty. We discuss the speakers and topics at the event, while also talking about future PowerShell events across the country. We also discuss the OnRamp program and its value to both the industry and the students.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Making Sense of Parallel ForEach-Object in PowerShell 7 (jdhitsolutions.com)
By, you've most likely heard about the new -parallel parameter with ForEach-Object in the latest
preview of PowerShell 7 Personally. I've been waiting for this for a long time. I used to only use PowerShell workflows because it offered a way to run commands in parallel. Having this feature as part of the language is a welcome addition.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Uninstalling windows store apps using PowerShell (cloudappie.nl)
Recently I had to re-install my laptop. Now that shouldn't take to long, but it turned out I had
tweaked my previous install a bit. One of the things you get when installing Windows again is a bunch of default apps. These apps are coming from the Microsoft Store. And not all of these apps will be used, so I decided to figure out how to de-install them.
...>more(less)
By: Albert-Jan Schot  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSScriptMenuGui (github.com)
This module uses a CSV file to make a graphical menu of PowerShell scripts.
By: Dan O'Sullivan  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSSecTools/ADSec: Tools for Active Directory security management (github.com)
The ADSec powershell module is a toolkit designed to help with several core Active Directory
security concerns. Delegation & Revocation of privileges. Configuring monitoring of active directory object changes. Analysis of security relevant AD configuration settings/state.
...>more(less)
By: Friedrich Weinmann  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The only PowerShell Command you will ever need to find out who did what in Active Directory (reddit.com)
The title pretty much sums it up.
By: MadBoyEvo  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Gathering AD Data with the Active Directory PowerShell Module – Active Directory Security (adsecurity.org)
A great primer on getting started with the Active Directory PowerShell module.
By: Sean Metcalf  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Practical PowerShell Security and Compliance Center (amazon.com)
PowerShell is an integral part of Office 365. This book was written with real world scenarios in
mind. Authored by a seven year Office 365 MVP, this book will provide you with practical advice on how to use PowerShell to manage the Security and Compliance Center.
...>more(less)
By: Damian Scoles  submitted:Jun 15 2022



TheShow.E7.Azure Guest Configuration (DSC) (youtube.com)
This week dive into Guest Configuration with Michael Greene as he shows us a new incredible way to
validate settings inside your virtual machines including Operating Systems, applications and more!
...>more(less)
By: Jason Helmick  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

A PowerShell Cross-Platform Challenge – Iron Scripter (ironscripter.us)
New from the IronScripter Chaiman: A PowerShell Cross-Platform Challenge
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Examples every time (reddit.com)

By: Kershek  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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October 15, 2021

Announcements!

Release v7.1.5 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest PowerShell release now!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A closer look at the parsing code of a Crescendo output handler (devblogs.microsoft.com)
In my previous post, I showed you how to parse the output from the netstat command. The output of
netstat is not very complex. The goal of the post was to introduce some parsing strategies that you can use to create a full Crescendo module. In this post, I explain the details of a more complex parsing function that I created for my VssAdmin module.
(+)(-)
By: Sean Wheeler  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Finding Modified Files with PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
Here's another task that I seem to be constantly fiddling with using PowerShell. What files did I
work on yesterday? Or what files were modified in the last 48 hours?
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



From Standard User to Elevated Administrator (thelazyadministrator.com)
Run Elevated PowerShell Commands with PowerShell Studio and Impersonation
By: Brad Wyatt  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Splatting: Make Commands Shorter Again! (jeffbrown.tech)
PowerShell commands can have lots of parameters. It can be difficult typing all of them out with
their values or using backticks to perform line continuation. Sounds like a case for PowerShell splatting!
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Brown  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Replacing Send-MailMessage (reddit.com)
A good discussion on Reddit about replacements for Send-MailMessage
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The 10 Basic PowerShell Commands You Need to Know (adamtheautomator.com)
Have you ever tried to write some PowerShell code and got stuck? Worry no more! One of the best ways
to get good at PowerShell is by understanding the basics. Knowing a few basic PowerShell commands can make you a pro, and you'll automate administrative tasks more efficiently.
(+)(-)
By: Samuel Ogunleke  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Using PowerShell for Docker Confidence (tommymaynard.com)
As I get deeper into Docker I thought that there might be some people out there with an
understanding of PowerShell, that could use it to feel comfortable looking at Docker closer. So, that's who this is for.
(+)(-)
By: Tommy Maynard  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Automating with PowerShell: A much better partner portal (cyberdrain.com)
This is my super secret project that I have been working on for some weeks. A lot of my time outside
of work was sunk into this effort. Somewhere last year I made a post about a better partner portal. This was super well received and I got a lot of amazing feedback on it.
(+)(-)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



ConvertTo-SQLSelect (nocolumnname.blog)
There are times when I want to mess about with data in SQL Server, data that I have obtained in
PowerShell. This will require some way to get the information from PowerShell into SQL Server.
(+)(-)
By: Shane O'Neill  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Microsoft_Surface_Warranty_Status.ps1 (github.com)
Query Microsoft Surface serial numbers from SCCM DB to get warranty status from Microsoft Warranty
rest API
(+)(-)
By: BeholdenCypress  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automating Twitter using the Twitter API with Dave Carroll – YouTube (youtube.com)
Dave Carroll is a DevOps engineer who has created a Twitter module for PowerShell that allows him to
automate his tweets from his cmd prompt.
(+)(-)
By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get up to speed with Plaster with James Petty (youtube.com)
For the October 2021 meeting of the SoCal PowerShell User Group, James Petty took some time to
explore Plaster and how it can help us standardize our PowerShell module development.
(+)(-)
By: SoCal PowerShell User Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 16, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating with PowerShell: Creating your own password push (cyberdrain.com)
I was recently talking with some friends in MSPGeek about Password pushing options, and that it's
kind of strange of relying on a third party closed service to generate and send passwords to clients. You're not 100% in control and often it misses some form of functionality like a password generator or somesuch.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Automating with PowerShell: Enabling Secure Defaults (And SD explained) (cyberdrain.com)
In one of the groups I am in there was some confusion about how Secure Defaults work and how to
deploy the Secure Defaults centrally, so I figured I would try to help with this.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Easy PowerShell Custom Formatting (jdhitsolutions.com)
One of the features I truly enjoy about PowerShell, is the ability to have it present information
that I need in a form that I want. Here's a good example. Running Get-Process is simple enough and the output is pretty complete. But one thing that would make it better for me, is that sometimes I want an easy way to see high-memory use properties. Yes, I can pipe Get-Process to Sort-Object and Where-Object. However, in this particular situation, what I really want is to see high-memory usage processes displayed in red. Maybe those that are getting close to my arbitrary limit I'd like to see in Yellow. This isn't that difficult to achieve using ANSI escape sequences.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting familiar with Invoke-Item in PowerShell (networkadm.in)
A few weeks ago I was browsing the tips and tricks page on my good friend, Jeff Hicks' website and
stumbled across a cmdlet I was not familiar with: Invoke-Item. His tips page included a one liner that stated:
...>more(less)
By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting Started in Web Automation with PowerShell and Selenium (adamtheautomator.com)
Having to type and click stuff over and over to get a job done is not fun. Take website monitoring
and testing, for example. You do many repetitive actions like clicking on buttons and links, login, run a search, and click some more. Good thing there's Selenium and PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Use PowerShell to Reboot Remote Computers (adamtheautomator.com)
Inevitably a system administrator will need to restart a server or system. Rather than stepping
through the user interface, PowerShell provides several methods for rebooting a computer remotely.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Is DSC worth getting into at this point, or should I look to other CM tools? (reddit.com)
A good discussion on Reddit about the future of DSC.
By: u/Rayzen87  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AAD Group Writeback Script (github.com)
This repository contains a script that can take certain groups in an Azure Active Directory, defined
by a scope, writing them back to onpremises Active Directory, including group memberships.
...>more(less)
By: goodworkaround  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get Current Weather Conditions with Powershell and Openweathermap API (reddit.com)
We all know the problem that we want to know the current weather conditions but we don't want to
open the curtains or look outside the window.
...>more(less)
By: u/roflrolle  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Playing Apis: the beehive programming game (kenvvard.itch.io)
If you are learning how to work with APIs, or just wondering how the heck you can play a game using
PowerShell, I encourage you to download this game.
...>more(less)
By: kenvvard  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

Women in PowerShell/DevOps Virtual Event October 22nd 2020 (twitter.com)
Amber and Sydney from the PowerShell Team at Microsoft will be hosting a virtual event on Thursday,
October 22nd from 9am-11am PDT to build community amongst women in DevOps.
...>more(less)
By: Sydney Smith  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 18, 2019

Announcements!

Coming in PowerShell7 Preview5 null-coalescing operators (twitter.com)
Coming in #PowerShell7 Preview5 (next week!) is the new Experimental null-coalescing operators. This
makes it more terse when taking action depending if something is $null or not.
...>more(less)
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Convert JSON array object to String in PowerShell (stackoverflow.com)
The following question was asked and answered on StackOverflow: I need to convert the Tags array
into a comma-separated string [and replace the array with the converted string in the JSON file]. I have tried converting from JSON, but I am struggling to convert the array into string in a clean way.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Discover Who Creates Guest Accounts in Office 365 Applications (petri.com)
At a recent conference, a discussion took place about the number of guest user accounts now being
created by applications in the directories of Office 365 tenants. The accounts are created through Azure B2B collaboration (by applications that generate invitations to join Office 365 Groups, like Teams and Planner) or SharePoint sharing invitations for documents or folders. It's one thing to invite people outside your tenant to collaborate; it's a horse of a different color to manage the resulting guest accounts.
...>more(less)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Copy files from Windows to Linux using PowerShell Remoting (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
With the release PowerShell Core 6, the PowerShell Team brought PowerShell to other platforms like
Linux and macOS. This new cross-platform approach allows users to take advantage of some pretty cool features. In this blog post, I am quickly going to show you, how you can use PowerShell Remoting to copy files from Windows to Linux systems.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 15 2022



List and change BIOS settings with PowerShell (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you how to list and change BIOS settings for HP, Dell and Lenovo with
PowerShell only.
...>more(less)
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell and Secure Strings (red-gate.com)
Greg Moore demonstrates how to work with the Get-Credential PowerShell cmdlet and secure strings
when authenticating to an SFTP server.
...>more(less)
By: Greg Moore  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell ValidateScript: Building Better Functions (adamtheautomator.com)
When creating PowerShell functions, validating input to parameters is important. Parameter
validation allows you to limit what is passed to functions. In this article, you're going to learn how to catch problems before they become one with the PowerShell ValidateScript validation attribute.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



ScreenMe: PowerShell tool to make screenshot under PE (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you a little PowerShell tool I created that allows you to make a full
screen screenshot tat can be used both on Windows and on Windows PE.
...>more(less)
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The future of PowerShell begins to sharpen in focus (searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com)
PowerShell's promise as a cross-platform management tool has come a long way, but much work still
needs to be done for both Linux and Windows admins to pick up adoption.
...>more(less)
By: Tom Walat  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AzViz: PowerShell based Azure Network Topology Visualizer (github.com)
PowerShell Module that can generate a topology diagram to Visualize Azure Network Topology and ARM
templates (WIP). It has capabilities to insert appropriate Azure Icons depending upon the type of the Azure Resource you have in your Resource Group, like Virtual Machine, Virtual Network, Subnet etc.
...>more(less)
By: Prateek Singh  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSNow (powershellgallery.com)
As a tool for making modules, PSNow emits the entire framework you need to create, analyze, test,
sign, build, deploy and publish your code with one module. All you need to do is run one command and then write your code. If you're new to PowerShell and not sure how to get going with a module, start here. If you've been writing code for a while and want to do more automation, PSNow is a great fit. It runs on PS Core 6.x and Windows PowerShell running on OSX, Linux and Windows.
...>more(less)
By: John McCrae  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

11 Best PowerShell Courses (blog.coursesity.com)
The best Powershell online courses & Tutorials to Learn Powershell for beginners to advanced level.
By: Coursesity Team  submitted:Jun 15 2022



E?v?e?r?y?t?h?i?n?g Things You Want to Know About PowerShell, But Are Too Afraid To Ask (youtube.com)
A great webcast covering a bunch of different PowerShell topics. Everyone from the novice to expert
can learn something from this video.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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October 2, 2020

Announcements!

v7.1.0-rc.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
This release of PowerShell is impacted by a few known regressions and a by-design breaking change in
.NET 5.0.0-rc.1. Given the impact of these regressions, particularly in interactive scenarios on non-Windows systems, we will only be publishing PowerShell v7.1.0-rc.1 packages for Windows and Linux, skipping macOS until v7.1.0-rc.2 is available with the proper fixes.
...>more(less)
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Announcing the AzureRM to Az PowerShell Module Migration Toolkit (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
As many of you know, all versions of the AzureRM PowerShell module are outdated, but not out of
support (yet). The Az PowerShell module is now the recommended PowerShell module for interacting with Azure.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Robbins  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Comparing Security Baselines in Endpoint Manager using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API (imab.dk)
Security Baselines, and those for Windows 10 in particular, consist of a lot settings. So I wondered
what's changed and started browsing and comparing the various settings via the admin portal. Then I realized how that's not very optimal, and began looking for alternatives. I eventually got myself into trying something new, and went on to compare the Security Baselines Profiles using Powershell and the Microsoft Graph. The result of that journey is this post.
...>more(less)
By: Martin Bengtsson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Don’t forget to update your PowerShell modules. (twitter.com)
I like using @mikefrobbins MrToolkit for this. Its so good...
By: ctmcisco  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Get-GpoReport (adamtheautomator.com)
How to Build Fancy GPO Reports with PowerShell
By: Emanuel Halapciuc  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring O365 unused products (cyberdrain.com)
As an MSP we manage a lot of clients, and I'm pretty sure we've all been in situations where a
client had some leavers in the company and not notify us as the administrators, or that the client had some very inactive users that don't really need to be licensed or could be converted to a shared mailbox for example.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



TIL you can get the last item in an array (twitter.com)
in PowerShell by using the index -1.
By: Ryan Ephgrave  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Extract all IP addresses from a file (twitter.com)
using a regular expression using...
By: Joe Stocker  submitted:Jun 16 2022



GraphicalTools (github.com)
A module that mixes PowerShell and GUIs! - built on Avalonia and gui.cs
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



NetConfiguration 0.0.1-Preview1 (powershellgallery.com)
Created the start of a cross-platform network interface configuration PowerShell module: Tested on
macOS, Linux, and Windows.
...>more(less)
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Presentation of Hurry (The IT admin’s companion) (reddit.com)
This tool offers the ability to use scripts through a GUI. The main code is in NodeJS / Electron but
since most of the actions it performs against devices are made in Powershell, I thought it might be the right place to promote it.
...>more(less)
By: u/rebrec  submitted:Jun 16 2022



restore: Ctrl+Shift+T for PowerShell Terminals (github.com)
This is probably a bad idea for many reasons but I made a module to restore your terminal to the
previous state. It hooks the main Runspace's availability event to store session state as CLIXML. If you close your PS terminal and open a new one, you can run Restore-Terminal to set variables, location and import modules you had in your previous session.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How to use WPF with Powershell and create Metro Design GUI (video) (youtube.com)
In this video, I explain to create easily WPF GUI with Powershell. I also explain how to create
Metro Design GUI.
...>more(less)
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Module Monday: PSGraph (video) (youtube.com)
Module Monday is a video series where I look at a cool PowerShell module every Monday. This Monday,
I looked at PSGraph. PSGraph is a module that provides a domain specific language for working with Graphviz. You can create diagrams really easily and output them as images.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 22, 2021

Announcements!

Microsoft asks admins to patch PowerShell to fix WDAC bypass (bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft has asked system administrators to patch PowerShell 7 against two vulnerabilities allowing
attackers to bypass Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) enforcements and gain access to plain text credentials.
(+)(-)
By: Sergiu Gatlan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Release v7.2.0-rc.1 (github.com)
Come check out the latest release candidate for PowerShell 7.2
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 is here and it's HUGE!
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Do you guys use GitHub as a place to store basic scratchpad and one-liners? (reddit.com)
Some cool tips and ideas on how to store all your code and snippets.
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Removing Obsolete PowerShell Remoting Configurations (jdhitsolutions.com)
I'm pretty sure I've discussed this before, but Microsoft is scheduled to release PowerShell 7.2
soon, I thought it might be good to revisit this topic. Here's the potential issue. If you've been installing PowerShell 7 releases for a while, and have been enabling PowerShell remoting, you most likely have a list of remoting session configurations like this.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Resolving PowerShell Module Conflicts (pipehow.tech)
Writing PowerShell sometimes means developing modules. If you're writing a PowerShell module,
chances are that you're far enough into the PowerShell world that you're using modules that other people authored as well. That's great! There's no need to re-invent any wheels when we can utilize PSGallery, the residence of many great modules.
(+)(-)
By: Emanuel Palm  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Sending Email from Exchange Online Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell (practical365.com)
Recently, I've been exploring how to use the Microsoft Graph with PowerShell to automate some common
administrative tasks within Microsoft 365. Among the recent factors causing me to consider using Graph APIs with PowerShell are:
(+)(-)
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

DSInternals (github.com)
Offline modification of Active Directory databases is now supported on Windows Server 2022,
including password resets, SID history injection, group membership changes, and enabling/disabling accounts.
(+)(-)
By: Michael Grafnetter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Locality (gitlab.com)
Locality is a PowerShell module for parsing location strings into more useful geographic units.
By: Devin Rich  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell; Folder Report with File Count and Size (techbloggingfool.com)
I was recently asked what tool would be best to report the number of items in, and the size of,
every folder in a particular file share. As an IT Architect I have numerous tools at my disposal that would be able to acquire the data my business partner needed. A few lines of PowerShell was the easiest to implement.
(+)(-)
By: Kevin Trent  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SysmonLinux.Util (github.com)
PowerShell Module for parsing logs generated by Sysinternals Sysmon for Linux
By: Carlos Perez  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

It’s Friday – ?? (reddit.com)
Don't set the world on fire, set your console on fire instead!
By: u/Ecrofirt  submitted:Jun 16 2022



pwshPlaces (github.com)
pwshPlaces is a PowerShell module that can help you discover places and search for points of
interest around the globe.
(+)(-)
By: Jake Morrison  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 23, 2020

Announcements!

Release v7.1.0-rc.2 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get a copy of the latest and greatest
By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Building web forms with PowerShell Universal (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
PowerShell Universal provides several features that are capable of building web-based forms using
PowerShell. For basic forms, we suggest using Universal Automation. For advanced forms, we suggest using Universal Dashboard.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Changing Modern and Basic authentication settings (cyberdrain.com)
A friend of mine recently asked the question on how he could edit the Modern Authentication settings
in Office365. He found that when he went to the new Settings Pane for Modern Authentication he could change settings specifically to block older clients.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Convert Word documents to PDF documents (Bulk) (sid-500.com)
I often have to convert Microsoft word documents to pdf. What if you have really many documents to
convert, let's say 1000 or more? Would you open each documents seperately and click on save? Bad idea. In this blog post I will give you a PowerShell function at hand which enables you to convert multiple documents with a single command. This procedure is called automation ;-). Let's dive in.
...>more(less)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Grabbing Info via PowerShell (garytown.com)
Simple Post to start collecting things I often forget but use enough that I need to know.
By: Gary Blok  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Set Up and Manage Scheduled Tasks with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you need to create lots of scheduled tasks or automate scheduled tasks creation? If so, you're in
luck. In this article, you're going to learn how to manage scheduled tasks using PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



You can get the history of your command prompt (twitter.com)
using in the below file...
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Microsoft.Graph.API Module (github.com)
I have created a module around Microsoft Graph REST API. I've been using the Graph API for awhile
now, but always in separate functions.
...>more(less)
By: Bas Wijdenes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Mohrpheus78/FSLogix (github.com)
New PowerShell scripts for fslogix. Display a warning message for the user if profile container or
office container have less then 10 % free space
...>more(less)
By: Dennis Mohrmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Mohrpheus78/Microsoft/Teams User Settings.ps1 (github.com)
Change MS Teams user settings for Teams VDI app with Powershell
By: Dennis Mohrmann  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Module Monday: Unix Completers – YouTube (youtube.com)
Module Monday is a video series where I look at a cool PowerShell module every Monday. This Monday,
I looked at the UnixCompleters module from the PowerShell Team. It provides tab completion for native Linux commands in PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Discovering Custom PowerShell Views (jdhitsolutions.com)
The other day I shared some ideas on why and how you might want to build a custom format view in
PowerShell. As I mentioned in that article, PowerShell ships with a number of custom views for different types of objects.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Yes, this is PowerShell running in webassembly in the browser. (fmichaleczek.github.io)
No, not server-side, in *your* browser locally.
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 25, 2019

Announcements!

PowerShell 7 Preview 5 – Released! (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today we shipped PowerShell 7 Preview5! This release contains a number of new features and many bug
fixes from both the community as well as the PowerShell team. See the Release Notes for all the details of what is included in this release.
...>more(less)
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Copy multi-valued Active Directory attributes from one user to another with PowerShell (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Using -Replace parameter with Set-ADUser to copy Active Directory multi-valued attributes
By: Dr Scripto (MSFT Scripting Guys)  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Encrypting Text (Part 1) (community.idera.com)
Let's take a look at a safe way of encrypting text on a computer. The below Protect-Text function
takes any text and encrypts it automatically, no password needed. Instead of a password, it uses either your user account and machine, or just your machine as a secret.
...>more(less)
By: Stephane van Gulick  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Encrypting Text (Part 2) (community.idera.com)
This is the second part of our text encryption/decryption series. In the first part you learned how
you can safely encrypt text on a machine. Now let's take a look at the decrypting part.
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By: Stephane van Gulick  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Force Intune policy sync from a PowerShell script (scconfigmgr.com)
Ever wondered how you can kick off a manual or automatic sync of your Intune policies from a
PowerShell script?
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By: Michael Mardahl  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to refresh Power BI Dataflows with PowerShell (craigporteous.com)
With the introduction of Power BI Dataflows in April 2019 the ability to interrogate this new
feature using the REST API landed soon after (unlike this blog post!). Like datasets, you can refresh your dataflows using the API.
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By: Craig Porteous  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Scan Open Ports Within a Network (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Network complexity is rapidly increasing with the addition of non-traditional devices gaining access
to organizational networks. Singular purpose devices made available through the Internet of Things (IoT) offering has increased network complexity even further with the ease of adding said devices to the network and sometimes without the knowledge of a system administrator. Hence the following received question: "How do I ensure all the appropriate ports are closed with all these devices being added to my network?"
...>more(less)
By: Anthony Bartolo  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell, Files and Azure Storage Account Blobs (dev.to)
Azure Storage Blob is a cost-effective solution to store any kind of file in the cloud. It's secure,
reliable and resilient. More, Blob can be used as a trigger for Azure Functions when you add a file and you can play with different pricing tiers.
...>more(less)
By: Olivier Miossec  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Why and how to connect to Microsoft Azure with Azure PowerShell (ehikioya.com)
When I first started working with Microsoft Azure Infrastructure services, I managed cloud resources
exclusively using the Azure portal/dashboard. And since I could do pretty much everything I needed to do directly on the portal, I never bothered with Azure PowerShell or any of the other methods of communicating with Azure.
...>more(less)
By: Ehi Kioya  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Evergreen: A PowerShell module to return the latest version software and download links for various software (github.com)
A PowerShell module to return the latest version software and download links for various software
By: Aaron Parker  submitted:Jun 15 2022



WINspect: PowerShell-based Windows Security Auditing Toolbox (github.com)
WINspect is part of a larger project for auditing different areas of Windows environments. It
focuses on enumerating different parts of a Windows machine to identify security weaknesses and point to components that need further hardening.
...>more(less)
By: A-mIn3  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

100 Days of Infrastructure as Code in Azure (github.com)
Software developers first came up with the idea of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to address the
problems with manual or manually executed script deployments to servers. The proliferation of public cloud and the perception of unlimited scale and instant availability only calls greater attention to the issues of slow, unreliable deployment. Infrastructure as Code ultimately offers more stable environments at a rapid pace and high scale.
...>more(less)
By: Pete Zerger  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Episode 022 – PowerShell at Microsoft Ignite (powershellnews.podbean.com)
In this episode, we discuss the sessions at Microsoft Ignite that pertain to PowerShell. We also
give some tips on going to Ignite.
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By: The PowerShell News Podcast  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

A PowerShell Cross-Platform Challenge (ironscripter.us)
As PowerShell 7 draws near, built on the successes of PowerShell Core, you will be asked to create
PowerShell tools that work cross-platform. Or you may be asked to create a PowerShell tool to run on a non-Windows platform. Your command should still be centered on writing objects to the pipeline. Even if the source material is all text.
...>more(less)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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October 29, 2021

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo Preview.4 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are pleased to announce the fourth preview of PowerShell Crescendo, a framework to rapidly
develop PowerShell cmdlets for native commands, regardless of platform.
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By: PowerShell Team  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating with PowerShell: setting OneDrive ownership (cyberdrain.com)
So I've been hard at work on CIPP the last couple of weeks and because of that haven't had time to
blog really. The great thing is that all of the stuff I normally blog about is pretty easy to integrate into CIPP
(+)(-)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Creating an API to find an Azure resource abbreviation (4bes.nl)
I have created an API to find an Azure resource abbreviation. In most naming conventions I have seen
at companies, the resource type is mentioned in the name of the resource. To save space, an abbreviation is used.
(+)(-)
By: Barbara Forbes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



For those that were asking about splatting in PowerShell (twitter.com)
recently (where you pass a hashtable containing the parameters rather than passing named parameters
(never use positional parameters!)), you can multi-splat if you need to as I do here
(+)(-)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Generate PowerShell Dynamic Parameter Code (jdhitsolutions.com)
One of the topics we've discussed in the PowerShell Cmdlet Working Group is a request to make it
easier to insert dynamic parameters.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Edit Files with a Real PowerShell Text Editor (adamtheautomator.com)
Did you run a script that read a text file and discover that the file had several wrong entries? A
PowerShell text editor may come in handy in such situations. You wouldn't need to fire up an external editor. Instead, you can edit the file without leaving PowerShell. How cool is that?
(+)(-)
By: Amanda Punch  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Lesson Learned From Multi-Threading with dbatools (flxsql.com)
Over the summer, I spent some (a lot of) time working on updates to a script at work which runs
multiple processes in parallel. Everything seemed to work OK for a while, but then everything broke.
(+)(-)
By: Andy Levy  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Saving PowerPoint Deck as a PDF – with PowerShell 7 (tfl09.blogspot.com)
This week, I got into a twitter discussion about a presenter posting their slides for delegates. My
personal preference is to always share the slides. Often, especially when I was working for an employer, I'd share a PDF of the file rather than the slides. Some decks had had a LOT of effort put in (some by inhouse graphics guys) and giving those animations away was sub-optimal for IP reasons.
(+)(-)
By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



This is a PowerShell syntax\technique I was unaware of until today. (twitter.com)
Same here
By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Powershell-HTML5-Reporting (github.com)
New, simple, fast HTML5 builder to create awesome reporting.
By: Quentin Schweitzer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Set-CamelCase.ps1 (github.com)
Converts a string to camelCase
By: Tony Pagliaro  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Oh God I died laughing PowerShell. (twitter.com)
I am definitely saving this.
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Wargames (underthewire.tech)
Under the Wire trains experienced, developing, and novice Information Technologists to use Windows
PowerShell in a variety of situations through innovative and fun wargames.
(+)(-)
By: Under the Wire  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 30, 2020

Announcements!

Announcing Azure PowerShell 5.0 (github.com)
There are breaking changes in this release, so please read the release notes carefully.
By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Creating Adaptive Cards via Teams Incoming Webhooks Using PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Have you ever wanted to customize the look of Teams by easily creating your own cards in channels?
Using a concept called Adaptive Cards, Teams allows you to create and customize various cards in Teams via JSON. You could create them by typing up some JSON but it's much more fun to create them with incoming Teams webhooks and a little PowerShell!
...>more(less)
By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Distinguished Parsing with PowerShell and Regex (jdhitsolutions.com)
The other day I'm chatting with my friend Gladys Kravitz about Active Directory and she makes an
off-hand remark about parsing out organizational unit names from a distinguished name. On one hand, this is a pretty simple task, assuming a proper distinguished name from the Active Directory cmdlets. All you really need to do is split the string.
...>more(less)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PIVOT in PowerShell (nocolumnname.blog)
Exploring our Data SQL Pivoting PowerShell Grouping our Data Manual Pivot Dynamic Pivot
By: Shane O'Neill  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Text your Azure Infrastructure with Serverless Computing and PowerShell (thelazyadministrator.com)
Due to COVID-19 and social distancing, I have found myself camping a lot more than in previous
years. One problem that has brought with it is the high probability of being somewhere with no cell phone data service or poor cell phone data. Couple with my incredibly poor memory, I have often forgotten to turn off servers to save on cost in my dev or test environment until I'm out in the woods. Also, I wanted the ability to use Google Voice as well as Siri in my car or even at home, to turn off, turn on, or check the status of my servers in my Azure tenants. This has even come in handy when I didn't have my phone on me and had to use the wife's phone to turn on or off some servers in my tenant. (I set it to only accept messages from my phone number as well as my wife's so if someone happened to figure out the phone number, they couldn't give any commands anyways - we will get into this later).
...>more(less)
By: Brad Wyatt  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What are good tools for converting PS scripts into executables? (reddit.com)
I've tried a couple and they didn't let me add additional files to the executables. Luna important
since I "dot" sourced a half dozen files
...>more(less)
By: u/serendrewpity  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Writing an Extension Vault for PowerShell SecretManagement Preview 4 (adamtheautomator.com)
If you've ever hardcoded a password, an API key, or a private certificate in a script, stop! You
need to secure that sensitive information! One way to do that is with the PowerShell SecretManagement module. Offering a convenient way for a user to store and retrieve secrets using PowerShell, the SecretManagement module also has the ability to interface with different back-end systems such as Azure KeyStore or KeePass too using an extension vault!
...>more(less)
By: Adam Listek  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSSystemAdministrator (github.com)
This module contains functions useful for administrating a Windows Active Directory domain. Many of
the functions are designed to work with eachother. Functions that gather information on users or computers can be piped into functions that take an action. For instance, you can pipe a function that returns computers that have not logged onto the network for 30 days into a function that disables computer accounts. In a single line of code, you can disable all the inactive computers in active directory. There are a wide variety of functions that perform other tasks like sending magic packets for wake on lan, measuring directory and sub-directory sizes, gathering large files, and other tasks. Every function is fully documented and works with the Get-Help function.
...>more(less)
By: Ben Peterson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Run Windows Apps using powershell, the easy way! (reddit.com)
Without needing to fuss with folder permissions, finding executables of the app, etc., this simple
command can be used with almost any app and open the windows app directly:
...>more(less)
By: u/JeanxPlay  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How to Manage SharePoint and Microsoft Teams with PowerShell Core (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
If you're as addicted as I am with SharePoint, you might be glad to know that managing SharePoint is
now possible with PowerShell Core!
...>more(less)
By: Veronique Lengelle  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Get Early Voting Locations, Drop Off Ballot Sites, and Election Polling Places with PowerShell (thelazyadministrator.com)
The 2020 Election is happening on November 3rd, and many people have been lining up to vote early
due to COVID-19. Now using PowerShell, you can get your registered polling places based on your address, all early voting locations around you, and drop off ballot locations. All of the information is retrieved using Google's Civic Information API.
...>more(less)
By: Brad Wyatt  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Here’s my first attempt at a backlit pumpkin carving. (twitter.com)
Of course it had to be PowerShell
By: Dave Carroll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 4, 2019

Announcements!

PowerShell 7 Preview 4 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We continue to make progress towards our PowerShell 7 release which currently is targeting December
2019 for a Release Candidate and January 2020 for General Availability and will be our first LTS (Long Term Servicing) release!
...>more(less)
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The PowerShell Conference Book Volume 2 (leanpub.com)
Over thirty subject matter experts have teamed up to bring you the ultimate collection of PowerShell
topics that's designed to be like a conference in a book. This book not only delivers top-notch content that rivals any book on the market, but all royalties are donated to the OnRamp scholarship program which bootstraps others into the industry....
...>more(less)
By: Michael T Lombardi and Mark Kraus  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating Azure Usage Reports with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
One of the most important aspects of running workloads in Azure is keeping track of expenses. How
you do that is through tracking resource usage with an Azure usage report. In this article, you?ll learn how to create a PowerShell script to easily query resource usage across all of your Azure resources by date.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Building an Active Directory Health Check Tool (adamtheautomator.com)
If you use, Active Directory (AD), it is probably the most important system you've got. Without it,
users can't login, they probably can't browse the web, machines can't communicate and finance won't be able to generate their latest report. Be sure you keep AD in tip top shape with an Active Directory health check script!
...>more(less)
By: Alex Asplund  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Diagramming Networks and Systems with PowerShell (reddit.com)
Diagramming simple and more advanced networks/systems with images/shapes/icons.
By: u/MadBoyEvo  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Documenting with PowerShell Chapter 5: File share permissions (cyberdrain.com)
Today I?ll be showing you how to upload permissions to IT-Glue using the IT-Glue API and the
NTFSSecurity module. We?;ll also have a generic non-ITGlue version you can use with whatever documentation system you use.
...>more(less)
By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How Scopes Work in PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
When you write a PowerShell script with no functions and no external dependencies on other scripts,
the concept of PowerShell scopes isn?t of much concern. But as you begin to build functions, modules and learn to call scripts from other scripts, the topic becomes more important.
...>more(less)
By: Tyler Muir  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to use PowerShell with Visual Studio Code like a Pro (dev.to)
Whether you're a developer or an it pro, you definitely have to deal with Powershell sometimes. For
several year I used to develop PowerShell script into PowerShell ISE. It worked very well, but it looked like "old". Since many years, almost four, I started using Visual Studio Code to edit every kind of files, including PowerShell files. The reason is really simple: Visual Studio Code is more powerful than PowerShell IDE. I show you the reason why.
...>more(less)
By: Emanuele Bartolesi  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Integrate Linux Commands into Windows with PowerShell and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (devblogs.microsoft.com)
A common question Windows developers have is ?why doesn?t Windows have yet??. Whether longing for a
powerful pager like less or wanting to use familiar commands like grep or sed, Windows developers desire easy access to these commands as part of their core workflow.
...>more(less)
By: Mike Battista  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Join Linux to Active Directory with PowerShell Core (winsysblog.com)
PowerShell Core is now generally available, which means you can now start running it on your
production servers and not feel guilty! There are many possibilities for using PowerShell on non-Windows platforms now and today my mind was pondering how to use it to join Linux servers to Active Directory. So, I created a small little function that automates some of this called Join-LinuxToAD. Keep in mind I tested this only on CentOS 7.
...>more(less)
By: Dan Franciscus  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Step-by-Step Guide to Encrypt Azure Linux VM (rebeladmin.com)
Disk encryption is a basic data protection method for physical & virtual hard disks. Similarly, we
also can encrypt Azure Linux VM by using Azure Key Vault & dm-crypt. In this post, I am going to demonstrate how we can encrypt Azure Linux VM.
...>more(less)
By: Dishan M. Francis  submitted:Jun 15 2022



The classy way to complete and validate PowerShell Parameters (jamesone111.wordpress.com)
Do you ever wonder why PowerShell parameters are written the way they are? For example, when saying
a parameter may have a value of null why does the attribute need to be written [AllowNull()] with an empty () ?
...>more(less)
By: James O'Neill  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Today’s lesson on RegEx complexity (reddit.com)
RegEx will let you be as complex as you want. ALWAYS focus on making your searches concise. If its
getting hairy, look for another way to describe what you are after. That will guide you down the road of RegEx enlightenment.
...>more(less)
By: u/Szeraax  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Understanding NewtonSoft in PowerShell (stackoverflow.com)
A great primer on using JSON and NewtonSoft in PowerShell
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Using Azure Key Vault for local administrator password rotation (powershell.no)
In this article, we are going to see how we can leverage Azure Key Vault for storing local
administrator passwords configured on Windows Servers. Before we get started, let us have a quick overview of what Azure Key Vault is.
...>more(less)
By: Jan Egil Ring  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Using PowerShell to View and Remove Wireless Profiles in Windows 10 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Using PowerShell and Regular Expressions as a wrapper on NetSh.exe output to identify the profiles.
By: Dr Scripto  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Where did that download come from? (guyrleech.wordpress.com)
I was investigating something completely unrelated recently when I came across the fact that the
Zone.Identifier information for downloaded files, on Windows 10, which is stored in NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS) on each downloaded file, contains the URL from which the file came. Yes, the whole URL so could potentially be very useful and/or very embarrassing. It's this Zone.Identifier file that Windows Explorer checks when it puts restrictions on files that it deems could be unsafe because they have come from the internet zone.
...>more(less)
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Update-ADPassword.ps1 (gist.github.com)
Want to change your Active Directory account password without switching to the lock screen?
By: Mathias Jessen  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Linux and macOS Edition (manning.com)
Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Linux and macOS Edition is a task-focused tutorial for
administering Linux and macOS systems using Microsoft PowerShell. Adapted by PowerShell team members Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt from the bestselling Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by community legends Don Jones and Jeffrey Hicks, it features Linux-based examples covering core language features and admin tasks. Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break.
...>more(less)
By: Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Tips Poster (systemfrontier.com)
Looking for some great tips on writing better PowerShell? Here?s a poster that you can use as a
quick reference online or on your cube or office wall.
...>more(less)
By: Jay Adams  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PSAtlas, an interactive PowerShell learning framework (github.com)
PSAtlas is an interactive PowerShell learning framework. PSAtlas is all about gaining/sharing
expirience. Provide or receive guidance on different Powershell topics. PSAtlas is a community driven, interactive knowledgebase of PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Kevin Bates  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

A Module to Download Depressing Lock Screen Images (reddit.com)
User u/_stib_ on Reddit made a module to download depressing lock screen images fresh every day, and
it's now available on the PowerShell gallery.
...>more(less)
By: u/_stib_  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Installing PowerShell Core on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi) (geektechstuff.com)
PowerShell Core is a version of PowerShell that can be installed on Windows, Mac OS X (I covered it
here) and Linux, i.e. Raspbian. For this blog post I am going to using my Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspbian (Buster).
...>more(less)
By: GeekDude  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Based Jeopardy Buzzers (reddit.com)
We're hosting a 90's theme party on Saturday, and I absolutely loathe the plastic buzzers included
with the Jeopardy "board game". The solution? 25 lines of PowerShell using PowerShell UniversalDashboard, that allows our contestants to use their phones as buzzers.
...>more(less)
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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October 8, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A good start to PowerShell (twitter.com)
Want to master Command Line but struggling to find where to start ? Then here is the mega thread for
you to start
(+)(-)
By: Dattaveer Boda  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to Monitor VM Memory Pressure with PowerShell (altaro.com)
In a previous article, I gave you an introduction to using performance counters with Hyper-V and
PowerShell. Of course you can use performance counters to manage all sorts of things, but personally, memory is the most critical.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Quick HTTP Listener in PowerShell (drakelambert.dev)
This article is helpful if you want to quickly listen for HTTP requests, inspect them, and respond
to them in real time. That means you can decide what request data to explore and what response data to send on the fly!
(+)(-)
By: Drake Lambert  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Search SQL Server Errorlog with PowerShell (sqladm.in)
The SQL Server errorlog has a misleading name. There is a lot more information in it than just
errors. The version, startup parameters, memory settings and a ton more. I've been working with SQL Server for over 20 years and I still see messages in the errorlog that I don't remember coming across.
(+)(-)
By: Jeff Hill  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The Surprising Working of TrimEnd (nocolumnname.blog)
A couple of days ago, I was running some unit tests across a piece of PowerShell code for work and a
test was failing where I didn't expect it to.
(+)(-)
By: Shane O'Neill  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

CustomizeWindows11 (github.com)
I missed my old context menu in Windows 11 today, so I did the sensible thing and created a
PowerShell Module to manage my various registry tweaks straight from the Windows Terminal!
(+)(-)
By: Jaap Brasser  submitted:Jun 16 2022



EasyJob (github.com)
keep and execute your PowerShell and BAT scripts from one interface
By: Akshin Mustafayev  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How to setup tab completion for Chocolatey – YouTube (youtube.com)
Most likely, out of the box, tab completion (which is enabled via an addition to the Windows
PowerShell profile) for Chocolatey won't be enabled.
(+)(-)
By: Gary Ewan Park  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Disco Terminal! (reddit.com)
Just being silly...
By: u/Hoping_i_Get_poached  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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October 9, 2020

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

An exercise in playing what you’re dealt (linkedin.com)
Automating emails with PowerShell without being able to run a .ps1 or use a task scheduler.
By: Matthew Peterson  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Anyone make an interesting or useful discovery in PowerShell lately? (twitter.com)
A great thread from the most recent #pstweetchat
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Automate Azure Sentinel Deployment (saggiehaim.net)
Azure Sentinel is a scalable, cloud-native, security information event management (SIEM) and
security orchestration automated response (SOAR) solution. Azure Sentinel delivers intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across the enterprise, providing a single solution for alert detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting, and threat response.
...>more(less)
By: Saggie Haim  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Build an Azure DevOps pipeline to automatically sign your PowerShell scripts (tech.nicolonsky.ch)
Too lazy to sign your PowerShell scripts? Yes of course it provides security benefits but performing
the steps manually can be easily forgotten and re-signing needs to happen after every script change. Because I like CI/CD topics and have not found a solution on the internet I decided to build a solution based on Azure capabilities. Furthermore, I wanted a solution which does not require to hand out the code signing certificate to the respective script author which can be useful if you have a bunch of people writing PowerShell scripts.
...>more(less)
By: Nicola Suter  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Difference between Break, Return and Exit (sid-500.com)
In this blog post I will show you the difference of three PowerShell statements that are widely used
in PowerShell scripts. I am talking about Break, Return and Exit. I will use three examples for explanation. Let's jump in.
...>more(less)
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Open Sourcing of PowerShell Documents is Awesome (tfl09.blogspot.com)
TL;DR to me is that with the open sourcing of PowerShell documentation, errors need not persist. You
can fix them easily. Or just report and let the community do the work.
...>more(less)
By: Thomas Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Protecting Against PowerShell Attacks: 5 Key Steps (beyondtrust.com)
So, PowerShell is great for administrators in that it can greatly reduce the amount of time and
effort it takes to manage and configure Windows. But much like the blue shell in Mario Kart, it can also wreak havoc when it's used as an attack mechanism. It has access to things like file systems, registries, certificate stores, and a whole host of other sensitive data.
...>more(less)
By: Jonathan Clarke  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

One-size-fits-all Disable SMBv1 server & client script (reddit.com)
Thought I'd share this with the group since it's something I've been doing and there's so many
different places that this damn protocol needs to be killed depending on the OS. It's still a work in progress (needs testing and error handling) but in case it's useful feel free to use it
...>more(less)
By: u/joeykins82  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SecretManagement.KeePass 0.0.4 (powershellgallery.com)
I pushed an updated Powershell SecretManagement Vault Extension for KeePass, bugfixes and now with
spiffy new icon!
...>more(less)
By: Justin Grote  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Ask the Expert: Everything you ever wanted to know about PowerShell (myignite.microsoft.com)
In this Rubrik Ask the Experts session we will learn what our panelists are using PowerShell for,
what are they most excited for in the future and how PowerShell has expanded from being an optional Windows component to a fully-fledged, open-source scripting and automation language supported on dozens of platforms. Join us to learn more about PowerShell, how PowerShell is applied to solve real-world challenges, and what drives the ever-growing community of PowerShell enthusiasts around the world.
...>more(less)
By: Joey Aiello, et al  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Creating Your First Azure PowerShell Function App (adamtheautomator.com)
You may have already heard the term serverless-computing. Many cloud service providers offer this
service, including Microsoft. With Microsoft's Azure Functions, you can create function apps that support many languages, including Azure PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: June Castillote  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Free 1-hour PowerShell training (reddit.com)
on Windows 10 Notifications, for one week!
By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A Wide Open PowerShell Challenge (ironscripter.us)
Your challenge is to devise a PowerShell way to display the immediate directory names in a wide
format. That is to say, the top-level directories in a specified path.
...>more(less)
By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 10, 2021

Announcements!

Microsoft Forces Move from Azure AD Cmdlets for License Management (practical365.com)
Some Cmdlets Cease Working on June 30, 2022
By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Get CPU Temperature w/o WMI (reddit.com)
I am working on creating a script to pull CPU and GPU temperatures, package them, and send them to
Elasticsearch.
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By: u/IndianaNetworkAdmin  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How To Setup a Private PowerShell Repository (scriptingchris.tech)
In this blog post, I will walk through the process of setting up a private Powershell repository
using Azure DevOps Nuget Feed. After this tutorial, you will be able to upload and download your Powershell modules and scripts from the repository over the internet securely.
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By: Christian Hoejsager  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Query Azure Role Based Access Control Assignments (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
If you're taking over an existing Azure environment, or if you organization has been running Azure
for a while without enforced consistency of your Role Based Access Control, you might want to explore your existing RBAC assignments at scale or query the permissions for a specific user.
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By: Sonia Cuff  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Redirecting anything to Onedrive for Business (lieben.nu)
In many situations, this solution is a little overkill though, so I've also created a second version
which simply allows you to redirect any local folder (including variable paths!) to any location in a user's Onedrive folder.
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By: Jos Lieben  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Trying to download Google Drive file in PowerShell using Invoke-webrequest just gets the HTML for the “we can’t scan this for viruses” page (reddit.com)
An awesome answer to a common problem with systems like this.
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal tip of the day (twitter.com)
A profile for spinning up an ad-hoc container with Azure PowerShell available. Useful for test
scenarios where the timeout in Azure Cloud Shell is not sufficient, and full isolation is preferred
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By: Jan Egil Ring  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PSBits/Disable-ActiveX.ps1 (github.com)
Quick (but working) PowerShell-based workaround for the Office 0-day known as CVE-2021-40444
By: Grzegorz Tworek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PSCloudflare (github.com)
PowerShell wrapper for the Cloudflare API
By: Thomas Malkewitz  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Episode 77: Practical Automation with PowerShell by Matthew Dowst (itr-it-reality.zencast.website)
Come listen to my Podcast debut, where I sit down with the guys from IT Reality and discuss all
things PowerShell and Automation.
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By: ITR - IT Reality  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Introduction to PowerShell for Pentesters – YouTube (youtube.com)
In this video we discuss the PowerShell for Pentesters course and what students can expect
throughout.
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By: Joe Helle  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Did you know… (twitter.com)
you can use OneDrive in a web browser to manage your PowerShell code ?
By: Patrick Gruenauer  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 11, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell 7.1-preview7 was accepted by Windows Store. (microsoft.com)
Still working on getting 7.0.x published to the Store.
By: Steve Lee  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Check if Azure AD Users exists PowerShell function (blog.it-koehler.com)
When scripting with cloud users in AzureAD some people might ask how to check if an Azure AD user is
available or not. I also had to challenge this scenario while scripting for a customer. After this I thought this is something many people may need. So here is my solution with some explanation to use it in your own script.
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By: Alexander Koehler  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Deploy PowerShell ActiveDirectory Module without installing the remote server tools (janikvonrotz.ch)
Make use of the PowerShell ActiveDirectory module always required to install the Remote Server
Administration Tools. That sucks! We want it as simple as executing a script.
...>more(less)
By: Janik Vonrotz  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How To Manage NTFS Permissions With PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
If you're an IT professional and find yourself struggling with setting file system permission for
your organizations, you're in luck. Managing NTFS permissions using a GUI is time-consuming especially when working with many users or groups. Luckily, we have PowerShell to make it all better. How? The Microsoft.PowerShell.Security module.
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By: Bill Kindle  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell 1 liner (twitter.com)
to run on domain controllers to show AD account lock out events & the device they occurred on
By: Guy Leech  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Service : Setting Recovery Options & (techcartnow.com)
Sending Alert Email in case of service failure using PowerShell script
By: Kapil Khandelwal  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PowerShell Tips & Tricks That Will Increase Your Productivity (koupi.io)
Last week, I shared 8 Quick and easy tips to get you started with PowerShell on Reddit and I
received amazing feedback, some of which were mind-blowing tricks that I either did not know or did not use often enough. So I decided to create this post to keep track of all those wonderful shortcuts PowerShell has to offer.
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By: Caroline Chiari  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Convert Scoop and Winget Packages to Chocolatey with Stephen Valdinger (youtube.com)
Stephen Valdinger discusses some scripts he created to convert / import Scoop and WinGet packages
into Chocolatey. Stephen is a support engineer for Chocolatey and active PowerShell community member.
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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Error Handling (skylinesacademy.com)
To ensure we set up a net to catch all of the errors that are bound to happen, it's important to
understand error handling. Error handling is a concept in all programming languages that outlines steps, procedures and code that's written to intelligently capture errors and do something about them. PowerShell is no different.
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Tiny-PowerShell-Projects (github.com)
Learning PowerShell through test-driven development of games and puzzles
By: Doug Finke  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Wizard’s Castle (40th Anniversary PowerShell Edition) (github.com)
A remake of the 1980 Exidy Sorcerer game written by JOSEPH R. POWER The instructions are included
with the game. I stayed mostly true to the original, but added some additional functionality.
...>more(less)
By: yourwishismine  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 13, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Always On VPN Windows 10 Device Tunnel Step-by-Step Configuration using PowerShell (directaccess.richardhicks.com)
Windows 10 Always On VPN and DirectAccess both provide seamless, transparent, always on
remote network access for Windows clients. However, Always On VPN is provisioned to the user, not the machine as it is with DirectAccess. This presents a challenge for deployment scenarios that require the VPN connection to be established before the user logs on.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



An Example Azure DevOps Build Pipeline for PowerShell modules (adamrushuk.github.io)
A few months ago did a demo at the Bristol WinOps Meetup showing an example Azure DevOps Build
Pipeline for PowerShell modules. I told everyone I?d get a blog post up ?soon? with more information, so here it is; better late than never! I?ll go over the goals for the example PowerShell Module, then break down the Build Pipeline tasks for Azure DevOps.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Commenting Out PowerShell Scripts in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code (ironmansoftware.com)
I was giving a presentation to the Austin PowerShell User Group last week and the group took notice
when I quickly commented and uncommented lines in my PowerShell script in VS Code. This is very easy to do with the built in keyboard shortcuts.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Enable Wake-on-LAN (WOL) with PowerShell (itinsights.org)
With every recent Windows 10 update, and they happen a lot, Windows unfortunately also resets the
power settings of the network adapters. Since I like to start both my PC and notebook from a remote location or from within the same network, I wrote a little PowerShell function to enable Wake-on-LAN (WoL) again.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Prevent and Detect Malicious PowerShell Attacks (blog.rapid7.com)
Hello! My name is Rohit Chettiar, and I am a Solutions Engineer at Rapid7. In this series, we will
discuss why organizations should care about malicious PowerShell activity, how attackers use PowerShell to steal credentials (e.g., Mimikatz), and how to prevent and detect malicious PowerShell activity.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Transfer Millions of Files Using PowerShell (blog.devolutions.net)
I was tasked with moving and archiving approximately 16.5 million files from one location, while
ingesting around 4,000 new files per hour. This job was for a single client, and my company has multiple customers with similar needs. Keeping the data organized and available has been a challenge for over a year, and we have been working toward a solution for some time now.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Manage remote on-premises resources using PowerShell Azure Functions (docs.microsoft.com)
The Azure App Service Hybrid Connections enables access to resources in other networks. You can
learn more about this capability on the Hybrid Connections documentation. The following information describes how to use this capability to run PowerShell functions targeting an on-premises server. This server can then be used to manage all resources within the on-premises environment from an Azure PowerShell function.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell backup scripts: What are 3 essential best practices? (searchdatabackup.techtarget.com)
There are some strong PowerShell scripts that can provide backup capabilities. It’s important,
though, to be mindful of PowerShell’s quirks so you get the best data protection.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell Data Types Cheat Sheet (sid-500.com)
String, Char, DateTime, Bool, Array, Hashtable, PSObject, Void, Math, TimeSpan. This blog posts is
all about PowerShell data types. What is a PowerShell data type? Data Types define what you can do with a PowerShell object. For example, a datetime object supports adding years, with a bool object you can figure out whether something is true or false.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Provisioning Linux Virtual Machines Through PowerShell Commands (c-sharpcorner.com)
This article helps you to learn the Azure Module PowerShell commands to provisioning the Linux
Virtual Machines.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



VMworld Hackathon 2019 (invoke-automation.blog)
The team would focus on creating an automated process around the PowerCLI Examples repository in
GitHub. Some tasks would include:
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Hello, AzSentinel! (twitter.com)
Here is the AzSentinel PowerShell module for managing Azure Sentinel
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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September 17, 2021

Announcements!

70K Ask Me Anything YouTube Live Stream – YouTube (youtube.com)
An AMA to celebrate hitting 70,000 subscribers. A great 60 minutes of interactive Q&A!
By: John Savill  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerCLI 12.4 – What’s New (blogs.vmware.com)
Hello everyone, It is time for you to update the PowerCLI module to the latest one, which is
PowerCLI 12.4. The PowerCLI 12.4 is a very significant update with regards to how you will work with the REST APIs. Until now, we have had two major vSphere API bindings available for PowerCLI, and these are-
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By: Jatin Purohit  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to run scripts against multiple Azure VMs by using Run Command (thomasmaurer.ch)
I wrote a blog post on how to run scripts in your Azure VM by using Run Command, and explained how
handy this feature is to manage Azure virtual machines (VMs). In this blog post, we are going to have a look at how you can run scripts against multiple Azure virtual machines (VMs) by using PowerShell and the Invoke-AzVMRunCommand feature.
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By: Thomas Maurer  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell for Hackers, Part 1 (hackers-arise.com)
In recent years, Microsoft seems have "gotten religion" is terms of the advantage of the command
line and terminal in Linux. They now seem to understand the strengths and advantages of the command line, and as a response, introduced the Windows PowerShell.
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By: OTW  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Run PowerShell script | an helping tutorial made for starter (sposcripts.com)
PowerShell is the language, when it comes to automation of tasks and configuration in the Microsoft
cosmos. Meanwhile you can use it cross plattform e.g. on Linux systems. This article intends to show you in few steps how to run a PowerShell script.
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By: Serkar Aydin  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Uploading your RMM application to all Intune tenants (cyberdrain.com)
This script is based on some earlier work I've done for uploading general applications to Intune
tenants, but I've transformed this into a module to allow a easy synchronization between your RMM system and M365. There's some prework that'll need to be performed for each supported RMM system. Check out the Github page for the latest and greatest information as the blog can be outdated.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Encrypting and decrypting PGP using PowerShell (evotec.xyz)
Some time ago, I decided that having an easy-to-use PGP PowerShell module is a way to kill my
boredom. Four months have passed, and I decided to share it with the world, as it may be helpful to some of you. Today I would like to introduce you to PSPGP - PowerShell module that provides PGP functionality in PowerShell.
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By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell TweetTip (twitter.com)
Another random password maker function:
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Intro to REST API calls with Powershell – YouTube (youtube.com)
Nice quick video on using REST API with PowerShell.
By: Code Doge  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Microsoft Graph PlusPlus A better way to interact with Microsoft Graph API with James O’Neil – YouTube (youtube.com)
The Microsoft Graph API is the future of querying data from the Azure cloud. It's incredibly
powerful but isn't very PowerShell friendly.
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By: Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell For Beginners Full Course – YouTube (youtube.com)
With over 6 hours of free content, even seasoned users might learn a few things.
By: Nerd's lesson  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Bored at work… (reddit.com)
Yes... I know this is stupid...
By: u/richie65  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 18, 2020

Announcements!

Update to PowerShell Pro Tools (twitter.com)
I just released an update to PowerShell Pro Tools that enables the ability to create self-contained
PowerShell 7 executables that support Windows Forms. No need to install PWSH first.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

11 PowerShell Automatic Variables You Should Know (koupi.io)
Automatic variables are one of the fundamental things you should know about PowerShell. When I was
learning PowerShell, I kept creating complicated scripts to handle things easily handled by those automatic variables.
...>more(less)
By: Caroline Chiari  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Convert from OATime (powershell.city)
One of my favorite reasons I love PowerShell is because can tap into its programming roots for added
power. I will demonstrate later in my post.
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By: Xajuan Smith  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Finding nested Active Directory groups faster with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
Finding nested groups in large Active Directory groups can be a challenging task. Active Directory
includes the cmdlet Get-ADGroupMember for finding group members, but it cannot be used to query groups with over 5000 members. The cmdlet also suffers from performance bottlenecks. I'd like to share with you a tool I built that solves both those problems.
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By: Mike Kanakos  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Is Batch scripting still relevant? (reddit.com)
The other day, one of my coworkers sent me a 150 lines batch script. It wasn't fun to read 🙁 In
those wonderful days where PowerShell can do everything that batch can but better and cleaner, is batch still relevant? what do you guys think?
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By: u/CodingCaroline  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Module Updates: What’s New? (eightwone.com)
After updating your PowerShell modules which support managing parts of the Microsoft 365, some of us
are curious on changes that come with the new module version. In the world of continuous change, it is hard to keep track of these changes as new cmdlets or parameters get added to support new features, and some get removed as they become obsolete. So, how to discover what those changes are after updating to the latest module?
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By: Michel de Rooij  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring network traffic (cyberdrain.com)
In any case, let's get back to our regular scheduled program: Monitoring and documentation scripts!
?? This time we're tackling three issues in one; We're going to monitor traffic usage to see if a connection isn't saturated. We're also going to check if the NIC speed is correct and we're going to check if the connection is metered and if it is alert on it.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Logging: Recording and Auditing all the Things (adamtheautomator.com)
IT professionals of all skill levels are using PowerShell daily to perform a wide variety of tasks.
Everything from automation of systems & database administration to help desk troubleshooting, PowerShell logging and auditing has a role to play. All this activity generates security concerns for an organization. You may find yourself asking:
...>more(less)
By: Bill Kindle  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell: 101-vm-secure-password (kpatnayakuni.com)
Very simple deployment of a Windows VM using password stored in Key Vault
By: Kiran Patnayakuni  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What is your favorite PowerShell module? (twitter.com)
I learned about a few new ones reading through the replies.
By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Spend less time CD’ing around directories with the PowerShell Z shortcut (hanselman.com)
Everyone has a trick for moving around their computer faster. It might be a favorite shell, a series
of aliases or shortcuts. I like using popd and pushd to quickly go deep into a directory structure and return exactly where I was.
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By: Scott Hanselman  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

New PluralSight Course: Extending PowerShell (mattallford.com)
This is a short post and I'll cut straight to it. I'm really happy to announce that I've published
my first course with Pluralsight, Extending PowerShell. The course is aimed at helping you learn and understand PowerShell Modules and is part of a larger learning path for PowerShell 7 that is being produced currently on PowerShell.
...>more(less)
By: Matt Allford  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell vs Python Reference (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
Below is a reference between PowerShell and Python language syntax. Most of these examples where
adpated from W3 schools Python tutorials.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

A PowerShell Session Challenge (ironscripter.us)
PowerShell Remoting is a key management tool. But just because you've turned it on, doesn't mean you
are done. The Chairman thinks it should still be managed. To that end, he has commissioned the following advanced challenge. Although, as with all challenges, don't let the label deter you. The Chairman hopes you will tackle as much of the challenge as you can.
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By: Iron Scripter  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

MyIgnite – Ask the Expert: Everything you ever wanted to know about PowerShell (myignite.microsoft.com)
In this Ask the Experts session we will learn what our panelists are using PowerShell for, what are
they most excited for in the future and how PowerShell has expanded from being an optional Windows component to a fully-fledged, open-source scripting and automation language supported on dozens of platforms. Join us to learn more about PowerShell, how PowerShell is applied to solve real-world challenges, and what drives the ever-growing community of PowerShell enthusiasts around the world.
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By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 20, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate migration to SQL Managed Instance using Azure PowerShell and DbaTool (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
From: JovanPop MicrosoftIn Microsoft Azure, you can easily migrate your databases from SQL Server
on-premises or Azure VMs to the fully-managed PaaS database service Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. In this post you will see how to create PowerShell scripts that automate migration to Managed Instance using Azure PowerShell and DbaTools.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Cleanup duplicated devices in Intune (wpninjas.ch)
From: Thomas KurthCleanup duplicated Windows10 devices in Intune!
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to Manage DHCP using PowerShell (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
From: Anthony BartoloMost organizations are already going to have DHCP deployed on their servers. If
you have a new server on which you want to deploy DHCP, just run the PowerShell command:
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



How to run PowerShell scripts to automate manual processes in Office 365 (practical365.com)
From: Daler SayfiddinovAutomation is centric to our role as IT professionals in order to make manual
tasks such as managing servers, endpoints or processes, more streamlined and efficient. However, since the proliferation of cloud technology, we’re now facing a new challenge, managing and automating the cloud environment.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Lessons learned from PowerShell Summit 2019 (searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com)
From: Dan FranciscusMost Windows administrators have at least dabbled with PowerShell to get started
on their automation journey, but for more advanced practices, it helps to attend a conference, such as the PowerShell Summit.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Measuring Reboot Time With PowerShell (winsysblog.com)
From: Dan FranciscusIn enterprise environments, you will usually find an array of different Windows
operating systems, hardware and of course software. Typically, machines are managed and configured with group policy and SCCM, or perhaps other more modern methods like Chef or Puppet. One of the symptoms of an unhealthy Windows computer is the amount of time it takes to boot up.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Posting Notifications About Inactive Mailboxes to Teams (office365itpros.com)
From: Tony RedmondRecently, I posted?a Petri.com article?to report the availability of some new
properties in the?Export-MailboxDiagnosticLogs?cmdlet. The properties record different kinds of mailbox activity and I included a script to generate a report based on the properties. The output is a CSV file that can be opened in Excel or imported in Power BI. All is well.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Say hello to the new Visual Studio terminal! (devblogs.microsoft.com)
From: Dee WalshBuilding on the momentum from the recently announced?Developer PowerShell, we are
excited to share the first preview of the new Visual Studio terminal. This new preview experience is part of Visual Studio version 16.3 Preview 3.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Step-by-Step Guide to Encrypt Azure Windows VM using BitLocker (rebeladmin.com)
From: Dishan FrancisDisk encryption is a basic data protection method for physical & virtual
hard disks. It falls under physical data security and it prevents data breaches from stolen hard disks (physical & virtual). If it is a Windows machine, we can simply use BitLocker for disk encryption. Also, there are other third-party vendors such as Thales e-Security which provides disk encryption solutions for organizations.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Use PowerShell to Find the History of USB Flash Drive Usage (blogs.technet.microsoft.com)
From: Jason WalkerMicrosoft premier field engineer, Jason Walker, shows how to use Windows
PowerShell to get a history of USB drive usage.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Your Guide to Updating to PowerShell 7 (adamtheautomator.com)
From: Bryce McDonaldWhen PowerShell 6 was released, it was to bring a basic version of PowerShell to
all platforms (PowerShell Core). With PowerShell 7 (which is the latest PowerShell version as of this writing), we’re now looking for all platforms to be equal in the PowerShell they can deliver (both Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core).
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Build a PowerShell systray tool with sub menus (systanddeploy.com)
From: Damien Van RobaeysIn this post I will demonstrate how to build a tool that displays context
menu and sub menus in the systray bar.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Exchange v15 Unattended Setup (eightwone.com)
From: Michel de Rooij?m pleased to announce the availability of Install-Exchange15.ps1, a PowerShell
script to perform a fully automated unattended setup of Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 or Exchange Server 2019 (Desktop and Core) is supported).
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Installing Send-RDMessage permanently on RDServers (blog.it-koehler.com)
From: Alexander KoehlerYou may read my article handeling remote desktop messaging for all connected
users. So here is my first module for Remotedesktop Messaging. If you liked it you may also want to have this cmdlet permanently on your rdserver for notifying your users every time there is a problem or maintenance. I?ve converted the PS Script into a module so that it is much easier to import and use it. In this article I ?ll describe how to install it.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



MSI Template Powershell (alexandrumarin.com)
From: Alex Radu MarinDo you need to add over and over again the same properties or summary
information in your MSI/MSTs? I?ve developed a Powershell script in which you can configure a template (properties and summary information) and apply it to MSIs, already done MSTs or you can create an MST with this script.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Powershell: Ways to use Regex (youtube.com)
The use of regular expressions is a valuable resource that can be used to create strings or patterns
to identify chars or chains of text by including them into the scripts. There are basic examples where the regex are applied like in the credit cards or maybe in power ingestors, that are used to search through emails. The application of these regular expressions reaches several levels within the operating system while using them in PowerShell, allowing the users to set instructions to interact with almost any section of the software.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Parenting Through PowerShell (reddit.com)
My 8 year old decided to pretend to be sick so he would get sent home from school the other day. So
after we finished all the work the teach gave us, I decided to make him some extra work. Since they are learning double digit addition I wrote a quick script that will generate a page with 25 problems on it. I kept printing him off new sheets until the end of the regular school day. I posted the script to r/PowerShell if others had done something similar, and it turned into a pretty fun post.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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September 24, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Deploying default Intune configurations (cyberdrain.com)
So I've been kind of Intune focused lately, mostly because I'm just really enjoying the technology.
I also see that a lot of MSPs are still struggling with deploying a default autopilot configuration and are kind of avoiding it with the worries that you make a total mess of things.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Did you spot the “-IncludeLiveDump” parameter of the “Get-StorageDiagnosticInfo” #PowerShell cmdlet? (twitter.com)
It does exactly what the name suggests: live dump of the entire OS memory ?? Yet another way,
built-in tools only, again ???????
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By: Grzegorz Tworek  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Extending PowerShell PSDrives (jdhitsolutions.com)
Yesterday I shared some PowerShell code I use to managing my PSDrive assignments. My code works for
me in my environment. But that doesn't mean it is necessarily right for you and your environment. There are plenty of ways to use PowerShell to achieve the same results as my code. This is something you should always keep in mind when looking at someone else's code. But enough caveats. In the previous post I left you with a tease that there is more to be done with PSDrives. Let's look at that today.
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Getting Started with PowerShell and the PSWindowsUpdate Module (adamtheautomator.com)
Installing Windows Updates manually can be a drag. Why not automate the entire process with
PowerShell? Get started controlling Windows updates with the PSWindowsUpdate module in PowerShell!
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By: Ekekenta Clara  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How useful is PowerShell in Linux (reddit.com)
A good discussion thread on using PowerShell in Linux
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



What’s that one thing you learned that once you learned it changed how you used PowerShell (reddit.com)
Another great topic and discussion from Reddit.
By: r/PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Azure Resource Graph Collection (github.com)
A collection of Azure Resource Graph queries for use in Portal and via PowerShell by @JesseLoudon
By: Jesse Json  submitted:Jun 16 2022



AzureHunter (github.com)
A Cloud Forensics Powershell module to run threat hunting playbooks on data from Azure and O365
By: darkquasar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



RunInSandbox new version (systanddeploy.com)
run multiple apps in the same session and reg files in Windows Sandbox directly from a right-click
By: Damien Van Robaeys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Set-OutlookSignatures (github.com)
Centrally manage and deploy Outlook text signatures and Out of Office auto reply messages.
By: Markus Gruber  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automate the Admin – YouTube (youtube.com)
A fun presentation I did for the NYC user group showing you how to automate the boring tasks using
PowerShell.
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By: Matthew Dowst  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 25, 2020

Announcements!

Windows Package Manager Preview (v0.2.2521) (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Our newest feature is support for installing Apps from the Microsoft Store. Yes, you read that
correctly. Our goal is to make it easier to install software on Windows. We also recently released tab completion in PowerShell, and a feature toggle.
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By: Demitrius Nelon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Configure PowerShell Secret Management Module (connorcarnes.com)
This post is a quick set up guide for the PowerShell Secret Management module. I'll do my best to
keep these steps up to date but the module is still under development so the steps required to get set up could change at any time.
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By: connorcarnes  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Documenting with PowerShell: Documenting mobile devices (cyberdrain.com)
This was a request by a friend in one of the peer groups I operate in. He wanted a method to
document which mobile devices exist in a O365 tenant and put them into IT-Glue as configurations. I figured I'd help him real quick and blog about it.
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Got strings that you need to normalize? (twitter.com)
PowerShell makes it easy to strip diacritics off letters for example
By: Mathias Jessen  submitted:Jun 16 2022



If you needs to verify if a system is BIOS or UEFI (twitter.com)
this Powershell one-liner will return that info
By: Mike Pletcher  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication Using PowerShell (woshub.com)
Most AD administrators use the repadmin (appeared in Windows Server 2003) and replmon (must be
copied from Support Tool for WS2003) console tools to monitor and control Active Directory replication. In Windows Server 2012, Microsoft added a number of PowerShell cmdlets to manage and check replication status in the Active Directory forest. In this article we'll look at the main useful PoSh cmdlets that an AD administrator can use to control replication between domain controllers.
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By: Windows OS Hub  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Introduction to Az.Tools.Installer (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Intoducing the new PowerShell module to help installing and managing your Azure PowerShell modules
By: Azure PowerShell  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SecretManagement.LastPass (github.com)
A PowerShell SecretManagement extension for LastPass.
By: Tyler Leonhardt  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Unplugged – Challenge Edition (youtube.com)
PowerShell is more than just a management and configuration framework - it's the one tool, the glue,
for managing, configuring, and automating your servers and services. Are you responsible for managing servers on-premises? No problem! How about managing resources in the cloud for Windows or Linux? Why not both?
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By: Jeffrey Snover  submitted:Jun 16 2022



SANS PowerShell Cheat Sheet (PDF) (wiki.sans.blue)
The purpose of this cheat sheet is to describe some common options and techniques for use in
Microsoft's PowerShell.
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By: Marc Ochsenmeier  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Taking your automation to the next level with PowerShell 7 (youtube.com)
PowerShell 7 is the latest PowerShell offering for managing all of your cloud and on-prem resources,
regardless of whether they're hosted on Windows, macOS, Linux, or in a serverless platform. In this video, learn about native parallelism, improvements to the shell experience, new language operators, and better backwards compatibility with Windows PowerShell modules than ever before. Also, learn more about how PowerShell 7.0 and 7.1 can enhance your automation workflows, as well as what's coming down the road.
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By: Jeffrey Snover  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

September Virtual Meetup – Building a GUI with PowerShell (beginner level) (meetup.com)
Donna Ryan is giving us an exciting introduction to building GUIs with PowerShell!
By: PowerShell Southampton  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 3, 2021

Announcements!

Posh-SSH 3.0 is out (github.com)
With breaking changes!
By: Carlos Perez  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Windows Terminal Preview 1.11 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Happy Windows Terminal release day! This release brings Windows Terminal Preview up to version 1.11
and Windows Terminal up to 1.10.
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By: Kayla Cinnamon  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Create an interactive HTML report with PowerShell data (vcloud-lab.com)
Basically I wrote this project as an fun/poc, but it went very well. I wanted to show the HTML +
PowerShell capabilities to my (Asset collection team) colleagues as there are endless possibilities what you can build using HTML + Powershell. After launching the html file in the chromium browser the webpage looks like below.
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By: janviudapi  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Monitoring interactive system execution (cyberdrain.com)
So this is a bit of a weird one, and more of an experimental idea than something I actually use in
production. A friend of mine is using my PSexec monitoring script. He just has a couple of issue with that; he's running an application that actively uses psexec to create some elevation. That's quite...
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By: Kelvin Tegelaar  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Stop or Start SQL Server With PowerShell (sqladm.in)
Starting or stopping SQL Server isn't an everyday occurrence but when you need to, you have several
options
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By: Jeff Hill  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Understanding When & When Not to Create PowerShell New Lines (adamtheautomator.com)
Learn how to properly create PowerShell new line without screwing things up in this tutorial!
By: Bill Kindle  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Use PowerShell Script to Manage Your API Connection of Logic App (Consumption) Resources (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
When you are developing Logic Apps (Consumption) or testing existing Logic Apps, you might create
many API connections which might be never used later. Those orphan resources could make your resource group a great mess and hard to choose the right API connection in the logic app. So, I wrote the PowerShell Script to help manage API connections in the resource group.
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By: Yanbo Deng  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Active Directory ACL Reporter (powershellcenter.com)
PowerShell Module to create Active Directory ACL report, it also creates an HTML report, This Module
can show Who has what on which object.
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By: Faris Malaeb  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Easy way to connect to FTPS and SFTP using PowerShell (evotec.xyz)
FTPS and SFTP are two ways to send and receive files from remote sources. While the name suggests
both do the same thing, those are different protocols, in the end, having the same goal. A few weeks back, I had to make sure I can reliably download files from FTPS server using PowerShell, and since I couldn't find anything straightforward to use, I decided to write my own.
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By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Get-WinEvent PowerShell cmdlet Cheat Sheet (PDF Warning) (wiki.sans.blue)
Check out this cheat sheet covering the Get-WinEvent cmdlet in PowerShell
By: SANS Institute  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

#PSTweetChat (twitter.com)
Hope you can drop in on the monthly #PowerShell chat Friday from 1-2PM Eastern. Use #PSTweetChat to
follow along
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By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 4, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell Universal Visual Studio Code Extension (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
Today, I'm happy to announce the release of the first version of the PowerShell Universal Visual
Studio Code Extension! This extension provides some features to make it easier to get up and running with Universal and initially aids in authoring dashboards.
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By: Adam Driscoll  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Formatting dates from text or objects (powershell.city)
Ever imported data just to have a non readable date stamp?
By: Xajuan Smith  submitted:Jun 16 2022



How to monitor a printer with Powershell (scriptinglibrary.com)
When it comes to monitoring, as much I like scripting languages, it is never my first choice to rely
only on a 'custom' script. Considering how many variables are involved: requirements, environments, the overall experience of the team that will manage that piece of software, and all efforts to develop, test, and support the solution over time.
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By: Paolo Frigo  submitted:Jun 16 2022



NetNeighbor Watch: The PowerShell Alternative To Arpwatch (spiderzebra.com)
In this post, we are going to setup NetNeighbor Watch on a Raspberry Pi. NetNeighbor Watch can keep
an eye on your network and send you an email when a new host is discovered. NetNeighbor Watch is done completely in PowerShell. The results are very similar to those of arpwatch. NetNeighbor Watch is for anyone that wants more visibility into the wireless or wired devices on their network. We will also setup a weekly email report with all of the known hosts on your network. In this post, I will walk you through the entire process of setting this up from scratch on a Raspberry Pi, lets get started!
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By: SpiderZebra  submitted:Jun 16 2022



PowerShell Core Support Lifecycle (docs.microsoft.com)
Based on the Lifecycle of PowerShell, the following table lists the dates when various releases will
no longer be supported.
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By: Microsoft  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Restoring (Recovering) PowerShell Scripts from Event Logs (evotec.xyz)
A few days ago, I was asked to take a look at PowerShell Malware. While I don't know much about
malware, my curiosity didn't let me skip on this occasion, and I was handed and WindowsPowerShell.evtx file. Ok, that's not what I expected! I wanted PowerShell .ps1 files that I can read and asses? Well, you play with the cards you were dealt with. What I was handed over was PowerShell Event Log. By design, PowerShell writes whatever you execute, and it thinks it is risky to Windows PowerShell Operation Event Log.
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By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Scheduled Script Best Practices (reddit.com)
A great discussion on r/PowerShell about the best way to schedule PowerShell scripts.
By: u/save_earth  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Visually display Active Directory Nested Group Membership using PowerShell (evotec.xyz)
In the Active Directory PowerShell module, you have two commands to your disposal that help display
group membership. Those are Get-ADGroup and Get-ADGroupMember. The first command contains property Members, which gives you DistinguishedName of all members, and Get-ADGroupMember can provide you either direct members or with Recursive switch all members recursively (skipping groups). Till a few weeks ago, I was a happy user of those commands until I noticed two things. Member property for Get-ADGroup sometimes misses elements for whatever reason.
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By: Przemyslaw Klys  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Active Directory Scripts Galore: Come and Get It! (adamtheautomator.com)
Active Directory is one of the most common uses for PowerShell. I have personally been building
Active Directory scripts using VBScript and PowerShell for over a decade. Here's a big sample of Active Directory PowerShell scripts to do all kinds of stuff!
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By: Adam Bertram  submitted:Jun 16 2022



IT Admin Toolkit (nkasco.com)
A customizable and expandable destination for centralizing day-to-day job functions
By: Nathan Kasco  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Updated Version of the Graph User Statistics Script Available (office365itpros.com)
Last June, I wrote about a PowerShell script to interrogate the Microsoft Graph to retrieve usage
data from workloads like Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Teams. Some of this data is available via PowerShell cmdlets like Get-ExoMailboxStatistics and Get-SPOSite, but using the Graph is usually faster.
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By: Tony Redmond  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

8 Quick and easy tips to get you started with PowerShell (koupi.io)
PowerShell is a very powerful scripting language. It is built on top of the .NET framework and can
interact with all its libraries. This architecture makes it a convenient tool for anyone working on Windows until recently, that is. Recently PowerShell was released for MacOS and Linux, making it an even more useful skill to possess.
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By: Caroline Chiari  submitted:Jun 16 2022



Debugging PowerShell Modules with Pester Unit Tests in Visual Studio Code (youtube.com)
If you are the author of a PowerShell module, you can use the built-in debugging tools in Microsoft
Visual Studio Code to debug your script modules. In this video, we'll build a simple PowerShell script module, and then use the Pester unit testing module to write some failing tests. Then, we'll set a breakpoint in our module and break into the debugger when we execute the Pester unit tests. Once execution is paused, we'll step through the module code line by line, to discover where things are going wrong. We'll then fix the module code, and ensure that our Pester unit tests are passing.
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By: Trevor Sullivan  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book (leanpub.com)
Learn the patterns, practices, and details of PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking from the
industry's two most recognized experts on the subject.
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By: Don Jones and Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

How To Write Unmaintainable Code (github.com)
Ensure a job for life 😉
By: tinkerttoy  submitted:Jun 16 2022



The 3 laws of PowerShell (twitter.com)
Wise words to live by
By: Jeff Hicks  submitted:Jun 16 2022

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September 6, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Download the Microsoft Azure, Cloud and Enterprise Symbol / Icon set with PowerShell (wmatthyssen.com)
The Microsoft Azure, Cloud and Enterprise Symbol / Icon Set package is available as
a free download from Microsoft (version 5.6.2019) and includes icons for almost all Azure services and Microsoft cloud related technologies currently available.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



I run PowerShell on Android and so can you !! (dev.to)
Welcome PowerShell Enthusiasts, Android tinkerers and fellow Geeks! This is a step by step guide on
how I managed to run PowerShell on my Android device.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



Learn to Automate Excel like a Pro with PowerShell (dfinke.github.io)
Everyone wants to produce slick looking reports. Want to impress management? Use PowerShell
and Install-Module -Name ImportExcel.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022



PowerShell ForEach-Object Parallel Feature (devblogs.microsoft.com)
PowerShell 7.0 Preview 3 is now available with a new ForEach-Object
Parallel Experimental feature. This feature is a great new tool for parallelizing work, but like any tool, it has its uses and drawbacks.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Invoke-Perfmon : Performance Metrics Monitoring in PowerShell Console Graphs (github.com)
You can use this function to Generate ASCII Graphs in PowerShell using ‘Graphical’
Module to display performance metrics.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn PowerShell Video & Blog Series (techthoughts.info)
Learn PowerShell in this operationally focused blog and video series. This PowerShell training
series is designed to get you ramped up and using PowerShell quickly. Learn how to use PowerShell quickly via your preferred format. If you prefer reading based training, a blog post is available for each PowerShell topic. If you prefer video format, there is a corresponding training video for each PowerShell lesson.
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By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Weather Report in PowerShell (twitter.com)
A PowerShell way to show whether report right in the console.
By:  submitted:Jun 15 2022

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