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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.

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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!

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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?

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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.

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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.

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By: David Stein submitted:Jun 16 2022

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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By: Krishnamoorthi Gopal submitted:Jun 16 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

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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.

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By: PowerShell Young Team submitted:Jun 16 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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By: IT Generalist aka Mr Automation submitted:Jun 16 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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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?

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By: Iron Scripter submitted:Jun 16 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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By: JordanTheItGuy submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

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

$PSi: Math in PowerShell$

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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