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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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By: Jake Morrison submitted:Jun 16 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.

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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?

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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By: SoCal PowerShell User Group submitted:Jun 16 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

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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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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 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 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 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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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.

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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.

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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 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

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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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