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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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 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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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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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 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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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By: Chris Dent submitted:Jun 16 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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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!

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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...

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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 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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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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