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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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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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