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February 12, 2021

Announcements!

EXO V2 PowerShell module is now Generally Available on Linux & macOS (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
At Microsoft Ignite 2020, we announced the preview of support for Linux and Windows PowerShell Core

in Exchange Online management using EXO V2 Module. Today, we are delighted to announce general availability of this feature along with the support for macOS.

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By: Exchange Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Collecting AzureAD User Authentication Method Information (verboon.info)
Hello everyone, last Friday I received an e-mail from one of my customers, asking how to identify

users in AzureAD that have enabled passwordless sign-in with the Microsoft Authenticator app. Previously I usually made use of the Script for Azure MFA authentication method analysis but that script uses the MSOnline PowerShell mode where the Get-Msoluser cmdlet doesn't expose the information about these newer Authentication Methods.

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By: Alex Verboon submitted:Jun 16 2022

Getting Microsoft 365 Individual User Usage Reports with PowerShell (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
The ability to obtain Individual User Usage Reports has been possible in Office365 for many years.

However, they were only available from each individual service such as Teams, OneDrive, Exchange, SharePoint and Yammer. If you wanted a holistic view you needed to query each of the services API's and collate the responses for each identity. In August 2020 Microsoft added the ability to get M365 User Usage Reports to the BETA Microsoft Graph API. This means you can now use the Microsoft Graph Reports API to get a Microsoft 365 Individual User Usage Report with PowerShell rather than using the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal and the reports functionality there.

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By: Darren Robinson submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Set Up PSRemoting in a Workgroup Environment (adamtheautomator.com)
PSRemoting is a great way to run commands on remote computers but if you're not in an Active

Directory (AD) domain, authentication is not quite straightforward. PSRemoting in a workgroup requires a few pieces to set up if you don't have Kerberos available.

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By: Tyler Muir submitted:Jun 16 2022

Installing and setting up PowerShell PSReadline with predictive IntelliSense (powershellone.wordpress.com)
While the PowerShell Team's post already fully covers the functionality of the feature, I actually

struggled to install this on Windows PowerShell 5.1 and would like to share my experience in case someone else encounters a similar issue.

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By: Dirk submitted:Jun 16 2022

Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Storage Spaces and Windows RAID (cyberdrain.com)
So this blog was requested a lot lately - I'm not a big fan of using Windows RAID anywhere but

Storage Spaces is becoming more relevant each day, with S2D and larger deployments. Storage Spaces is Microsoft's successor to the classical Windows Software RAID options.

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By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022

Parsing large 500 MB text file (reddit.com)
I have large text file that can be up to 500 MB in size. I have PowerShell script to parse each line

for a specific string, if found will copy that line to another text file for additional action later on in the script. My parsing works with the code below, but it can take a large amount of time and consume 10GB of ram while doing it. Is there a better, more efficient, and faster way of doing this?

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By: u/Sparks_IT submitted:Jun 16 2022

Passwordless PowerShell (ephingadmin.com)
One thing I've always hated doing with PowerShell is storing/retrieving passwords, because that

always feels like a weak link in the security chain. I love running code as multiple accounts (my team probably has 75+ AD accounts we own), but hate everything else we have to do with those accounts.

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By: Ryan Ephgrave submitted:Jun 16 2022

Tips and Tricks to Using PowerShell Dynamic Parameters (jeffbrown.tech)
A neat but often unknown feature is the PowerShell dynamic parameter. These are no ordinary

parameters as dynamic parameters only exist when certain conditions are met. Imagine the possibilities!

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By: Jeff Brown submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Completed Script to change between audio devices (reddit.com)
I searched around and found idk how many different variants that were all too niche to be userful. 6

hours later I created this. Hope it helps someone else.

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By: u/WillGoalieForBeer submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services: 2nd Edition (amazon.com)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading public cloud platform. In this book you will learn to use

Microsoft PowerShell to create, host, manage, and administer workloads using Amazon Web Services. You will learn how to create virtual machines, provision storage, configure networks, and more?all using your preferred Windows scripting language.

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By: Emmanuel Tsouris submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

$Another PowerShell Math Challenge$

Another PowerShell Math Challenge (ironscripter.us)
The Chairman is back with another set of math-related challenges. These types of challenges are a

good way to get your brain looking at a problem from a different angle. This challenge includes 2 problems. One aimed more for intermediate level PowerShell scripters and one that might be a little more advanced.

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By: Iron Scripter submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

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February 5, 2021

Announcements!

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

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A Best Practice Guide To Creating A PowerShell Module (thesysadminchannel.com)
Building a Powershell Module might be a daunting task for someone without much PS experience. But

what if I told you, creating a module can be as simple as grouping multiple functions together and renaming the extension to psm1. It sounds a lot less complicated when you put it that way.

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By: Paul Contreras submitted:Jun 16 2022

Automate GUIs with UIAutomation in PowerShell (powershellone.wordpress.com)
In this post, I would like to describe how to utilize the Microsoft UIAutomation framework through

PowerShell to automate GUIs. Since the UIAutomation assembly already comes with .Net it also can be accessed directly through PowerShell.

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By: Dirk submitted:Jun 16 2022

Creating a Class Definition from an Existing Object – Part 3 (powershell.anovelidea.org)
Wrapping up this series, we add methods and recursive capability to the ConvertTo-ClassDefinition

function for this Iron Scripter challenge walk-through.

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By: Dave Carroll submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Write Awesome Functions with PowerShell Parameter Sets (jeffbrown.tech)
PowerShell parameter sets are a great tool to have in your function writing arsenal. With PowerShell

parameter sets, you can create a function that has different parameters for multiple scenarios. The user can specify different parameters so the function can take different actions based on the input.

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By: Jeff Brown submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell Sleep Duration Accuracy and Windows Timers (xkln.net)
I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole looking at Start-Sleep and came out with a new appreciation for

timing accuracy and Windows internals.

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By: mdjx submitted:Jun 16 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Terminal User Interfaces in PowerShell (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
Terminal User Interfaces (TUI) have a long history in computing and were some of the first forms of

interfaces between human and machine. Sometimes referred to as text-based user interfaces, they are starting to gain popularity again with projects like Terminal.Gui for .NET. In this guide, we take a deep dive into how to build TUIs with PowerShell and Terminal.Gui.

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By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell Deep dive (Video) (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
From the PowerShell team at Microsoft: We will use this time to take a deep dive on PowerShell. From

previous versions and making them work in PowerShell 7 and PowerShell Core. We'll also take a serious look at Learning PowerShell with PowerShell, at Predictive IntelliSense, at the VS Code extensions, at Crescendo, and secret management with PowerShell to avoid the ever-annoying problem of hardcode creds or use prompts.

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

PowerShell Puzzles and Challenges (jdhitsolutions.com)
I just wrapped up presenting to the Research Triangle PowerShell User Group. I gave them a set of

PowerShell problems to solve. The idea is that in solving the problem, you improve your PowerShell skills and expertise. Tonight's problems were not scripting problems. The answers to these puzzles are not limited to one-line commands, although some might. Most of these problems should be solved with no more than a few lines of PowerShell code that you would run interactively at a PowerShell prompt.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

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January 29, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

An Active Directory Change Report from PowerShell (jdhitsolutions.com)
A few days ago I posted some PowerShell code that you could use to be alerted when things changed in

Active Directory. The code used PowerShell and CIM events to notify you, for example, when a new user account is created. This can be helpful when you need alerting. But perhaps you only need reporting. What has changed in Active Directory since a given date and time, such as in the last 24 hours? And wouldn't it be nice to have a pretty report? Let me help. Here's how I approached the prob lem using PowerShell and the ActiveDirectory module.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Code coverage for PowerShell module development (robstr.dev)
In this particular blog, we're going to explore how to create code coverage metrics and

automatically send the results to the service codecov.io, which in turn will present the results so that we can see change over time.

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By: Roberth Strand submitted:Jun 16 2022

Empty Windows recycle bin with PowerShell (thomasmaurer.ch)
Windows has the concept of the recycle bin, from which you can restore files you have deleted. You

might want to clear the Windows recycle bin from time to time, to remove unnecessary files and free up space. You can do that using the Windows user interface, or you can empty the Windows recycle bin using PowerShell. The Clear-RecycleBin is a simple PowerShell cmdlet, which removes the file from the Windows recycle bin.

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By: Thomas Maurer submitted:Jun 16 2022

Getting insights into the utilization of SQL Server licenses on Azure to optimize cost (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Here is a single PowerShell script to get insights into the utilization of SQL Server licenses on

all of your Azure subscriptions to optimize cost...

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By: Sasha Nosov submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

PowerShell Remoting: The Ultimate Guide (adamtheautomator.com)
In this Ultimate Guide, you will go deep into PSRemoting. You'll learn what it is, how it works, and

all of the various technologies that make PSRemoting work. This guide will not cover how to use PSRemoting. You'll see plenty of references to many of our how-to guides throughout.

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By: Tyler Muir submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

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

JustinGrote.Microsoft.Graph.Extensions (github.com)
Just pushed my Microsoft Graph extensions to the PowerShell Gallery. Includes the Azure Az module

single-sign-on, a search fix, and some additional "proxy" cmdlets that can be used as examples for making more "friendly" ones.

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By: Justin Grote submitted:Jun 16 2022

OSD 21.1.28.2 (powershellgallery.com)
When we get a new computer model at the office, we always try to capture a Full Flash Image. I got

tired of my team having to look up the DISM command line (no PowerShell equiv), so I thought I would write a new function to add to the OSD Module

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By: David Segura submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

PsCommandDiscovery (github.com)
Find-PowerShellCommand goes a step beyond. It takes a simple keyword from you. Just make sure the

keyword describes either the command you are looking for, or the information you want to get.

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By: Dr. Tobias Weltner submitted:Jun 16 2022

PShot (osdeploy.com)
PShot is a PowerShell Module to take screenshots that works in Windows 10 and WinPE 10. PowerShell

version 5+ and .NET 4.0 are required

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By: David Segura submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Test-Driven Development by Example, Using PowerShell (devingleasonlambert.medium.com)
This is my first entry in a series of book reviews of the book Test-Driven Development by Example,

written by Kent Beck. However I've added a twist, as I will be attempting to do the examples using Powershell.

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By: Devin Gleason-Lambert submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

PowerShell Unplugged – Challenge Edition (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
PowerShell is more than just a management and configuration framework - it's the one tool, the glue,

for managing, configuring, and automating your servers and services. Are you responsible for managing servers on-premises? No problem. How about managing resources in the cloud for Windows or Linux? Why not both! Don't believe us? Let World renowned inventor of PowerShell, Jeffrey Snover, and his side-kick Jason Helmick bareknuckle challenge each other to a PowerShell expose of management and configuration. You are not going to want to miss this!

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By: Jeffrey Snover & Jason Helmick submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 22, 2021

Announcements!

Azure PowerShell v5.4 release notes (docs.microsoft.com)
This minor release includes several updates for Azure Network, please consider upgrading your

environments.

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By: Azure PowerShell submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

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

A Powershell Template For Creating The Perfect Function (thesysadminchannel.com)
Anytime I'm writing a new Powershell script I always find my self scratching my head trying to

recall the exact syntax inside the parameter block. Even though I've created hundreds of scripts in my day, I always use a template because its much easier. Today I'm going to share with the exact Powershell template I use when creating my Powershell Scripts.

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By: Paul Contreras submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

How to use PowerShell to Check if a File Exists (Examples) (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you use PowerShell to create, read, update, and delete files? If so, you've probably experienced

errors when the target files don't exist or already exist. Lucky for you, there are ways in PowerShell to check if a file exists before doing anything to it.

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By: June Castillote submitted:Jun 16 2022

In-Depth Guide to Building a PowerShell Pipeline in Azure DevOps (adamtheautomator.com)
Did you know you can natively run scripts like PowerShell in Azure DevOps (AzDo) pipelines creating

a PowerShell pipeline? By using the tips and techniques you'll learn in this article, you'll be well on your way to scripting your way to automation greatness.

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By: Adam Bertram submitted:Jun 16 2022

Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring WVD availability (cyberdrain.com)
We're in the middle of WVD deployment at my MSP. This client is located all over the world and

needed an easy way to manage virtual desktops over many regions. This deployment actually got me thinking about how monitoring the WVD environment should be done.

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By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Easily Enable End Users to Manage Active Directory Users with PowerShell GUI (thelazyadministrator.com)
Recently I got a request to find a way to let managers or Human Resources the ability to modify

basic user attributes in Active Directory. Like anyone else, I presented the idea of using RSAT to let them modify users in ADUC or ADAC. This was not an ideal solution because ADUC can become overwhelming to someone that isn't technical. They wanted something that was extremely basic, easy to follow and work in without any guidance or instructions, and did not show the user anything else that they could not modify or needed to see.

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By: Brad Wyatt submitted:Jun 16 2022

Introducing Bicep PowerShell Module (blog.ivemo.se)
Lately I've been spending a lot of time creating a bunch of Bicep modules that I re-use in my

templates over and over again. When I've spent a couple of hours coding I usually end up with a folder containing multiple .bicep files that I need to compile running bicep build. But since bicep build doesn't have a --all switch or support wildcard characters on Windows (on OSX/Linux you can run bicep build *.bicep), I started using a simple PowerShell function to compile all .bicep files in a folder instead of compiling them one by one. After a couple of days using the function it escalated with more features and I decided to put together a PowerShell module that wraps Bicep CLI and share it with the community. And that's how the Bicep PowerShell Module was born.

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By: Stefan Ivemo submitted:Jun 16 2022

Introducing the Office 365 for IT Pros GitHub Repository (office365itpros.com)
It can be hard to become fluent in PowerShell, especially when working with a service where multiple

modules (all with their own kinks) are used. However, PowerShell is very approachable and it's surprising what you can do with just a couple of lines of code. Working examples are great learning tools to help PowerShell newcomers (and maybe experienced coders) come up with solutions to problems. A couple of years ago, we created the Office 365 for IT Pros GitHub repository. Since then, we've been populating the repository with PowerShell scripts created to illustrate new features or to demonstrate how to approach solving an administrative problem in an Office 365 tenant. The repository currently holds a collection of 81 scripts.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Jun 16 2022

Set-DesktopBackgroundColorByComputerName (reddit.com)
Yes it does exactly what it says: changes the desktop background color! With a minor nuance: RGB

colors are derived from the $env:COMPUTERNAME, so the colors would be different for each computer, but it would be the same color for the same computer name each time the script is ran.

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By: u/poshftw submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

PowerShell Brickset Module: Updated for API v3 and PS 7.1 (jonathanmedd.net)
Brickset recently updated their API to v3 and stopped supporting the previous API v2. After

receiving a number of requests to update my PowerShell module for Brickset , (which was developed against v2 and consequently had stopped working), both via a GitHub issue and some direct contact (including, surprisingly to me, internal email at work) I decided I'd better put some effort into updating it.

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By: Jonathan Medd submitted:Jun 16 2022

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January 15, 2021

Announcements!

Introducing the New PowerCLI Home Page (blogs.vmware.com)
Today we are pleased to inform you that we have updated the PowerCLI home Page, Which further

improves your experience working with PowerCLI documentation.

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By: VMware submitted:Jun 16 2022

Powershell Extension Pack – Visual Studio Marketplace (marketplace.visualstudio.com)
The Powershell VS Code extension pack has been updated to include Tyler Leonhardt's excellent Pester

Test Adapter, and removed some non-directly-relevant PS Extensions. Check it out!

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By: Justin Grote submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

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

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Download a File with PowerShell from the Web (adamtheautomator.com)
Do you need to download files from the web but hate repeatedly clicking links? If your job involves

downloading files from the web regularly, you will probably want to automate the task. Why not use PowerShell to download files?

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By: June Castillote submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Send Email from Azure (adamtheautomator.com)
Microsoft Azure does not have an email delivery service. Whether you are testing applications or

developing scripts in Azure to send emails, know that there is no native email service available to you.

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By: June Castillote submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Use PowerShell Where-Object to Filter All the Things (adamtheautomator.com)
When you work with PowerShell property values in a collection of objects, sometimes you will need a

way to filter out all the things you do not need. Knowing how to use the PowerShell Where-Object cmdlet is an important skill to have in your PowerShell toolbox.

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By: Bill Kindle submitted:Jun 16 2022

Saving Time with Background Jobs (tommymaynard.com)
If you're like me, there's something you know a decent amount about regarding PowerShell, but you

just don't get to use it much. Today, it's PowerShell background jobs. If you've been reading my blog currently, then you know I'm right in the middle of a series regarding Splunk. In the series, I'm sending telemetry data from my function template to Splunk. The problem, although slight, is that it's increased the duration, or length of time, the function takes to complete. No surprise. It's running several additional commands where it polls the user and system for information. It's only adding maybe a second more of time to the duration of the function. Still, why not determine if it's time that can be reclaimed. Enter background jobs.

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By: Tommy Maynard submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Automating with PowerShell: Automatically following all Sharepoint Sites or Teams for all users (cyberdrain.com)
So a while back we had a client that uses a lot of sharepoint sites. The client only used Sharepoint

online, and found it hard to find all the sites in one place. We pointed them to https://YOURDOMAIN.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx which gives a nice overview of sites and teams.

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By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022

Regrecent.ps1 (github.com)
Here's a PowerShell script, based on C++ code I wrote 20+ years ago, that allows you to search the

registry based on key timestamps (note that values do not have timestamps).

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By: Guy Leech submitted:Jun 16 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Building REST APIs with PowerShell (blog.ironmansoftware.com)
This guide will cover how to build REST APIs using PowerShell Universal and PowerShell. Most of this

post can be accomplished without purchasing an API license.

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By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Basics of PowerShell P2 : Port Scanning and Pattern Matching – TryHackme Hacking with Powershell (YouTube) (youtube.com)
In this video walkthrough, we carried on the basics of PowerShell scripting language for pentesting

and introduced port scanning and pattern matching. This video is part of TryHackMe OSCP Pathway - room: Hacking with Powershell.

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By: Motasem Hamdan submitted:Jun 16 2022

Show 25 – Part 2: A celebration of automation (greyhatbeard.com)
Welcome to the 2nd year of GreyHatBeard. 2021 may not be starting in the best way for many but why

not listen to use as we have a Celebration of Automation. We're joined by Veronique Lengelle, a dual MVP and also a Solutions Architect at CPS, sharing her expertise in PowerShell and how it can improve your life through automation.

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By: GreyHatBeard submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

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

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January 8, 2021

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure Durable Functions for PowerShell (4bes.nl)
I have written before about how you can start working with Azure PowerShell functions and how you

can connect to a storage queue and CosmosDB. For this post, we will see how you can use PowerShell in Durable functions. This functionality has been in public preview since August 2020. While some documentation is available, I want to focus on a practical example. This will be a bit of a step-by-step guide on how you can create your own Azure PowerShell Durable functions.

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By: Barbara 4bes submitted:Jun 16 2022

How To Export and Backup Azure Policy Definitions (charbelnemnom.com)
In this article, I will share with you how to export and backup Azure Policy definitions with

PowerShell.

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By: Charbel Nemnom submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to get the Xbox Series X (reddit.com)
Xbox series X were sold out everywhere. Powershell to the rescue. Wrote up a powershell script to

alert me the instant it showed "In Stock" online. After finally getting alerted and purchasing online, within one minute they were already sold out. Just picked it up today. Gotta be smarter than the competition.

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By: u/eldridgephotography submitted:Jun 16 2022

Store passwords on Azure Key Vault and retrieve them with PowerShell (systanddeploy.com)
In this post I will show you how to store your passwords (like BIOS password) on Azure key vault,

then retrieve them from PowerShell.

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By: Damien Van Robaeys submitted:Jun 16 2022

Understanding REST Web Services in PowerShell (community.idera.com)
There are many different types of web services, and PowerShell can access many of them using

Invoke-RestMethod. Here is a quick intro to get you started.

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By: Idera submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Az.SecurityInsights 0.1.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Azure Sentinel cmdlets in Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core.

Allows managing and monitoring the security posture of your resources.

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By: Microsoft submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Basics of Powershell For Pentesters (Video) (youtube.com)
In this video walkthrough, we demonstrated the basics of PowerShell scripting language and how to

conduct basic enumeration for the windows system. The machine is part of tryhackme room: hacking with powershell

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By: Motasem Hamdan submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

Fun

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

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

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December 25, 2020

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December 18, 2020

Announcements!

PowerShell 7.2 Preview 2 release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Today we are proud to announce the second preview release of PowerShell 7.2. This preview is still

based on .NET 5 as we wait for the first preview of .NET 6 which we expect PowerShell 7.2 to be based upon.

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Deploy OpenSSH Server to Windows 10 (jdhitsolutions.com)
PowerShell 7 offers a number of compelling reasons to adopt it. One of the best is support for SSH

as a PowerShell remoting protocol. Unfortunately, this is not a topic that typically comes up for Windows-centric IT Pros. I know this is definitely true in my case, and a deficiency I have been working on. On the plus side, Windows 10 ships with the OpenSSH client installed and ready to go. But what about the OpenSSH Server? On Windows platforms, you need to enable and configure this element if you want to use SSH remoting in PowerShell. Naturally, I'd like to do this with PowerShell and also remotely. First up, I want to show you how to setup the OpenSSH Server component on Windows 10.

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By: Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Hosting and Protecting Your Own NuGet Feed with ProGet (adamcook.io)
In this post I will share with you how to install Inedo's ProGet to host your own NuGet feed

(effectively your own PowerShell Gallery). This will let you share PowerShell modules and scripts amongst other systems and colleagues from an internal resource, using cmdlets from the PowerShellGet module e.g. Install-Module, Install-Script, Find-Module, Find-Script etc.

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By: Adam Cook submitted:Jun 16 2022

How to Deploy an Azure VM to Availability Zone? (PowerShell Guide) (rebeladmin.com)
Azure Availability Zones offers high availability for data and applications. In an Azure region,

there can be one or more data centers. Azure Availability Zone is made out of one or more datacentres in the same Azure region, which have independent power, hardware, networking, and cooling. All Zone redundant service will replicate data and application across Availability Zone for high resilience. Each Azure region contains a minimum of three Azure Availability Zones.

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By: Dishan Francis submitted:Jun 16 2022

Media Sync: Organize Your Photos and Videos with PowerShell (spiderzebra.com)
Do you have photos and videos that you have taken over the years that are scattered all over the

place? Do you want to have all your photos and videos organized? Do you want all your photos and videos to have a standardized naming scheme? If you answered YES to these questions, then this is the post for you.

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By: SpiderZebra submitted:Jun 16 2022

Provisioning Azure Automation using Az.Automation module (jopx.blogspot.com)
Azure automation is a cloud based service which allows you to automate, configure and install

updates across hybrid environments. Azure Automation focuses on an infrastructure perspective and allows you to build/deploy resources, handling updates and configuring all type of resources (not only in Azure but also on premise).

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By: jopx submitted:Jun 16 2022

Setting up NuGet Server on Windows (Complete Walkthrough) (adamtheautomator.com)
So you've developed code. Great! Now you have to publish it to your users. But how There are many

ways to accomplish this but one of the most used is NuGet. NuGet is a technology that allows you to publish code in the form of packages for others. A NuGet server is a way to make it happen.

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By: Adam Bertram submitted:Jun 16 2022

You should be customizing your PowerShell Prompt with PSReadLine (hanselman.com)
I thought I had things pretty well dialed in. I even used PSReadLine, a bash inspired readline

implementation for PowerShell. But was I REALLY USING IT? No. Honestly, at the time I wouldn't be able to tell you what it offered me as a command line users. Wow was I wrong. Don't sleep on PSReadLine if you use PowerShell as your preferred prompt. Head over there and give them some love and a star and buckle up, friends!

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By: Scott Hanselman submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

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

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

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

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

How to Add an SSH Key to VS Code and Connect to a Host (adamtheautomator.com)
If you need to add an SSH key to VS Code to set up an SSH connection using key exchange, this

tutorial is for you. In this tutorial, you're going to learn, step-by-step, how to configure VS code to connect over SSH via key exchange for both a user with sudo rights (homelab in this guide) and the built in root user.

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By: Christopher Bisset submitted:Jun 16 2022

Run Tasks on Timers in PowerShell (YouTube) (youtube.com)
You can use PowerShell to run tasks on periodic timers. For example, let's say that you want to

clean up a folder with old log files on an hourly basis. Instead of using your operating system's task scheduler (ie. systemd on Linux, MacOS, or Windows Task Scheduler), you can use PowerShell to create a Timer.

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By: Trevor Sullivan submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

Retro Dashboard (docs.ironmansoftware.com)
This retro looking dashboard displays the top 10 CPU and memory using processes, disk usage, and

live CPU and network usage. It also demonstrates how to use themes to custom the backcolor, text color and font family.

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By: Ironman Software submitted:Jun 16 2022

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December 11, 2020

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo Preview.1 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
As a shell, PowerShell is intended to work with native commands in addition to cmdlets. However,

native commands have their own unique syntax, sometimes containing many subcommands and parameters/switches, and are often like its own language. Wouldn't it be great to have an option to leverage your PowerShell skills to use new commands or be even more proficient with native commands you are already using?

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Active Directory Auditing: How to Track Down Password Changes (adamtheautomator.com)
Tracking and auditing changes to passwords in an Active Directory (AD) domain are crucial to

maintaining a secure environment and heading off bad actors early. Thankfully, AD offers the information necessary to track these changes, despite being difficult to parse and understand at times. LAPS is a great example of this.

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By: Adam Listek submitted:Jun 16 2022

Azure Automation Runbook to manage SharePoin Online SPO (spjeff.com)
Wanted to demo Azure Runbook with daily PowerShell PS1 that send SharePoint storage report email

with HTML table and CSV attachment. Features include:

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By: Jeff Jones submitted:Jun 16 2022

Monitoring with PowerShell: Typosquat domain checking (cyberdrain.com)
One of my team members was following Blackhat today and showed me a pretty cool tool they

demonstrated during the conference. The presenters showed a method of checking if your O365 domain was being Typosquated. The tool can be found here. The presenters made a Python tool, and I figured to create an alternative in PowerShell.

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By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 16 2022

Remove-Item : Access to the cloud file is denied while deleting files from OneDrive (evotec.xyz)
I like OneDrive. It allows me to keep my data secure and always synchronized. If things go wrong, I

can always get it back. I use it for almost everything. Even for my PowerShell projects, which are committed to GitHub, so in theory, I shouldn't need that. But every once in a while, I make some stupid mistake and delete a file that has yet not been committed to GitHub, and that's where the OneDrive comes in handy. Quick restore, and we're back. Unfortunately, sometimes things aren't as I would expect them to work. For example, let's have a look at this nice list of markdown files that are documentation for my module called GPOZaurr.

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By: Przemyslaw Klys submitted:Jun 16 2022

Wrangling REST APIs and JSON with PowerShell (Four Demos!) (adamtheautomator.com)
PowerShell is an incredibly flexible language. It has its proverbial digital fingers in just about

every corner of the Windows world you can imagine. However, there comes a time when you need to start integrating external sites and parties. Thankfully, many services have APIs which allow you to work with web services via code.

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By: Christopher Bisset submitted:Jun 16 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

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

Send to Viewer.ps1 (github.com)
Simple text viewer so won't add history anywhere. Takes multiple files, from explorer send to, or if

no files, uses clipboard

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By: Guy Leech submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Core Concept: Regex for N00bs (YouTube) (youtube.com)
Ever wish you could learn Regex in a simple, straightforward tutorial with one of the best speakers

in the PowerShell community? Check out this awesome intro to Regex

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By: Thomas Rayner submitted:Jun 16 2022

Introduction to PowerShell (docs.microsoft.com)
Learn about the basics of PowerShell. This cross-platform command-line shell and scripting language

is built for task automation and configuration management. You'll learn basics like what PowerShell is, what it's used for, and how to use it.

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By: Microsoft submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell 7 for IT Professionals (amazon.com)
PowerShell 7 for IT Pros is your guide to using PowerShell 7, the open source, cross-platform

version of Windows PowerShell. Windows IT professionals can begin setting up automation in PowerShell 7, which features many improvements over the early version of PowerShell Core and Windows PowerShell. PowerShell 7 users can enjoy the high level of compatibility with the Windows PowerShell modules they rely on today. This book shows IT professionals?especially Windows administrators and developers?how to use PowerShell7 to engage in their most important tasks, such as managing networking, using AD/DNS/DHCP, leveraging Azure, and more.

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By: Thomas Lee submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

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

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December 4, 2020

Announcements!

Incident Report – PowerShell Gallery Downtime October 30, 2020 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The PowerShell gallery experienced downtime on October 30th 2020. This report will give context as

to what caused the downtime, what actions were taken to mitigate the issue, and what steps we are taking to improve the PowerShell gallery experience moving forward.

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Jun 16 2022

Update: 2021 PowerShell DevOps Global Summit (powershell.org)
It's time to get excited for the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, which is returning April 27-29,

2021 as a virtual event. I'm here to share with you some details we have planned for this year's event. The upcoming summit will differ from years past, since this event will be 100% virtual. You may wonder what a virtual event would be like, and is it worth it to attend?

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By: Mike Kanakos submitted:Jun 16 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Control license allocation with the PowerShell in Microsoft 365! (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
I used the PowerShell ISE for this configuration. But you are also very welcome to use Visual Studio

Code, just as you wish. Please start with the following steps to begin the deployment (the Hashtags are comments):

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By: Tom Wechsler submitted:Jun 16 2022

Get The List of Non-Compliant Azure Resources With PowerShell (charbelnemnom.com)
In this article, I will share with you how to get the list of non-compliant Azure resources to be

remediated in all your Azure subscriptions with PowerShell.

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By: Charbel Nemnom submitted:Jun 16 2022

Microsoft Graph: Get group info (ingogegenwarth.wordpress.com)
In my daily work, I often have to deal with topics, where I need to collect more information about a

group. Yes, the new UI in the AAD portal helps, but doesn't provide all the information. On the other side there are a ton of PowerShell modules e.g.: MSOL, AzureAD or AzureADPreview.

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By: Ingo Gegenwarth submitted:Jun 16 2022

PowerShell: Connect to Azure with stored Credentials (sid-500.com)
f you need to connect to Microsoft Azure frequently, it might be useful to store your tenant

information. Why? It brings comfort while giving up security. It's your choice. In this blog post I will show you a walkthrough how to connect to Azure with stored credentials. The credentials are encryptet with a certificate. Let's move on.

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Jun 16 2022

Reading Last Logged-On User and Other Registry Values (community.idera.com)
Reading some registry values with PowerShell is typically a snap: simply use Get-ItemProperty. This

snippet of code reads the Windows operating system details, for example:

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By: Idera submitted:Jun 16 2022

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

Sitecore PowerShell Extensions – Find Content Items Missing From Sitecore Indexes (sitecoreart.martinrayenglish.com)
Over the course of the last month, we ran into data inconsistencies between what was in our content

databases compared to our Solr indexes.

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By: Martin English submitted:Jun 16 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Debugging PowerShell Scripts in Visual Studio 2019 (YouTube) (youtube.com)
In this video, Adam shows how to debug PowerShell scripts in Visual Studio 2019 and PowerShell Tools

for Visual Studio. You can download PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

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By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Jun 16 2022

Setting up Visual Studio Code for PowerShell Development (YouTube) (youtube.com)
If you're an aspiring PowerShell developer, we'll explore the process of getting set up with Visual

Studio Code for PowerShell development work. It doesn't matter if you're using Linux, Mac, or Windows, you can be productive as a PowerShell developer on any development platform!

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By: Trevor Sullivan submitted:Jun 16 2022

The PowerShell Conference Book Volume 3 (leanpub.com)
20+ subject matter experts (including yours truly) have teamed up to bring you the ultimate

collection of PowerShell+DevOps topics that are designed to be like a conference in a book. This book not only delivers top-notch content that rivals any book on the market, but all royalties are donated to the OnRamp scholarship program which bootstraps others into the industry.

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By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Jun 16 2022

The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book (Forever Edition) (leanpub.com)
Learn the patterns, practices, and details of PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking from the

industry's two most recognized experts on the subject.

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By: Don Jones and Jeff Hicks submitted:Jun 16 2022

Fun

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

Want to practice your skills? Advent of Code 2020 went live today! (reddit.com)
Friendly reminder that Advent of Code started today! Time to save Santa. Or maybe the elves. Or

maybe Rudolph or something. I dunno, but it's a great way to learn/practice coding.

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By: u/Betterthangoku submitted:Jun 16 2022

Upcoming Events

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

vTechUG Virtual Tech Community Event (techug.org.uk)
Thurs 10th Dec 2020 - vTechUG is the virtual tech community event for IT Ops, IT Infrastructure,

Cloud, DevOps & CyberSecurity Professionals. We're completely independent and guided by local committee members who help create a great community experience.

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By: TechUG submitted:Jun 16 2022

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