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October 4, 2019

Announcements!

PowerShell 7 Preview 4 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We continue to make progress towards our PowerShell 7 release which currently is targeting December

2019 for a Release Candidate and January 2020 for General Availability and will be our first LTS (Long Term Servicing) release!

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By: Steve Lee submitted:Jun 15 2022

The PowerShell Conference Book Volume 2 (leanpub.com)
Over thirty subject matter experts have teamed up to bring you the ultimate collection of PowerShell

topics that's 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: Michael T Lombardi and Mark Kraus submitted:Jun 15 2022

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automating Azure Usage Reports with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
One of the most important aspects of running workloads in Azure is keeping track of expenses. How

you do that is through tracking resource usage with an Azure usage report. In this article, you?ll learn how to create a PowerShell script to easily query resource usage across all of your Azure resources by date.

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By: June Castillote submitted:Jun 15 2022

Building an Active Directory Health Check Tool (adamtheautomator.com)
If you use, Active Directory (AD), it is probably the most important system you've got. Without it,

users can't login, they probably can't browse the web, machines can't communicate and finance won't be able to generate their latest report. Be sure you keep AD in tip top shape with an Active Directory health check script!

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By: Alex Asplund submitted:Jun 15 2022

Diagramming Networks and Systems with PowerShell (reddit.com)
Diagramming simple and more advanced networks/systems with images/shapes/icons.
By: u/MadBoyEvo submitted:Jun 15 2022

Documenting with PowerShell Chapter 5: File share permissions (cyberdrain.com)
Today I?ll be showing you how to upload permissions to IT-Glue using the IT-Glue API and the

NTFSSecurity module. We?;ll also have a generic non-ITGlue version you can use with whatever documentation system you use.

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By: Kelvin Tegelaar submitted:Jun 15 2022

How Scopes Work in PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
When you write a PowerShell script with no functions and no external dependencies on other scripts,

the concept of PowerShell scopes isn?t of much concern. But as you begin to build functions, modules and learn to call scripts from other scripts, the topic becomes more important.

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By: Tyler Muir submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to use PowerShell with Visual Studio Code like a Pro (dev.to)
Whether you're a developer or an it pro, you definitely have to deal with Powershell sometimes. For

several year I used to develop PowerShell script into PowerShell ISE. It worked very well, but it looked like "old". Since many years, almost four, I started using Visual Studio Code to edit every kind of files, including PowerShell files. The reason is really simple: Visual Studio Code is more powerful than PowerShell IDE. I show you the reason why.

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By: Emanuele Bartolesi submitted:Jun 15 2022

Integrate Linux Commands into Windows with PowerShell and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (devblogs.microsoft.com)
A common question Windows developers have is ?why doesn?t Windows have yet??. Whether longing for a

powerful pager like less or wanting to use familiar commands like grep or sed, Windows developers desire easy access to these commands as part of their core workflow.

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By: Mike Battista submitted:Jun 15 2022

Join Linux to Active Directory with PowerShell Core (winsysblog.com)
PowerShell Core is now generally available, which means you can now start running it on your

production servers and not feel guilty! There are many possibilities for using PowerShell on non-Windows platforms now and today my mind was pondering how to use it to join Linux servers to Active Directory. So, I created a small little function that automates some of this called Join-LinuxToAD. Keep in mind I tested this only on CentOS 7.

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By: Dan Franciscus submitted:Jun 15 2022

Step-by-Step Guide to Encrypt Azure Linux VM (rebeladmin.com)
Disk encryption is a basic data protection method for physical & virtual hard disks. Similarly, we

also can encrypt Azure Linux VM by using Azure Key Vault & dm-crypt. In this post, I am going to demonstrate how we can encrypt Azure Linux VM.

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By: Dishan M. Francis submitted:Jun 15 2022

The classy way to complete and validate PowerShell Parameters (jamesone111.wordpress.com)
Do you ever wonder why PowerShell parameters are written the way they are? For example, when saying

a parameter may have a value of null why does the attribute need to be written [AllowNull()] with an empty () ?

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By: James O'Neill submitted:Jun 15 2022

Today’s lesson on RegEx complexity (reddit.com)
RegEx will let you be as complex as you want. ALWAYS focus on making your searches concise. If its

getting hairy, look for another way to describe what you are after. That will guide you down the road of RegEx enlightenment.

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By: u/Szeraax submitted:Jun 15 2022

Understanding NewtonSoft in PowerShell (stackoverflow.com)
A great primer on using JSON and NewtonSoft in PowerShell
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Using Azure Key Vault for local administrator password rotation (powershell.no)
In this article, we are going to see how we can leverage Azure Key Vault for storing local

administrator passwords configured on Windows Servers. Before we get started, let us have a quick overview of what Azure Key Vault is.

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By: Jan Egil Ring submitted:Jun 15 2022

Using PowerShell to View and Remove Wireless Profiles in Windows 10 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Using PowerShell and Regular Expressions as a wrapper on NetSh.exe output to identify the profiles.
By: Dr Scripto submitted:Jun 15 2022

Where did that download come from? (guyrleech.wordpress.com)
I was investigating something completely unrelated recently when I came across the fact that the

Zone.Identifier information for downloaded files, on Windows 10, which is stored in NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS) on each downloaded file, contains the URL from which the file came. Yes, the whole URL so could potentially be very useful and/or very embarrassing. It's this Zone.Identifier file that Windows Explorer checks when it puts restrictions on files that it deems could be unsafe because they have come from the internet zone.

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By: Guy Leech submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Update-ADPassword.ps1 (gist.github.com)
Want to change your Active Directory account password without switching to the lock screen?
By: Mathias Jessen submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Linux and macOS Edition (manning.com)
Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Linux and macOS Edition is a task-focused tutorial for

administering Linux and macOS systems using Microsoft PowerShell. Adapted by PowerShell team members Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt from the bestselling Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by community legends Don Jones and Jeffrey Hicks, it features Linux-based examples covering core language features and admin tasks. Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break.

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By: Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell Tips Poster (systemfrontier.com)
Looking for some great tips on writing better PowerShell? Here?s a poster that you can use as a

quick reference online or on your cube or office wall.

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By: Jay Adams submitted:Jun 15 2022

PSAtlas, an interactive PowerShell learning framework (github.com)
PSAtlas is an interactive PowerShell learning framework. PSAtlas is all about gaining/sharing

expirience. Provide or receive guidance on different Powershell topics. PSAtlas is a community driven, interactive knowledgebase of PowerShell.

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By: Kevin Bates submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

A Module to Download Depressing Lock Screen Images (reddit.com)
User u/_stib_ on Reddit made a module to download depressing lock screen images fresh every day, and

it's now available on the PowerShell gallery.

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By: u/_stib_ submitted:Jun 15 2022

Installing PowerShell Core on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi) (geektechstuff.com)
PowerShell Core is a version of PowerShell that can be installed on Windows, Mac OS X (I covered it

here) and Linux, i.e. Raspbian. For this blog post I am going to using my Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspbian (Buster).

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By: GeekDude submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell Based Jeopardy Buzzers (reddit.com)
We're hosting a 90's theme party on Saturday, and I absolutely loathe the plastic buzzers included

with the Jeopardy "board game". The solution? 25 lines of PowerShell using PowerShell UniversalDashboard, that allows our contestants to use their phones as buzzers.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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September 20, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate migration to SQL Managed Instance using Azure PowerShell and DbaTool (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
From: JovanPop MicrosoftIn Microsoft Azure, you can easily migrate your databases from SQL Server

on-premises or Azure VMs to the fully-managed PaaS database service Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. In this post you will see how to create PowerShell scripts that automate migration to Managed Instance using Azure PowerShell and DbaTools.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Cleanup duplicated devices in Intune (wpninjas.ch)
From: Thomas KurthCleanup duplicated Windows10 devices in Intune!
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to Manage DHCP using PowerShell (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
From: Anthony BartoloMost organizations are already going to have DHCP deployed on their servers. If

you have a new server on which you want to deploy DHCP, just run the PowerShell command:

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to run PowerShell scripts to automate manual processes in Office 365 (practical365.com)
From: Daler SayfiddinovAutomation is centric to our role as IT professionals in order to make manual

tasks such as managing servers, endpoints or processes, more streamlined and efficient. However, since the proliferation of cloud technology, we’re now facing a new challenge, managing and automating the cloud environment.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Lessons learned from PowerShell Summit 2019 (searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com)
From: Dan FranciscusMost Windows administrators have at least dabbled with PowerShell to get started

on their automation journey, but for more advanced practices, it helps to attend a conference, such as the PowerShell Summit.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Measuring Reboot Time With PowerShell (winsysblog.com)
From: Dan FranciscusIn enterprise environments, you will usually find an array of different Windows

operating systems, hardware and of course software. Typically, machines are managed and configured with group policy and SCCM, or perhaps other more modern methods like Chef or Puppet. One of the symptoms of an unhealthy Windows computer is the amount of time it takes to boot up.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Posting Notifications About Inactive Mailboxes to Teams (office365itpros.com)
From: Tony RedmondRecently, I posted?a Petri.com article?to report the availability of some new

properties in the?Export-MailboxDiagnosticLogs?cmdlet. The properties record different kinds of mailbox activity and I included a script to generate a report based on the properties. The output is a CSV file that can be opened in Excel or imported in Power BI. All is well.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Say hello to the new Visual Studio terminal! (devblogs.microsoft.com)
From: Dee WalshBuilding on the momentum from the recently announced?Developer PowerShell, we are

excited to share the first preview of the new Visual Studio terminal. This new preview experience is part of Visual Studio version 16.3 Preview 3.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Step-by-Step Guide to Encrypt Azure Windows VM using BitLocker (rebeladmin.com)
From: Dishan FrancisDisk encryption is a basic data protection method for physical & virtual

hard disks. It falls under physical data security and it prevents data breaches from stolen hard disks (physical & virtual). If it is a Windows machine, we can simply use BitLocker for disk encryption. Also, there are other third-party vendors such as Thales e-Security which provides disk encryption solutions for organizations.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Use PowerShell to Find the History of USB Flash Drive Usage (blogs.technet.microsoft.com)
From: Jason WalkerMicrosoft premier field engineer, Jason Walker, shows how to use Windows

PowerShell to get a history of USB drive usage.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Your Guide to Updating to PowerShell 7 (adamtheautomator.com)
From: Bryce McDonaldWhen PowerShell 6 was released, it was to bring a basic version of PowerShell to

all platforms (PowerShell Core). With PowerShell 7 (which is the latest PowerShell version as of this writing), we’re now looking for all platforms to be equal in the PowerShell they can deliver (both Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core).

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Build a PowerShell systray tool with sub menus (systanddeploy.com)
From: Damien Van RobaeysIn this post I will demonstrate how to build a tool that displays context

menu and sub menus in the systray bar.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Exchange v15 Unattended Setup (eightwone.com)
From: Michel de Rooij?m pleased to announce the availability of Install-Exchange15.ps1, a PowerShell

script to perform a fully automated unattended setup of Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 or Exchange Server 2019 (Desktop and Core) is supported).

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Installing Send-RDMessage permanently on RDServers (blog.it-koehler.com)
From: Alexander KoehlerYou may read my article handeling remote desktop messaging for all connected

users. So here is my first module for Remotedesktop Messaging. If you liked it you may also want to have this cmdlet permanently on your rdserver for notifying your users every time there is a problem or maintenance. I?ve converted the PS Script into a module so that it is much easier to import and use it. In this article I ?ll describe how to install it.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

MSI Template Powershell (alexandrumarin.com)
From: Alex Radu MarinDo you need to add over and over again the same properties or summary

information in your MSI/MSTs? I?ve developed a Powershell script in which you can configure a template (properties and summary information) and apply it to MSIs, already done MSTs or you can create an MST with this script.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Powershell: Ways to use Regex (youtube.com)
The use of regular expressions is a valuable resource that can be used to create strings or patterns

to identify chars or chains of text by including them into the scripts. There are basic examples where the regex are applied like in the credit cards or maybe in power ingestors, that are used to search through emails. The application of these regular expressions reaches several levels within the operating system while using them in PowerShell, allowing the users to set instructions to interact with almost any section of the software.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Parenting Through PowerShell (reddit.com)
My 8 year old decided to pretend to be sick so he would get sent home from school the other day. So

after we finished all the work the teach gave us, I decided to make him some extra work. Since they are learning double digit addition I wrote a quick script that will generate a page with 25 problems on it. I kept printing him off new sheets until the end of the regular school day. I posted the script to r/PowerShell if others had done something similar, and it turned into a pretty fun post.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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September 13, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Always On VPN Windows 10 Device Tunnel Step-by-Step Configuration using PowerShell (directaccess.richardhicks.com)
Windows 10 Always On VPN and DirectAccess both provide seamless, transparent, always on

remote network access for Windows clients. However, Always On VPN is provisioned to the user, not the machine as it is with DirectAccess. This presents a challenge for deployment scenarios that require the VPN connection to be established before the user logs on.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

An Example Azure DevOps Build Pipeline for PowerShell modules (adamrushuk.github.io)
A few months ago did a demo at the Bristol WinOps Meetup showing an example Azure DevOps Build

Pipeline for PowerShell modules. I told everyone I?d get a blog post up ?soon? with more information, so here it is; better late than never! I?ll go over the goals for the example PowerShell Module, then break down the Build Pipeline tasks for Azure DevOps.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Commenting Out PowerShell Scripts in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code (ironmansoftware.com)
I was giving a presentation to the Austin PowerShell User Group last week and the group took notice

when I quickly commented and uncommented lines in my PowerShell script in VS Code. This is very easy to do with the built in keyboard shortcuts.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Enable Wake-on-LAN (WOL) with PowerShell (itinsights.org)
With every recent Windows 10 update, and they happen a lot, Windows unfortunately also resets the

power settings of the network adapters. Since I like to start both my PC and notebook from a remote location or from within the same network, I wrote a little PowerShell function to enable Wake-on-LAN (WoL) again.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to Prevent and Detect Malicious PowerShell Attacks (blog.rapid7.com)
Hello! My name is Rohit Chettiar, and I am a Solutions Engineer at Rapid7. In this series, we will

discuss why organizations should care about malicious PowerShell activity, how attackers use PowerShell to steal credentials (e.g., Mimikatz), and how to prevent and detect malicious PowerShell activity.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to Transfer Millions of Files Using PowerShell (blog.devolutions.net)
I was tasked with moving and archiving approximately 16.5 million files from one location, while

ingesting around 4,000 new files per hour. This job was for a single client, and my company has multiple customers with similar needs. Keeping the data organized and available has been a challenge for over a year, and we have been working toward a solution for some time now.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Manage remote on-premises resources using PowerShell Azure Functions (docs.microsoft.com)
The Azure App Service Hybrid Connections enables access to resources in other networks. You can

learn more about this capability on the Hybrid Connections documentation. The following information describes how to use this capability to run PowerShell functions targeting an on-premises server. This server can then be used to manage all resources within the on-premises environment from an Azure PowerShell function.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell backup scripts: What are 3 essential best practices? (searchdatabackup.techtarget.com)
There are some strong PowerShell scripts that can provide backup capabilities. It’s important,

though, to be mindful of PowerShell’s quirks so you get the best data protection.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell Data Types Cheat Sheet (sid-500.com)
String, Char, DateTime, Bool, Array, Hashtable, PSObject, Void, Math, TimeSpan. This blog posts is

all about PowerShell data types. What is a PowerShell data type? Data Types define what you can do with a PowerShell object. For example, a datetime object supports adding years, with a bool object you can figure out whether something is true or false.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Provisioning Linux Virtual Machines Through PowerShell Commands (c-sharpcorner.com)
This article helps you to learn the Azure Module PowerShell commands to provisioning the Linux

Virtual Machines.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

VMworld Hackathon 2019 (invoke-automation.blog)
The team would focus on creating an automated process around the PowerCLI Examples repository in

GitHub. Some tasks would include:

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Hello, AzSentinel! (twitter.com)
Here is the AzSentinel PowerShell module for managing Azure Sentinel
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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September 6, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Download the Microsoft Azure, Cloud and Enterprise Symbol / Icon set with PowerShell (wmatthyssen.com)
The Microsoft Azure, Cloud and Enterprise Symbol / Icon Set package is available as

a free download from Microsoft (version 5.6.2019) and includes icons for almost all Azure services and Microsoft cloud related technologies currently available.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

I run PowerShell on Android and so can you !! (dev.to)
Welcome PowerShell Enthusiasts, Android tinkerers and fellow Geeks! This is a step by step guide on

how I managed to run PowerShell on my Android device.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Learn to Automate Excel like a Pro with PowerShell (dfinke.github.io)
Everyone wants to produce slick looking reports. Want to impress management? Use PowerShell

and Install-Module -Name ImportExcel.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell ForEach-Object Parallel Feature (devblogs.microsoft.com)
PowerShell 7.0 Preview 3 is now available with a new ForEach-Object

Parallel Experimental feature. This feature is a great new tool for parallelizing work, but like any tool, it has its uses and drawbacks.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Invoke-Perfmon : Performance Metrics Monitoring in PowerShell Console Graphs (github.com)
You can use this function to Generate ASCII Graphs in PowerShell using ‘Graphical’

Module to display performance metrics.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn PowerShell Video & Blog Series (techthoughts.info)
Learn PowerShell in this operationally focused blog and video series. This PowerShell training

series is designed to get you ramped up and using PowerShell quickly. Learn how to use PowerShell quickly via your preferred format. If you prefer reading based training, a blog post is available for each PowerShell topic. If you prefer video format, there is a corresponding training video for each PowerShell lesson.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Weather Report in PowerShell (twitter.com)
A PowerShell way to show whether report right in the console.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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August 30, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Add telemetry to your PowerShell module (janhendrikpeters.de)
Ah, telemetry. Very ubiquitous today, telemetry is collected from many software companies, device

vendors and so on. Often telemetry includes PII, personally identifiable information, which of course is a no-go. This post aims to explain how you can responsibly collect telemetry for your PowerShell module to track its usage, version distribution and much more. I will show you the steps you need to take to use Azure ApplicationInsights to collect and Power BI to visualize your telemetry.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Automating Active Directory Jobs with PowerShell Scripts (mcpmag.com)
PowerShell seems to have the ability to automate just about anything. Active Directory (AD) is no

different. By downloading a freely available PowerShell module, an IT admin can manage every facet of AD and build powerful scripts to save time on all kinds of tasks. The best part is that knowledge of LDAP, ADSI and other typically developer-focused terms is not necessary. The PowerShell cmdlets take care of that stuff for you.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to Build a PowerShell GUI for your Scripts (adamtheautomator.com)
PowerShell is a command-line tool but did you know it can also be used as a base for graphical

interfaces? Sometimes command-line isn’t the best kind of interface for a particular instance. Building a PowerShell GUI for for your service desk is a great example. This is one of those times when it is more appropriate to build graphical tools instead.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Hyper-V PowerShell Direct (thomasmaurer.ch)
One of the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 is called

PowerShell Direct. PowerShell Direct lets you remotely connect to a Virtual Machine running on a Hyper-V host, without any network connection inside the Virtual Machine. PowerShell Direct uses the Hyper-V VMBus to connect inside the Virtual Machine. This feature is convenient if you need it for automation and configuration for Virtual Machines or if you for example messed up network configuration inside the virtual machine and you don?t have console access.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

The PowerShell you know and love now with a side of Visual Studio (devblogs.microsoft.com)
While we know that many of you enjoy, and rely on the Visual Studio Command Prompt, some of you told

us that you would prefer to have a PowerShell version of the tool. We are happy to share that in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2, we added a new Developer PowerShell!

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now

available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub!

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Migrate Azure PowerShell from AzureRM to Az (docs.microsoft.com)
The Az module has feature parity with AzureRM, but uses shorter and more consistent cmdlet names.

Scripts written for the AzureRM cmdlets won’t automatically work with the new module. To make the transition easier, Az offers tools to allow you to run your existing scripts using AzureRM. No migration to a new command set is ever convenient, but this article will help you get started on transitioning to the new module.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell PKI Module – PKI Solutions Inc. (pkisolutions.com)
This module is intended to simplify various PKI and Active Directory Certificate Services management

tasks by using automation with Windows PowerShell. The module provides features and capabilities for managing and configuring Certification Authorities

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches (manning.com)
An effective DBA is an efficient DBA. And if you work with SQL Server, dbatools is a lifesaver. With

over 500 commands, this free and open source PowerShell module has the horsepower to automate just about every task you can imagine?and then some! Written by dbatools creator Chrissy LeMaire and dbatools advocate Rob Sewell, Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches teaches you techniques that will make you more effective?and efficient?than you ever thought possible.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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August 23, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Documenting with PowerShell (cyberdrain.com)
Chapter 1 – Server overview page
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Exit, Throw, Return, Break and Continue. A Round up (jamesone111.wordpress.com)
A great write-up on when and how to use Exit, Throw, Return, Break and Continue in your PowerShell

scripts.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to Create an Azure AD App Registration (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s fully managed multi-tenant identity and

access capabilities for app service. More organizations are now harnessing the security capabilities of Azure AD into the apps they create for an additional layer of authentication. This post will cover how to register an app to Azure AD via PowerShell to take advantage of this.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to Download and Install PowerCLI (adamtheautomator.com)
The PowerCLI by VMWare is the de-facto way to manage vCenter with PowerShell. In this tutorial,

you?re going to learn how to start from scratch; downloading, installing and understanding how PowerCLI can help you get more done.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

On Windows, PowerShell vs. Bash comparison gets interesting (searchitoperations.techtarget.com)
A breaks down of the differences between Bash and PowerShell for Windows.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell 7 Preview 3 (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Cool read from the PowerShell team on the latest preview release
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Recursion in PowerShell (dev.to)
Dealing with complex datasets may seem difficult in PowerShell. These datasets have unpredictable

structures and can’t be parsed easily. This the case when you need to extract all the member of an Active Directory group where member can be users and also groups that contains user and groups ?. It’s also the case with data coming from web services and API.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

SCCM Client Health Monitor Script – imab.dk (imab.dk)
The SCCM Client Health Monitor Script is a Powershell script which fixes common issues related to

SCCM client health.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Setting up PoshBot for Microsoft Teams (thelazyadministrator.com)
PoshBot is a chat bot written in PowerShell and created by DevBlackOps. ?It makes

extensive use of classes introduced in PowerShell 5.0. PowerShell modules are loaded into PoshBot and instantly become available as bot commands.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Test Web Site Availability (community.idera.com)
When a web site is unavailable, often the question is whether it?s you, or whether the web site is

generally down for everyone else, too. PowerShell can ask a web service to check web site availability for you. Here is a simple wrapper function.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Troubleshooting Powershell and GraphAPI (uc.lawedo.net)
Learn some additional troubleshooting skills for Powershell and GraphAPI with a little help of

Fiddler .

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Use Intune Graph API export and import Intune ADMX templates (scconfigmgr.com)
With the Intune ADMX template is now in public preview, let Zeng show you how to import and export

them with PowerShell.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0 (blogs.vmware.com)
A special pre-VMworld release: PowerCLI 11.4.0 is out and available on the PowerShell Gallery! Get

the latest updates to the modules for Horizon, vSAN, and HCX.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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August 16, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Creating a Modern Home Page for the Root Site in a Tenant (sympmarc.com)
Want your SharePointOnline root site to have a modern home page? This PowerShell approach from is

easy to follow and will get you results while we wait for the ability to enable a communication site experience at the root.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Everything you wanted to know about the IF statement (powershellexplained.com)
Like many other languages, PowerShell has statements for conditionally executing code in your

scripts. One of those statements is the?if?statement. Today we will take a deep dive into one of the most fundamental commands in PowerShell.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Find an MSI by the ProductName and Uninstall It (alexandrumarin.com)
Want to uninstall an MSI but don’t know the ProductCode? You can do this with Powershell,

thanks to Alex.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Get a list of security patches installed in the last 90 days (blogs.technet.microsoft.com)
Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how to get a list of all the security

patches installed in the last three months.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell Module Authoring Considerations (docs.microsoft.com)
A module manifest that does not use the following guidelines can have a noticeable impact on general

PowerShell performance even if the module is not used in a session.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Steps To Create Content Type Using Visual Studio And Powershell Programmatically (c-sharpcorner.com)
In this article, you will learn about the steps to create Content Type using Visual Studio and

PowerShell programmatically for Online and On-Prem 2019.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Use Docker to run PowerShell in Azure Stack (docs.microsoft.com)
Handy AzureStack tip: use Docker containers to install & run your PowerShell administration

cmdlets.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Use PowerShell to change your Office ProPlus theme (cloudappie.nl)
Switching back for Windows was made easy by Lumos, but I also use Office. So it made sense to try

and set the Office theme using PowerShell as well.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AzFuncTFRegistry (github.com)
An Azure Function App written in PowerShell to host a Terraform Registry
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

AzureAutomationFormGenerator (github.com)
Azure Automation Form Generator is already helping tons of people to quickly publish and expose

their powershell automation to their teams. And it’s free!

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Out-GridView Returns (devblogs.microsoft.com)
It?s been almost 3 years since PowerShell Core debuted for Linux and Mac, and as we?ve increased our

cmdlet coverage more and more, one cmdlet has always stood out as a top, cross-platform request. Today, we are excited to announce that?Out-GridView?is debuting on all Core-supported platforms through the?GraphicalTools Module.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Preview Release of the new AWS Tools for PowerShell (aws.amazon.com)
Exciting times for our AWS PowerShell experience. We have released a preview of our new modularized

PowerShell modules. Checkout out the blog post for more information.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

ChatOps the Easy Way (leanpub.com)
An in-depth guide to implementing ChatOps using PoshBot by the creator of the framework, Brandon

Olin.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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August 9, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

4 Ways to Create PowerShell Objects (ridicurious.com)
PowerShell is object based scripting language and it is good practice to create objects to return,

store and manipulate information instead of text. But are you aware that there are 4 ways to create objects in PowerShell

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Configure Windows 10 Accent Color with Intune and PowerShell (thelazyadministrator.com)
In his last two articles Brad showed you how you can set a computers desktop wallpaper and lock

screen wallpaper without having Enterprise or Education by using a PowerShell script and Intune. Now learn how to configure the Windows accent color to also match your corporate branding.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to Find License Status of Windows Servers with Powershell (askme4tech.com)
A new version of the powershell script which identify windows licenses status and created in GUI

using WPF.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How To Find The Recovery Services Vault For an Azure VM With PowerShell (charbelnemnom.com)
in this article Charbel will show you how to quickly find the Recovery Services Vault a VM is a

member of with PowerShell.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Monitor Web Server Uptime with PowerShell (4sysops.com)
There are many different tools to monitor whether a web server is running or not. However, if you

and/or your team know PowerShell and, perhaps, already have some PowerShell scripts to manage web services, using PowerShell to monitor uptime may be a good option.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

SCCM Application Packager Script (sccmf12twice.com)
Package Software While You Sleep Using the SCCM Application Packager Script
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Set Corporate Lock Screen Wallpaper with Intune for Non Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education Machines (thelazyadministrator.com)
Do you love corporate synergy, or just like things to look nice? Then check out Brad’s awesome

series on doing so with Intune.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

TheShow Episode?1 (youtube.com)
PowerShell Program Manager Jason Helmick has new PowerShell video series, “TheShow”.

This is not your typical Getting Started with PowerShell type video series. This series is going to focus on the happenings and goings on around PowerShell and beyond.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Introducing the Azure File Sync DSC resource module (powershell.no)
The Azure File Sync DSC resource module contains a couple of DSC resources, which can provide

declarative automation of some of the tasks required to install and configure the Azure File Sync agent on Windows Server.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Kill Elevated Processes.ps1 (github.com)
Inspired by a tweet Guy has written a PowerShell script which will check existing & newly

launched processes & if a browser (configurable) & is elevated then it will be terminated & written to the event log. Script itself must be run elevated, obviously.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerShell-Lumos (github.com)
A PowerShell module to automate switching between Dark and Light themes in latest Win10. Use

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Bolt Hands-on Lab (bolt.guide)
This repository contains a step-by-step introduction to Bolt and to the Bolt Tasks

ecosystem. It?s designed to be followed in order, with each exercise introducing the basic concepts. If you complete all of the exercises you should be well on your way to understanding how you can use Bolt and Bolt Tasks to help manage your infrastructure.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

The DSC Book (manning.com)
The DSC Book teaches you everything you need to know to implement DSC today! You?ll learn DSC?s

basic architecture, how to write configurations, and how to author your own DSC resources.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

Which team is your organization's GIF champion? (alexholmeset.blog)
Have you ever wondered which team uses the most GIF’s? Now you will know, by using

Alexander’s fun weekend scripting project.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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August 2, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Announcing docs.microsoft.com/samples (docs.microsoft.com)
Microsoft just announce a new experience on docs.microsoft.com – a unified, company-wide code

samples browser. You can check it out on docs.microsoft.com/samples. With this release, they aim to make it easier for you to discover relevant code examples to get started, no matter what Microsoft product or service you’re using.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

AzureADAssessment (github.com)
Hey AzureAD admins! Do you already know MSCloudIdUtils.psm1? It’s a PowerShell module with

helper functions to gather configuration information of your tenant e.g. logs and reports of licenses, apps (incl. expired secrets).

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Build Docker Container for PowerShell on Raspberry Pi (trevorsullivan.net)
Let Trevor show how you can run PowerShell easily using the RaspberryPi, thanks to Docker.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Extended Intune Documentation Script (wpninjas.ch)
Thomas has updated his already awesome Intune Documentation script. It will now include AutoPilot

configurations, Compliance Policies, Exchange Connector, and may more areas. Check out his blog and Github for the complete list.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to change registry permissions with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Just about every object in Windows can set who and what can access it. The registry is no different.

Since PowerShell ties into the .NET Framework, you can change these restrictions with a script. In this post, you’re going to learn how to change registry permissions with PowerShell using the?Get-Acl?and?Set-Acl?cmdlets.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

How to Transfer File Permissions with PowerShell (adamtheautomator.com)
Maintaining file share permissions across servers can be a major challenge but by using PowerShell,

we can automate this process allowing you to go home early.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Powershell: Everything you wanted to know about $null (powershellexplained.com)
The PowerShell?$null?often appears to be simple but it has a lot of nuances. Let?s take a close look

at?$null?so you know what happens when you unexpectedly run into a?$nullvalue.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Returning Data from PowerShell Scripts to be Consumed by Ansible Playbooks (jonathanmedd.net)
Consider the scenario where you have an Ansible playbook which executes some PowerShell code via

win_shell and you wish to consume the PowerShell output later on in the playbook. Well, you’re in luck because Jonathan can show you the quick and easy to way how.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Send Custom Notifications with Intune PowerShell SDK (timmyit.com)
Last week Microsoft released a new feature in Intune where admins now can send custom notifications

to the Company Portal app to Android and iOS devices. If you?re like Timmy (and me) and don?t want to use the Intune Portal more than absoloutly necessary, there is also the option to send notifications using the Intune PowerShell SDK.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Simple PowerShell Wrapper for the Intune Win32 Content Prep Tool (jrudlin.github.io)
Super simple PowerShell script/wrapper for the IntuneWinAppUtil.exe content prep tool to speed up

your Intune packaging pipeline

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

VsCode-PowerShell Prompt to update PowerShell Version (github.com)
Coming in the next version of the PowerShell extension for VSCode…a friendly dialog that helps

you stay up-to-date with PowerShell releases

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Azure PowerShell Two-Day Deep Dive Virtual Workshop (cloudskills.io)
Mike Pfeiffer, Jeff Hicks, Tim Warner, and Adam Bertram are running an Azure PowerShell Virtual Deep

Dive Workshop starting August 20th. Come hang out with them, learn something new, and get your questions answered!

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

The Azure Superpowers Workshop (github.com)
If you are interested in doing some Azure DevOps training/workshops check out this repo. It focusses

on the prerequisite skills and technologies needed to succeed with Azure DevOps as the preferred method for deploying applications into Azure, and is all self-paced.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Top 51 PowerShell Examples You Should Learn (sharepointsky.com)
This PowerShell tutorial explains What is Windows PowerShell? What are various tools we can use to

write PowerShell script, What are the advantages of using Windows PowerShell? And also this tutorial contains 51 top useful PowerShell examples with scripts.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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July 26, 2019

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Active Directory Health Checklist (mczerniawski.pl)
Mateusz created a repository with simple lists in different topics with RAW Active Directory checks.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Azure Quickstart – Back up a VM with PowerShell (docs.microsoft.com)
This step-by-step guide shows you how to easily back up a VM on Azure using PowerShell.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Diagnosing Common Windows Problems with PowerShell (techgenix.com)
Although Windows 10 is the most stable and reliable version of Windows that Microsoft has created in

quite some time, things can, and occasionally do go wrong. Thankfully, there are a number of different diagnostic and troubleshooting tools built into the operating system. In fact, you can diagnose a wide variety of Windows problems through PowerShell by leveraging the built-in troubleshooting packs.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Display Execution Time In PowerShell Prompt (blog.ukotic.net)
Let Mark show you a pretty cool way to easily see the efficiency of your code.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Finding Azure AD Users with Admin Roles Not Protected with MFA (office365itpros.com)
Some great developments in Azure AD recently and strong evidence to use MFA everywhere. Here’s

how to use PowerShell find accounts that have an Office365 Admin role that don’t use MFA.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Get all your local certificates by using PowerShell (blogs.technet.microsoft.com)
Learn how you can use Windows PowerShell to enumerate all certificates on a Windows computer.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Jeffrey Snover explains Microsoft's PowerShell Mission (video.cube365.net)
Jeffrey Snover explains Microsoft’s new PowerShell mission “manage anything,

anywhere”

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

My Essential PowerShell Discovery Cmdlets (mattbobke.com)
No matter how experience or inexperienced you are, going back and reviewing the basics is never a

bad idea.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Normalizing Phone Numbers, Easier with Regex (toastit.dev)
Need help normalizing the phone numbers in you Active Directory, or cleaning input data. Let Josh

show you how with a little PowerShell and RegEx.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Use Hash Tables to Make Code Readable (community.idera.com)
I will continue to advocate for this until my last breath.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

VS Code Automatic Dynamic PowerShell Help (sqldbawithabeard.com)
In VS Code, simply type ## to autogenerate a PowerShell comment based help, even including params.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Windows 10 VDI Optimization Script Primer (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Very useful PowerShell script that can be used to optimize Windows10 Enterprise, 1803, for use in a

VDI environment.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Windows Forms – working in PowerShell 7 Preview2 (tfl09.blogspot.com)
One long-anticipated feature of what is soon to be PowerShell 7 is the use of Windows Forms.

Technically, it is the .NET Framework that provides for form handling, but with the latest Preview.2 of PowerShell 7, this is now possible!

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Azure Subscription Chooser PowerShell Script (developerschallenges.com)
For those of us that switch between multiple Azure subscriptions all day, this is a life saver.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Invoke-CommandAs v3.1.5 Released (powershellgallery.com)
Invoke Command As System/Interactive/GMSA/User on remote machine and returns PSObjects! Tons of bugs

fixed!

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Essential PowerShell Resources by The Lonely Administrator (jdhitsolutions.com)
New to PowerShell? Take a look at Jeff’s Essential Resources for beginners.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

MSIX Labs and Training Videos (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
A whole lot of how-tos for MSIX: check out new labs + videos to get started with the MSIX packaging

tool, managing packages with PowerShell, and much more. Create an MSIX package for any Windows app – old or new.

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By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

PowerScripting Podcast (feeds.feedburner.com)
With over 300 eipsode already published, you’re bound to find tons of useful information here.
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

Fun

A PowerShell Scripting Challenge for Everyone (ironscripter.us)
Check out the latest challenge from the Iron Scripter
By: submitted:Jun 15 2022

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