Matthew Dowst
Announcements!
Practical Automation with PowerShell
(manning.com)
The print version of my book is now available!
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Apr 7 2023
The print version of my book is now available!
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Apr 7 2023
Practical Automation with PowerShell
(manning.com)
Get 45% off my book in any format with the code "pbdowst" (Valid through April 25th)
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Apr 14 2023
Get 45% off my book in any format with the code "pbdowst" (Valid through April 25th)
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Apr 14 2023
Practical Automation with PowerShell
(manning.com)
I am proud to announce my book is now available for early access. Learn how to design PowerShell
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 16 2022
I am proud to announce my book is now available for early access. Learn how to design PowerShell
automations to be reusable, resilient, and flexible enough to handle any unforeseen complexities. Save 50% by using the code 'mldowst'
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 16 2022
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
Fast Deploy Microsoft Teams for Education
(github.com)
These set of scripts are designed to help small schools, co-ops, and tutors quickly get up and
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 15 2022
These set of scripts are designed to help small schools, co-ops, and tutors quickly get up and
running using Microsoft Teams
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 15 2022
Find All agent-based Hybrid Runbook Workers [OC]
(dowst.dev)
In case you are not away the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) will be retired on 31 August 2024.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Mar 1 2024
In case you are not away the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) will be retired on 31 August 2024.
Prior to this date you will need to migrate all your agent-based hybrid workers to the extension-bas...
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Mar 1 2024
Find-AutomationRunAsAccounts.ps1 [OC]
(gist.github.com)
This script contains functions to help you identify potential runbooks still using Run As accounts.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Sep 1 2023
This script contains functions to help you identify potential runbooks still using Run As accounts.
- Find-AutomationRunAsAccounts.ps1
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Sep 1 2023
PSDates
(powershellgallery.com)
Shameless self promotion time. PSDates provides a set of tools to help you better work with dates
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 16 2022
Shameless self promotion time. PSDates provides a set of tools to help you better work with dates
and times in PowerShell. It contains function to help you find specific date formats, get certain dates based on other dates (first/last day of the month or year, patch Tuesday, etc). I also has functions for working with timezones, unix time, WMI time, crontabs.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 16 2022
PSDates v1.0.4
(github.com)
Tons of new stuff added including calculating sunrise and sunset time.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jul 12 2024
Tons of new stuff added including calculating sunrise and sunset time.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jul 12 2024
Books, Media, and Learning Resources
Automate the Admin – YouTube
(youtube.com)
A fun presentation I did for the NYC user group showing you how to automate the boring tasks using
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 16 2022
A fun presentation I did for the NYC user group showing you how to automate the boring tasks using
PowerShell.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 16 2022
Diagnose Network Latency with PowerShell and SQLite [OC]
(youtube.com)
In this video you'll see how you can use PowerShell to check for network latency between multiple
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jul 26 2024
In this video you'll see how you can use PowerShell to check for network latency between multiple
endpoints. You'll learn how to record those results into a SQLite database with a just few commands, and no need to create any underlying infrastructure. Finally, you'll see how you can view the data in PowerShell to help identify where and when you are experiencing network latency issues.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jul 26 2024
Frontend PowerShell with Google Forms: Part 1 Getting your data
(youtube.com)
[OC] Learn how to get data from a Google Form into PowerShell, by building a repeatable and reusable
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:May 24 2024
[OC] Learn how to get data from a Google Form into PowerShell, by building a repeatable and reusable
automation you can use to with any form.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:May 24 2024
Frontend PowerShell with Google Forms: Part 2 Replying with Gmail
(youtube.com)
[OC] Learn how to integrate Gmail into your scripts to send automated email responses. You'll also
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:May 31 2024
[OC] Learn how to integrate Gmail into your scripts to send automated email responses. You'll also
learn how to make your automations more flexible by accounting for things like hitting grid limits in Google Sheets.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:May 31 2024
Mastering Time in PowerShell: Measure statistical properties within time spans with PSDates [OC]
(youtube.com)
Unlock the power of time manipulation in PowerShell with the Group-TimeSpan and Measure-TimeSpan
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Sep 6 2024
Unlock the power of time manipulation in PowerShell with the Group-TimeSpan and Measure-TimeSpan
cmdlets from the PSDates module! In this video, we'll dive deep into how you can group data by specific time spans and measure statistical properties like sum, average, maximum, and minimum within those groups. Whether you're looking to analyze logs, monitor system performance, or perform data analysis, these cmdlets offer powerful tools to streamline your workflows and enhance your data manipulation skills in PowerShell. Watch now to become a master of time-based data analysis!
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Sep 6 2024
Monitor Your Network with PowerShell [OC]
(youtube.com)
In this video you'll see the full process I went through to create a script to monitor up and down
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 21 2024
In this video you'll see the full process I went through to create a script to monitor up and down
times for my network.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 21 2024
Send Emails with SendGrid and PowerShell [OC]
(youtube.com)
Learn how you can quickly and easily send emails from PowerShell with SendGrid.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 14 2024
Learn how you can quickly and easily send emails from PowerShell with SendGrid.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Jun 14 2024
Community
Inside IT Automation E03
(youtube.com)
Matthew Dowst talks about PowerShell, Python, writing books and more
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:May 3 2024
Matthew Dowst talks about PowerShell, Python, writing books and more
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:May 3 2024
Fun
PowerShell Mastodon Report
(github.com)
A report of PowerShell activity across the Mastodon landscape. It searches across multiple public
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Nov 18 2022
A report of PowerShell activity across the Mastodon landscape. It searches across multiple public
Mastodon servers for people talking about PowerShell. If you are looking for who to follow or which server to join, this is the place for you.
By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Nov 18 2022