Topics include the PowerShell 7 preview, exporting SCCM task sequences, integration testing, and cloud automation.
Content curated by Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, and Mark Roloff.
Follow this step-by-step guide to use AWS Lambda with PowerShell
by Prateek Singh on May 27th
A great and detailed starting point for Lambda Functions, and all from the shell.
An Example Azure DevOps Build Pipeline for PowerShell modules
by Adam Rush on May 27th
If you're looking to dip a toe into the current best practice for building modules, this blog from Adam is a good place to start.
Export Task Sequences, Packages, Baselines with Logging
by Gary Blok on May 25th
For those in the SCCM world, Gary's script works through a handy process of exporting task sequences and comparing them to a backed up copy to determine if any changes have been made. There's lots of nice little nuggets in here.
PowerShell – Testing endpoints that perform Anti-forgery verification
by Stephen Owen on May 29th
Testing is so hot right now, and Stephen has a pretty cool example of integration testing to validate that a web app is properly catching CSRF attacks.
PowerShell 7 Road Map
by Steve Lee on May 30th
PowerShell 7 is coming! The first preview version is out. The road map is here. There're some exciting changes with this, including line continuation with the pipe at the start of a newline.
Reddit /r/PowerShell - Script Sharing
/u/atoomepuu shares a great little script with a WPF GUI for viewing and removing user profiles.
Podcast: CloudSkills.fm Ep.23: Cloud Development and Automation with PowerShell
If you haven't listened to Mike Pfeiffer's podcast, it's well worth your time. This episode features MVP Adam Driscoll, of Universal Dashboard and PowerShell Pro Tools fame.
