Survey Results: Source Control for the IT Professional

First off - thank you to everyone who participated in the version control survey!
We’ve had a fun few weeks - Somehow the PowerShell Summit, Build, and Ignite were scheduled back-to-back-to-back. Among a host of other announcements and tidbits, we found that Microsoft has open sourced the DSC resources on GitHub, that Pester will be included in Windows, and saw a cool demonstration from Steven Murawski on using Test Kitchen to test DSC resources.
These and other solutions and technologies are starting to assume you know how to use source control, and many require having a source control solution in place - how do you automate testing and deployment on a commit, if you have nothing to commit to?
Source control has long been an important component of IT, but it seems IT professionals, particularly those in Microsoft environments, aren’t consistently using it.
You might expect a gap between IT professionals and developers, but less than 50% of IT pro respondents used source control as a team.

Breaking down the IT professional population by environment, we see that Microsoft environments are even further behind. Many PowerShell aficionados work on teams that aren’t using version control.

Long story short? IT professionals, management, and vendors have work to do; these new tools and ideas that rely on source control are great, but we need to work on finding a horse for the cart. The rest of my rambling analysis can be found here.
If you want to get up and running quickly, consider using GitHub for your PowerShell projects. You can start with the easy-to-use GUI client, and drop into the command line when you want to get your hands dirty. It’s a great way to start learning about source control, and to get involved in the community.
Do you have any suggestions on how we can get to a place where using source control is common place for IT professionals? Is this a worthwhile goal? Sound off in the comments!

Why on earth you want to create an Escape Room with PowerShell as backend?

I’ve always been a fan of escape rooms, so I decided to create my own for my kids. I wanted to make it something that would be challenging and fun for them, but also educational. I decided to use PowerShell as the backend for the escape room, as I’m a PowerShell developer and I thought it would be a great way to learn more about the language.
The first step was to design the rooms. I wanted to make sure that there were a variety of puzzles and challenges that my kids would have to solve. I also wanted to make sure that the rooms were visually appealing and engaging. Once I had the rooms designed, I started building them.
I used a variety of materials to build the rooms, including wood, cardboard, and fabric. I also used a few electronic components, such as a USB extension cable with a switch and a 3-button keyboard. The USB extension cable with a switch was used to create a physical button that my kids could press to solve one of the puzzles. The 3-button keyboard was used to enter the code that my kids had to find to solve another puzzle.
I also used a few websites to create rebus puzzles that my kids had to solve. I printed out the rebus puzzles and placed them around the rooms. Once my kids had solved all of the puzzles, they were able to enter the code on a single screen to escape the room.
In this blog post, we’ll delve into the process of creating an engaging PowerShell escape room for the global PowerShell community. We’ll emphasize the significance of storytelling and provide a detailed breakdown of the PowerShell structure used for the escape room.

Microsoft Graph PowerShell Module: Getting Started Guide

by Jeff Brown

Microsoft is retiring the Azure AD Graph API sometime after June 30, 2023 (announcement). This retirement includes the Azure AD PowerShell module. In its place, Microsoft has released the Microsoft Graph PowerShell module. The Microsoft Graph PowerShell module is the next-generation way of managing Microsoft cloud services using PowerShell. If you have used MSOnline or Azure AD PowerShell in the past, you’ll need to read on to learn about this new module.

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