TEST IT: New IISAdministration Module

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s WebAdministration module isn’t universally loved. It’s functionality isn’t deep, and it doesn’t play well in the PowerShell pipeline. There are also a number of things in it that run really slowly, making bulk administration a pain.

Last week, Baris Caglar announced that Windows 10 contains a new IISAdministration module, which is a rough draft of what is hoped to be a final module in Windows Server 2016. If you use IIS, get hold of this and start testing so the team can get feedback. Note that this is a _feature of Windows 10; _I haven’t yet been able to test and see if file-copying it to another version of Windows will work or not (if you try, please post your results in a comment). The module seems to rely heavily on the IIS Administration .NET class, going so far as giving you easy access to an instance of it so you can code against it directly for whatever the module itself doesn’t offer.

IIS as a product is in a weird place, because it no longer has a dedicated sub-team within the Windows Server team (at least, it didn’t last I checked). That’s made it difficult for anyone at Microsoft to produce a better administration module, since nobody really “owned” the product as their daily job, and nobody was available to be tasked with PowerShell improvements. Hopefully this new module is a step in the right direction at last.

Some of what we still don’t know:

Will this be released under an open-source license, perhaps posted on GitHub where others can contribute?
Is the Win2016 release a for-sure on finalizing this module, or is that more a target? How will subsequent releases be made available?
Can this be made available for downlevel operating systems? The .NET class in question has been around since IIS7, so it seems in theory that the code would run on older versions of Windows.

Unfortunately, because Microsoft’s IIS.NET blog system doesn’t seem to do well with handling spam 😉 I’m not sure asking the author there will produce any answers - but let’s try!

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

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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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