ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 19-October-2018
Topics include creating PSObjects, a deep dive on arrays, controlling your Raspberry Pi with the IoT module, and more…
Brought to you by your ICYMI team: Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, Mark Roloff, and Greg Tate.
Input Object Subproperty Tip
by Andrew Pla on October 14th
Suppose the output of one function isn’t quite in the format needed for the next in a pipeline. You may think of calculated properties with Select-Object but if these are custom functions, you can cut the middle-man out entirely. Andrew developed a simple and clever solution for this by using the param block of receiving function.
PS Core - Numeric Literals
by Joel Francis on October 14th
If you don’t know Joel, he’s a helpful regular in the community and a PS Core contributor. In his first blog, he discusses PowerShell’s somewhat dodgy support for large numeric literals and introduces newly implemented ones to address that shortcoming.
Everything you wanted to know about arrays
by Kevin Marquette on October 15th
Time to jump down the rabbit hole and dive deep into PowerShell’s arrays. Building them, using them with operators, the various types, and more. Like his much touted guide to hashtables, Kevin’s guide to arrays belongs in your bookmarks folder. Like, now.
4 Ways to Create PowerShell Objects
by Prateek Singh on October 15th
Everyone’s got their favorite way to create objects. You probably know a few different ones, too. Today, I learned one I didn’t know. Prateek’s latest blog shows you 4 ways to create custom objects in PowerShell.
Running Ping tests
by Richard Siddaway on October 16th
In prior posts over the weekend, Richard walked us through gathering some general network info for troubleshooting and using Pester for ping tests. Now, he shows us how to take those prior scripts and wrap them up in a control script to glue all of the functionality together.
Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post
The PowerShell-verse is growing, and perhaps one of the best indicators of this is that it is officially the fourth fastest growing language on GitHub. It’s a little crazy to think that a language made for Windows automation would pull off something like that but here we are; cross-platform, open-sourced, making waves. And it’s pretty cool.
Tweet of the Week
This is a fun find. @DirectoryRanger pointed us to a PowerShell script written by Mike Loss. The script, Grouper, analyzes the XML from Get-GPOReport to identify security holes in policy settings.
Youtube: ANZPSUG - October 2018
This month’s Australia and New Zealand PowerShell User Group featured guest speaker Daniel Silva. In a departure from the typical admin-related use-cases, Daniel gives a great presentation on using PowerShell Core with the Raspberry Pi, including the IoT module.
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PowerShell Escape Room
PowerShell Escape Room by Michiel Hamers
by Michiel Hamers
https://about.me/michielhamers/
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
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.
ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 08-October-2021
Topics include VMWare, Windows 11, Web Reports and more…
Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux
How to gather your vCenter inventory data with this VMware PowerShell script
by Scott Matteson on 7th October
Inventory reports are a common request when administering a VMware vCenter environment. Learn how this VMware PowerShell script can make such requests quick and easy
Building a Web Report in PowerShell, use the -Force Luke
by Chris Noring on 8th October