ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 30-November-2018
Of note this week… Managing credentials in your scripts, PowerShell’s constrained language mode, why you should absolutely reinvent the wheel, and more.
Content curated by Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff
PowerShell Constrained Language mode and the Dot-Source Operator
by Paul Higinbotham on November 26th
Deep dive blogs are some of our favorite things to read and Paul, from the PowerShell team, has a good one for everybody this week. He takes us on a brief exploration of how PowerShell handles dot-sourced scripts when you’re using Constrained Language mode.
Learning PowerShell by Reinventing the Wheel
by Dan Franciscus on November 26th
Finding projects to advance your knowledge can be a little rough sometimes. But you don’t need to be novel. Dan offers some rock solid advice as to why you should attempt to build things that others already have.
Using Credentials In Production Scripts
by Paul DeArment on November 25th
Securely handling the storage of credentials for a scheduled script to use is something thats frequently asked about. Paul has wrote a couple of functions to help make this easier for people with the additional requirement of hiding the username.
Importing Enriched Data into Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) with PowerShell
by John Miner on November 26th
If your work is more on the SQL-side, or you’re just inquisitive, this is a great write-up on using PowerShell to migrate the migration of data up to Azure Data Lake.
Creating Dynamic Sets for ValidateSet
by Joel Sallow on November 29th
Thinking of using a dynamic parameter in your next function? Joel might have an interesting and much simpler alternative for you to look at.
Reddit /r/PowerShell - Popular Weekly Post
This week, /u/dolorfox shared a cool little notepad app that they wrote in PowerShell. Say hello to Jottey!
Tweet of the Week
@guyrleech shows off a pretty cool little script that adds a checksum option to your file explorer’s right-click context menu.
Youtube: MVPDays - Essential PowerShell for Office 365
Vlad Catrinescu demonstrats some essential PowerShell for anyone working with O365. The icing on this particular cake is that he uses the new AzureAD module, which is replacing the MSOnline 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