&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Articles from September 2018 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018/09/</link><description>Recent content in Articles from September 2018 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://powershell.org/articles/2018/09/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 28-September-18</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-28-icymi-powershell-week-of-28-september-18/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-28-icymi-powershell-week-of-28-september-18/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include PowerShell Rest API on AWS Lamda, web applications in PowerShell, using PowerBI to show DB restores, input validation in functions, PowerShell command history, and the Unplugged session at Ignite with Jeffrey Snover and Jason Helmick.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include PowerShell Rest API on AWS Lamda, web applications in PowerShell, using PowerBI to show DB restores, input validation in functions, PowerShell command history, and the Unplugged session at Ignite with Jeffrey Snover and Jason Helmick.</p><p>Special thanks to Mark Roloff and Brett Bunker for pulling it all together this week!</p><h5 id="creating-a-powershell-rest-api-aws" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/creating-a-powershell-rest-api/"><em>Creating a PowerShell REST API (AWS)</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#creating-a-powershell-rest-api-aws" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>by Norm Johanson on September 23rd<br>
In case you missed it, support for PowerShell Core on AWS Lambda is now a thing. And to help showcase how cool of a thing that is, this article from the AWS Developer Blog walks us through setting up a PowerShell REST API with the Amazon API Gateway.</p><h5 id="building-a-simple-form-using-powershell-polaris-module" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20190928.md#building-a-simple-form-using-powershell-polaris-module"/><a href="https://chen.about-powershell.com/2018/09/building-a-simple-form-using-powershell-polaris-module/"><em>Building a simple form using PowerShell Polaris module</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#building-a-simple-form-using-powershell-polaris-module" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>by Chen V on September 23rd<br>
If I were a betting man, I&rsquo;d wager you didn&rsquo;t know there&rsquo;s a web framework for PowerShell (multiple, actually). Chen&rsquo;s blog gives us a brief demonstration of how you can leverage Polaris to build simple web applications in PowerShell.</p><h5 id="automate-your-sql-server-restore-tests-with-powershell-dbatools-and-powerbi" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20190928.md#automate-your-sql-server-restore-tests-with-powershell-dbatools-and-powerbi"/><a href="https://marcosfreccia.com/2018/09/24/automate-sql-server-restore-tests/"><em>Automate your SQL Server Restore Tests with PowerShell, dbatools and PowerBI</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#automate-your-sql-server-restore-tests-with-powershell-dbatools-and-powerbi" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>by Marcos Freccia on September 24th<br>
If you&rsquo;ve been in this gig for any time at all, you know the importance of backups. Especially tested backups. You do test them, right? Well, Marcos here does. In fact, he even has a PowerBI dashboard to show him the results of his database restores at a glance. Read on to see how he sets it all up, along with a link to the GitHub repo.</p><h5 id="how-to-validate-input-in-powershell-functions-part-1" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20190928.md#how-to-validate-input-in-powershell-functions-part-1"/><a href="https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/09/25/validate-input-in-powershell-functions-1.aspx"><em>How To Validate Input in PowerShell Functions, Part 1</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-validate-input-in-powershell-functions-part-1" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>by Brien Posey on September 25th<br>
It happens to everyone. You spend all afternoon working on that script, test it, hand it off, and Gomer Pyle finds a way to make it break by passing in data that you didn&rsquo;t think of. What you need is input validation. Brien kicks things off with an introduction to<em>ValidateSet</em> to help you get a handle on exactly what data people can supply your scripts.</p><h5 id="previous-command-history-in-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20190928.md#previous-command-history-in-powershell"/><a href="http://woshub.com/powershell-commands-history/"><em>Previous Command History in PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#previous-command-history-in-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>by Windows OS Hub on September 27th<br>
Prior to Windows PowerShell v5, if you closed the PowerShell window, then you lost your command history. Well, this behavior has now changed. Learn how the built-in PSReadline module provides a persistent command line history across PowerShell instances.</p><h5 id="powershellorg-challenge---unanswered-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://powershell.org/forums/topic/automatically-save-outlook-message-2/"><em>PowerShell.org Challenge - Unanswered Post</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershellorg-challenge---unanswered-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>Wayne needs help on understanding how to parameterize an email address in his script. Please jump in and offer some help!</p><h5 id="new-module-pudadmincenterprototype" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/9hqu76/new_module_pudadmincenterprototype_a_universal/"><em>New Module PUDAdminCenterPrototype</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#new-module-pudadmincenterprototype" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>Based on the popular PowerShell Universal Dashboard, /u/fourierswager brings us a new tool to assist with remotely managing WIndows systems in a web-based GUI. Restart systems, RDP in, and view all manner of information about what&rsquo;s happening on your hosts. This is a pretty sweet project with lots of potential!</p><h5 id="introducing-the" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://twitter.com/vmkdaily/status/1043358314321661952"><em>Introducing the &lsquo;Fluxor&rsquo; PowerShell Module!</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#introducing-the" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>by @vmkdaily on September 21st<br>
Now here&rsquo;s a cool thing for you vSphere admins. Mike Nist introduces a new cross-platform module, Fluxor, for collecting stats from vSphere, which can then be exported to InfluxDB for nice visualizations of your environment.</p><h5 id="powershell-unplugged-with-jeffrey-snover-and-jason-helmick" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPICqEiz3m4"><em>PowerShell Unplugged with Jeffrey Snover and Jason Helmick</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-unplugged-with-jeffrey-snover-and-jason-helmick" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h5><p>If you weren&rsquo;t fortunate enough to attend Microsoft Ignite this year, be sure to set aside some time to watch the PowerShell Unplugged session. Jeffrey and Jason discuss the current state of PowerShell, including some of its cool new features and awesome community.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 21-September-18</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-21-icymi-powershell-week-of-21-september-18/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-21-icymi-powershell-week-of-21-september-18/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics Azure Pipelines, PowerShell Core 6.1, PowerShell on Arch Linux, and the PSPowerHour.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics Azure Pipelines, PowerShell Core 6.1, PowerShell on Arch Linux, and the PSPowerHour.</p><p>Special thanks to our PowerShell.org volunteers Mark Roloff, Brett Bunker, and Robin Dadswell.<br>
If you&rsquo;d like to become part of the ICYMI team then send a request to<a href="mailto:willa@powershell.org">willa@powershell.org</a>.</p><h6 id="announcing-powershell-core-61" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180921.md#announcing-powershell-core-61"/><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2018/09/13/announcing-powershell-core-6-1/"><em>Announcing PowerShell Core 6.1</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#announcing-powershell-core-61" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Joey Aiello on September 13th<br>
The latest major release of PowerShell introduces compatibility with in-box modules for Windows PowerShell v5, performance improvements, and markdown cmdlets. PSCustomObject now has a count property and supports the Where and ForEach methods.</p><h6 id="powershell--arch-linux--awesome" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180921.md#powershell--arch-linux--awesome"/><a href="https://ephos.github.io/posts/2018-9-17-Pwsh-ArchLinux"><em>Powershell + Arch Linux = AWESOME!</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell--arch-linux--awesome" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Rob Pleau on September 17th<br>
Arch Linux is known as being for geeks that love to tinker (or masochists, depending on who you ask) and now you can tinker with Core on Arch. Rob has put together a great guide on getting the cross-platform PowerShell Core to run on his favorite distribution.</p><h6 id="fun-with-select-object-and-proxycommand" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180921.md#fun-with-select-object-and-proxycommand"/><a href="https://blog.iisreset.me/fun-with-select-object-and-proxycommand/"><em>Fun with Select-Object (and ProxyCommand)</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#fun-with-select-object-and-proxycommand" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Mathias Jessen on September 19th<br>
Suppose there&rsquo;s a cmdlet that just doesn&rsquo;t quite work the way you need. If only you could tweak the behavior a little&hellip; Or a lot. Mathias wrote a great introduction to using .NET&rsquo;s ProxyCommand class to create customized versions of PowerShell cmdlets. This opens the door to some pretty cool and fun possibilities.</p><h6 id="converting-a-powershell-project-to-use-azure-devops-pipelines" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180921.md#converting-a-powershell-project-to-use-azure-devops-pipelines"/><a href="https://www.powershellmagazine.com/2018/09/20/converting-a-powershell-project-to-use-azure-devops-pipelines/"><em>Converting a PowerShell Project to use Azure DevOps Pipelines</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#converting-a-powershell-project-to-use-azure-devops-pipelines" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Daniel Scott-Raynsford on September 20th<br>
Learn how to hook up your GitHub account to an Azure DevOps organization and use Azure Pipelines for PowerShell Core projects across Windows, Linux, and macOS!</p><h6 id="powershell-building-modules-with-the-azure-devops-pipeline" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180921.md#powershell-building-modules-with-the-azure-devops-pipeline"/><a href="https://kevinmarquette.github.io/2018-09-20-Powershell-Building-Modules-with-the-Azure-DevOps-Pipeline/"><em>PowerShell: Building Modules with the Azure DevOps Pipeline</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-building-modules-with-the-azure-devops-pipeline" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Kevin Marquette on September 20th<br>
Kevin provides a separate take on using Azure DevOps Pipelines to enable continuous integration with GitHub.</p><h6 id="pswinreporting---monitoring-active-directory-events-and-sending-it-to-email-microsoft-teams-slack-sql" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/9gcvgk/pswinreporting_monitoring_active_directory_events/"><em>PSWinReporting - Monitoring Active Directory Events and Sending it to Email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, SQL</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#pswinreporting---monitoring-active-directory-events-and-sending-it-to-email-microsoft-teams-slack-sql" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by u/MadBoyEvo on September 17th<br>
The top post on Reddit this week covers an interesting module that notifies you for event changes in Active Directory, such as adding users to Domain Admins. There are options for recording these events in Microsoft Teams and SQL!</p><h6 id="get-a-free-t-shirt" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://twitter.com/TylerLeonhardt/status/1042421922317852672"><em>Get a Free T-shirt!</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#get-a-free-t-shirt" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @TylerLeonhardt on September 19th<br>
Submit a pull request to a Microsoft repo in October and get a limited edition t-shirt!</p><h6 id="pspowerhour-episode-4" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTuwnDtaTWQ"><em>PSPowerHour Episode 4</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#pspowerhour-episode-4" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by PSPowerHour on September 19th<br>
The fourth edition of PSPowerHour includes the following topics:</p><ul><li>ProxyCommands (Joel Bennett)</li><li>PSReflect-Functions (Jared Atkinson)</li><li>VaporShell (Nate Ferrell)</li><li>Implicit remoting (Stepehn Valdinger)</li><li>Docker Compose (Fancisco Navarro)</li><li>VSTS Extensions (Thomas Rayner).</li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 14-September-18</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-14-icymi-powershell-week-of-14-september-18/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-14-icymi-powershell-week-of-14-september-18/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include log file notifications, checking uptime, AWS Lamda support for PowerShell Core, organizing code, and episode 3 of PowerHour!&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include log file notifications, checking uptime, AWS Lamda support for PowerShell Core, organizing code, and episode 3 of PowerHour!</p><p>Special thanks to Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff for weekly contributions.</p><h2 id="blogs" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#blogs"/>Blogs<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#blogs" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><h6 id="get-log-file-changes" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#get-log-file-changes"/><a href="https://www.sconstantinou.com/get-log-file-changes/"><em>Get Log File Changes</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#get-log-file-changes" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Stephanos Constantinou on September 7th<br>
Inspired by a recent post on Reddit, see how Stephanos creates a solution to notify with changes to a log file.</p><h6 id="showing-the-uptime-of-all-windows-servers" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#showing-the-uptime-of-all-windows-servers"/><a href="https://sid-500.com/2018/09/09/powershell-showing-the-uptime-of-all-windows-servers/"><em>Showing the Uptime of all Windows Servers</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#showing-the-uptime-of-all-windows-servers" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Patrick Gruenauer on September 9th<br>
Check out a simple function that provides the uptime of all your servers in the domain!</p><h6 id="amazon-announces-aws-lambda-support-for-powershell-core-60" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#amazon-announces-aws-lambda-support-for-powershell-core-60"/><a href="https://hub.packtpub.com/amazon-announces-aws-lambda-support-for-powershell-core-6-0/"><em>Amazon announces AWS Lambda Support for PowerShell Core 6.0</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#amazon-announces-aws-lambda-support-for-powershell-core-60" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Melisha Dsouza on September 12th<br>
Exciting news about AWS Lambda PowerShell Core 6.0 Support.</p><h6 id="don-jones-on-everything-you" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#don-jones-on-everything-youre-doing-wrong-in-powershell"/><a href="https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/09/12/don-jones-qa-on-powershell.aspx"><em>Don Jones on Everything You&rsquo;re Doing Wrong in PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#don-jones-on-everything-you" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Becky Nagel on September 12th<br>
Here&rsquo;s a short Q&amp;A with Don Jones and Redmond Magazine on guidance for being efficient with PowerShell.</p><h6 id="windows-administration-with-powershell-3-organizing-your-code" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#windows-administration-with-powershell-3-organizing-your-code"/><a href="https://www.automox.com/blog/windows-admin-powershell-3"><em>Windows Administration with PowerShell #3: Organizing Your Code</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#windows-administration-with-powershell-3-organizing-your-code" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Nicholas Almiron on September 12th<br>
Some small tips and tricks to organization of PowerShell Code</p><h2 id="forums" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#forums"/>Forums<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#forums" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><h6 id="powershellorg-challenge---unanswered-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#powershellorg-challenge---unanswered-post"/>PowerShell.org Challenge - Unanswered Post<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershellorg-challenge---unanswered-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://powershell.org/forums/topic/finding-powershell-processid-using-runspaceid-and-logs/"><em>ProcessID Using RunspaceID and Logs</em></a> by Deep Droid on September 10th<br>
There&rsquo;s a challenging question on the forums that needs a response. Topic is related to event logging and runspaces.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-post"/>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Post<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/9dj5dn/give_your_clients_slaps_a_colleague_of_mine_wrote/"><em>Give Your Clients SLAPS</em></a> by u/Pietovic on September 7th<br>
Check out a scripted approach to a serverless local administrator password solution using Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, and Microsoft Intune. This solution was published by John Seerdeen on his <a href="https://www.srdn.io/2018/09/serverless-laps-powered-by-microsoft-intune-azure-functions-and-azure-key-vault/"><em>blog</em></a>.</p><h2 id="media" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#media"/>Media<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#media" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><h6 id="twitter" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#twitter"/>Twitter<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#twitter" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://twitter.com/jsnover/status/1039711699933118464"><em>If you know PowerShell, you just became more valuable</em></a> by Jeffrey Snover on September 11th<br>
Jeffey&rsquo;s tweet links to Amazon&rsquo;s announcement to support PowerShell Core with AWS Lamda!</p><h6 id="youtube" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180914.md#youtube"/>Youtube<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRdoCrA-PnU&amp;feature=push-lbss&amp;attr_tag=zjw54qjfXcesPhjF%3A6"><em>The PowerShell PowerHour_Episode 3</em></a> by PSPowerHour on September 13th<br>
The third edition of PowerHour includes lightning demos on troubleshooting basics, managing Docker in Visual Studio Code, customizing a Windows desktop, infrastructure testing, WPFBot3000, advanced BurntToast notifications, and a walkthrough on the PSLogging class.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 7-September-18</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-07-icymi-powershell-week-of-7-september-18/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-07-icymi-powershell-week-of-7-september-18/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Azure Stack Infrastructure Backup, SharePoint Online Module Availability in PSGallery, Script for Updating Sysinternals Tools, Understanding While Loops, and the PowerShell Explorer module.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Azure Stack Infrastructure Backup, SharePoint Online Module Availability in PSGallery, Script for Updating Sysinternals Tools, Understanding While Loops, and the PowerShell Explorer module.</p><p>Special thanks to Mark Roloff, Brett Bunker, and Robin Dadswell for weekly contributions.</p><h2 id="blogs" class="ps-heading">Blogs<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#blogs" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><h6 id="configure-azure-stack-automatic-infrastructure-backup-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#configure-azure-stack-automatic-infrastructure-backup-with-powershell"/><a href="https://charbelnemnom.com/2018/09/configure-azure-stack-infrastructure-backup-with-powershell-azurestack-azurestackdevkit-asdk/"><em>Configure Azure Stack Automatic Infrastructure Backup With PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#configure-azure-stack-automatic-infrastructure-backup-with-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Charbel Nemnom on September 3rd<br>
For those of you working with Azure Stack, Charbel has released a handy little script that you can use to configure your infrastructue backup settings from PowerShell.</p><h6 id="announcing-availability-of-sharepoint-online-management-shell-from-powershell-gallery" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#announcing-availability-of-sharepoint-online-management-shell-from-powershell-gallery"/><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Announcing-availability-of-SharePoint-Online-Management-Shell/ba-p/241370#M2644">Announcing availability of SharePoint Online Management Shell from PowerShell Gallery</a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#announcing-availability-of-sharepoint-online-management-shell-from-powershell-gallery" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) on September 3rd<br>
Announcent, installation instructions and FAQ on SPO Management Shell.</p><h6 id="downlaod-newest-sysinternals-tools" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://powershell.anovelidea.org/powershell/download-newest-sysinternals/"><em>Downlaod Newest Sysinternals Tools</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#downlaod-newest-sysinternals-tools" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Dave Carroll on September 3rd<br>
Need a quick way to download or update the Sysinternals tools? Dave provides a couple of nicely-written functions that will get the job done!</p><h6 id="powershell-while-loops-explained-for-absolute-beginners" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#powershell-while-loops-explained-for-absolute-beginners"/><a href="https://winsysblog.com/2018/09/powershell-while-loops-explained-for-absolute-beginners.html"><em>PowerShell While loops explained for Absolute Beginners</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-while-loops-explained-for-absolute-beginners" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Dan Franciscus on September 4th<br>
If while loops have ever been a fuzzy area for you, Dan wrote a great article about how they work using slot machines as an analogy.</p><h6 id="managing-files-over-sftp-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#managing-files-over-sftp-with-powershell"/><a href="https://www.business.com/articles/manage-files-over-sftp-powershell/"><em>Managing Files over SFTP with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#managing-files-over-sftp-with-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Adam Bertran on September 5th<br>
Learn how to use a few of the the SFTP commands from the posh-ssh module.</p><h2 id="forums" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#forums"/>Forums<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#forums" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><h6 id="powershellorg-challenge---unanswered-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#powershellorg-challenge---unanswered-post"/>PowerShell.org Challenge - Unanswered Post<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershellorg-challenge---unanswered-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://powershell.org/forums/topic/lack-or-reporting-in-dsc/"><em>Lack or reporting in DSC</em></a> by Charlie on September 4th<br>
Charlie has a question on the capability of Azure Automation DSC. Can you provide any guidance?</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-post"/>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Post<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/9dlnw8/help_your_users_help_the_helpdesk_introducing/"><em>Help your users help the helpdesk. Introducing Show-Systeminfo.</em></a> by u/premtech on September 6th<br>
The top post of the week covers a tool that the Help Desk can use to diagnose issues and cature important PC information.</p><h2 id="media" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#media"/>Media<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#media" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><h6 id="twitter" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#twitter"/>Twitter<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#twitter" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://twitter.com/adamdriscoll/status/1037531528455020544"><em>PowerShell Explorer</em></a> by Adam Driscoll on September 5th<br>
Check out an interesting tool that shows information about the PowerShell environment on your machine!</p><h6 id="youtube" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20180907.md#youtube"/>Youtube<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzgQ5pVLms&amp;t=2527s"><em>Creating Dynamic Commands with DatabaseReporter PowerShell Module</em></a> by Rohn Edwards on September 5th<br>
Rohn&rsquo;s presentation at the Mississippi PowerShell User Group covers a framework that lets you write advanced PowerShell function to interact with databases.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Getting Feedback on PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit Proposals</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-01-getting-feedback-on-powershell-devops-global-summit-proposals/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-09-01-getting-feedback-on-powershell-devops-global-summit-proposals/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 13:46:04 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi all!&lt;br&gt;
August is over, and we&amp;rsquo;re about a month out from the close of the &lt;a href="https://www.papercall.io/summit2019"&gt;PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit CFP&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br&gt;
We have some seriously awesome sessions coming, but we still need more proposals! I&amp;rsquo;ve had a number of questions like &lt;em&gt;what makes a good CFP?&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;would this topic work?&lt;/em&gt;. We&amp;rsquo;re going to try something new to see if we can help with this!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do you want feedback on your proposal? Are you curious to see if your peers are interested in a topic? Join the #conferences channel in &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/psslack"&gt;powershell.slack.com&lt;/a&gt; and ask away!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do you want to help other folks with their proposals? To help encourage folks and different topics? Join the #conferences channel in &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/psslack"&gt;powershell.slack.com&lt;/a&gt; and help out!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are two main ways you might get feedback here:&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Hi all!<br>
August is over, and we&rsquo;re about a month out from the close of the<a href="https://www.papercall.io/summit2019">PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit CFP</a>!<br>
We have some seriously awesome sessions coming, but we still need more proposals! I&rsquo;ve had a number of questions like<em>what makes a good CFP?</em> and<em>would this topic work?</em>. We&rsquo;re going to try something new to see if we can help with this!</p><ul><li>Do you want feedback on your proposal? Are you curious to see if your peers are interested in a topic? Join the #conferences channel in<a href="http://bit.ly/psslack">powershell.slack.com</a> and ask away!</li><li>Do you want to help other folks with their proposals? To help encourage folks and different topics? Join the #conferences channel in<a href="http://bit.ly/psslack">powershell.slack.com</a> and help out!</li></ul><p>There are two main ways you might get feedback here:</p><ul><li>In public. Just post your draft proposal or question, and folks will hopefully help!</li><li>In private. Ask the channel if anyone is around for a private discussion. Some folks prefer this, no harm!</li></ul><p>Just keep in mind - if you go the private route, you might end up missing out on feedback from someone with a different and perhaps more helpful perspective.<br>
A number of summit regulars and speakers have offered to help, keep an eye out for them!</p><ul><li>@Brandon Lundt</li><li/></ul><p>@cdhunt</p><ul><li/></ul><p>@devblackops</p><ul><li/></ul><p>@michaeltlombardi</p><ul><li>@glennsarti</li><li>@gtatelive</li><li>@jb.lewis</li><li/></ul><p>@
jeremy.murrah</p><ul><li>@joshcorr</li><li>@pscookiemonster</li><li/></ul><p>@rjpleau</p><ul><li>We&rsquo;ll update this if more folks chime in!</li></ul><p>I’d encourage this as your first step in getting feedback on your proposals.  If you have more logistical questions, or really want to get feedback specifically from Missy and me, you can ping content –at- powershell.org and we’ll try to help out.<br>
Lastly, do consider giving a<a href="https://github.com/PSPowerHour/PSPowerHour">PSPowerHour lightning demo</a> - this is a low pressure way to show off something fun and useful, and gives the folks evaluating summit proposals some insight into your presentation and prep chops! We&rsquo;ll try to fit these all in before the summit CFP closes.<br>
That&rsquo;s about it! Hope to see some fun ideas and proposal discussions in Slack, and your<a href="https://www.papercall.io/summit2019">proposals</a> (and hopefully sessions) at the summit!</p>
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