&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 December 2018 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018/12/</link><description>Recent content in Articles from December 2018 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://powershell.org/articles/2018/12/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 21-December-2018</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-21-icymi-powershell-week-of-21-december-2018/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-21-icymi-powershell-week-of-21-december-2018/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:45:38 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Group-Object, the Azure Module, Windows Forms and Teams membership.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Group-Object, the Azure Module, Windows Forms and Teams membership.</p><p>Content pulled together by Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff</p><h6 id="i-love-group-object-and-so-should-you" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181221.md#i-love-group-object-and-so-should-you"/><a href="https://www.pwsh.site/powershell/2018/12/17/i-love-group-object-and-so-should-you.html">I love Group-Object and so should you</a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#i-love-group-object-and-so-should-you" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Anthony Allen on December 17th<br>
Getting data and want to do some analysis on it, take a dive into the Group-Object cmdlet and some of it&rsquo;s use cases with Anthony.</p><h6 id="azure-powershell-az-module-version-10" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181221.md#azure-powershell-az-module-version-10"/><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-powershell-az-module-version-1/">Azure PowerShell ‘Az’ Module version 1.0</a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#azure-powershell-az-module-version-10" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Mark Cowlishaw on December 18th<br>
Find out about big changes for the Azure PowerShell module and guidance on how to move away from the old AzureRM module.</p><h6 id="windows-forms" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181221.md#windows-forms"/><a href="https://powershell.anovelidea.org/powershell/windows-forms/">Windows Forms</a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#windows-forms" 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 December 19th<br>
Take an interesting foray into the .Net [System.Windows.Forms] class.</p><h6 id="using-powershell-to-check-group-or-team-membership" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181221.md#using-powershell-to-check-group-or-team-membership"/><a href="https://www.petri.com/powershell-check-group-team-membership">Using PowerShell to Check Group or Team Membership</a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#using-powershell-to-check-group-or-team-membership" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Tony Redmond on December 20th<br>
Probing membership for Office 365 Groups, Teams and Azure AD Groups, making use of the Teams, AzureAD and Exchange PowerShell Modules.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181221.md#reddit-rpowershell---popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/a85r1s/why_outnull/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Popular Weekly Post</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#reddit-rpowershell---popular-weekly-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Answers to the question &lsquo;Why Out-Null?&rsquo;.</p><h6 id="youtube-pspowerhour-006-2018-12-18" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181221.md#youtube-pspowerhour-006-2018-12-18"/><a href="https://youtu.be/iGEFqRLwdzg">YouTube: PSPowerHour 006: 2018-12-18</a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-pspowerhour-006-2018-12-18" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>The 6th PSPowerHour, in which topics include &ldquo;Assert: Write less Pester tests to cover more code&rdquo;, &ldquo;Git Rebase: Don&rsquo;t fear the Rebase-r&rdquo;, &ldquo;Using PowerShell to extend the GUI&rdquo; and &ldquo;7 Reasons To Build a Workplace Module&rdquo;</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 14-December-2018</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-14-icymi-powershell-week-of-14-december-2018/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-14-icymi-powershell-week-of-14-december-2018/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Advent of Code, talking to Teams with the Graph API, AWS tools in PowerShell, and more&amp;hellip;&lt;br&gt;
Content pulled together by Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6 id="speed-tweaking-advent-of-code-day-8" class="ps-heading"&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181214.md#speed-tweaking-advent-of-code-day-8"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://humanequivalentunit.github.io/Speed-Tweaks-AoC-Day-8/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Speed tweaking Advent of Code Day 8&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#speed-tweaking-advent-of-code-day-8" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"&gt;&lt;i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;by HumanEquivalentUnit on December 8th&lt;br&gt;
Advent of Code spoilers ahead! This is a fun walk through the thought process of solving some of these code puzzles. Useful if you&amp;rsquo;re stuck on day 8, and still something to learn here if you&amp;rsquo;re just curious.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Advent of Code, talking to Teams with the Graph API, AWS tools in PowerShell, and more&hellip;<br>
Content pulled together by Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff</p><h6 id="speed-tweaking-advent-of-code-day-8" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181214.md#speed-tweaking-advent-of-code-day-8"/><a href="https://humanequivalentunit.github.io/Speed-Tweaks-AoC-Day-8/"><em>Speed tweaking Advent of Code Day 8</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#speed-tweaking-advent-of-code-day-8" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by HumanEquivalentUnit on December 8th<br>
Advent of Code spoilers ahead! This is a fun walk through the thought process of solving some of these code puzzles. Useful if you&rsquo;re stuck on day 8, and still something to learn here if you&rsquo;re just curious.</p><h6 id="how-to-quickly-test-a-sql-connection-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181214.md#how-to-quickly-test-a-sql-connection-with-powershell"/><a href="https://mcpmag.com/articles/2018/12/10/test-sql-connection-with-powershell.aspx"><em>How To Quickly Test a SQL Connection with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-quickly-test-a-sql-connection-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 Bertram on December 10th<br>
Testing connections before trying to run a bunch of code can often save you some time and headaches. Adam shows us how to quickly accomplish this with a short function.</p><h6 id="removing-special-characters-from-utf8-input-for-use-in-email-addresses-or-login-names" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181214.md#removing-special-characters-from-utf8-input-for-use-in-email-addresses-or-login-names"/><a href="https://www.lieben.nu/liebensraum/2018/12/removing-special-characters-from-utf8-input-for-use-in-email-addresses-or-login-names/"><em>Removing Special Characters From UTF8 Input For Use In Email Addresses or Login Names</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#removing-special-characters-from-utf8-input-for-use-in-email-addresses-or-login-names" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Jos Lieben on December 11th<br>
I&rsquo;ve been bitten by these on a few occassions, so don&rsquo;t be me. Jos has a function to help you convert these tricksey characters and even points to a few other solutions.</p><h6 id="post-a-microsoftteams-channel-chat-message-from-powershell-using-graph-api" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181214.md#post-a-microsoftteams-channel-chat-message-from-powershell-using-graph-api"/><a href="https://msunified.net/2018/12/12/post-at-microsoftteams-channel-chat-message-from-powershell-using-graph-api/"><em>Post a #MicrosoftTeams channel chat message from #PowerShell using Graph API</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#post-a-microsoftteams-channel-chat-message-from-powershell-using-graph-api" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Ståle Hansen on December 12th<br>
Microsoft&rsquo;s Graph API is getting some updates that make it easier to post to Teams using PowerShell. Ståle has a nice guide to help you get started with this new method.</p><h6 id="powershell-basics-finding-your-way-in-the-powershell-console" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181214.md#powershell-basics-finding-your-way-in-the-powershell-console"/><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ITOps-Talk-Blog/PowerShell-Basics-Finding-Your-Way-in-the-PowerShell-Console/ba-p/300935"><em>PowerShell Basics: Finding Your Way in the PowerShell Console</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-basics-finding-your-way-in-the-powershell-console" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Michael Bender on December 13th<br>
PowerShell&rsquo;s discoverability is truly top-notch. By understanding how to use just two cmdlets, Michael demonstrates how easy it is to get a ton of information out of PowerShell.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181214.md#reddit-rpowershell---popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/a4u4rv/what_is_the_absolute_best_powershell_training"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Popular Weekly Post</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#reddit-rpowershell---popular-weekly-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>The question of what courses or books are great for learning PowerShell comes up <em>a lot</em>. Fortunately, the community is always ready to throw some excellent resources out there for the curious.</p><h6 id="youtube-getting-started-with-the-aws-tools-for-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181214.md#youtube-getting-started-with-the-aws-tools-for-powershell"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4k0v754sCI"><em>Youtube: Getting Started with the AWS Tools for PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-getting-started-with-the-aws-tools-for-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>For you AWS admins, here&rsquo;s a brief video tour to help you get acquianted with the PowerShell module for AWS.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Welcome, New and Returning @PSHSummit Summiteers!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-12-welcome-new-and-returning-pshsummit-summiteers/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-12-welcome-new-and-returning-pshsummit-summiteers/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:40:16 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The following was recently posted in the Slack team for PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018. Yesterday, we invited all current registered Summiteers into the Slack team; if you missed your invitation, please email summit@ (this website&amp;rsquo;s domain name) with your email address (ideally a personal one, not work) and your Eventbrite order number. We&amp;rsquo;ll be happy to re-send the invite.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Another reminder for all @here - please go to &lt;a href="http://leanpub.com/summiteermanual/"&gt;http://leanpub.com/summiteermanual/&lt;/a&gt; and &amp;ldquo;buy&amp;rdquo; the book (for $0, of course), and enable the option to have Leanpub notify you via email of updates. That&amp;rsquo;s The Summiteer Manual, and it&amp;rsquo;s our best way to provide a consolidated view of everything that happens at Summit. From understanding how we handle special dietary requests, to understanding what &amp;ldquo;Iron Scripter&amp;rdquo; is all about, it&amp;rsquo;s the best way to take advantage of all that goes on. Summit is a **lot** more than just great breakout sessions, but it&amp;rsquo;s very easy to &amp;ldquo;miss out&amp;rdquo; on things if you don&amp;rsquo;t know they&amp;rsquo;re available. We update this a lot as we get closer, and will even be including information (and possible discounts) on stuff around the Puget Sound area for early/late arrivals who want to see some sights. A week or two out, it&amp;rsquo;s not even a bad idea to make sure your phone/tablet/laptop has a copy to refer to (Leanpub offers PDF/MOBI/EPUB formats), and some folks even print a copy to bring along.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p><em>The following was recently posted in the Slack team for PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018. Yesterday, we invited all current registered Summiteers into the Slack team; if you missed your invitation, please email summit@ (this website&rsquo;s domain name) with your email address (ideally a personal one, not work) and your Eventbrite order number. We&rsquo;ll be happy to re-send the invite.</em><br>
Another reminder for all @here - please go to<a href="http://leanpub.com/summiteermanual/">http://leanpub.com/summiteermanual/</a> and &ldquo;buy&rdquo; the book (for $0, of course), and enable the option to have Leanpub notify you via email of updates. That&rsquo;s The Summiteer Manual, and it&rsquo;s our best way to provide a consolidated view of everything that happens at Summit. From understanding how we handle special dietary requests, to understanding what &ldquo;Iron Scripter&rdquo; is all about, it&rsquo;s the best way to take advantage of all that goes on. Summit is a **lot** more than just great breakout sessions, but it&rsquo;s very easy to &ldquo;miss out&rdquo; on things if you don&rsquo;t know they&rsquo;re available. We update this a lot as we get closer, and will even be including information (and possible discounts) on stuff around the Puget Sound area for early/late arrivals who want to see some sights. A week or two out, it&rsquo;s not even a bad idea to make sure your phone/tablet/laptop has a copy to refer to (Leanpub offers PDF/MOBI/EPUB formats), and some folks even print a copy to bring along.</p><p>Especially important: **get the app** (linked from<a href="http://powershellsummit.org">http://powershellsummit.org</a> as well) because that&rsquo;s got the full agenda, including breaking changes, and we can use push notifications to call out important changes on-site.<br>
Finally, **book your hotel** per the instructions in the brochure (again,<a href="http://powershellsummit.org">http://powershellsummit.org</a>), because the sure-fire way to make sure Summit never happens again is to leave us on the financial hook for the 200 rooms at the Marriott and 50 at the Courtyard.<br>
The #summit-events channel is a great place to ask questions and offer answers about the event! This Slack Team is also where @pscookiemonster and @thedevopsdiva usually conduct Lightning Demo signup, and if you&rsquo;ve never presented before, Lightning Demos are a *fantastic* way to give it a try. It&rsquo;s just a ~5m demo of something cool you&rsquo;ve done with PowerShell, and it&rsquo;s one of the most popular blocks in our agenda. You&rsquo;re guaranteed a round of applause from one of the friendliest and most supportive technology communities in existence.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 07-December-2018</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-07-icymi-powershell-week-of-07-december-2018/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-07-icymi-powershell-week-of-07-december-2018/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include watching Bitcoin plummet in the shell, getting maintenance plan info out of SQL, setting up automated access to AWS, and more&amp;hellip;&lt;br&gt;
Content curated by Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6 id="friday-fun-with-timely-powershell-prompts" class="ps-heading"&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#friday-fun-with-timely-powershell-prompts"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/6240/friday-fun-with-timely-powershell-prompts/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Friday Fun With Timely PowerShell Prompts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#friday-fun-with-timely-powershell-prompts" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"&gt;&lt;i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;by Jeff Hicks on Novermber 30th&lt;br&gt;
Like furnishing a home, decorating your work desk, or building a wardrobe, customizing your shell experience is as much a matter of utility as it is aesthetics. Jeff brings has a nice introduction to changing the default prompt, which will help you open the doors to all manner of fun.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include watching Bitcoin plummet in the shell, getting maintenance plan info out of SQL, setting up automated access to AWS, and more&hellip;<br>
Content curated by Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff</p><h6 id="friday-fun-with-timely-powershell-prompts" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#friday-fun-with-timely-powershell-prompts"/><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/6240/friday-fun-with-timely-powershell-prompts/"><em>Friday Fun With Timely PowerShell Prompts</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#friday-fun-with-timely-powershell-prompts" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Jeff Hicks on Novermber 30th<br>
Like furnishing a home, decorating your work desk, or building a wardrobe, customizing your shell experience is as much a matter of utility as it is aesthetics. Jeff brings has a nice introduction to changing the default prompt, which will help you open the doors to all manner of fun.</p><h6 id="visualizing-historical-data-of-top-cryptocurrency-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#visualizing-historical-data-of-top-cryptocurrency-with-powershell"/><a href="https://ridicurious.com/2018/12/03/visualizing-historical-data-of-top-cryptocurrency-with-powershell/"><em>Visualizing Historical data of Top CryptoCurrency with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#visualizing-historical-data-of-top-cryptocurrency-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 Prateek Singh on December 3rd<br>
Even if you don&rsquo;t dabble in cryptocurrencies, you could easily adapt Prateek&rsquo;s new blog to other uses. He demonstrates how his <em>Graphical</em> module can easily take data points to create colorful graphs in your console.</p><h6 id="getting-details-from-a-maintenance-plan-using-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#getting-details-from-a-maintenance-plan-using-powershell"/><a href="https://nocolumnname.blog/2018/12/04/getting-details-from-a-maintenance-plan-using-powershell/"><em>Getting Details from a Maintenance Plan using PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#getting-details-from-a-maintenance-plan-using-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Shane O&rsquo;Neill on December 4th<br>
Clicking through a GUI is so last decade. Shane combines his knowledge of SQL with PowerShell to create a function for retreiving maintenance plan details from the comfort of his shell.</p><h6 id="powershell-module-to-read-directory-contents-and-store-in-a-sql-server-table" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#powershell-module-to-read-directory-contents-and-store-in-a-sql-server-table"/><a href="https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/5802/powershell-module-to-read-directory-contents-and-store-in-a-sql-server-table/"><em>PowerShell Module to Read Directory Contents and Store in a SQL Server Table</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-module-to-read-directory-contents-and-store-in-a-sql-server-table" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Nisarg Upadhyay on December 4th<br>
Nisarg shows us how easy it is to insert data into SQL using PowerShell, but the icing on the cake for us was calling his script from T-SQL to accomplish this. The more you know!</p><h6 id="working-with-aws-credentials-using-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#working-with-aws-credentials-using-powershell"/><a href="https://4sysops.com/archives/working-with-aws-credentials-using-powershell/"><em>Working with AWS credentials using PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#working-with-aws-credentials-using-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Graham Beer on December 4th<br>
For automated access to AWS from PowerShell, there&rsquo;s some hoops that you&rsquo;ll need to jump through. Graham has an easy to follow write-up to help get you going.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/a1u5ln/install_all_windows_updates_on_the_first_round/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Time for some good ole fashioned script sharing. u/jcholder has leveraged PDQ Deploy &amp; Inventory with PowerShell to handle all Windows updates in a single push.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/nohwnd/status/1069591949282299904"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#tweet-of-the-week" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>This was an interesting thread that touches on the long road that seemingly small projects can take to becoming officially adopted by a community. Jakub Jares shares some of Pester&rsquo;s history and how it is currently maintained.</p><h6 id="youtube-socal-powershell-pester-in-action" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20181207.md#youtube-socal-powershell-pester-in-action"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vooOG3mmoY"><em>Youtube: SoCal PowerShell: Pester in Action</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-socal-powershell-pester-in-action" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Fresh from the SoCal PowerShell UserGroup, Kevin Marquette gives an hour and a half long dive into a myriad of use-cases for Pester.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ticket Sales Update for PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2019</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-01-ticket-sales-update-for-powershell-devops-global-summit-2019/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2018-12-01-ticket-sales-update-for-powershell-devops-global-summit-2019/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 16:22:33 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Wanted to offer a brief update on ticket sales for those who may not have purchased already - I know a lot of folks have to wait until 2019.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Wanted to offer a brief update on ticket sales for those who may not have purchased already - I know a lot of folks have to wait until 2019.</p><p>As of right now, we have 118 regular admission tickets left, which is just a smidge over half our original inventory. However, we also have 58 Alumni tickets remaining. Those are the same price, but they come with some extra thank-you amenities, and they&rsquo;re available to any prior Summiteer who uses the promotional code we sent out earlier this year (sorry if you missed it; that&rsquo;s why we encourage use of a personal email address versus a work one - they&rsquo;re less filter-y and they follow you when you change jobs). At the end of January 2019, any leftover Alumni tickets will go into the main &ldquo;pool,&rdquo; which will help increase availability a bit. So, all told, we have 176 spots open.<br>
We also have 10 spots in our new, entry-level, hands-on OnRamp track led my myself, Jason Helmick, and Jeffery Hicks. Those will <em>not</em> convert to &ldquo;standard&rdquo; inventory, as the main event is already scheduled to be at-capacity.<br>
Some frequently asked questions:<br>
**Is there a waitlist? **There is. Each year, we invariably have a few people who have to bail out at the last minute. If we can fill their space from the waitlist, we&rsquo;ll refund their ticket. The waitlist emails one person at a time and gives them 24 hours to buy a ticket. PLEASE register for the waitlist using an email address you check DAILY. Lots of people miss out because they use a work address, and don&rsquo;t get the notification in time.<br>
**Are sessions recorded? **Please review our Summiteer&rsquo;s Manual / Survival Guide (linked from<a href="http://powershellsummit.org">powershellsummit.org</a>) for information on recordings. We do not live-stream, and we do not record our Monday general sessions nor the OnRamp track.<br>
**What about hotels? **Please, once you&rsquo;ve registered, book in our official room block at the Marriott or Courtyard, because otherwise we have to pay for unused rooms anyway, which could easily put us out of business. The Summit Brochure provides the registration URLs and, if you need to register through some other means, our group codes. Even if you register through a corporate portal, please simply CALL the hotel and ask that they attach your room to our group. That won&rsquo;t change your rate, and will simply credit us for using the rooms we&rsquo;ve contracted for.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>