ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 22-February-2019
Topics include PoshBot, JeaDsc, Azure Pipelines, Arrays and Hashtables, and Pester testing.
Content curated by Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff.
Writing a PoshBot Plugin to Display TOPdesk Tickets and Assets
by Andrew Pla on February 16th
Creating bots for Teams or Slack can make you more productive and save time by not having to swtich between applications. Come let Andrew show you how to create a bot for Teams using PoshBot.
[Scriptblock] and ConvertTo-Json: a match made in recursive hell
by Chris Gardner on February 17th
Interested in deploying JEA in your environment? JeaDsc can help you deploy JEA endpoints across your enterprise, but there may be a gothcha with JSON. Let Chris show you how he resolved this issue.
How I Failed My Way to Success with Azure Pipelines - Part 2: Release
by Josh King on February 17th
Josh walks you through setting up and configuring an Azure pipeline to use with PowerShell in this blog post. Testing in production is optional.
PowerShell – Few tricks about HashTables and Arrays I wish I knew when I started
by Przemyslaw Klys on February 19th
Dive into some great examples on how to make you HashTables and Arrays look better and perform faster. Follow along with this post filled with great examples to improve your code.
Pester Testing Self Contained Scripts
by Shane O’Neill on February 20th
Pestering your code is a good thing. Shane shows how to get started testing with Pester, with a tip for a great video to watch for even more Pester goodness.
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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