ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 19-April-2019
Topics include DSC, Pester, validation attributes, and Azure AD.
Special thanks to Robin Dadswell and Mark Roloff.
Defensive PowerShell
by Christopher Kuech on April 13th
Did you know that you can use validation attributes outside of a param block? Mind. Blown.
Desired State Configuration (DSC) – Get Started
by Nedim Mehic on April 16th
If you’re still looking to get your feet wet with DSC, this is one of the more detailed intros we’ve run across and is well worth your time.
Get Users from Azure AD with a large number of Registered Devices
by Ben Whitmore on April 16th
A quick and easy way to report on the number of registered devices for multiple users, rather than one at a time.
Tweet of the Week
Here’s a fun graphical cheatsheet for various PowerShell concepts.
Youtube: SoCal PowerShell: Kevin Marquette Unplugged
Kevin Marquette talks some shop before jumping into debugging with VSCode.
Youtube: Pester: Why You Should -Be Using Pester with Jonathan Moss
From the Raleigh Triangle User Group, Jonathon Moss will sell you on using Pester.
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