ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 24-May-2019
Topics include unit testing your NetApp, logging, Office templates, and *DRUM ROLL* recordings from Summit!
Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, and Mark Roloff
ONTAP Configuration Compliance Auditing with PowerShell and Pester
by Donny Lang on May 19th
Validating that your infrastructure is configured as expected at any given time is a valuable skill these days. Donny goes into detail on how he combines Pester with the NetApp PowerShell Toolkit to make sure everything as it should be.
Producing Live Visuals From a PowerShell REST API
by James Montgomery on May 17th
Universal Dashboard + vis.js -eq A pretty cool way to build visualizations of relationships between sets of data.
Using the AST to Find Module Dependencies in PowerShell Functions and Scripts
by Mike F Robbins on May 17th
Showcasing his MrModuleBuildTools module, Mike demonstrates how easy it is (and how powerful the AST is) to list out required modules, private functions, or even function definitions in a directory.
Office Templates in the Cloud
by Michael Mardahl on May 21st
If you’re itching for a little automated distribution of Office templates in your company, Michael has worked out a method of getting them into users’ hands via OneDrive with this script.
PowerShell: When and Where Writing Logs Matters
by Paolo Frigo on May 21st
You do implement logging in your scripts, right? Shh… I won’t tell anyone. Paolo makes a great case for why we should be doing it more often though, and introduces several methods that can be used to get there.
PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2019
Session recordings from this year’s Summit went live this week!
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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