ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 14-June-2019
Topics include Pester goodness, auto cleanup of Azure resources, PSPowerHour, and more.
Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, and Mark Roloff.
Testing Self-contained Scripts With Pester
by Jakub Jareš on June 9th
Unit testing your scripts can be a pain if you’re in the habit of calling functions in the same file that you declare them in.
Azure Garbage Collection
by Charles Féval on June 10th
If you’re forgetful and sometimes leave test resources in Azure longer than necessary, Charles has a great Function App that automatically categorizes and cleans up specially marked resources. Our wallets rejoice!
Using PowerShell to retrieve CAC Information
by Peter Vanhaverbeke on June 12th
Those of you in the military space may be working with Federal Agency Smartcard Numbers. Peter has whipped together a script for pulling certificate information from those cards.
Project: Terminal-Icons
by Brandon Olin
Need to class your shell up a bit? Brandon has released a module that’ll display folder and file icons right in the shell.
YouTube: Powershell Is DEAD-Epic Learnings!
by Ben Turner, Doug McLeod, Rob Maslen on June 9th
From Security BSides London, this is a pretty damn cool deep dive into some of the latest techniques used by red and blue teams with PowerShell and it’s underlying or related technologies.
Youtube: PSPowerHour 008: 2019-06-13
It’s been a while but PSPowerHour is back with some great lightning content. Azure pipelines, web servers, fonts, and more!
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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