ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 6-September-2019
Topics include PowerShell meetups, Network Connections, PowerShell on Android, Regex and more.
Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Mark Roloff, Prasoon Karunan V, and Kevin Laux.
POWERSHELL SATURDAY: RALEIGH 2019
by Mike Kanakos on 1st of September
Research Triangle PowerShell Users Group is hosting a PowerShell Saturday. Get Mike’s insight on what a PowerShell Saturday is and details about how the event will be set up in Raleigh, NC.
Detecting Wired, Wireless, and VPN Connections using PowerShell
by Johan Arwidmark on 2nd of September
Johan was having trouble detecting network connection type across 50k machines in his environment. In his blog post he shares some details about a script he used to check if a system was using wired/wireless/VPN.
I run PowerShell on Android and so can you !!
by TheMentor on 3rd of September
Step by Step guide detailing the process of installing PowerShell on an Android device.
Weekly Module Spotlight: Polaris
by Ravikanth Chaganti on September 3rd
Polaris is a cross-platform, minimalist web framework for PowerShell that is quick and easy to use.
PowerShell ForEach-Object Parallel Feature
by Paul Higinbotham on September 4th
PowerShell 7.0 Preview 3 is now available with a new ForEach-Object Parallel Experimental feature. This feature is a great new tool for parallelizing work, but like any tool, it has its uses and drawbacks. This article describes this new feature, how it works, when to use it and when not to.
Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post
Speaker Opportunities for PowerShell Southampton User Group
Brett asks about using git with PowerShell.
Youtube: Detecting Text Patterns with PowerShell Regular Expressions
When you want to extract some text from a string, regular expressions come to the rescue. There are a few different ways of using regular expressions in PowerShell, but the -match operator is arguably the easiest. We’ll take a look at how to use the -match operator to evaluate regular expressions against singleton and array string values. We’ll also explore the built-in $matches variable, which gets populated when you have a positive match against a singleton string value, using the -match operator.
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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