ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 13-September-2019
Topics include Active Directory, SCCM, Security and More.
Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Mark Roloff, Prasoon Karunan V, and Kevin Laux.
What do we say to health checking Active Directory?
by Przemyslaw Klys on 8th September
There are plenty of tools out there to check the health of AD, but Przemyslaw shares the tools he’s created with the community.
CLEANING UP (B)ADMIN ACCOUNTS IN CONFIGMGR
by Merlijn Van Waeyenberghe on 8th September
Find out an easy way to change accounts within SCCM - especially useful when you have that one admin account that is everywhere.
Run PowerShell without Powershell.exe — Best tools & techniques
by Bank Security on 9th September
During last months, observing how the attackers and consequently the antivirus are moving, I thought of writing this article for all the pen testers and red teamers who are looking for the best technique to use their PowerShell scripts or command lines during post exploitation phase without running PowerShell.exe and thus avoiding being caught by the Next-Gen Antivirus, EDR or from the Blue Team or Threat Hunting team.
Weekly Module Spotlight: ImportExcel
by Ravikanth Chaganti on 9th September
Ravikanth looks at his module of the week ImportExcel giving a good overview of what is happening.
Can Parallel For Each Loops in PowerShell 7 Tear Me Away from PoshRSJob?
by Josh King on 10th September
PoshRSJob has been my go to module for Parallelization for years… let’s see if a head to head test with the new PowerShell 7 feature will change that.
Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post
Of course the most popular Reddit post is a meme. Dig into the comments on this post and find some great information on randomness and using Get-Random with an array.
Ever wanted to manage Zoom with PowerShell, well now there is a module for that!
Youtube: Define Cross-Platform System Configuration Requirements with PowerShell
Trevor Sullivan looks at how you create PowerShell “Requirements” on a Mac OS system using the PowerShell module called “Requirements”.
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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