&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Articles from April 2020 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020/04/</link><description>Recent content in Articles from April 2020 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://powershell.org/articles/2020/04/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 24-April-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-04-24-icymi-powershell-week-of-24-april-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-04-24-icymi-powershell-week-of-24-april-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:32:35 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Azure functions, Windows Performance, O365 and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Azure functions, Windows Performance, O365 and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://powershell.one/code/8.html"><em>Measure Windows Performance</em></a></p><p>by @TobiasPSP on 19th April</p><p>Windows comes with a built-in performance assessment tool. It can be used to compare system performance, and you&rsquo;ll also learn a lot about PowerShell techniques.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/7401/powershell-left-center-right/"><em>PowerShell Left-Center-Right</em></a></p><p>by Jeff Hicks on 20th April</p><p>Jeff shares his PowerShell version of a game he plays called LCR.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://cloudskills.io/blog/azure-event-driven-function"><em>Azure Functions: Creating a PowerShell Event Based Function</em></a></p><p>by Matt Allford on 21st April</p><p>Learn how to use PowerShell based Azure Functions in this informative guide.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://alainassaf.github.io/2020-04-22-Powershell-Invoke-RestMethod/"><em>PowerShell: Invoke-RestMethod</em></a></p><p>by Alain Assaf on 22nd April</p><p>Alain has a great breakdown of Invoke-RestMethod and how its used.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/restore-mailbox-office-365/"><em>How to Restore an Office 365 Mailbox for Free</em></a></p><p>by June Castillote on 22nd April</p><p>In this article, you will learn the different ways to restore or recover a deleted mailbox in Office 365 with real, step-by-step examples using PowerShell.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/g67tic/windows_terminal_preview_v011_release_windows/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a></p><p>If you have been using the new Windows Terminal there is a new version available. Thomas Maurer shares the release info.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1253383835951091712?s=19"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a></p><p>#PowerShell 7.1-Preview.2 is officially out!  Built on .NET 5 Preview.3!  Try it out and give us feedback.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ZbpbissNlCs"><em>Youtube: Utilities: Getting started with API&rsquo;s with Jonathan Moss</em></a></p><p>Join Jonathan Moss as he shares the basics of APIs.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 17-April-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-04-17-icymi-powershell-week-of-17-april-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-04-17-icymi-powershell-week-of-17-april-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:21:21 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Windows Terminal, LAPS, HTML and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Windows Terminal, LAPS, HTML and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://toastit.dev/2020/04/13/how-i-work-lockdown/"><em>I&rsquo;m Josh King, Sysadmin, and This Is How I Work (During Lockdown)</em></a></p><p>by @WindosNZ on 13th April</p><p>PowerShell Blogger Josh King shares his work from home setup in a blog post.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/microsoft-laps/"><em>How to Rotate Windows Admin Passwords with Microsoft LAPS</em></a></p><p>by @AlexAsplund on 14th April</p><p>If you haven&rsquo;t set up Microsoft LAPS this article details how to set it up and secure the local admin passwords on your windows machines.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/7386/psdrives-shortcuts-and-links/"><em>PSDrives, Shortcuts and Links</em></a></p><p>by Jeffery Hicks on 15th April</p><p>Jeffery tried to explain how to create OneDrive folder as a PSDrive and creating shortcuts to it in PowerShell and made available on all the computers.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://tommymaynard.com/powershell-tab-titles/"><em>PowerShell (Tab) Titles</em></a></p><p>by Tommy Maynard on 16th April</p><p>In this post you learn how to use PowerShell to set the tab titles in Windows terminal to help keep things in order.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/powershell-convertto-html"><em>How To Create An HTML Report With PowerShell</em></a></p><p>by Dan Dimalanta on 16th April</p><p>In this article, you will learn how to use the ConvertTo-HTML combined with Out-File cmdlets to generate an HTML report. You will also learn the basic scripting for CSS and how it can be useful in formatting the design of your HTML based report.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/g0mh8i/i_created_a_discord_bot_to_host_jackbox_party/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a></p><p>u/alduron set up a discord bot to manage a VM running Jackbox Party games and shared it with the community.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://twitter.com/TylerLeonhardt/status/1250793530265530368"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a></p><p>Tyler shares an exciting new update for GitHub actions.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q9C5rlST8c"><em>Youtube: PowerScripting Podcast - 335 - Mike Kanakos</em></a></p><p>This months video of the PowerScripting Podcast with PowerShell Blogger Mike Kanakos.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 10-April-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-04-10-icymi-powershell-week-of-10-april-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-04-10-icymi-powershell-week-of-10-april-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 17:35:44 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Azure, GPOs, Bits and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Azure, GPOs, Bits and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.mczerniawski.pl/powershell/transfer-with-bits/"><em>Simple file and folder transfer using Bits</em></a></p><p>by Mateusz Czerniawski on 6th April</p><p>We all heard of Bits. It’s the demo service most scripts fiddle with, when Windows services are concerned. But what it is and how we can benefit from it?</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/arm-output-variables-in-azure-pipelines-powershell/"><em>How to Parse ARM Output Variables in Azure DevOps Pipelines</em></a></p><p>by Adam Bertram on 7th April</p><p>In this article, you&rsquo;re to learn one of the most troublesome (personal opinion) aspects of using ARM templates in AzDo pipelines - managing output variables.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="http://jm2k69.github.io/2020-04-07-GPO-from-zero-to-hero-How-to-backup-GPO/"><em>GPO from zero to hero - How to backup GPO</em></a></p><p>by @JM2K69 on 7th April</p><p>This post discusses the Backup of GPO and how to restore them in Active Directory with and without PowerShell.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://community.idera.com/database-tools/powershell/powertips/b/tips/posts/enabling-clickable-powerpoint-actions"><em>Enabling Clickable PowerPoint Actions.</em></a></p><p>by @singhprateik on 7th April</p><p>Using clickable actions in PowerPoint presentations can be super useful to launch Visual Studio Code or PowerShell ISE, and seamlessly open and demo PowerShell code..</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="http://powershell.one/powershell-internals/scriptblocks/powershell-pipeline"><em>PowerShell supports a powerful pipeline concept.</em></a></p><p>by @TobiasPSP on 7th April</p><p>PowerShell supports a powerful pipeline concept. Learn how the PowerShell pipeline works, and how you can pipeline-enable your own PowerShell functions.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/futc19/how_not_to_find_installed_applications_and_how_to/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a></p><p>u/mdj_ makes the case to not use win32_product for checking installed software and shares a blog post explaining his position.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JeffHicks/status/1248343716336672770"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a></p><p>Jeff Hicks provides a link to a repo of useful code in his Github gists</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://youtu.be/BZZM6i8AE1Y"><em>Youtube: April Fools Day: PowerShell Tips, Tricks &amp; Dad Jokes with Steven Judd</em></a></p><p>RTPSUG hosted a special April Fools users group meeting with fun jokes and PowerShell.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 03-April-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-04-03-icymi-powershell-week-of-03-april-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-04-03-icymi-powershell-week-of-03-april-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 15:12:06 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Windows Terminal, Event Logs, String Basics and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://itluke.online/2020/03/29/dynamic-powershell-and-ssh-remoting-tabs-for-windows-terminal/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dynamic PowerShell and SSH remoting tabs for Windows Terminal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;by Luke on 29th March&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am a SysAdmin and have to connect to dozen of different computers every day, I needed to bring this a little further and make it more “dynamic”: every time I open a remoting tab, it should ask for the computer name and the username if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Windows Terminal, Event Logs, String Basics and more.</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://itluke.online/2020/03/29/dynamic-powershell-and-ssh-remoting-tabs-for-windows-terminal/"><em>Dynamic PowerShell and SSH remoting tabs for Windows Terminal</em></a></p><p>by Luke on 29th March</p><p>I am a SysAdmin and have to connect to dozen of different computers every day, I needed to bring this a little further and make it more “dynamic”: every time I open a remoting tab, it should ask for the computer name and the username if necessary.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://cloudywindows.io/post/new-oneliner-to-tail-the-windows-eventlog/"><em>NEW Oneliner to Tail the Windows Eventlog</em></a></p><p>by Darwin Sanoy on 30th March</p><p>Equivalent of tail -f on Linux for the Windows Event Log</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.cyberdrain.com/monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-client-vpn-settings/"><em>Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring client VPN settings</em></a></p><p>by Kelvin Tegelaar on 31st March</p><p>Learn how to monitor Always on VPN connections from the clients.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/powershell-strings/"><em>Back to Basics: PowerShell Strings</em></a></p><p>by June Castillote on 1st April</p><p>In this article, you&rsquo;ll learn that strings are not just for reading and displaying. They can also be manipulated to fit the purpose of whatever task you may be writing the script for.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/powershell-basics-how-to-upload-files-to-azure-storage/ba-p/1273322?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter"><em>PowerShell Basics: How to Upload Files to Azure Storage</em></a></p><p>by Anthony Bartolo on 2nd April</p><p>Learn how to easily add files to Azure Blob Storage</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/ftwmtj/pluralsight_offering_1_month_free_courses_i_didnt/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a></p><p>u/BlackV shared some information about Pluralsight giving a free month of training away.</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://twitter.com/MGrafnetter/status/1245725537462636545"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a></p><p>Audit FIDO Keys registered in Azure AD using PowerShell</p><h6 id="" class="ps-heading"><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p><a href="https://youtu.be/bu8FCZsrkQg"><em>Youtube: Creating Restore Points Using PowerShell!</em></a></p><p>Creating restore points using PowerShell will allow a user to restore their machine from a previous system state.</p>
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