&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 May 2020 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020/05/</link><description>Recent content in Articles from May 2020 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://powershell.org/articles/2020/05/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 29-May-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-29-icymi-powershell-week-of-29-may-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-29-icymi-powershell-week-of-29-may-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 21:35:39 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Performance Counters, Out-buffer, Pester and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Performance Counters, Out-buffer, Pester and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="automating-with-powershell-creating-dynamic-distribution-groups-in-all-o365-tenants" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200529-functiondraft.md#automating-with-powershell-creating-dynamic-distribution-groups-in-all-o365-tenants"/><a href="https://www.cyberdrain.com/automating-with-powershell-creating-dynamic-distribution-groups-in-all-o365-tenants/"><em>Automating with PowerShell: Creating dynamic distribution groups in all O365 tenants</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#automating-with-powershell-creating-dynamic-distribution-groups-in-all-o365-tenants" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @KelvinTegelaar on 27th May</p><p>Kelvin came up with a script to create a distribution group and add users dynamically in the O365 tenants.</p><h6 id="solving-the-powershell-counting-challenge" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200529-functiondraft.md#solving-the-powershell-counting-challenge"/><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/7494/solving-the-powershell-counting-challenge/"><em>Solving the PowerShell Counting Challenge</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#solving-the-powershell-counting-challenge" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @JeffHicks on 27th May</p><p>A few great challenge snippets by Jeff Hicks</p><h6 id="using-performance-counters" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200529-functiondraft.md#using-performance-counters"/><a href="https://powershell.one/tricks/performance/performance-counters"><em>Using Performance Counters</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#using-performance-counters" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @TobiasPSP on 28th May</p><p>Learn how to automate CPU load monitoring with performance counters.</p><h6 id="so-that" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200529-functiondraft.md#so-thats-what-outbuffer-is-for"/><a href="https://toastit.dev/2020/05/27/what-outbuffer-is-for/"><em>So That&rsquo;s What OutBuffer Is For!</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#so-that" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @WindosNZ on 28th May</p><p>In this post, Josh explains about what is -OutBuffer and what is it for.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200529-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/gpqct8/fishlike_prompt_that_autoshrinks_your_current/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>As a long time fish shell user who recently returned to Windows, I really wanted to recreate the prompt from the fish shell, so I wrote a little script to do it! It&rsquo;s my first Powershell script, and I&rsquo;m amazed by how easy it is to script things; it&rsquo;s just like C#!</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200529-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/nohwnd/status/1265540452515827715?s=20"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#tweet-of-the-week" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>#pester #pspester #powershell It is finally true, Pester 5.0.0 is out, go grab it in PSGallery.</p><h6 id="youtube-run-powershell-in-vs-code-on-wsl2" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200529-functiondraft.md#youtube-run-powershell-in-vs-code-on-wsl2"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgCOkMe6jBA"><em>Youtube: Run PowerShell in VS Code on WSL2</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-run-powershell-in-vs-code-on-wsl2" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>In this video, I show how to install PowerShell in Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2. After it&rsquo;s copied to the machine, I then show how to configure the VS Code PowerShell extension so that you can execute PowerShell on the Linux WSL instance.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 22-May-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-22-icymi-powershell-week-of-22-may-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-22-icymi-powershell-week-of-22-may-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Sophos temp files, Database restoration, ARM templates and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Sophos temp files, Database restoration, ARM templates and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="azure-arm-template-deployment-scripts.wp-block-heading" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.yobyot.com/powershell/azure-deployment-scripts-arm-template/2020/05/18/"><em>Azure ARM template deployment scripts</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#azure-arm-template-deployment-scripts.wp-block-heading" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Alex Neihaus on 18th May</p><p>After you finish reading this post and experimenting with the Azure sample template below, you may never again have to write a nested or linked template. And, believe me, that’s a good thing.</p><h6 id="documenting-with-powershell-documenting-unifi-infrastructure.wp-block-heading" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.cyberdrain.com/documenting-with-powershell-documenting-unifi-infrastructure/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=documenting-with-powershell-documenting-unifi-infrastructure"><em>Documenting with PowerShell: Documenting Unifi infrastructure</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#documenting-with-powershell-documenting-unifi-infrastructure.wp-block-heading" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Kelvin Tegelaar on 18th May</p><p>Learn how to create a basic document about your Unifi Network setup.</p><h6 id="using-powershell-to-clean-up-sophos-temp-files.wp-block-heading" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.scriptinglibrary.com/languages/powershell/using-powershell-to-clean-up-sophos-temp-files/"><em>Using PowerShell to Clean Up Sophos Temp Files</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#using-powershell-to-clean-up-sophos-temp-files.wp-block-heading" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Paolo Frigo on 19th May</p><p>Recently I’ve encountered a strange issue that affected one Windows workstation with Sophos AV (Endpoint) software installed. Sometimes this software creates some temporary files with ‘$$$’ extension and apparently it never removes them.</p><h6 id="powershell-word-play.wp-block-heading" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/7489/powershell-word-play/"><em>PowerShell Word Play</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-word-play.wp-block-heading" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Jeff Hicks on 19th May</p><p>Join Jeff as he talks you through his solution to a recent Iron Scripter challenge.</p><h6 id="refresh-databases-that-belongs-to-availability-group-using-dbatools.wp-block-heading" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://claudioessilva.eu/2020/05/20/refresh-databases-that-belongs-to-availability-group-using-dbatools/"><em>Refresh databases that belongs to Availability Group using dbatools</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#refresh-databases-that-belongs-to-availability-group-using-dbatools.wp-block-heading" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Cláudio Silva on 20th May</p><p>When the client says, “please restore this backup or the most recent backup on our instance.”. But what if the databases belong to an availability group? It’s not as simple as a standalone installation. Here is how to do it with PowerShell.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post.wp-block-heading" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/go2n5v/powershell_script_setup_windows_10/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post.wp-block-heading" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>u/farag2 shares his script for setting up a Windows 10 machine.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week.wp-block-heading" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1262809289778851840"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#tweet-of-the-week.wp-block-heading" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>PowerShell 7.1 preview.3 is out!</p><h6 id="youtube-advanced-powershell-debugging-techniques.wp-block-heading" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-dksknPQBw"><em>Youtube: Advanced PowerShell Debugging Techniques</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-advanced-powershell-debugging-techniques.wp-block-heading" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>In this video, I show you how to use some advanced PowerShell debugging techniques. We look at how to debug in the console, debug job, background runspaces, and remote processes. We also used some of the advanced debugging features of Visual Studio Code.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 15-May-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-15-icymi-powershell-week-of-15-may-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-15-icymi-powershell-week-of-15-may-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Github Actions, PS7, Network Monitoring and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Github Actions, PS7, Network Monitoring 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.city/2020/05/11/get-history/"><em>Get-History</em></a></p><p>by Xajuan Smith on 11th May</p><p>If you don&rsquo;t know your history you are bound to repeat your mistakes. Xajuan suggests you Get-History and learn from your past.</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.anovelidea.org/blog/publish-post-jekyll-on-a-schedule/"><em>Publish a Post for a Jekyll Site on a Schedule</em></a></p><p>by Dave Carroll on 11th May</p><p>Learn how to use Github Actions to schedule updates to your Jekyll site. If you&rsquo;ve never used Github Actions this is a great walkthrough.</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://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/powershell-7-video-series/"><em>PowerShell 7 Video Series</em></a></p><p>by @sydneysmithreal on 11th May</p><p>The PowerShell Team put together a series of videos explaining and demoing aspects of the release. The intent of these videos was for User Groups to host events celebrating and discussing PowerShell 7</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/7471/a-powershell-network-monitor/"><em>A PowerShell Network Monitor</em></a></p><p>by @JeffHicks on 12th May</p><p>Build a Network Monitor inside of PowerShell to see data in/out of your network interfaces.</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://oofhours.com/2020/05/13/the-most-useful-powershell-cmdlet-i-didnt-know-existed/amp/"><em>The most useful PowerShell cmdlet I didn’t know existed</em></a></p><p>by Michael Niehaus on 13th May</p><p>Sometimes I should probably pay more attention. I use PowerShell a lot. I use Windows 10 a lot. But I still missed these.</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/gihjw2/mr_ulee_dailey_thanks_for_what_you_do/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a></p><p>Memes</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/1261079788984233985?s=20"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a></p><p>#PowerShell 7.0.1 and #PowerShell Core 6.2.5 are out!</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=W7p6iN8izj8">*Youtube:*Technado, Ep. 151: Microsoft’s Jeffrey Snover</a></p><p>Jeffrey Snover, the father of PowerShell, was this week&rsquo;s guest on Technado. He talked about where the original idea came from, as well as what he&rsquo;s working on now at Microsoft.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 08-May-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-08-icymi-powershell-week-of-08-may-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-08-icymi-powershell-week-of-08-may-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 16:26:33 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Mother&amp;rsquo;s day scripts, securing credentials, new PS7 behaviors and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Mother&rsquo;s day scripts, securing credentials, new PS7 behaviors 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://itluke.online/2020/05/03/more-about-the-last-command-result-new-behavior-in-powershell-7/"><em>Usefulness Of The Last Command Result New Behavior In PowerShell 7.</em></a></p><p>by @LFullenwarth on 3rd May</p><p>Luke tries to explain the behavioural change in the &lsquo;Last Command Result&rsquo; in PowerShell 7.</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/automating-with-powershell-automating-warranty-information-reporting/"><em>Automating with PowerShell: Automating Warranty information reporting.</em></a></p><p>by @KelvinTegelaar on 4th May</p><p>Kelvin wrote a PowerShell wrapper to grab the warranty information for most major manufactures and it will generate a warranty report based on the input data.</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/7429/a-powershell-windows-terminal-toolbox/"><em>A PowerShell Windows Terminal Toolbox</em></a></p><p>by @JeffHicks on 5th May</p><p>Jeff has created a PowerShell module called </p><p><code>WTToolBox</code>to managing and working with the Windows Terminal application from Microsoft.</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://adatum.no/powershell/multiple-azure-credentials-in-powershell"><em>Multiple Azure credentials in PowerShell</em></a></p><p>by @ehrnst on 6th May</p><p>Martin is explaining, how to connect to the multiple Azure environments and switch between the accounts using context.</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.veeam.com/blog/remotely-install-sql-server-service-packs-powershell.html"><em>A PowerShell script to remotely install SQL Server service packs</em></a></p><p>by Adam Bertram on 7th May</p><p>In this article, Adam explains how to build a simple script for patching the Sql Server with the Service Packs.</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/gf1wcc/getmomflowers/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a></p><p>u/sleightof52 shares a video of a &ldquo;get-MomFlower&rdquo; script that orders flowers for his Mom for Mother&rsquo;s day automatically.</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/rsrychro/status/1258509618474414082?s=20"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a></p><p>RTPSUG tweeted out the link to the recording of their virtual meeting this week. Don Jones presented what would have been his PowerShell summit talk.</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/DKbLFhGJLyA"><em>Youtube: How to secure passwords in PowerShell Scripts</em></a></p><p>Great short video showing how to use and secure passwords in your PowerShell scripts.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 01-May-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-01-icymi-powershell-week-of-01-may-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-01-icymi-powershell-week-of-01-may-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 17:58:03 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Ansible, Documentation, Windows Terminal and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Ansible, Documentation, Windows Terminal 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://blog.tyang.org/2020/04/26/validating-arm-templates-with-arm-what-if-operations/"><em>Validating ARM Templates with ARM What-if Operations</em></a></p><p>by Tao Yang on 26th April</p><p>Tao Yang tries to explain the new preview feature &ldquo;What-If&rdquo; in validating the ARM templates.</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/documenting-with-powershell-using-powershell-to-create-faster-partner-portal/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=documenting-with-powershell-using-powershell-to-create-faster-partner-portal"><em>Documenting with PowerShell: Using PowerShell to create faster partner portal</em></a></p><p>by Kelvin Tegelaar on 27th April</p><p>I love having the ability to manage all clients from a single portal. My only issue is that the partner portal is quite error prone and sluggish, and it seems to get worse with each added client.</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.thelazyadministrator.com/2020/04/28/deploy-and-manage-azure-infrastructure-using-terraform-remote-state-and-azure-devops-pipelines-yaml/"><em>Deploy and Manage Azure Infrastructure Using Terraform, Remote State, and Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML)</em></a></p><p>by Brad Wyatt on 28th April</p><p>n this article, I will be showing you how to create an Azure DevOps CI/CD (continuous integration / continuous deployment) Pipeline that will deploy and manage an Azure environment using Terraform. Terraform is a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.</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/winrm-https-ansible/"><em>How to Configure WinRM over HTTPS for Ansible</em></a></p><p>by Adam Bertram on 29th April</p><p>If you want to configure Windows with Ansible you are probably going to use WinRM. Learn how to set it up.</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/7422/backing-up-windows-terminal-settings-with-powershell/"><em>Backing Up Windows Terminal Settings with PowerShell</em></a></p><p>by Jeff Hicks on 30th April</p><p>With the terminal constantly changing Jeff shares his method for backing up Terminal settings with 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/gaa2ip/never_write_a_batch_wrapper_again/"><em>Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post</em></a></p><p>The purpose of this post is to share a batch script wrapper for powershell scripts with the goal that you don&rsquo;t have to reinvent the wheel and write one yourself.</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/_Flavien/status/1254569119560671233?s=20"><em>Tweet of the Week</em></a></p><p>First demo of PowerShell on WebAssembly</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=x_5v23HS3AI%3E"><em>Youtube: Serverless Event-based Automation with PowerShell &amp; Azure Functions</em></a></p><p>Automate and manage your cloud-native, hybrid, and even on-premises resources using PowerShell. Eamon O&rsquo;Reilly, who&rsquo;s leading the efforts at Microsoft for serverless automation, shows you how to get started.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 03-April-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-01-icymi-powershell-week-of-03-april-2020-2/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-05-01-icymi-powershell-week-of-03-april-2020-2/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Windows Terminal, Event Logs, String Basics and more.&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 Luc Fullenwarth 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. 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