&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 July 2020 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020/07/</link><description>Recent content in Articles from July 2020 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://powershell.org/articles/2020/07/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 31-July-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-31-icymi-powershell-week-of-31-july-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-31-icymi-powershell-week-of-31-july-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Windows Sandbox, Pausing scripts, PowerCLI, SendGrid and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Windows Sandbox, Pausing scripts, PowerCLI, SendGrid and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux.</p><h6 id="pssendgrid-send-email-from-powershell-with-sendgrid" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200731-functiondraft.md#pssendgrid-send-email-from-powershell-with-sendgrid"/><a href="https://4bes.nl/2020/07/26/pssendgrid-send-email-from-powershell-with-sendgrid/"><em>PSSendgrid: Send email from PowerShell with Sendgrid</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#pssendgrid-send-email-from-powershell-with-sendgrid" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @Ba4bes on 26th July<br>
In this post, Barbara will show you how to send email from PowerShell with SendGrid.</p><h6 id="doing-more-with-windows-sandbox" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200731-functiondraft.md#doing-more-with-windows-sandbox"/><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/7621/doing-more-with-windows-sandbox/"><em>Doing More with Windows Sandbox</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#doing-more-with-windows-sandbox" 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 29th July<br>
Jeff is showing us on how to enable and play around with the Windows Sandbox using PowerShell.</p><h6 id="documenting-with-powershell-documenting-azure-vms-and-lighthouse-setup" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200731-functiondraft.md#documenting-with-powershell-documenting-azure-vms-and-lighthouse-setup"/><a href="https://www.cyberdrain.com/documenting-with-powershell-documenting-azure-vms-and-lighthouse-setup/"><em>Documenting with PowerShell: Documenting Azure VMs (And lighthouse setup)</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#documenting-with-powershell-documenting-azure-vms-and-lighthouse-setup" 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 29th July<br>
Kelvin shows how to setup Azure Lighthouse and manage via PowerShell, and demonstrate how to document the VMs.</p><h6 id="how-to-pause-a-powershell-script" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200731-functiondraft.md#how-to-pause-a-powershell-script"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/how-to-pause-a-powershell-script/"><em>How to Pause a PowerShell Script</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-pause-a-powershell-script" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @alistek on 30th July<br>
In this article, Adam is going to break down the ability to pause into either native and non-native commands in PowerShell.</p><h6 id="managing-vcd-vm-disks-from-powercli--powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200731-functiondraft.md#managing-vcd-vm-disks-from-powercli--powershell"/><a href="https://kiwicloud.ninja/?p=1221"><em>Managing VCD VM Disks from PowerCLI / PowerShell.</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#managing-vcd-vm-disks-from-powercli--powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @jondwaite on 30th July<br>
A way to manage the internal hard disks attached to some of their virtual machines from code.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200731-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/hytigy/retro_synthwave_theme_for_powershell_in_windows/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x"><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>u/thebeersgoodnbelgium made a synthwave-y type theme for PowerShell for Windows Terminal, please take a look.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200731-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1288182455325716480?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>Checkout the new blog post from @sydneysmithreal on the latest PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19.1 release!</p><h6 id="youtube-how-to-use-net-interactive-jupyter-notebooks-in-daily-work-life--data-exposed-mvp-edition" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200731-functiondraft.md#youtube-how-to-use-net-interactive-jupyter-notebooks-in-daily-work-life--data-exposed-mvp-edition"/><a href="https://youtu.be/W-F0gO7dVOE"><em>Youtube: How to Use .NET Interactive Jupyter Notebooks in Daily Work-Life | Data Exposed: MVP Edition</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-how-to-use-net-interactive-jupyter-notebooks-in-daily-work-life--data-exposed-mvp-edition" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>In this episode, MVP Rob Sewell will introduce Jupyter Notebooks and show you how useful they could be for you in your daily work-life for Incident Resolution, Repeatable Tasks, and Demoing New Features.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Creating a PowerShell Module to Improve Your Code</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-27-creating-a-powershell-module-to-improve-your-code/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-27-creating-a-powershell-module-to-improve-your-code/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:24:52 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Do you have PowerShell code that you reuse in your scripts over and over? Do you have server names hard coded in variables? Are you using a text file or CSV file to import server names? Do you find yourself only utilizing one server out of a cluster of servers to make your PowerShell commands? These are the questions I asked myself and the answer used to be YES. In this post, I will go over how you can store your infrastructure server information in a SQL database and call that data from a custom PowerShell module. By utilizing this method, you can expect the below benefits:&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Do you have PowerShell code that you reuse in your scripts over and over? Do you have server names hard coded in variables? Are you using a text file or CSV file to import server names? Do you find yourself only utilizing one server out of a cluster of servers to make your PowerShell commands? These are the questions I asked myself and the answer used to be YES. In this post, I will go over how you can store your infrastructure server information in a SQL database and call that data from a custom PowerShell module. By utilizing this method, you can expect the below benefits:</p><ul><li><p>Centralized code means less places to modify if you want to make a change</p></li><li><p>Randomized server selection to prevent over usage of one server</p></li><li><p>Centralized location to store server information</p></li><li><p>Easily add or remove server infrastructure as your environment changes</p></li><li><p>Flexibility to pull server data from multiple sites and locations</p></li><li><p>Standardized scripts make for easier readability and debugging</p></li></ul><p>Feel free to check it out for yourself at my site:<a href="https://spiderzebra.com/2020/07/27/creating-a-powershell-module-to-improve-your-code/">SpiderZebra.com</a><strong>Nick Richardson (@ChiefNSR)</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 24-July-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-24-icymi-powershell-week-of-24-july-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-24-icymi-powershell-week-of-24-july-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include SSH Remoting without SSH, VS Code, SQL Server and more.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include SSH Remoting without SSH, VS Code, SQL Server and more.</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="adding-custom-types-to-powershell-objects" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200724-functiondraft.md#adding-custom-types-to-powershell-objects"/><a href="https://sergeyvasin.com/2020/07/21/adding-types-to-objects/"><em>Adding custom types to PowerShell objects</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#adding-custom-types-to-powershell-objects" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Sergey Vasin on 21st July<br>
Objects that result from PowerShell commands execution belong to some data type, but this doesn’t prevent us from adding a custom type.</p><h6 id="discovering-provider-specific-commands" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200724-functiondraft.md#discovering-provider-specific-commands"/><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/7604/discovering-provider-specific-commands/"><em>Discovering Provider Specific Commands</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#discovering-provider-specific-commands" 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 22nd July<br>
With the loss of provider aware help Jeff offers some suggestions to know what commands are available to with specific providers.</p><h6 id="using-secret-management-module-to-run-ssms-vs-code-and-azure-data-studio-as-another-user" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200724-functiondraft.md#using-secret-management-module-to-run-ssms-vs-code-and-azure-data-studio-as-another-user"/><a href="https://sqldbawithabeard.com/2020/07/20/using-secret-management-module-to-run-ssms-vs-code-and-azure-data-studio-as-another-user/"><em>Using Secret Management module to run SSMS, VS Code and Azure Data Studio as another user.</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#using-secret-management-module-to-run-ssms-vs-code-and-azure-data-studio-as-another-user" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @sqldbawithbeard on 22nd July<br>
Discusses using the Secret Management Module to run applications as other users, specifically an admin account.</p><h6 id="finding--downloading-required-sql-server-updates" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200724-functiondraft.md#finding--downloading-required-sql-server-updates"/><a href="https://flxsql.com/downloading-latest-sql-server-updates/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=downloading-latest-sql-server-updates"><em>Finding &amp; Downloading Required SQL Server Updates</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#finding--downloading-required-sql-server-updates" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Andy Levy on 22nd July<br>
An interesting look at downloading SQL updates via PowerShell</p><h6 id="powershell-remoting-over-ssh-without-ssh" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200724-functiondraft.md#powershell-remoting-over-ssh-without-ssh"/><a href="https://blog.devolutions.net/2020/07/powershell-remoting-over-ssh-without-ssh"><em>PowerShell Remoting Over SSH, Without SSH!</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-remoting-over-ssh-without-ssh" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @awakecoding on 22nd July<br>
Marc-Andre shows how to use socat instead of ssh to do PowerShell remoting in PowerShell core.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200724-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/hulpid/free_virtual_powershell_conference_with_keynote/"><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>Chicago PowerShell user Group is doing a virtual conference with keynote speaker Jeffrey Snover.</p><h6 id="youtube-weaning-yourself-away-from-gui-based-ad-administration-with-mike-kanakos" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200724-functiondraft.md#youtube-weaning-yourself-away-from-gui-based-ad-administration-with-mike-kanakos"/><a href="https://youtu.be/H5BPr_b26vA"><em>Youtube: Weaning Yourself Away From GUI-Based AD Administration with Mike Kanakos</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-weaning-yourself-away-from-gui-based-ad-administration-with-mike-kanakos" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>On the Hybrid Identity Podcast Mike discusses IT pros who have not yet made the jump to the cmd line, scripting and automation.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 17-July-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-17-icymi-powershell-week-of-17-july-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-17-icymi-powershell-week-of-17-july-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include OneDrive client, HTML reports, Beautiful code and more&amp;hellip;&lt;br&gt;
Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6 id="automate-azure-update-management-scheduling-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#automate-azure-update-management-scheduling-with-powershell"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://4bes.nl/2020/07/12/automate-azure-update-management-scheduling-with-powershell/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Automate Azure update management scheduling with PowerShell&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#automate-azure-update-management-scheduling-with-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"&gt;&lt;i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;by Barbara Forbes on 12th July&lt;br&gt;
Barbara is explaining about how to automate Azure update management and scheduling updates using PowerShell&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6 id="active-directory-dhcp-report-to-html-or-email-with-zero-html-knowledge" class="ps-heading"&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#active-directory-dhcp-report-to-html-or-email-with-zero-html-knowledge"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://evotec.xyz/active-directory-dhcp-report-to-html-or-email-with-zero-html-knowledge/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Active Directory DHCP Report to HTML or EMAIL with zero HTML knowledge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#active-directory-dhcp-report-to-html-or-email-with-zero-html-knowledge" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"&gt;&lt;i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;by Przemyslaw Klys on 12th July&lt;br&gt;
Przemyslaw is using PSWriteHTML module and and demonstrating how to generate html reports seamlessly.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include OneDrive client, HTML reports, Beautiful code and more&hellip;<br>
Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="automate-azure-update-management-scheduling-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#automate-azure-update-management-scheduling-with-powershell"/><a href="https://4bes.nl/2020/07/12/automate-azure-update-management-scheduling-with-powershell/"><em>Automate Azure update management scheduling with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#automate-azure-update-management-scheduling-with-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Barbara Forbes on 12th July<br>
Barbara is explaining about how to automate Azure update management and scheduling updates using PowerShell</p><h6 id="active-directory-dhcp-report-to-html-or-email-with-zero-html-knowledge" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#active-directory-dhcp-report-to-html-or-email-with-zero-html-knowledge"/><a href="https://evotec.xyz/active-directory-dhcp-report-to-html-or-email-with-zero-html-knowledge/"><em>Active Directory DHCP Report to HTML or EMAIL with zero HTML knowledge</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#active-directory-dhcp-report-to-html-or-email-with-zero-html-knowledge" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Przemyslaw Klys on 12th July<br>
Przemyslaw is using PSWriteHTML module and and demonstrating how to generate html reports seamlessly.</p><h6 id="monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-the-onedrive-client-limitations" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-the-onedrive-client-limitations"/><a href="https://www.cyberdrain.com/monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-the-onedrive-client-limitations/"><em>Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring the Onedrive client limitations</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-the-onedrive-client-limitations" 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 13th July<br>
Kelvin shared a script to monitor the Onedrive sysc status and client limitations.</p><h6 id="elevate-your-documentation-with-powershell-jupyter-notebook" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#elevate-your-documentation-with-powershell-jupyter-notebook"/><a href="https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/elevate-your-documentation-with-powershell-jupyter-notebook/"><em>Elevate your documentation with PowerShell Jupyter Notebook</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#elevate-your-documentation-with-powershell-jupyter-notebook" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Darren Robinson on 16th July<br>
Some more information on using PowerShell Jupyter Notebooks</p><h6 id="want-to-write-beautiful-powershell-code-here" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#want-to-write-beautiful-powershell-code-heres-how"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/beautiful-powershell-code/"><em>Want to Write Beautiful PowerShell Code? Here&rsquo;s How.</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#want-to-write-beautiful-powershell-code-here" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Adam Bertram on 16th July<br>
Adam explains the best pratices in writing the beautiful PowerShell Code</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/hqwftf/automatically_set_desktop_wallpaper_to_the/"><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>u/Otacrow shared a script to set the desktop wallpaper from the current spotlight image</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1283830975131078656?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>PowerShell 7.0.3 and 6.2.7 are out!</p><h6 id="youtube-change-your-world-the-way-you-want-a-simple-contribution-to-powershell-7" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200717-functiondraft.md#youtube-change-your-world-the-way-you-want-a-simple-contribution-to-powershell-7"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDEAA_oF3ss"><em>Youtube: Change your world the way you want: A simple contribution to PowerShell 7</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-change-your-world-the-way-you-want-a-simple-contribution-to-powershell-7" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Prasoon Karunan took a session on how to contribute to PowerShell, that includes finding the issues, identifying the code changes, fixing, testing and raising a pull request.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 10-July-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-10-icymi-powershell-week-of-10-july-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-10-icymi-powershell-week-of-10-july-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:08:28 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Hyper-V, Windows Terminal, VMWare and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Hyper-V, Windows Terminal, VMWare and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="powershell-to-c--back-hello-world-explained" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200710-functiondraft.md#powershell-to-c--back-hello-world-explained"/><a href="https://ridicurious.com/2020/07/07/powershell-to-csharp-and-back-hello-world-explained/"><em>PowerShell to C# &amp; back: Hello World Explained</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-to-c--back-hello-world-explained" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Prateek Singh on 6th July<br>
Creating a Hello World app in c# using dotnet cli.</p><h6 id="cloud-director-service---part-1--vmwarecdscommunity-powershell-module" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200710-functiondraft.md#cloud-director-service---part-1--vmwarecdscommunity-powershell-module"/><a href="https://pigeonnuggets.com/blog/Cloud-Director-service-VMware.CDS.Community-PowerShell-module/"><em>Cloud Director service - Part 1 : VMware.CDS.Community PowerShell module</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#cloud-director-service---part-1--vmwarecdscommunity-powershell-module" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Adrian Begg on 7th July<br>
PowerShell module to facilitate code based deployments of VMware Cloud Director instances using VMWare’s recently announced Cloud Director service.</p><h6 id="windows-terminal-the-ultimate-guide" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200710-functiondraft.md#windows-terminal-the-ultimate-guide"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/new-windows-terminal/"><em>Windows Terminal: The Ultimate Guide</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#windows-terminal-the-ultimate-guide" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @devbyaccident on 7th July<br>
In this ultimate guide, you&rsquo;re going to get a full rundown of nearly all features of Windows Terminal and learn how it can help you get things on Windows at the command line.</p><h6 id="how-to-manage-hyper-v-vm-checkpoints-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200710-functiondraft.md#how-to-manage-hyper-v-vm-checkpoints-with-powershell"/><a href="https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/07/how-to-manage-hyper-v-vm-checkpoints-with-powershell/"><em>How To Manage Hyper-V VM Checkpoints With Powershell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-manage-hyper-v-vm-checkpoints-with-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @ThomasMaurer on 7th July<br>
In this blog post Thomas explains how to create, manage, apply, and remove VM Checkpoints in Hyper-V using PowerShell.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200710-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/hma63m/findcmdlet_a_search_engine_for_powershell_cmdlets/"><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>u/mrmonday announces an alpha version of a search engine for PowerShell cmdlets</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200710-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1280262725625511936?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>PowerShell 7.1-Preview.5 is out!</p><h6 id="youtube-pspowerhour-epsiode-3---powershell-71-the-modernnext-gen-shell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200710-functiondraft.md#youtube-pspowerhour-epsiode-3---powershell-71-the-modernnext-gen-shell"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDEbQlxumzg"><em>Youtube: PSPowerHour Epsiode 3 - PowerShell 7.1: The Modern/Next-Gen Shell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-pspowerhour-epsiode-3---powershell-71-the-modernnext-gen-shell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Join Steve and Jason to discuss future shell improvements, Predictive IntelliSense, Dynamic Help, Native Commands and more in this exciting look at PowerShell 7.1.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 03-July-2020</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-03-icymi-powershell-week-of-03-july-2020/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2020-07-03-icymi-powershell-week-of-03-july-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include PSRemoting, Loops, C# and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include PSRemoting, Loops, C# and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="a-book-powershell-to-c-and-back" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200703-functiondraft.md#a-book-powershell-to-c-and-back"/><a href="https://tommymaynard.com/a-book-powershell-to-c-sharp-and-back/"><em>A Book: PowerShell to C# and Back</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#a-book-powershell-to-c-and-back" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Tommy Maynard on 29th June<br>
Announcement of New book.</p><h6 id="powershell-classes---validating-arm-parameters" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200703-functiondraft.md#powershell-classes---validating-arm-parameters"/><a href="https://dexterposh.github.io/posts/007-pwsh-class-usecase/"><em>PowerShell Classes - Validating ARM Parameters</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-classes---validating-arm-parameters" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Deepak Dhami(DexterPosh) on 29th June<br>
A PowerShell class to model the ARM parameters file and use that to validate the ARM template parameter inputs.</p><h6 id="modern-auth-and-unattended-scripts-in-exchange-online-powershell-v2" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/modern-auth-and-unattended-scripts-in-exchange-online-powershell/ba-p/1497387"><em>Modern Auth and Unattended Scripts in Exchange Online PowerShell V2</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#modern-auth-and-unattended-scripts-in-exchange-online-powershell-v2" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by The Exchange Team on 30th June<br>
Preview of the new ability within Exchange Online PowerShell for unattended Modern Auth!</p><h6 id="magic-of-myinvocation-in-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200703-functiondraft.md#magic-of-myinvocation-in-powershell"/><a href="https://kpatnayakuni.com/2020/07/01/powershell-magic-of-myinvocation/"><em>Magic of $MyInvocation in PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#magic-of-myinvocation-in-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by @kpatnayakuni on 1st July<br>
Convert a key parameter value into a true PowerShell command with the help of automatic variable </p><p><code>$MyInvocation</code>.</p><h6 id="setup-ftp-server-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200703-functiondraft.md#setup-ftp-server-with-powershell"/><a href="https://ridicurious.com/2020/07/02/setup-ftp-server-with-powershell"><em>Setup FTP Server with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#setup-ftp-server-with-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Madhav Bhandari on 2nd July<br>
Step by step installation and configuration of the FTP server using PowerShell and IIS from installing the required Windows features, setting up sites, ports, and root folder to creating FTP users and authenticating them on FTP site to allow access to the FTP servers.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200703-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/hhvf1l/free_online_wpf_designer_for_powershell_released/"><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>u/nepronen announces an alpha version of a useful too to help create GUIs in PowerShell</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200703-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/PowerShellMich1/status/1278971370265694208"><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>Let&rsquo;s have a discussion about PS Remoting</p><h6 id="youtube-powershell-tutorial---chapter-7---loops" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20200703-functiondraft.md#youtube-powershell-tutorial---chapter-7---loops"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WIZPgPB8Wk"><em>Youtube: PowerShell Tutorial - Chapter 7 - Loops</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-powershell-tutorial---chapter-7---loops" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>A 25 minute overview of the various types of loops within PowerShell</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>