&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 March 2021 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021/03/</link><description>Recent content in Articles from March 2021 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://powershell.org/articles/2021/03/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 26-March-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-26-icymi-powershell-week-of-26-march-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-26-icymi-powershell-week-of-26-march-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include PoshGUI, Foreach-Parallel, Azure CLI and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include PoshGUI, Foreach-Parallel, Azure CLI and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="solving-another-powershell-math-challenge" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210326-functiondraft.md#solving-another-powershell-math-challenge"/><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/8236/solving-another-powershell-math-challenge/"><em>Solving Another PowerShell Math Challenge</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#solving-another-powershell-math-challenge" 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 22nd March</p><p>Solving Another #PowerShell Math Challenge from the Iron Scripter Chairman</p><h6 id="installing-the-rsat-remote-server-administration-tools-for-windows-10-tools-using-powershell" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210326-functiondraft.md#installing-the-rsat-remote-server-administration-tools-for-windows-10-tools-using-powershell"/><a href="https://luke.geek.nz/installing-the-rsat-remote-server-administration-tools-for-windows-10-tools-using-powershell"><em>Installing the RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10) tools using PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#installing-the-rsat-remote-server-administration-tools-for-windows-10-tools-using-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Luke Murray on 24th March</p><p>Installing the RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10) tools using PowerShell. This is just a quick article, written purely as an easy reference.</p><h6 id="how-to-install-the-azure-cli-windows-linux-macos-azure-shell" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210326-functiondraft.md#how-to-install-the-azure-cli-windows-linux-macos-azure-shell"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/install-azure-cli/"><em>How to Install the Azure CLI (Windows, Linux, macOS, Azure Shell)</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-install-the-azure-cli-windows-linux-macos-azure-shell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Nick Rimmer on 24th March</p><p>Nick shows us how to install Azure CLI across multiple platforms.</p><h6 id="how-to-chain-multiple-powershell-commands-on-one-line" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210326-functiondraft.md#how-to-chain-multiple-powershell-commands-on-one-line"/><a href="https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/03/how-to-chain-multiple-powershell-commands-on-one-line/"><em>How to chain multiple PowerShell commands on one line</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-chain-multiple-powershell-commands-on-one-line" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Thomas Maurer on 25th March</p><p>In this blog post, we will look at how you can chain and run multiple PowerShell commands on one line using pipelines and chaining commands.</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/20210326-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/mbvlt6/poshgui_is_no_longer_free/"><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>PoshGUI has switched to a subscription model with a lifetime access tier. The comments are filled with mixed reactions and suggestions for alternatives as well.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210326-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/sydneysmithreal/status/1375151909988802560"><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>SecretManagement and SecretStore are officially GA!</p><h6 id="youtube-foreach-parallel" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210326-functiondraft.md#youtube-foreach-parallel"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7_271o9RuI"><em>Youtube: ForEach-Parallel</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-foreach-parallel" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>When PowerShellv7 came out, it came with a foreach -parallel parameter. Now I finally get to learn how to use this new parameter and take you along for the ride.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 19-March-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-19-icymi-powershell-week-of-19-march-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-19-icymi-powershell-week-of-19-march-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include DSC, Active Directory, Compare-Object and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include DSC, Active Directory, Compare-Object and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="simple-simple-microsoft-crescendo-example-part-ii" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210319-functiondraft.md#simple-simple-microsoft-crescendo-example-part-ii"/><a href="https://tommymaynard.com/simple-simple-microsoft-crescendo-example-part-ii/l"><em>Simple Simple Microsoft Crescendo Example Part II</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#simple-simple-microsoft-crescendo-example-part-ii" 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 15th March</p><p>The Microsoft.PowerShell.Crescendo module is mostly brand new. It’s still early on in its development. It’s currently at version 0.4.1.. Tomyy gives you an idea of his first experience working with the module.</p><h6 id="powershell-execution-policies-understanding-and-managing" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210319-functiondraft.md#powershell-execution-policies-understanding-and-managing"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/set-executionpolicy-2/"><em>PowerShell Execution Policies: Understanding and Managing</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-execution-policies-understanding-and-managing" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Chaitanya on 16th March</p><p>In this post, you’re going to learn about PowerShell execution policies and how to manage them with the Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet. By the end of this post, you’ll know not only to run scripts but how to use execution policies too!</p><h6 id="extending-powershells-compare-object-to-handle-custom-classes-and-arrays" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210319-functiondraft.md#extending-powershells-compare-object-to-handle-custom-classes-and-arrays"/><a href="https://powershellone.wordpress.com/2021/03/16/extending-powershells-compare-object-to-handle-custom-classes-and-arrays/"><em>Extending PowerShell’s Compare-Object to handle custom classes and arrays</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#extending-powershells-compare-object-to-handle-custom-classes-and-arrays" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Dirk Bremen on 16th March</p><p>In this post, Dirk will walk you through the process of extending the built-in Compare-Object cmdlet to support “deep” comparison of custom objects, arrays, and classes.</p><h6 id="advanced-html-reporting-using-powershell" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210319-functiondraft.md#advanced-html-reporting-using-powershell"/><a href="https://evotec.xyz/advanced-html-reporting-using-powershell/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=advanced-html-reporting-using-powershell"><em>Advanced HTML reporting using PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#advanced-html-reporting-using-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Przemysław Kłys on 16th March</p><p>Have a look at Przemysław Klys&rsquo;s Advanced HTML reporting using PowerShell</p><h6 id="better-active-directory-reporting-with-powershell" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210319-functiondraft.md#better-active-directory-reporting-with-powershell"/><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/active-directory/8228/better-active-directory-reporting-with-powershell/"><em>Better Active Directory Reporting with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#better-active-directory-reporting-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 Jeff Hicks on 18th March</p><p>Jeff shares his ADReportingScripts tools, built from a collection of scripts to deal with common AD tasks and frustrations.</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/20210319-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/m4k7bh/just_found_out_you_can_copy_as_powershell_a_web/"><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>Redditor discovers the &ldquo;Copy as PowerShell&rdquo; feature, also available in Chrome.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210319-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1371969606290599936"><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 7.2-preview.4 is out!</p><h6 id="youtube-testing-dsc-pull-server-and-apply-localhostmof-to-a-client-node-that-disables-windows-firewall" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210319-functiondraft.md#youtube-testing-dsc-pull-server-and-apply-localhostmof-to-a-client-node-that-disables-windows-firewall"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp8zraXL2f4"><em>Youtube: Testing DSC Pull Server and apply localhost.mof to a client node that disables Windows Firewall</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-testing-dsc-pull-server-and-apply-localhostmof-to-a-client-node-that-disables-windows-firewall" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>As a follow on from last week, In this video we will use this same infrastructure to configure the Windows Firewall on a client node. I will use the FirewallProfile resource from the NetworkingDSC Module on the PowerShell Gallery to accomplish the task. The video has all the step-by-step instructions, and you can download the code used at my website linked below.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Last Call for Summit Lightning Demos</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-15-last-call-for-summit-lightning-demos/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-15-last-call-for-summit-lightning-demos/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:36:34 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The CFP for Lightning demos will be closing 15 march at 11:59 Pacific Daylight Time&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This year, the PowerShell + DevOps Summit will be a virtual event. Submissions to present a Lightning Demo are still open? The PowerShell community is looking for you! You Can Do It!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lightning Demos are rapid-fire demonstrations of some sort of PowerShell use-case. They are geared towards speakers that aren’t prepared to give a full-length conference presentation but that have something they want to geek out about. Some details that were provided for the 2019 Summit can be found here.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p><strong>The CFP for Lightning demos will be closing 15 march at 11:59 Pacific Daylight Time</strong></p><p>This year, the PowerShell + DevOps Summit will be a virtual event. Submissions to present a Lightning Demo are still open? The PowerShell community is looking for you! You Can Do It!</p><p>Lightning Demos are rapid-fire demonstrations of some sort of PowerShell use-case. They are geared towards speakers that aren’t prepared to give a full-length conference presentation but that have something they want to geek out about. Some details that were provided for the 2019 Summit can be found here.</p><p>If you have a demonstration or two that you’d like to give that fits this description, please fill out the form here. Most demonstrations fall into the 7 to 10-minute range in length, but it’s fine if it’s a bit shorter.</p><p>Note that these will be prerecorded demonstrations. You will not be presenting live; the organizers will be reaching out to schedule time to meet with selected individuals and record these demonstrations. They will ultimately be edited together into a final video, the exact format of which is to be determined.</p><p>Some dates to keep in mind:</p><p>March 15th, 2021 – final date to fill out the<a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=11EApwjKOUO63m1xCi_2FuDegRwcZUJGp8jj-CjdL3xUNTlJV040TUFUUkoyQlZLUkY2SUE4NUNIVi4u">submission form</a><br>
March 31st, 2021 – all demos must be scheduled and recorded<br>
April 27th – April 29th, 2021 – PowerShell + DevOps Summit 2021<br>
Matt Bobke (<a href="https://twitter.com/mattbobke">@mattbobke</a>) and Phil Bossman (<a href="https://twitter.com/Schlauge">@Schlauge</a>) will be working together to organize the Lightning Demo portion of the event. Both Matt and Phil are very active PowerShell community members and leaders of PowerShell User Groups. Matt leads the SoCal PowerShell group. Phil leads the Research Triangle PowerShell User Group.</p><p>Matt’s Testimonial</p><p>I also want to share my thoughts about the Summit itself. The PowerShell + DevOps Summit is the only tech conference that I have ever personally attended; I attended in 2019 as an OnRamp-track scholarship recipient. I have never been surrounded by so many smart, passionate and kind people in my life. I learned so much, not just about PowerShell but about how to take charge of my career. Many speakers that we have hosted for our group, SoCal PowerShell, in the past will be speaking at the Summit. I highly encourage you to consider attending virtually and supporting the organization and the featured speakers. It is unfortunate that it will not be a physical conference this year, but I’m sure the content and the discussions will be just as great.</p><p>Thank you, and we look forward to receiving your submissions! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 12-March-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-12-icymi-powershell-week-of-12-march-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-12-icymi-powershell-week-of-12-march-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include logging, converting PowerShell scripts to executables, PSJobs with VMWare and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include logging, converting PowerShell scripts to executables, PSJobs with VMWare and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux.</p><h6 id="documenting-with-powershell-documenting-admin-actions" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210312-functiondraft.md#documenting-with-powershell-documenting-admin-actions"/><a href="https://www.cyberdrain.com/documenting-with-powershell-documenting-admin-actions/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=documenting-with-powershell-documenting-admin-actions"><em>Documenting with PowerShell: Documenting admin actions</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#documenting-with-powershell-documenting-admin-actions" 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 8th March</p><p>Have a look at Kelvin&rsquo;s method to monitor the Admin Audit Log within M365!</p><h6 id="how-to-create-logging-for-your-powershell-scripts" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210312-functiondraft.md#how-to-create-logging-for-your-powershell-scripts"/><a href="https://sid-500.com/2021/03/08/powershell-how-to-create-logging-for-your-powershell-scripts/"><em>How to create Logging for your PowerShell Scripts</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-create-logging-for-your-powershell-scripts" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Patrick Gruenauer on 8th March</p><p>Patrick will show us how to implement a custom function that captures the errors and writes errors in an error log file.</p><h6 id="parallel-execution-with-psjobs-and-powercli-deploying-new-vms" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210312-functiondraft.md#parallel-execution-with-psjobs-and-powercli-deploying-new-vms"/><a href="https://fercorrales.com/parallel-execution-with-psjobs-and-powercli-deploying-new-vms/"><em>Parallel Execution with PSJobs and PowerCLI: Deploying New VMs</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#parallel-execution-with-psjobs-and-powercli-deploying-new-vms" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Fer Corrales on 9th March</p><p>Fer Corrales walks us through how to execute commands simultaneously using PSJobs module and deploy multiple virtual machines</p><h6 id="the-de-facto-guide-for-converting-a-ps1-to-exe-7-ways" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210312-functiondraft.md#the-de-facto-guide-for-converting-a-ps1-to-exe-7-ways"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/ps1-to-exe/"><em>The De Facto Guide for Converting a PS1 to EXE (7 Ways)</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#the-de-facto-guide-for-converting-a-ps1-to-exe-7-ways" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Arman Castillote on 9th March</p><p>In this tutorial, you will learn how to use PS1 to EXE generators, and you will also get to compare them so you can decide which one best suits your preference.</p><h6 id="how-to-use-powershell-to-get-free-disk-space-" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210312-functiondraft.md#how-to-use-powershell-to-get-free-disk-space-tutorial"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/powershell-get-disk-space/"><em>How to Use PowerShell to Get Free Disk Space [Tutorial]</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-use-powershell-to-get-free-disk-space-" 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 10th March</p><p>If you’re using PowerShell to get free disk space on a Windows computer, you’ve come to the right place. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use PowerShell to get free disk space and monitor disk usage.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210312-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1370156693976272899"><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 7.0.6 and 7.1.3 are out!</p><h6 id="youtube-build-an-event-viewer-component-for-universal-dashboard" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210312-functiondraft.md#youtube-build-an-event-viewer-component-for-universal-dashboard"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haub8JX-2Ag"><em>Youtube: Build an event viewer component for Universal Dashboard</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-build-an-event-viewer-component-for-universal-dashboard" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Adam Driscoll shows How to build an event viewer component for Universal Dashboard.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Call for Authors and Editors</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-11-call-for-authors-and-editors/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-11-call-for-authors-and-editors/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:50:50 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;m pleased to announce the Call for Editors and Call for Authors for the &amp;ldquo;Modern IT Automation with PowerShell&amp;rdquo; book.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This project is a new initiative to develop a textbook resource to connect the PowerShell community with Students and IT Professionals alike. While the previous projects (PowerShell Conference Book) rely on people to submit their own material, this project will depend on set course material to archive this book&amp;rsquo;s goal. Authors / Editors will be required to select which chapters you would be interested in writing/editing. Topics Include security, git, Regex, DevOps, and more! Contributors will have their names included in the book!&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m pleased to announce the Call for Editors and Call for Authors for the &ldquo;Modern IT Automation with PowerShell&rdquo; book.</p><p>This project is a new initiative to develop a textbook resource to connect the PowerShell community with Students and IT Professionals alike. While the previous projects (PowerShell Conference Book) rely on people to submit their own material, this project will depend on set course material to archive this book&rsquo;s goal. Authors / Editors will be required to select which chapters you would be interested in writing/editing. Topics Include security, git, Regex, DevOps, and more! Contributors will have their names included in the book!</p><p>Call for Authors -<a href="https://forms.gle/mSKg567AAaUF7CLD8">https://forms.gle/mSKg567AAaUF7CLD8</a></p><p>Call for Editors -<a href="https://forms.gle/G49dQmy8JC1vPc7a9">https://forms.gle/G49dQmy8JC1vPc7a9</a>&rdquo;</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 05-March-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-05-icymi-powershell-week-of-05-march-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-05-icymi-powershell-week-of-05-march-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include REST APIs, PSRemoting, Azure AD reporting and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include REST APIs, PSRemoting, Azure AD reporting and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux.</p><h6 id="replicating-vmware-nsx-t-services-with-rest-api-and-powershell" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210305-functiondraft.md#replicating-vmware-nsx-t-services-with-rest-api-and-powershell"/><a href="https://fercorrales.com/replicating-vmware-nsx-t-services-with-rest-api-and-powershell/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=replicating-vmware-nsx-t-services-with-rest-api-and-powershell"><em>Replicating VMware NSX-T Services with REST API and PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#replicating-vmware-nsx-t-services-with-rest-api-and-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Fer Corrales on 1st March</p><p>I have worked on several NSX-V and NSX-T implementations that required the creation of an important number of objects, in the order of the thousands. Therefore, automation has been a must, so I have gained experience with PowerNSX, the PowerCLI NSX-T Module and REST API calls. Recently, I was working on getting a new NSX-T environment configured exactly the same as an existing one. When I was working on setting up Services, I decided to look for a way to take advantage of the configuration that was already in place on one of the data centers and replicate it on the new one. That is how I ended up writing this script.</p><h6 id="the-beauty-of-progress-bar-in-powershell-72-preview-3" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210305-functiondraft.md#the-beauty-of-progress-bar-in-powershell-72-preview-3"/><a href="https://it-overload.com/2021/03/02/the-beauty-of-progress-bar-in-powershell-7-2-preview-3/"><em>The Beauty of Progress Bar in PowerShell 7.2 Preview 3</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#the-beauty-of-progress-bar-in-powershell-72-preview-3" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Schillman on 2nd March</p><p>Old progress bar below, it’s not customisable, quite big and all that green colour &amp; text is always rewritten to the pipeline for every time the progress bar updates, that’s a lot of writing.The New progress bar is minimal, just as the configuration implies. You have the possibilities to change the For/Back-ground colour along with some font changes.</p><h6 id="how-to-set-up-psremoting-with-winrm-and-ssl-" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210305-functiondraft.md#how-to-set-up-psremoting-with-winrm-and-ssl-step-by-step"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/winrm-ssl/"><em>How to Set up PSRemoting with WinRM and SSL [Step by Step]</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-set-up-psremoting-with-winrm-and-ssl-" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Tyler Muir on 3rd March</p><p>If you’re already running remote commands with PowerShell Remoting_ _(PSRemoting), you know how convenient the feature is. You’re able to connect to one or more remote computers and manage them like they were local. PSRemoting depends on Windows Remote Management (WinRm) to make it happen, and if you’re not using WinRM over SSL, you might be opening yourself up to some security issues.</p><h6 id="graph-theory-with-powershell" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210305-functiondraft.md#graph-theory-with-powershell"/><a href="https://powershellone.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/graph-theory-with-powershell/"><em>Graph theory with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#graph-theory-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 Dirk Bremen on 3rd March</p><p>In this post I’m going to explore a bit of graph theory based on chapter 2 of the excellent book “Think Complexity 2e” by Allen B. Downey, with a twist of using PowerShell to do it.</p><h6 id="azure-ad-authentication-methods-summary-reports-using-microsoft-graph-and-powershell" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210305-functiondraft.md#azure-ad-authentication-methods-summary-reports-using-microsoft-graph-and-powershell"/><a href="https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/azure-ad-authentication-methods-summary-reports-using-microsoft-graph-and-powershell/"><em>Azure AD Authentication Methods Summary Reports using Microsoft Graph and PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#azure-ad-authentication-methods-summary-reports-using-microsoft-graph-and-powershell" 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 4th March</p><p>Ever needed to know how to extract Azure AD Authentication Methods Summary Reports using Microsoft Graph and PowerShell; well today is your lucky day! Find out how in this interesting article about using the Microsoft Graph API with PowerShell</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210305-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/steve_msft/status/1367189897153421314?s=12"><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>SecretManagement and SecretStore RC2 is out!</p><h6 id="youtube-45-secure-https-dsc-pull-server-with-sql-database-using-a-group-managed-service-account-gmsa" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210305-functiondraft.md#youtube-45-secure-https-dsc-pull-server-with-sql-database-using-a-group-managed-service-account-gmsa"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2IXnrqY48Q"><em>Youtube: 45. Secure (HTTPS) DSC Pull Server with SQL Database using a Group Managed Service Account (gMSA)</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-45-secure-https-dsc-pull-server-with-sql-database-using-a-group-managed-service-account-gmsa" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>You have seen on the interwebs many blog posts and videos about setting up a Secure DSC pull server with SQL authentication with a local SQL service account. What I have not seen is a tutorial for how to setup a secure DSC Pull Server with a SQL Database using a Group Managed Service Account (gMSA).</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Summit Lightning Demos</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-02-summit-lightning-demos/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-02-summit-lightning-demos/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:23:07 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;This year, the PowerShell + DevOps Summit will be a virtual event. Submissions to present a Lightning Demo are still open? The PowerShell community is looking for you! You Can Do It!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lightning Demos are rapid-fire demonstrations of some sort of PowerShell use-case. They are geared towards speakers that aren’t prepared to give a full-length conference presentation but that have something they want to geek out about. Some details that were provided for the 2019 Summit can be found here.&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>This year, the PowerShell + DevOps Summit will be a virtual event. Submissions to present a Lightning Demo are still open? The PowerShell community is looking for you! You Can Do It!</p><p>Lightning Demos are rapid-fire demonstrations of some sort of PowerShell use-case. They are geared towards speakers that aren’t prepared to give a full-length conference presentation but that have something they want to geek out about. Some details that were provided for the 2019 Summit can be found here.</p><p>If you have a demonstration or two that you’d like to give that fits this description, please fill out the form here. Most demonstrations fall into the 7 to 10-minute range in length, but it’s fine if it’s a bit shorter.</p><p>Note that these will be prerecorded demonstrations. You will not be presenting live; the organizers will be reaching out to schedule time to meet with selected individuals and record these demonstrations. They will ultimately be edited together into a final video, the exact format of which is to be determined.</p><p>Some dates to keep in mind:</p><p>March 15th, 2021 – final date to fill out the<a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=11EApwjKOUO63m1xCi_2FuDegRwcZUJGp8jj-CjdL3xUNTlJV040TUFUUkoyQlZLUkY2SUE4NUNIVi4u">submission form</a><br>
March 31st, 2021 – all demos must be scheduled and recorded<br>
April 27th – April 29th, 2021 – PowerShell + DevOps Summit 2021<br>
Matt Bobke (<a href="https://twitter.com/mattbobke">@mattbobke</a>) and Phil Bossman (<a href="https://twitter.com/Schlauge">@Schlauge</a>) will be working together to organize the Lightning Demo portion of the event. Both Matt and Phil are very active PowerShell community members and leaders of PowerShell User Groups. Matt leads the SoCal PowerShell group. Phil leads the Research Triangle PowerShell User Group.</p><p>Matt’s Testimonial</p><p>I also want to share my thoughts about the Summit itself. The PowerShell + DevOps Summit is the only tech conference that I have ever personally attended; I attended in 2019 as an OnRamp-track scholarship recipient. I have never been surrounded by so many smart, passionate and kind people in my life. I learned so much, not just about PowerShell but about how to take charge of my career. Many speakers that we have hosted for our group, SoCal PowerShell, in the past will be speaking at the Summit. I highly encourage you to consider attending virtually and supporting the organization and the featured speakers. It is unfortunate that it will not be a physical conference this year, but I’m sure the content and the discussions will be just as great.</p><p>Thank you, and we look forward to receiving your submissions! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Website &amp; Forum Updates</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-02-website-forum-updates/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-02-website-forum-updates/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:20:17 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;The migration is completed and we are happy to announce that the new forums are live and ready to go. If you had an existing powershell.org account you will need to reset your password. Once you have done that you can configure your logging with Twitter, Discord, GitHub, Microsoft 365, and Linkedin SSO options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The new link is &lt;a href="https://forums.powershell.org"&gt;https://forums.powershell.org&lt;/a&gt; but we will put in a redirect for powershell.org/forums as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For instructions on how to do this, you can follow this post. &lt;a href="https://forums.powershell.org/t/welcome-to-the-new-powershell-forums/7"&gt;https://forums.powershell.org/t/welcome-to-the-new-powershell-forums/7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The migration is completed and we are happy to announce that the new forums are live and ready to go. If you had an existing powershell.org account you will need to reset your password. Once you have done that you can configure your logging with Twitter, Discord, GitHub, Microsoft 365, and Linkedin SSO options.</p><p>The new link is<a href="https://forums.powershell.org">https://forums.powershell.org</a> but we will put in a redirect for powershell.org/forums as well.</p><p>For instructions on how to do this, you can follow this post.<a href="https://forums.powershell.org/t/welcome-to-the-new-powershell-forums/7">https://forums.powershell.org/t/welcome-to-the-new-powershell-forums/7</a></p><p>If you have any feedback on the new software please let us know by posting in the Website and Forum Feedback section.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 26-February-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-01-icymi-powershell-week-of-26-february-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-03-01-icymi-powershell-week-of-26-february-2021/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 19:28:47 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include DNS, VMWare, Exchange and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include DNS, VMWare, Exchange and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux.</p><h6 id="getting-detailed-task-information-with-powercli-function" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210226-functiondraft.md#getting-detailed-task-information-with-powercli-function"/><a href="https://fercorrales.com/getting-detailed-task-information-with-powercli-function/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=getting-detailed-task-information-with-powercli-function"><em>Getting Detailed Task Information With PowerCLI (Function)</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#getting-detailed-task-information-with-powercli-function" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Fer Corrales on 22nd February</p><p>The<em>Get-Task</em> default output is quite limited compared to the information displayed by the vCenter or ESXi Task Panel. In this post you will find out how to get more information from PowerCLI.</p><h6 id="how-to-flush-dns-in-windows-10" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210226-functiondraft.md#how-to-flush-dns-in-windows-10"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/flush-dns-in-windows-10/"><em>How to Flush DNS in Windows 10</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-flush-dns-in-windows-10" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Anthony Metcalf on 22nd February</p><p>In this article, you’re going to learn how to clear a DNS cache as a troubleshooting method in Windows 10 using the built-in ipconfig command and with PowerShell’s Clear-DnsClientCache cmdlet.</p><h6 id="monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-listening-applications" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210226-functiondraft.md#monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-listening-applications"/><a href="https://www.cyberdrain.com/monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-listening-applications/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-listening-applications"><em>Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring listening applications</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#monitoring-with-powershell-monitoring-listening-applications" 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 23rd February</p><p>Monitor listening ports in Windows to ensure that the expected application is using it.</p><h6 id="how-to-move-exchange-mailboxes-with-powershell" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210226-functiondraft.md#how-to-move-exchange-mailboxes-with-powershell"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/new-moverequest/"><em>How to Move Exchange Mailboxes with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-move-exchange-mailboxes-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 Faris Malaeb on 23rd February</p><p>Known as a Local Move Request, you can move user, archive, arbitration, discovery, and other types of mailboxes. In this tutorial, you will learn how to start and manage local move requests using Windows Powershell!</p><h6 id="powershell-for-visual-studio-code-updates--february-2021" class="ps-heading wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210226-functiondraft.md#powershell-for-visual-studio-code-updates--february-2021"/><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/powershell-for-visual-studio-code-updates-february-2021/"><em>PowerShell for Visual Studio Code Updates – February 2021</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-for-visual-studio-code-updates--february-2021" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Sydney Smith on 23rd February</p><p>See both what is new and what is to come in this blog from Microsoft on the PowerShell extension for VS Code.</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/20210226-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/lr4mxx/how_to_create_a_simple_powershell_gui_menu_to/"><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>Learn to make a simple GUI with the PSScriptMenuGui Module.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>