&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 June 2021 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021/06/</link><description>Recent content in Articles from June 2021 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://powershell.org/articles/2021/06/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 18-June-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-06-18-icymi-powershell-week-of-18-june-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-06-18-icymi-powershell-week-of-18-june-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:15:42 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Password Auditing, PowerShell 7.2, WiFi Password Recovery and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Password Auditing, PowerShell 7.2, WiFi Password Recovery and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="how-to-show-all-known-wi-fi-network-ssids-and-passphrases-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210618-functiondraft.md#how-to-show-all-known-wi-fi-network-ssids-and-passphrases-with-powershell"/><a href="https://www.scriptinglibrary.com/languages/powershell/how-to-show-all-known-wi-fi-network-ssids-and-passphrases-with-powershell/"><em>How to show all known Wi-Fi network SSIDs and Passphrases with Powershell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-show-all-known-wi-fi-network-ssids-and-passphrases-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 Paolo Frigo on 8th June</p><p>Paolo simply needed the list of all the known wi-fi networks presented in a key-value pair format, so he wrote this script a few months ago and took the opportunity to write an article about it.</p><h6 id="audit-your-active-directory-user-passwords-against-haveibeenpwnedcom" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210618-functiondraft.md#audit-your-active-directory-user-passwords-against-haveibeenpwnedcom"/><a href="https://doitpsway.com/audit-your-active-directory-user-passwords-against-haveibeenpwnedcom-safely-using-powershell"><em>Audit your Active Directory user passwords against haveibeenpwned.com</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#audit-your-active-directory-user-passwords-against-haveibeenpwnedcom" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Ondrej Sebela on 13th June</p><p>In this article, Andrew will show you, how to easily and securely check, whether some of your users are using leaked passwords with PowerShell.</p><h6 id="monitoring-with-powershell-predict-when-disk-is-full" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210618-functiondraft.md#monitoring-with-powershell-predict-when-disk-is-full"/><a href="https://www.cyberdrain.com/monitoring-with-powershell-predict-when-disk-is-full/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=monitoring-with-powershell-predict-when-disk-is-full"><em>Monitoring with PowerShell: Predict when disk is full</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#monitoring-with-powershell-predict-when-disk-is-full" 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 15th June</p><p>Learn how to start doing predictive monitoring with PowerShell in this article</p><h6 id="how-to-work-with-rest-apis-and-powershells-invoke-restmethod" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210618-functiondraft.md#how-to-work-with-rest-apis-and-powershells-invoke-restmethod"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/invoke-restmethod/?utm_source=powershellorg&amp;utm_medium=icymi"><em>How to Work with REST APIs and PowerShell’s Invoke-RestMethod</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-work-with-rest-apis-and-powershells-invoke-restmethod" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Ryan Kowalewskik on 18th June</p><p>Do you often access application programming interfaces (APIs) using PowerShell? Maybe you want to but don’t know where to start? Whether you’re a PowerShell pro or just starting, this tutorial has you covered with a built-in PowerShell cmdlet that interacts with APIs called Invoke-RestMethod.</p><h6 id="preview-updating-powershell-72-with-microsoft-update" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210618-functiondraft.md#preview-updating-powershell-72-with-microsoft-update"/><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/preview-updating-powershell-7-2-with-microsoft-update/%3E"><em>Preview updating PowerShell 7.2 with Microsoft Update</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#preview-updating-powershell-72-with-microsoft-update" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Travis Plunk on 18th June</p><p>Update PowerShell using Microsoft updates coming soon - find out more about it here</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210618-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/o1d9z5/ipconfig_all_posh_version/"><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/richie65 shares his module for a PowerShell version of ipconfig.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210618-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/JustinWGrote/status/1405772902243332109?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>A look at Justin&rsquo;s @code native Pester test adapter</p><h6 id="youtube-i-need-coffee-episode-56---get-bc-version-from-docker-container-using-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210618-functiondraft.md#youtube-i-need-coffee-episode-56---get-bc-version-from-docker-container-using-powershell"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejud9xuG6o0"><em>Youtube: I Need Coffee: Episode 56 - Get BC Version from Docker Container using PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-i-need-coffee-episode-56---get-bc-version-from-docker-container-using-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Get BC Version from Docker Container using PowerShell</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 11-June-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-06-11-icymi-powershell-week-of-11-june-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-06-11-icymi-powershell-week-of-11-june-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:34:02 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include BluebirdPS, Scripting Challenge, Wifi and WMI&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include BluebirdPS, Scripting Challenge, Wifi and WMI</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux.</p><h6 id="your-goto-guide-for-working-with-windows-wmi-events-and-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210611-functiondraft.md#your-goto-guide-for-working-with-windows-wmi-events-and-powershell"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/your-goto-guide-for-working-with-windows-wmi-events-and-powershell/"><em>Your Goto Guide for Working with Windows WMI Events and PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#your-goto-guide-for-working-with-windows-wmi-events-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 Faris Malaeb on 7th June</p><p>Did you know you can monitor for just about every action in Windows? No, you don’t need to buy some fancy software. The infrastructure monitors events like when services start and stop when someone creates a file or folder and more is already there via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) events. Find out more about working with WMI and PowerShell in this blog</p><h6 id="how-to-show-all-known-wi-fi-network-ssids-and-passphrases-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210611-functiondraft.md#how-to-show-all-known-wi-fi-network-ssids-and-passphrases-with-powershell"/><a href="https://www.scriptinglibrary.com/languages/powershell/how-to-show-all-known-wi-fi-network-ssids-and-passphrases-with-powershell/"><em>How to show all known Wi-Fi network SSIDs and Passphrases with Powershell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-show-all-known-wi-fi-network-ssids-and-passphrases-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 Paolo Frigo on 8th June</p><p>Format netsh output in a more friendly manner with PowerShell</p><h6 id="psfollowfriday-tweet-with-bluebirdps" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210611-functiondraft.md#psfollowfriday-tweet-with-bluebirdps"/><a href="https://powershell.anovelidea.org/powershell/psfollowfriday-tweet-with-bluebirdps/"><em>#PSFollowFriday Tweet with BluebirdPS</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#psfollowfriday-tweet-with-bluebirdps" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Dave Carroll on 9th June</p><p>Learn how to use BluebirdPS to generate and publish a #PSFollowFriday Tweet.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210611-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/thedavecarroll/status/1401209874231566336"><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>#BlueBirdPS release news</p><h6 id="youtube-powershell-scripting-challenges-jeff-hicks" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210611-functiondraft.md#youtube-powershell-scripting-challenges-jeff-hicks"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmW2TFS--mU"><em>Youtube: PowerShell Scripting Challenges (Jeff Hicks)</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-powershell-scripting-challenges-jeff-hicks" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Think you’re good with code? Join us for a fun night of scripting challenges that range from simple to challenging! Our guest speaker for the evening is the author and creator of the “Month of Lunches” series of PowerShell learning books, Jeff Hicks!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 04-June-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-06-04-icymi-powershell-week-of-04-june-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-06-04-icymi-powershell-week-of-04-june-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:21:02 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include AD, Azure AD,  Debugging and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include AD, Azure AD,  Debugging and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux.</p><h6 id="how-to-reset-an-active-directory-password-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210604-functiondraft.md#how-to-reset-an-active-directory-password-with-powershell"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/set-adaccountpassword/"><em>How to Reset an Active Directory Password with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-reset-an-active-directory-password-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 Chaitanya on 31st May</p><p>The GUI is not always an efficient tool, especially when resetting multiple user passwords. Luckily, you have an alternative, which is the Set-ADAccountPassword PowerShell cmdlet.</p><h6 id="subscribing-to-azure-ad-change-notifications-with-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210604-functiondraft.md#subscribing-to-azure-ad-change-notifications-with-powershell"/><a href="https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/subscribing-to-azure-ad-change-notifications-with-powershell/"><em>Subscribing to Azure AD Change Notifications with PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#subscribing-to-azure-ad-change-notifications-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 Darren Robinson on 1st June</p><p>This post details an example solution to get started with Azure AD Change Notifications.</p><h6 id="powershell-move-item-examples-for-file-folder-management" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210604-functiondraft.md#powershell-move-item-examples-for-file-folder-management"/><a href="https://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tutorial/PowerShell-Move-Item-examples-for-file-folder-management"><em>PowerShell Move-Item examples for file, folder management</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#powershell-move-item-examples-for-file-folder-management" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Anthony Howell on 2nd June</p><p>Anthony highlights several ways with examples to use Move-Item to keep your folders and files organized.</p><h6 id="automate-and-manage-azure-ad-tasks-at-scale-with-the-microsoft-graph-powershell-sdk" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210604-functiondraft.md#automate-and-manage-azure-ad-tasks-at-scale-with-the-microsoft-graph-powershell-sdk"/><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/automate-and-manage-azure-ad-tasks-at-scale-with-the-microsoft/ba-p/1942489"><em>Automate and manage Azure AD tasks at scale with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#automate-and-manage-azure-ad-tasks-at-scale-with-the-microsoft-graph-powershell-sdk" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Alex Simons on 2nd June</p><p>Alex announces Azure AD APIs added to Microsoft graph.</p><h6 id="how-to-set-up-an-azure-file-share-with-on-prem-ad-authentication" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210604-functiondraft.md#how-to-set-up-an-azure-file-share-with-on-prem-ad-authentication"/><a href="https://adamtheautomator.com/how-to-set-up-an-azure-file-share-with-on-prem-ad-authentication/"><em>How to Set Up an Azure File Share with On-Prem AD Authentication</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-set-up-an-azure-file-share-with-on-prem-ad-authentication" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Ryan Kowalewski on 2nd June</p><p>In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up an Azure file share backed by a storage account that can authenticate user access to the share based on on-prem AD user accounts. You’ll do all this 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/20210604-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/noy1t6/this_is_a_collection_of_useful_scripts_from/"><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>User put together a GitHub repository of many useful scripts they have found.</p><h6 id="youtube-debug-powershell-with-and-without-vs-code" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20210604-functiondraft.md#youtube-debug-powershell-with-and-without-vs-code"/><a href="https://youtu.be/2cpU82i6YPU"><em>Youtube: Debug PowerShell with and without VS Code</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-debug-powershell-with-and-without-vs-code" 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 John will walk through how to debug PowerShell code using VS Code native features and the native PowerShell debugger.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>