&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 October 2021 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021/10/</link><description>Recent content in Articles from October 2021 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://powershell.org/articles/2021/10/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 22-October-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-10-22-icymi-powershell-week-of-22-october-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-10-22-icymi-powershell-week-of-22-october-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:03:25 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include Microsoft Graph, PowerShell remoting and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include Microsoft Graph, PowerShell remoting and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux.</p><h6 id="sending-email-from-exchange-online-using-the-microsoft-graph-sdk-for-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211022-functiondraft.md#sending-email-from-exchange-online-using-the-microsoft-graph-sdk-for-powershell"/><a href="https://practical365.com/send-mail-exchange-online-graph-powershell/"><em>Sending Email from Exchange Online Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#sending-email-from-exchange-online-using-the-microsoft-graph-sdk-for-powershell" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Tony Redmond on 18th October</p><p>how to send Email from Exchange Online Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell</p><h6 id="removing-obsolete-powershell-remoting-configurations" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211022-functiondraft.md#removing-obsolete-powershell-remoting-configurations"/><a href="https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/8650/removing-obsolete-powershell-remoting-configurations/"><em>Removing Obsolete PowerShell Remoting Configurations</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#removing-obsolete-powershell-remoting-configurations" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Jeffrey Hicks on 20th October</p><p>Microsoft is scheduled to release PowerShell 7.2 soon, I thought it might be good to revisit this topic. Here’s the potential issue. If you’ve been installing PowerShell 7 releases for a while, and have been enabling PowerShell remoting, you most likely have a list of remoting session configurations like this.</p><h6 id="get-up-to-speed-with-powershell-and-the-microsoft-graph-api" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211022-functiondraft.md#get-up-to-speed-with-powershell-and-the-microsoft-graph-api"/><a href="https://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tutorial/Get-up-to-speed-with-PowerShell-and-the-Microsoft-Graph-API"><em>Get up to speed with PowerShell and the Microsoft Graph API</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#get-up-to-speed-with-powershell-and-the-microsoft-graph-api" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Liam Cleary on 21st October</p><p>Microsoft plans to retire technologies that admins depend on to handle Office 365 and other cloud services via PowerShell. Learn how to start with this newer management method.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211022-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1451301422784335874"><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-RC1 is out!</p><h6 id="youtube-beginner" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211022-functiondraft.md#youtube-beginners-guide-azure-powershell"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX8GrTsiUQ4"><em>Youtube: Beginner&rsquo;s Guide: Azure PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-beginner" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>PowerShell has been a preferred method of automating different actions and processes with Windows Administrators. As a cross-platform command-line and scripting environment, it employs cmdlets and modules across the Microsoft ecosystem. In this video, Mark Mikula shows you how to get started with Azure PowerShell by installing, accessing, and managing your Azure resources.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What makes a great submission for summit</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-10-12-what-makes-a-great-submission-for-summit/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-10-12-what-makes-a-great-submission-for-summit/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:26:25 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;The Call for Proposals(CFP) for the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2022 opens in a few weeks (1-November).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We’ve heard a lot of questions – &lt;em&gt;What topics are you looking for?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;I don’t know what to propose!&lt;/em&gt; and so on. Let’s cover some ways to find topics and hopefully spark some ideas!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="add-some-spice" class="ps-heading"&gt;Add some spice&lt;a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#add-some-spice" 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;First things first: We’re not going to come up with your topic! &lt;a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-get-a-technical-talk-accepted-at-a-conference-or-event-8ba291d11c62/"&gt;This bit&lt;/a&gt; has some solid advice on mixing things up:&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Call for Proposals(CFP) for the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2022 opens in a few weeks (1-November).</p><p>We’ve heard a lot of questions – <em>What topics are you looking for?</em> <em>I don’t know what to propose!</em> and so on. Let’s cover some ways to find topics and hopefully spark some ideas!</p><h2 id="add-some-spice" class="ps-heading">Add some spice<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#add-some-spice" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><p>First things first: We’re not going to come up with your topic! <a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-get-a-technical-talk-accepted-at-a-conference-or-event-8ba291d11c62/">This bit</a> has some solid advice on mixing things up:</p><p><code>* I saw a talk with X format and decided to apply it to Y subject.      * While working on a project, I thought, “Wow! I wish I knew X, Y, and Z before I started!”      * A conversation with coworkers about X led me to see the potential for a talk on it.</code>The key here is that there are plenty of ways to add variety to a topic – these certainly aren’t comprehensive, just a few ideas.</p><h3 id="spice-up-pester" class="ps-heading">Spice up Pester<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#spice-up-pester" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h3><p>As an example, if we asked for _Pester _sessions, there are plenty of ways to come up with a unique Pester talk.</p><ul><li>Can you use Pester for security things (compliance, CI/CD, vulnerability assessments, etc.)?</li><li>Can you use Pester for data validation of some sort (e.g. AD, SQL)?</li><li>Have you used Pester for Infrastructure testing?</li><li>Might you use Pester for Monitoring? (even if this might not be the optimal way to monitor things)</li></ul><p>At the end of the day, PowerShell can be used across a variety of fields, and general-purpose tools like Pester can be used in each of those, in unique ways.</p><h3 id="other-spices" class="ps-heading">Other spices<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#other-spices" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h3><p>So! We used a few specific-ish variations of Pester as an example.  Take a step back and consider PowerShell itself:</p><ul><li>How do you use PowerShell in different fields (keeping in mind that each field has its own set of sub-fields)? Bonus points if the concepts/ideas/code you include are applicable in a variety of fields.</li><li>How do you use PowerShell outside of work, or for general productivity (side note: running this CFP would be a<em>paaaaain</em> without PowerShell!).</li><li>What lessons can we take from other fields, ecosystems, or projects? For example, while these may seem new-ish to some of us, we borrowed and applied to test, CI/CD, and other ideas that have long been integrated into the ecosystems of other languages.</li></ul><p>All this said, please don’t think you need something super unique and never-before-seen!</p><h2 id="tried-and-true" class="ps-heading">Tried and true<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#tried-and-true" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><p>Every day, new folks enter the field or start learning about PowerShell, automation, DevOps, etc. Yes, people have talked about testing and other topics in the past… but guess what? Chances are we’ll still accept some solid talks on important concepts.<br>
So! What are some of these evergreen topics?</p><ul><li>Release pipelines, including the individual components you might find:<ul><li>Source control</li><li>Build systems and frameworks</li><li>Pester and testing</li><li>Deployment</li></ul></li><li>PowerShell modules or advanced functions<ul><li>How to write them</li><li>Best practices</li><li>How to distribute and maintain them</li><li>etc.</li></ul></li><li>Using common tools/practices with PowerShell<ul><li>VSCode and extensions</li><li>Windows Subsystem for Linux</li><li>Debugging</li><li>etc.</li></ul></li></ul><p>There’s plenty more. You can probably think about other core topics that folks will always need to learn, re-learn, or catch up on new ideas for.</p><h2 id="2022-specifics" class="ps-heading">2022 Specifics<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#2022-specifics" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><p>What are we topics are we looking for in 2022. Well as always we are looking for everything! We want to hear your story about how you used ______ in the real world.</p><h3 id="topics-were-looking-for" class="ps-heading">Topics we’re looking for<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#topics-were-looking-for" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h3><p>Keep in mind everything we’ve said so far. Don’t overthink it. Show us something<em>you</em> are interested in or working on. A few sample topics include:</p><ul><li>Monitoring</li><li>Testing and Pester</li><li>Azure</li><li>AWS</li><li>Regex</li><li>PowerShell language (I.e formatting, crescendo, etc&hellip;)</li></ul><h3 id="topics-that-will-most-likely-have-competition" class="ps-heading">Topics that will most likely have competition<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#topics-that-will-most-likely-have-competition" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h3><p>Every year, we have some topics that have a bit of competition. This year is no different. If you have something to share on these topics <em>don’t let this scare you off</em>, just know there will be a little competition.</p><ul><li>Kubernetes</li><li>Working with web APIs</li><li>Contributing to open source</li><li>Azure (granted, I<em>much</em> prefer attendee talks to vendor happy-path talks, for what it’s worth)</li></ul><p>That’s about it! We have just over two weeks before the CFP opens and now is a good time to start writing them!  We’ll close with a few handy links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://powershell.org/2018/08/the-summit-2019-call-for-topics-some-ideas/">2019 CFP ideas</a> – still applicable, although many of DevOps tools considered _esoteric _might be worth a proposal</li><li><a href="https://powershell.org/2019/09/be-a-speaker-at-powershell-and-devops-global-summit-2020/">2020 CFP ideas</a></li><li>#Conferences in the <a href="https://bit.ly/PSSlack">PowerShell Slack team</a> – plenty of folks willing to chat about or review your proposals in there.  You can also ping content@powershell.org, but the Slack route is faster and has more eyes on it</li></ul>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 08-October-2021</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-10-08-icymi-powershell-week-of-08-october-2021/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-10-08-icymi-powershell-week-of-08-october-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 18:16:01 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Topics include VMWare, Windows 11, Web Reports and more&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6 id="how-to-gather-your-vcenter-inventory-data-with-this-vmware-powershell-script" class="ps-heading"&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211008-functiondraft.md#how-to-gather-your-vcenter-inventory-data-with-this-vmware-powershell-script"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-gather-your-vcenter-inventory-data-with-this-vmware-powershell-script/#ftag=RSS56d97e7/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to gather your vCenter inventory data with this VMware PowerShell script&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-gather-your-vcenter-inventory-data-with-this-vmware-powershell-script" 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 Scott Matteson on 7th October&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Inventory reports are a common request when administering a VMware vCenter environment. Learn how this VMware PowerShell script can make such requests quick and easy&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Topics include VMWare, Windows 11, Web Reports and more&hellip;</p><p>Special thanks to Robin Dadswell, Prasoon Karunan V, Kiran Patnayakuni and Kevin Laux</p><h6 id="how-to-gather-your-vcenter-inventory-data-with-this-vmware-powershell-script" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211008-functiondraft.md#how-to-gather-your-vcenter-inventory-data-with-this-vmware-powershell-script"/><a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-gather-your-vcenter-inventory-data-with-this-vmware-powershell-script/#ftag=RSS56d97e7/"><em>How to gather your vCenter inventory data with this VMware PowerShell script</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#how-to-gather-your-vcenter-inventory-data-with-this-vmware-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 Scott Matteson on 7th October</p><p>Inventory reports are a common request when administering a VMware vCenter environment. Learn how this VMware PowerShell script can make such requests quick and easy</p><h6 id="building-a-web-report-in-powershell-use-the--force-luke" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211008-functiondraft.md#building-a-web-report-in-powershell-use-the--force-luke"/><a href="https://dev.to/azure/building-a-web-report-in-powershell-use-the-force-luke-58aj"><em>Building a Web Report in PowerShell, use the -Force Luke</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#building-a-web-report-in-powershell-use-the--force-luke" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>by Chris Noring on 8th October</p><p>The idea of this article is to show how to build a web report. I will show the usage of several commands that you can connect that does all the heavy lifting for you</p><h6 id="search-your-contacts-using-powershell" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211008-functiondraft.md#search-your-contacts-using-powershell"/><a href="https://www.slipstick.com/developer/search-contacts-powershell/"><em>Search your Contacts using PowerShell</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#search-your-contacts-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 Diane Poremsky on 8th October</p><p>A user wanted to use PowerShell to search his contacts for a value in the custom field. While you don’t need to use PowerShell to search contacts, and can do a more complicated search within Outlook, you will need to use PowerShell or VBA if you want to search for a value in a custom field.</p><h6 id="reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211008-functiondraft.md#reddit-rpowershell---most-popular-weekly-post"/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/q0cy65/as_sysadmin_i_use_many_powershell_scripts_on_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/akshin1995 shares a tool he made in .Net 5 for running PowerShell and Batch scripts.</p><h6 id="tweet-of-the-week" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211008-functiondraft.md#tweet-of-the-week"/><a href="https://twitter.com/Jaap_Brasser/status/1445560964636557313"><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>I missed my old context menu in #Windows11 today, so I did the sensible thing and created a #PowerShell Module to manage my various registry tweaks straight from the Windows Terminal!</p><h6 id="youtube-intune-tutorial-20--how-to-deploy-powershell-script-in-intune" class="ps-heading"><a href="https://github.com/devops-collective-inc/WhatYouMissedThisWeek/blob/master/20211008-functiondraft.md#youtube-intune-tutorial-20--how-to-deploy-powershell-script-in-intune"/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO3ZTvrukyw"><em>Youtube: Intune Tutorial 20 -How to Deploy PowerShell Script in Intune</em></a><a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#youtube-intune-tutorial-20--how-to-deploy-powershell-script-in-intune" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h6><p>Learn How to deploy PowerShell script via Intune</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2022 Update</title><link>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-10-02-powershell-devops-global-summit-2022-update/</link><guid>https://powershell.org/articles/2021-10-02-powershell-devops-global-summit-2022-update/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 15:45:17 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;h2 id="join-us-april-25-28-2022-in-bellevue-wa" class="ps-heading"&gt;Join us April 25-28, 2022 in Bellevue WA&lt;a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#join-us-april-25-28-2022-in-bellevue-wa" 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;We are pleased to announce the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit April 25-29, 2022, at the Marriott in Bellevue, WA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;rsquo;s right!! The Marriott will be the official hotel, and Summit will take place in the hotel conference center.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are a few dates to keep in mind&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CFP Opens &lt;strong&gt;November 15, 2021&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<h2 id="join-us-april-25-28-2022-in-bellevue-wa" class="ps-heading">Join us April 25-28, 2022 in Bellevue WA<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#join-us-april-25-28-2022-in-bellevue-wa" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h2><p>We are pleased to announce the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit April 25-29, 2022, at the Marriott in Bellevue, WA.</p><p>That&rsquo;s right!! The Marriott will be the official hotel, and Summit will take place in the hotel conference center.</p><p>Here are a few dates to keep in mind</p><p>CFP Opens<strong>November 15, 2021</strong></p><p>CFP Closes<strong>January 15, 2022</strong></p><p>Selection and Notification<strong>January 15-20, 2022</strong></p><p>Final schedule released and Ticket Sales Start -<strong>February 1, 2022</strong></p><p>Watch our official Twitter page @PSHSummit for more the most up-to-date information.</p><h3 id="what-about-covid" class="ps-heading">What about Covid<a class="ps-heading-anchor" href="#what-about-covid" aria-label="Link to this section" title="Link to this section"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true"/></a></h3><p>We are carefully watching the Covid situation, and we will do everything we can to make sure our volunteers, speakers, and attendees are safe. We are also communicating with Visit Bellevue and the Marriott to keep up to date with local and state precautions.</p><p>The good news is that Ticket Sales do not start until February 1, 2022.</p>
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