❗ Fixing help for the PSReadLine module
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/updating-help-for-the-psreadline-module/
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/updating-help-for-the-psreadline-module/
📌 PowerShell team Announcing PowerShell 7.1
- Github Repo
- Announcing PowerShell 7.1
- What's New in PowerShell 7.1
- Github Repo
- Announcing PowerShell 7.1
- What's New in PowerShell 7.1
GitHub
Release v7.1.0 Release of PowerShell · PowerShell/PowerShell
7.1.0 - 2020-11-11
Diff from 7.1.0-rc.2
Diff from 7.0.0
Engine Updates and Fixes
Fix a logic bug in MapSecurityZone (#13921) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes
Update pwsh -?...
Diff from 7.1.0-rc.2
Diff from 7.0.0
Engine Updates and Fixes
Fix a logic bug in MapSecurityZone (#13921) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes
Update pwsh -?...
📦 Announcing PSReadLine 2.1+ with Predictive IntelliSense
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-psreadline-2-1-with-predictive-intellisense/
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-psreadline-2-1-with-predictive-intellisense/
Episode 027 - PowerShell Security
Mick Pletcher & Harjit Dhaliwal
🎵The PowerShell News Podcast - Episode 027 - PowerShell Security
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-47bgh-f1757d
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-47bgh-f1757d
📘 Using the PowerShell formatting system to your advantage
https://joskw.gitbook.io/blog/object_formatting
https://joskw.gitbook.io/blog/object_formatting
joskw.gitbook.io
Using the PowerShell formatting system to your advantage
By Jos Koelewijn (@Jawz_84)
❗ PowerShell 7.2-preview.1 is out!
Engine Updates and Fixes:
- Change the default fallback encoding for GetEncoding in Start-Trannoscript to be UTF8 without a BOM
General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes
- Update pwsh -? output to match docs
- Fix NullReferenceException in Test-Json
- Make Dispose in TrannoscriptionOption idempotent
- Add additional Microsoft PowerShell modules to the tracked modules list
- Relax further SSL verification checks for WSMan on non-Windows hosts with verification available
- Add the OutputTypeAttribute to Get-ExperimentalFeature
- Fix blocking wait when starting file associated with a Windows application
-Emit warning if ConvertTo-Json exceeds -Depth value
Code Cleanup
https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v7.2.0-preview.1
Engine Updates and Fixes:
- Change the default fallback encoding for GetEncoding in Start-Trannoscript to be UTF8 without a BOM
General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes
- Update pwsh -? output to match docs
- Fix NullReferenceException in Test-Json
- Make Dispose in TrannoscriptionOption idempotent
- Add additional Microsoft PowerShell modules to the tracked modules list
- Relax further SSL verification checks for WSMan on non-Windows hosts with verification available
- Add the OutputTypeAttribute to Get-ExperimentalFeature
- Fix blocking wait when starting file associated with a Windows application
-Emit warning if ConvertTo-Json exceeds -Depth value
Code Cleanup
https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v7.2.0-preview.1
GitHub
Release v7.2.0-preview.1 Release of PowerShell · PowerShell/PowerShell
7.2.0-preview.1 - 2020-11-17
Engine Updates and Fixes
Change the default fallback encoding for GetEncoding in Start-Trannoscript to be UTF8 without a BOM (#13732) (Thanks @Gimly!)
General Cmdlet Up...
Engine Updates and Fixes
Change the default fallback encoding for GetEncoding in Start-Trannoscript to be UTF8 without a BOM (#13732) (Thanks @Gimly!)
General Cmdlet Up...
🎬 PowerShell Lightning Talk: Disk Speed Test on PowerShell with Jeremy Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQaFe5MtQk
#video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQaFe5MtQk
#video
YouTube
PowerShell Lightning Talk: Disk Speed Test on PowerShell with Jeremy Smith
Jeremy smith shows how he created some custom PowerShell functions to test disk speeds. He details how he was able to take a manual process and automate it. Prior to Jeremy's automation, this process was done through an old school cmd line utility and then…
📘Disaster recovery plan for Azure Key Vault using tags, PowerShell and Azure Function
In this article Sander Rozemuller will describe a way how to backup and restore a Key Vault when deleted.
https://rozemuller.com/disaster-recovery-plan-for-azure-key-vault-using-tags-powershell-and-azure-function/
In this article Sander Rozemuller will describe a way how to backup and restore a Key Vault when deleted.
https://rozemuller.com/disaster-recovery-plan-for-azure-key-vault-using-tags-powershell-and-azure-function/
Sander Rozemuller
Disaster recovery plan for Azure Key Vault using tags, PowerShell and Azure Function
Default the Azure KeyVault has softdelete enabled with a 90 day retention. This option will protect KeyVault items when deleted by accident.
🎬 AzUpdate: PowerShell and Azure Migrate, Managing User Authentication Updates and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDN6q_2oiEI
#video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDN6q_2oiEI
#video
YouTube
AzUpdate S01E28: PowerShell and Azure Migrate, Managing User Authentication Updates and more
Episode 28 of the Az Update Show.
It's been sometime since we connected last so lots of news to cover this week. News this week includes: PowerShell support for Server Migration with Azure Migrate is now generally available, Updates to managing user authentication…
It's been sometime since we connected last so lots of news to cover this week. News this week includes: PowerShell support for Server Migration with Azure Migrate is now generally available, Updates to managing user authentication…
🎬 Clash of the Titans in Automation: Python vs PowerShell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98H6iS0EG4s
#video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98H6iS0EG4s
#video
YouTube
Clash of the Titans in Automation: Python vs PowerShell
Presented by Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk & Eltjo van Gulik (Rawworks)
Q&A session Wed Nov 11, 8:30am Pacific time. Register: https://bit.ly/converge2020reg
This session will discuss two programming language titans of the automation world, Python and PowerShell.…
Q&A session Wed Nov 11, 8:30am Pacific time. Register: https://bit.ly/converge2020reg
This session will discuss two programming language titans of the automation world, Python and PowerShell.…
🎬 PowerShell Lightning Talk: Manipulating data using JSON and PowerShell with Terrance Copling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQQMkLSfkFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQQMkLSfkFo
YouTube
PowerShell Lightning Talk: Manipulating data using JSON and PowerShell with Terrance Copling
Terrance Copling shares how he manipulates string data by converting to a JSON and assigning data types. He shares some neat tricks he discovered that allows him to create advanced formatting in his JSON object. He also deletes unneeded data from his source…
📦 Pester 5.1.0 is out!
New features
- BeforeDiscovery block
- "TestCases" for Describe and Context
- "TestCases" can take any array, not just arrays of hashtables
- Templates expand to all variables and allow dot-notation
- Smaller improvements
https://github.com/pester/Pester/releases/tag/5.1.0
New features
- BeforeDiscovery block
- "TestCases" for Describe and Context
- "TestCases" can take any array, not just arrays of hashtables
- Templates expand to all variables and allow dot-notation
- Smaller improvements
https://github.com/pester/Pester/releases/tag/5.1.0
GitHub
Release 5.1.0 · pester/Pester
5.1.0
First of all, huge thanks to @fflaten who contributed a huge amount of code, bug fixing, issue responses, and improvements in this and previous releases. 🍾🥂
Also thanks to all other contribut...
First of all, huge thanks to @fflaten who contributed a huge amount of code, bug fixing, issue responses, and improvements in this and previous releases. 🍾🥂
Also thanks to all other contribut...
📘 Measuring PowerShell Profile Performance
https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/7908/measuring-powershell-profile-performance/
https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/7908/measuring-powershell-profile-performance/
The Lonely Administrator
Measuring PowerShell Profile Performance • The Lonely Administrator
Here's a handy noscript you can use to measure the performance of your PowerShell profile noscripts. Works for Windows PowerShell and Core.
📌Incident Report – PowerShell Gallery Downtime October 30, 2020
TL;DR - The downtime was a result of an attempt to fix ongoing statistics errors with the gallery.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/incident-report-powershell-gallery-downtime-october-30-2020/
TL;DR - The downtime was a result of an attempt to fix ongoing statistics errors with the gallery.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/incident-report-powershell-gallery-downtime-october-30-2020/
PowerShell
Incident Report - PowerShell Gallery Downtime October 30, 2020 | PowerShell
The PowerShell gallery experienced downtime on October 30th 2020. This report will give context as to what caused the downtime, what actions were taken to mitigate the issue, and what steps we are taking to improve the PowerShell gallery experience moving…
📚 If you want to learn powershell here we begin from scratch.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/introduction-to-powershell/
#free #course
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/introduction-to-powershell/
#free #course
Docs
Introduction to PowerShell - Training
This module introduces PowerShell, a cross-platform command-line shell and noscripting language built for task automation and configuration management.