❗️v7.1.5 Release of PowerShell
Telemetry Changes:
- Configure ApplicationInsights to not send cloud role name.
Engine Updates and Fixes:
- Handle error from unauthorized access when removing AppLocker test files.
- Test more thoroughly whether a command is Out-Default for trannoscription scenarios.
- Handle error when the telemetry mutex cannot be created.
- Disallow Add-Type in NoLanguage mode on a locked down machine.
Telemetry Changes:
- Configure ApplicationInsights to not send cloud role name.
Engine Updates and Fixes:
- Handle error from unauthorized access when removing AppLocker test files.
- Test more thoroughly whether a command is Out-Default for trannoscription scenarios.
- Handle error when the telemetry mutex cannot be created.
- Disallow Add-Type in NoLanguage mode on a locked down machine.
❗ Microsoft asks admins to patch PowerShell to fix vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-41355
An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in .NET where System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection may send credentials in plain text on non-Windows Operating systems.
CVE-2020-0951
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) which could allow an attacker to bypass WDAC enforcement.
CVE-2021-41355
An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in .NET where System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection may send credentials in plain text on non-Windows Operating systems.
CVE-2020-0951
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) which could allow an attacker to bypass WDAC enforcement.
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Let's get it started
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📘New MicrosoftLearn module - Just Enough Administration in Windows Server
- Introduction
- Explain the concept of Just Enough Administration (JEA)
- Define role capabilities for a JEA endpoint
- Create a session configuration file to register a JEA endpoint
- Describe how JEA endpoints work to limit access to a PowerShell session
- Create and connect to a JEA endpoint
- Demonstration: Connect to a JEA endpoint
- Knowledge check
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/just-enough-administration-windows-server/
- Introduction
- Explain the concept of Just Enough Administration (JEA)
- Define role capabilities for a JEA endpoint
- Create a session configuration file to register a JEA endpoint
- Describe how JEA endpoints work to limit access to a PowerShell session
- Create and connect to a JEA endpoint
- Demonstration: Connect to a JEA endpoint
- Knowledge check
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/just-enough-administration-windows-server/
Docs
Just Enough Administration in Windows Server - Learn
Streamline the administration of your Windows Server environments with Just Enough Administration (JEA). Limit privileged operations to a set of specified PowerShell cmdlets, parameters and variables, and limit which users can connect to JEA endpoints. Constrain…
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Let's move on
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`$LetterA contains Apple.
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Apple contains Apple.
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Apple contains $LetterA.
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$LetterA contains Apple.
❗The first preview of version 3.0.0 of the PowerShell extension (VSCode)
This preview release includes a complete overhaul of the core PowerShell engine of PowerShell Editor Services. This represents over a year's work, tracked in PSES #1295 and implemented in PSES #1459, and is our answer to many, many issues opened by users over the last few years. We're hoping you'll see a marked improvement in the reliability, performance and footprint of the extension as a result.
https://github.com/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases
This preview release includes a complete overhaul of the core PowerShell engine of PowerShell Editor Services. This represents over a year's work, tracked in PSES #1295 and implemented in PSES #1459, and is our answer to many, many issues opened by users over the last few years. We're hoping you'll see a marked improvement in the reliability, performance and footprint of the extension as a result.
https://github.com/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases
GitHub
Revamp pipeline thread handling · Issue #1295 · PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices
A lot of the problems we face is based around handling of the pipeline thread. In order to invoke something on it, we need to interact with the PowerShell class, making us invoke at least a small b...
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Hello...world
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Hello world
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Hello,world
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Helloworld
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$a = 4..5; $b = 4..5; $c = 4..5
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$a = 4,5; $b = $null; $c = $null
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$a = 4; $b = 5; $c = 0
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$a = 4; $b = 5; $c = $null
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$a = 1 2; $b = 1 2 1 2
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$a = 1; $b = 2 1 2 1 2
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$a = 1; $b = 2 2 2