PSWinVitals v0.6.8
By: Samuel Leslie

Consolidate common system health checks, maintenance tasks & inventory retrieval
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Today's cmdlet ‣ Get-Counter
Gets performance counter data from local and remote computers.

Example's Remarks:
• `Get-Counter` uses the ListSet parameter to specify the PhysicalDisk counter set.
• The command is enclosed in parentheses so that the PathsWithInstances property returns each path instance as a string.

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v7.3.1 Release of PowerShell
By: PowerShell Team

Fresh off the pipelines for Christmas, it's PowerShell v7.3.1
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Top Ten PowerShell Tips for Microsoft 365 Management: Part Two
By: Damian Scoles

If you are stuck using your on-premises resources to manage a cloud infrastructure, it is an opportune time to change that with the availability of tools and functions that are now available. In this article, we focus on how to use PowerShell to manage Microsoft 365. In addition, we consider how to use cloud services to manage PowerShell code, testing, security controls, and more.
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Windows Updates through PowerShell
By: Chris Titus Tech

Did you know you can install updates with using PowerShell? This is the Guide for doing that!
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Create and manage append blobs with PowerShell
By: Baki Onur Okutucu

Before diving into how to manage append blobs using PowerShell, let's have a quick look at the blob types (block blobs, page blobs, and append blobs) available on Azure storage accounts. Storage accounts on Azure support three types of blobs, each of which is used for a different purpose. Therefore, it's important to determine the type of blob you need when you create it, as it is not possible to change the type once the blob is created. The supported blob types are as follows.
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Terminal User Interface (TUI)
By: Adam Driscoll

The Terminal User Interface (TUI) designer is used for designing UIs that run within standard terminals. They output noscript that works with Terminal.Gui. This project allows for the creation of UIs that run on Windows, Linux and Mac. You can even run terminals in shells like Azure Cloud Shell.
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Today's cmdlet ‣ ConvertFrom-Markdown
Convert the contents of a string or a file to a MarkdownInfo object.

Example's Remarks:
• The MarkdownInfo object is returned.
• The specified string ` Bold text ` is converted to a VT100-encoded string and available in VT100EncodedString property.

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The Many Ways to Send Email via the Microsoft Graph
By: Tony Redmond

For those wanting to eliminate the SMTP AUTH protocol, Microsoft has three ways to send email using Graph APIs. This article looks at how to use the Send-MgUserMail cmdlet and compares it to the Send-MgUserMessage cmdlet (covered in depth in a previous article). Our conclusion is that you'll probably end up using Send-MgUserMail because it's easier to use.
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Today's tip ‣ Basic concepts: Environment variables

”The PowerShell environment provider allows operating system environment variables to be retrieved, added, changed, cleared, and deleted.”

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PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit – [Chapter 1 Fundamentals]
By: MEM - tips and tricks

When you have a centralized management platform like Microsoft Intune or Configuration Manager, it is very import that automate what you can. When it comes to application management, there are many ways to do it. Some are more complex than others.
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Today's cmdlet ‣ Get-WinEvent
Gets events from event logs and event tracing log files on local and remote computers.

Example's Remarks:
• The `Get-WinEvent` cmdlet gets log information from the computer.
• The ListProvider parameter uses the asterisk (` `) wildcard to find Policy * anywhere within the provider's name.

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Building Communities with Chrissy LeMaire
By: The Powershell Podcast

In this episode, Chriss LeMaire chats with us and shares her perspective as a PowerSheller, DBA, Github star, community-builder, and more. We explore imposter syndrome and where Chrissy gets her confidence from. We talked about creating DBATools, becoming an author, how awesome Lee Holmes is, and even the fediverse. We also get to hear the legendary story of Big Perms. Last, Jordan derails the conversation to talk about food and has no regrets.
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Graph API using a Managed Identity in an Automation Runbook
By: Paul Contreras

In a previous post, I laid out detailed steps on how to connect to Microsoft Graph API using PowerShell. This is using the PowerShell SDK running on a machine that's not in Azure.
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PSGallery Reports
By: Jeff Hicks

See reports of what has been recently released and what is popular on the PowerShell Gallery. Updated weekly!
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Install PFX certificate on servers
By: Emil Larsson

As you may have guessed, this post will be about installing certificates using PowerShell.
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Today's cmdlet ‣ Get-HotFix
Gets the hotfixes that are installed on local or remote computers.

Example's Remarks:
• `Get-Hotfix` sends the objects down the pipeline to the `Sort-Object` cmdlet.
• `Sort-Object` sorts objects by ascending order and uses the Property parameter to evaluate each InstalledOn date.
• The array notation `[-1]` selects the most recent installed hotfix.

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PowerShell + Plotting in Polyglot Interactive Notebooks
By: Doug Finke

In this video, you'll see you how to use PowerShell in combination with ScottPlot, a graphical plotting library for .NET, to create data visualizations.
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The Return of James Petty with James Petty
By: The Powershell Podcast

In this episode, we got to speak to James Petty, who is a little busy at the moment. Running Summit has become so easy for him that he added both a new kid and a new job into the mix this year. We talk all about Summit, PowerShell, how many first-time speakers submitted to speak, and the future of OnRamp. Finally, we learn about new books to help you along your PowerShell journey.
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RTFM with Steven Judd
By: The Powershell Podcast

In this episode, we have our first returning guest, Steven Judd! Steven gets things started off right by talking about the process of turning a command into a function and how PowerShell provides value each step of the way. Steven convinces Jordan that RegEx is powerful and shares some tips for using it more. We learn about living off the land, how solving a problem can help you understand the technology that you are creating a solution for, and the three most important PowerShell commands. All this, and more, in this wisdom-infused episode.
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Modern IT Automation with PowerShell
By: The DevOps Collective and Michael Zanatta

A PowerShell Textbook written by the community for the community!
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