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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Active Directory Infra check using PowerShell
By: Harm Veenstra

Some of our customers have an Active Directory environment that needs upgrading, to get a good overview of their environment I always check a lot of things before writing a report and a recommendation about which steps we need to take. In this blog post, I will show you a noscript that gathers information about the Active Directory Domain which saves a lot of command-line checking and starting up Management Consoles 😉
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Synchronizing PowerShell noscripts – control the flow
By: Wiktor Mrówczyński

Part 1 - Synchronizing PowerShell noscripts - allow only one instance at a time Part 2 - Synchronizing PowerShell noscripts - control the flow (this article) Intro In the last article I described how to ensure that only a single instance of your noscript runs at a time. Today is time for the second topic ...
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Today's cmdlet ‣ Test-Connection
Sends ICMP echo request packets, or pings, to one or more computers.

Example's Remarks:
• `Test-Connection` uses the TargetName parameter to specify the Server01 computer.
• The IPv4 parameter specifies the protocol for the test.

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How to Execute PowerShell Azure Functions with HTTP Triggers
By: Adam Bertram

Learn how to execute and test Azure Functions in PowerShell via HTTP using both the Azure Portal and PowerShell's Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet.
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Today's tip ‣ Lexical structure: Multiplier suffixes

”For convenience, integer and real literals can contain a numeric-multiplier, which indicates one of a set of commonly used powers of 10. numeric-multiplier can be written in any combination of upper- or lowercase letters.”
kb = kilobyte (1024)
mb = megabyte (1024 x 1024)
gb = gigabyte (1024 x 1024 x 1024)
tb = terabyte (1024 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024)
pb = petabyte (1024 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024)
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Favorite PowerShell modules that I use
By: Harm Veenstra

During the course of time, you add modules to your system, some are crucial for the things you work on and some were used only once 😉 In this blog post, I will show you my current list of modules and tell you why I use(d) them...
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Microsoft.PowerPlatform.DevOps v2.0.134
By: Dylan Haskins and Eugene Van Staden

A Toolset for Implementing and Adopting a full ALM strategy for the Microsoft PowerPlatform.
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Create a Windows 11 Multi-session golden image for Azure Virtual Desktop using Marketplace Image
By: Aresh Sarakari

Want to create a Windows 11 golden image for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) using a marketplace image using PowerShell? Check out this post by Aresh Sarakari on how you can do just that.
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Get-MgServicePrincipalPermission.ps1
By: Justin Grote

Get a list of application and delegated permissions for a service principal, similar to what the Azure Portal shows
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Today's cmdlet ‣ Get-Alias
Gets the aliases for the current session.

Example's Remarks:
• This command gets all aliases that begin with gp or sp, except for aliases that end with ps.

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