Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Audit Every SMB Share Permission with Get-SmbShareAccess
  Learn how to audit SMB share permissions using the Get-SmbShareAccess PowerShell cmdlet, identifying unnecessary 'Everyone' and 'Full Control' grants, and reviewing NTFS ACLs before making any permission changes.
• Migrate DHCP Without Losing Leases with Export-DhcpServer
  Learn how to migrate a DHCP server by using Export-DhcpServer and Import-DhcpServer, while keeping existing leases intact.
• Exchange Web Services Enters the Final Mile
  Microsoft will retire Exchange Web Services (EWS) on April 1, 2027, as part of its effort to reduce attack surface and move customers to more modern APIs. Administrators should review the EwsAllowedAppIDs allow list and add additional application identifiers if necessary, and re-enable EWS via the Baseline Security Mode settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center or by updating the tenant configuration through Exchange Online PowerShell.
• Report on the Feature Update level of Intune Devices using PowerShell
  This article introduces a PowerShell script that helps users determine the feature update level for Windows clients managed by Microsoft Intune.
• Azure Automation Workflows für IT-Teams zugänglich machen, ohne dass jeder Zugriff aufs Runbook braucht
  Die Nutzung von Azure Automation Workflows kann für IT-Teams erschwert sein, da das Starten eines Skripts Zugriff auf das gesamte Azure-Abonnement voraussetzt. Eine Lösung hierfür ist die Erstellung einer Ebene über Azure Automation, die bestehende Runbooks als einfache Aktionen zugänglich macht, ohne dass der ausführende Mitarbeiter Zugriff auf das Azure-Portal benötigt.
• How to Hide & Show the Taskbar in Windows 11
  This guide shows users how to hide and show the taskbar in Windows 11 using various methods, including Settings, Registry, and PowerShell.
• PowerShell Commands to Clean Up Windows and Speed It Up Without a Cleaner App
  Learn how to use PowerShell commands to clean up Windows, free disk space, repair system files, optimize drives, and fix network issues without relying on a cleaner app.
• Stop Hiding Errors With -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
  Learn better error handling techniques in the samelessly self promoted blog post :)

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• Introducing the WinCLAT PowerShell Module
  The WinCLAT PowerShell module is released, providing a way to manage and evaluate Windows CLAT in IPv6 environments.
• ugit v0.4.7
  ugit an update!
• TheDashboard v 0.0.45
  TheDashboard is a module that allows you to create a dashboard for your HTML reports

Community

• Night of the Living Certificates with Jake Hildreth
  It's the Halloween episode, and Jake Hildreth is back to raise the dead. Fresh off Wild West Hackin' Fest in Deadwood, South Dakota (a town of 1,100 people that welcomes 1,200 hackers, a mechanical bull, and a round of Hacker Feud), Jake walks Andrew through his talk. The talk idea is simple and kind of brilliant: one tool to build a vulnerable AD CS lab, one tool to attack it, and one tool to defend and fix it. He also shares the very real story of ripping the auto-pwn pieces out of ESCalator four days before the talk and finishing his demos 45 minutes before showtime.

Fun

• Get-TrickOrTreat.ps1
  Trick or Treat (Safe Prank Edition) If Treat you are given a PowerShell tip. If Trick, a simulated deletion is run. No Remove-Item or destructive cmdlets are used.

Events

• On-Ramp Scholarship
  A scholarship for younger technology professionals to attend the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, covering airfare and lodging.
• 20 Years Of PowerShell - One Idea That Changed IT Forever
  2 decades ago, an idea changed the world of IT automation forever. Join us on Saturday, November 14, 2026, as we celebrate PowerShell's 20th birthday with its inventor, Jeffrey Snover, and special guests from the PowerShell community.

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Announcements!

• Microsoft to Retire the Search-UnifiedAuditLog Cmdlet in 2027
  Microsoft will retire the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet on October 15, 2027, forcing customers to migrate their PowerShell scripts to use the asynchronous Graph AuditLogQuery API. The retirement affects synchronous audit log search capability in Microsoft 365 and is expected to cause significant disruption for customers.
• Release v7.6.8 Release of PowerShell · PowerShell/PowerShell
  The Update Notification feature has been removed, among many other improvements.

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• How to Export Microsoft Teams Chat History Using PowerShell
  This guide teaches how to export Microsoft Teams chat history using PowerShell. It covers connecting to Microsoft Graph, getting messages, cleaning up raw data, converting HTML to text, and exporting the chat to CSV or HTML.
• Testing JSON in PowerShell
  The author shares a method to test if a JSON file is valid and contains data in PowerShell, starting with version 5.1. They also highlight the built-in Test-Json command introduced in PowerShell 7.
• Back Up and Restore Every Group Policy Object in PowerShell
  This article introduces the Backup-GPO, Restore-GPO, Import-GPO, and New-GPLink cmdlets for backing up, restoring, importing, and recovering deleted Group Policy Objects in PowerShell.
• Exchange Web Services Enters the Final Mile
  Microsoft is retiring Exchange Web Services (EWS) on April 1, 2027, as part of its effort to reduce attack surface and move customers to modern APIs. After the retirement, EWS-based applications will cease to function, and administrators must take steps to mitigate the impact, such as re-enabling EWS via the Microsoft 365 admin center or updating tenant configurations.
• Clear-RecoverableItems: Bulk-purging Exchange Online Recoverable Items with Microsoft Graph batching
  In my last article, Outlook sync issue, compliance, and useless Purview feature, I ended with a cliffhanger: we had to delete over 600,000 items, and I wrote a script for it. As promised, here it is. The problem in short … Continue reading →
• I can't believe PowerShell is actually good
  PowerShell, I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game.

Community

• Inside the PowerShell Working Groups with Ryan Yates
  Ryan Yates, a member of three PowerShell Working Groups, discusses how these groups triage issues and decide on bugs and enhancements, allowing community members to contribute code.

Events

• On-Ramp Scholarship
  A scholarship for younger technology professionals to attend the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, covering airfare and lodging.
• 20 Years Of PowerShell - One Idea That Changed IT Forever
  2 decades ago, an idea changed the world of IT automation forever. Join us on Saturday, November 14, 2026, as we celebrate PowerShell's 20th birthday with its inventor, Jeffrey Snover, and special guests from the PowerShell community.

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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell Update 29
  The latest update to the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK fixes a major issue but introduces new problems. The authors of the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook have updated it to reflect the current situation and include new information.
• Tracking File-Level Archiving Activity in SharePoint Online with PowerShell
  This article demonstrates how to use the Microsoft Graph API to track file-level archiving activity in SharePoint Online using PowerShell. The script fetches all Microsoft 365 Groups, finds document libraries, and iterates through files to check their archive status.
• Maintaining Stable Azure Automation Runtime Environments
  To maintain stable Azure Automation runtime environments, it's recommended to use separate production and test environments for PowerShell module updates. This ensures that runbooks execute reliably without being affected by potential problems in updated modules.
• Replacing Old Batch Files with PowerShell: A Migration Guide
  A guide for migrating legacy batch files to PowerShell, covering what maps to what, when to leave batch alone, and common pitfalls like exit codes and quoting.
• Powershell Update Goes Sideways
  The latest PowerShell update in Windows Terminal caused issues such as an 'Installation abandoned' error message and switching to the command prompt instead of PowerShell. The author experiences these problems while using WinGet.
• Determining Script types with Decision Models
  An article discussing using decision models to determine the type of PowerShell scripts used, without relying on script content.
• Getting OneDrive size and real size on disk using PowerShell
  This article provides a script to retrieve both the full size and actual space used by files in OneDrive on disk, utilizing PowerShell and .NET classes.
• Azure Runbook: Entra ID App Secret Expiry Notifications
  If you have ever received a call on a Monday morning saying “the integration stopped working” and after an hour of troubleshooting you found out that the client secret of an Entra ID app registration expired over the weekend, then this post is for you. Or maybe it was the SAML certificate of an Enterprise...

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• Using the PowerShell PSCompression module to create or extract ZIP, tar, RAR, gzip, bzip2, etc
  The PSCompression module in PowerShell allows for compressing files beyond just ZIP, including tar, RAR, gzip, and bzip2.
• PSWSMan 3.0.0
  Cross platform module that implements the WSMan connection plugin for remoting.
• Nitrogen 1.1.0
  Stuff a little AI into diagnosing your local machine with AI assistance

Community

• The PowerShell Summer of Fun With James Brundage The PowerShell Summer of Fun With James Brundage
  Andrew sits down with longtime PowerShell legend James Brundage to recap what he calls his "summer of fun," a stretch of side projects that prove PowerShell can go way further than most of us ever thought to push it. James kicks things off with Wave, a module for creating and manipulating real .wav files in the object pipeline. Once you see audio as a sine wave and some math, you can generate notes, play music, and even draw animated SVG waves straight from PowerShell.
• PSConfEU MiniCon 2026
  The author recapitulates the annual PSConfEU MiniCon, an online version of the event, which they attended and participated in using Gather's interaction style.
• PowerShell Community Call - October 15th, 2026
  For more information on the PowerShell Community Call, check out https://aka.ms/PSCommunityCall

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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Stop Service Principal Sprawl in Entra ID with PowerShell
  A guide to using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph to manage service principal sprawl in Azure Active Directory (AAD) tenant, including ownership, rotation, and safe disablement.
• Patching a Windows Enterprise Infrastructure with nothing but PowerShell
  The author describes how they used PowerShell scripts to automate patching of all Windows servers in their enterprise, overcoming security challenges and achieving a 100% patch success rate.
• Connecting to Ubuntu Linux from Windows Using VS Code Remote SSH
  This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to connect to an Ubuntu Linux server remotely using Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Remote SSH. The process involves generating an SSH key, adding it to the Linux server's authorized_keys file, and configuring VS Code to use the remote connection.
• How to Automate AD User Offboarding with PowerShell
  This article provides a step-by-step guide on automating the offboarding process for Active Directory users using PowerShell, including disabling accounts, resetting passwords, stripping groups, and more.
• Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK V2.41 Finally Fixes Assembly Clash
  Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK V2.41 has finally fixed the assembly clash problem, allowing administrators to coexist major Microsoft PowerShell modules in the same session without conflicts.
• Find Expired Windows Certificates Instantly via PowerShell
  This article shows how to use PowerShell to scan every certificate store across a Windows fleet, report expired and expiring certificates, and alert before authentication breaks.
• Creating and Using Classes in PowerShell
  This article introduces classes and objects in PowerShell, a scripting language that supports object-oriented programming. It explains how to create a simple class called Auto, which has properties such as Marke, Modell, and Preis, and methods like Starten. The author demonstrates the creation of objects from the class, accessing their properties, and executing the method.
• PowerShell Desired State Configuration in 2026: Is It Still Worth It?
  The article assesses the value of PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) in 2026, considering its place in the modern DevOps landscape and comparing it with other tools like Ansible and Intune.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• Test your network equipment using PowerShell and the Invoke-NetStress Module
  The article introduces a PowerShell module called Invoke-NetStress, which allows users to test their network equipment and measure its reliability and capacity.
• Pktmon: Capture Windows Traffic Without a Third-Party Driver
  This article introduces Pktmon, a built-in Windows tool that allows users to capture packets and packet-drop reasons without needing a third-party driver.

Community

• From Flow State to Agent State with Adam Driscoll
  Adam Driscoll discusses how AI has changed his work since selling PowerShell Universal, using coding agents and planning in smaller steps to increase productivity.

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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• PowerShell or Power Automate: Stop Automation Mistakes
  Learn how to choose between PowerShell and Power Automate for automation tasks based on six key factors, including system complexity, data volume, and team skills.
• Microsoft Starts Twelve-Month Retirement of Windows PowerShell Support for Graph SDK
  Microsoft is retiring support for the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK on Windows PowerShell 5.1 and focusing on PowerShell V7, with a 12-month transition period starting September 16, 2026.
• How to Access Teams Meeting Transcripts with the Microsoft Graph
  Microsoft has introduced a new control to limit access to Teams meeting transcripts through the Microsoft Graph API, requiring explicit tenant buy-in and approval. To retrieve transcripts, developers must also meet requirements such as online authentication with a registered app and accessing target user accounts through a Teams application access policy.
• Speed up Azure DevOps pipelines with the Cache task
  The author uses the Azure DevOps Cache task to speed up a PowerShell pipeline that installs dependencies and runs tests. By caching the modules, the pipeline is significantly faster on subsequent runs.
• Calling MCP Servers from PowerShell with PSMcpClient
  This article demonstrates how to use the PSMcpClient module in PowerShell to connect to and call MCP servers, making it easier to automate tasks with MC Clients.
• slmgr.vbs replacement in PowerShell using the OSLicense module
  The article demonstrates how to replace slmgr.vbs, a deprecated Windows script for managing licenses, using the PowerShell OSLicense module.
• Auditing Active Directory with PowerShell: Practical Queries
  This article provides practical PowerShell queries for auditing Active Directory, covering topics such as stale accounts, privileged group membership, password policy exceptions, and delegation risks.
• Deploy an Azure VM with Bicep and Azure PowerShell
  This article demonstrates how to deploy an Azure virtual machine using Bicep, with Azure PowerShell for validation and deployment.
• Vibe Coding Isn’t the Problem. Ownership Is.
  Marc D Anderson argues that the focus on AI-generated code in open-source projects is misplaced and that true ownership matters more than authorship. He emphasizes the importance of understanding what you've built and being willing to explain and maintain it.
• What’s in the Microsoft Enterprise App Catalog? Finding Out with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph
  If you’ve clicked Apps > Windows > Create > Enterprise App Catalog app in Intune, you’ve seen the catalog picker. Search, pick an app, pick a variant, next, next, done. What the picker doesn’t give you is the big picture. Which vendors are in there? How many variants of Firefox are there (spoiler…a lot)?

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• Active Directory Health Check with PowerShell: Free Script and What Each Check Means
  A free PowerShell script that performs an Active Directory health check, querying domain controllers for various health metrics, is available. The script produces a console and HTML summary of the results.
• MC1483974 Action Required Upgrade ExchangeOnlineManagement PowerShell Module to Version 3.10.1 or Later
  Microsoft has released version 3.10.1 of the ExchangeOnlineManagement PowerShell module, requiring organizations to upgrade if they use versions earlier than this for enhanced security features.
• DDD 0.1.1: Now Runs on PowerShell 7.4 and Newer
  DDD 0.1.1 is on the PowerShell Gallery. It’s a small release: DDD now runs on more versions of PowerShell, works in VS Code’s terminal, and opens glTF scenes that include a camera.
• FSWatcherEngineEvent 2.1.0
  Provide file system change notifications as PowerShell engine events

Community

• From Burnout to Buy In, Justin Grote on Building in the Age of AI Agents
  Justin Grote discusses his journey from feeling threatened by AI-generated modules to finding a new passion in building with the agent host protocol, harnesses, and other emerging technologies.
• Living Off the Land With Spencer Alessi
  Spencer Alessi, a pen tester and AD security enthusiast, shares his insights on why PowerShell remains a top tool for both attackers and defenders, the role of AI in his workflow, and three controls that make a big difference for defenders.

Fun

• clmystery
  A command-line murder mystery.

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Announcements!

• Investing in a more reliable Microsoft Graph PowerShell experience
  Microsoft's announcement about upcoming changes to the Graph PowerShell modules. Along with the retirement of 5.1 support.
• PSConfEU MiniCon 2026's Call for Speakers!
  You have 1 week left to submit sessions for PSConfEU MiniCon 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Intelligent Terminal 0.2.2572: New features and performance improvements
  Microsoft has released Intelligent Terminal 0.2.2572, featuring AI-powered agents like GitHub Copilot CLI, with over 60 fixes and improvements focused on performance, reliability, and usability.
• Microsoft Starts Twelve-Month Retirement of Windows PowerShell Support for Graph SDK
  Microsoft has announced a 12-month retirement period for Windows PowerShell 5.1 support for the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, with development focusing on PowerShell V7 instead. This change aims to encourage organizations to migrate to PowerShell V7 and is intended to simplify the transition process.
• Build a Custom Agent Harness with PowerShell and PSAISuite
  This article demonstrates how to build a custom agent harness using PowerShell and PSAISuite, which allows models to interact with external tools and retrieve specific information from the environment. The harness is built around a task-specific tool and model, and provides a way to refine the tool and instructions to fit the job at hand.
• Microsoft is Retiring slmgr.vbs – Here’s what to Use Instead
  Microsoft is retiring the slmgr.vbs tool for Windows activation management, recommending alternative tools instead.
• Active Directory Test Data, a Year and Six Providers Later
  What the TestEnvironment Active Directory provider seeds, and how it tears a lab domain down, set against the standalone module it replaced.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• OZOTaskScheduler v 1.0.0
  Provides functions for managing Windows Task Scheduler tasks.
• PSAISuite v 0.8.10
  PowerShell module for simple, unified interface to multiple Generative AI providers
• SpotifyCLI v 3.2.9
  Full-featured Spotify terminal client for PowerShell. Control playback, search, playlists, devices, queue, and more — plus Live Display, synchronized lyrics, music quiz, setlist lookup, and statistics analytics. Requires Spotify Premium and a Spotify Developer App.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

• EverythingFast: Developing Performant PowerShell Modules - Justin Grote
  In this lecture, Justin Grote introduces the topic of PowerShell performance and explains that performance should be judged by whether something is “fast enough” for the task. He discusses when improving speed matters, such as scripts that run frequently, processes that affect cost, or workloads that no longer fit their original time window.

Community

• PSConfEU MiniCon 2026
  PSConfEU Minicon is free and open to everyone - 13 October 2026 from 7am (CEST)
• Microsoft 365 DSC Without the 100 Page Setup Guide with Constantin Hager
  Constantin Hager, a Microsoft MVP, shares his insights on Microsoft 365 DSC (Configuration Manager), including its capabilities and limitations, and introduces the M365DSC Workshop to simplify the setup process.

Fun

• PowerShell Can Put Pictures in Your Terminal with SIXEL
  PowerShell normally sends text and objects to a terminal. This experiment sends an image.

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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Bringing back the power of PowerShell's authoring experience for Microsoft Desired State Configuration
  Microsoft DSC and PowerShell can now combine their capabilities, offering a more powerful authoring experience.
• Run a PowerShell Workload on a Local Kubernetes Cluster That Talks to Microsoft Graph
  This article demonstrates how to run a PowerShell workload on a local Kubernetes cluster that authenticates to Microsoft Graph using workload identity and reports on the Intune device estate on a schedule.
• Writing Your First PowerShell Script That Does Something Useful
  Learn how to build a practical PowerShell script from scratch, covering topics like param blocks, error handling, and object output.
• Microsoft tells IT admins to replace slmgr.vbs with PowerShell now
  Microsoft advises IT administrators to switch from slmgr.vbs to PowerShell for Windows activation automation due to VBScript removal, helping to ensure smoother workflows.
• Calculating in PowerShell
  A blog post showing options for basic math and calculations in PowerShell, helping users remember the Terminal's calculation capabilities.
• From the PowerShell community on Reddit: Matrix Transforms in PowerShell
  The Matrix module lets us create and apply matrices in PowerShell, using CSS-compatible syntax. This means we can scale, rotate, and translate points in PowerShell.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• Magic Variables or Automatic Variables
  Magic Variables or Automatic Variables. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
• GliderUI
  Cross-platform Desktop GUI framework for PowerShell powered by Avalonia

Community

• Learn PowerShell by Solving Real Problems
  David McFall shares practical tips and real-world examples on using PowerShell for automation, mentorship, and solving problems in various Microsoft environments.

Fun

• Doom in PowerShell
  Say it isn't so, or is, don't know which one really.
• Did you know PowerShell can play music?
  Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Announcements!

• PowerShell v7.7.0 preview 4
  Harm Veenstra discusses the new preview version of PowerShell, highlighting changes and installation instructions.

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Converting CSV String Values to Boolean in PowerShell
  The article discusses how to convert string values of true or false from a CSV file into boolean values in PowerShell.
• Get SharePoint Folder Permissions Using PnP PowerShell
  A tutorial on how to use PnP PowerShell to retrieve and export permissions for folders, files, and list items in a SharePoint Online document library. The script generates a CSV report that shows unique permission assignments, direct permissions, and inherited access.
• Running a Regular Check for New Graph Permissions
  A PowerShell script can be used to automate the detection of new Graph permissions, which can help organizations assess whether they should replace broader permissions with more specific ones.
• PowerShell for Hackers, Part 8: Privilege Escalation and Organization Takeover
  This article covers PowerShell for hackers, focusing on privilege escalation, AMSI bypass, and dumping credentials. It also discusses PowerUp, a script that can be used to exploit systems by finding unquoted service paths, and attacks against NTDS and SAM hives.
• Modify Windows Support Phone Number with PowerShell
  This article demonstrates how to modify the support phone number displayed in PC Info using PowerShell by accessing and editing the Windows Registry.
• Examining Nerd Font Glyphs
  A PowerShell script helps analyze and visualize nerd font glyphs, making it easy to examine and understand these unique characters.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• PowerShell Script to Perform a Complete Microsoft Entra ID Connect Health Check
  A PowerShell script helps identify issues in hybrid Microsoft 365 environments with Microsoft Entra ID Connect, including login failures and synchronization delays.
• Entra Global Secure Access (GSA) Client Intune Deployment PowerShell Script
  This article provides a sample PowerShell script for deploying the Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access (GSA) client as an Intune Win32 app, allowing administrators to easily and securely deploy the client.
• PoshWeb/Matrix
  Matrix Transforms with PowerShell
• PSWEE v 1.5.0
  PowerShell WinRM Exmulated Explorer Module

Community

• How to Test Microsoft Graph Without a Live Tenant with Morten Mynster
  Morten Mynster shares his knowledge on how to test Microsoft Graph projects without a live tenant, covering topics like Least Privileged Entra and MS Graph Proxy.
• Community Calendar
  Upcoming conferences, meetups, and community events for PowerShell professionals.

Fun

• The FreeDadJokes PowerShell Module
  This article introduces the FreeDadJokes PowerShell module, a module that provides dad jokes for users to enjoy while working on projects.
• Remix Music with PowerShell
  This article showcases a way to remix music using RoughDraft and FFMpeg in PowerShell, allowing users to manipulate audio files and create new tracks.

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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• NDES Security Hardening: Protecting and Monitoring the SCEP Registry Configuration
  This article focuses on securing and monitoring Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) configuration, specifically the SCEP registry settings, to prevent attacks.
• Automate AVD Hybrid part 2
  This blog post demonstrates how to automate the deployment of an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) hybrid machine using Terraform and PowerShell. The author provides a step-by-step guide on how to create a VM, install Windows 11, and deploy the AVD agents, resulting in a fully functional AVD hybrid machine.
• How to Build Useful Reports from PowerShell — CSV, HTML and Email
  Learn how to create useful reports from PowerShell output, including choosing the right format (CSV, HTML, or JSON) and scheduling and emailing them properly.
• Powershell for Hackers, Part 9: Hacking with PsMapExec
  PsMapExec is a PowerShell script that allows hackers to dump hashes, execute remote commands, and extract Kerberos ticket keys. It can be used for various attacks such as Kerberoasting, timeroasting, and NTDS dumping.
• New Graph Permissions Pose Questions for Microsoft 365 Tenants
  Microsoft has introduced three new granular Graph permissions, allowing apps to create and modify user accounts without needing higher-level permissions. To stay up-to-date with new permissions, developers and administrators can use tools like the Permission Explorer and service principal permissions report script.
• Microsoft To Enforce WAM for Delegated Interactive Graph Sessions
  Microsoft is enforcing the use of Web Account Manager (WAM) for delegated interactive Graph sessions, starting from a future date. This change will make older SDK versions incompatible with browser-based authentication and may require administrators to re-evaluate their workflows.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• Windows Neofetch Alternatives
  Ed Tittel explores alternatives to Neofetch for displaying system information on Windows, including the use of Windows Console and custom scripting.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

• Microsoft Graph Authentication Made Simple — Part 1: Delegated Access
  Authentication doesn’t have to be hard. In Part 1 of Microsoft Graph Authentication Made Simple, Andrew Pla and Morten Mynster focus on delegated authentication.

Community

• Unit Testing Your Cloud with Mike Soule
  Mike Soule discusses Maester, an open-source PowerShell-based test automation framework that applies unit testing concepts to Microsoft 365 security configuration.
• Security Features of PowerShell 7 with Mike O'Neill
  PowerShell 7.3+ introduces security features such as session configuration files and clean blocks to secure scripts, making it harder for attackers to exploit.

Fun

• XKCD v 1.5.3
  Commands related to the webcomic XKCD

Events

• PowerShell MythBusters w/ Matthew Dowst
  Join me and the PowerShell Ohio community for a fun evening of Mythbusting

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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Deploy Win32 Apps in Intune Using PowerShell Scripts 
  This article explains how to use PowerShell scripts for deploying Win32 apps in Microsoft Intune, without repackaging the application into an Intunewin package. The article covers installation and uninstallation scripts, detection scripts, and examples of deploying Windows optional features.
• WAM Bam, Thank You Ma’am. What Changed in the Microsoft Graph SDK
  The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK now uses Windows Account Manager (WAM) by default for interactive authentication on Windows, starting from version 2.34.0. This change affects the way scripts authenticate users and may cause issues in certain scenarios, such as privileged access workstations or jump boxes.
• PSFramework: The Tools for Your Tools with Fred Weinmann
  Fred Weinmann introduces the PowerShell Framework Collective, a collection of tools that help build and maintain PowerShell projects more efficiently.
• Build an Azure Home Lab for Certs Without Overspending
  Learn how to build a nested Azure Hyper-V home lab for certification practice with budget alerts, a domain controller, and Azure Arc mapping.
• How to download a Teams meeting transcript via Microsoft Graph
  Microsoft has introduced tenant control for accessing Teams transcripts, allowing users to download meeting transcripts with and without speaker attribution using PowerShell.
• Extract Kerberos Tickets with PowerShell for Stealthy Execution
  This snippet uses a PowerShell script to request TGS tickets for service accounts without dropping any files to disk, using the .NET classes for Kerberos.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• I Built ReelArrange to Get Downloads Ready for Jellyfin
  Kyle Reddoch, a Jellyfin user, created ReelArrange, a Windows desktop app that simplifies the process of preparing downloaded movies and TV shows for Jellyfin by cleaning up folder names, identifying titles with TMDB, and organizing extras.
• Creating a Week-by-Week Report for Open Planner Tasks
  This article provides a PowerShell script to create a week-by-week report showing progress in closing tasks over a period for Microsoft 365 users.
• PSBlitz
  a PowerShell-based tool that outputs SQL Server health and performance diagnostics data to either Excel or HTML, and saves execution plans and deadlock graphs as .sqlplan and .xdl files.
• GpoEdit
  Module to read and write GPOs on a setting level. Contribute to FriedrichWeinmann/GpoEdit development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Bulk create Demo users in Active Directory using PowerShell
  This article demonstrates how to use the ADImporter project from RobBridgeman to create demo users in bulk using PowerShell.
• PowerShell and Fileless Attacks
  A blog post explains fileless attacks in PowerShell, where malicious code is executed directly in memory without being written to disk. It highlights four measures to mitigate this risk: Constrained Language Mode (CLM), PowerShell Script Block Logging, PowerShell Transcription and Module Logging, and Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI).
• Use the Invoke-ChangeMeetingOrganizer Cmdlet to Transfer Meeting Ownership
  A new PowerShell cmdlet, Invoke-ChangeMeetingOrganizer, has been introduced in Exchange Online to transfer meeting ownership between user mailboxes. The cmdlet allows administrators to switch organizers for meetings and updates the calendars of internal attendees with the new organizer information.
• Microsoft Teams PowerShell 7.9 Adds WAM Authentication and New Governance Controls
  The latest version of Microsoft Teams PowerShell introduces Web Account Manager (WAM) authentication, new governance controls, AI management, synthetic media detection, and voice phishing protection settings.
• How to Manage Teams Transcript API Access for Meetings
  Microsoft has introduced a tenant-wide control for Teams meeting transcript access, requiring applications to have both Microsoft Graph permissions and enabled Transcript API Access. This adds an extra layer of security for sensitive meeting data.
• Migration required: Microsoft is retiring the Azure-backed Whiteboard service
  Microsoft will retire its Azure-backed Whiteboard service and transition users to OneDrive-backed Whiteboards, requiring migration by August 22. Non-migrated boards will be deleted on September 5, 2026.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• ConfigManBearPig 2.0 – Things Are Getting Cereal
  I know it's a Python rewrite of a PowerShell script, but how could I not include something with such a great name :)
• Zippy
  Easy Compression in PowerShell.

Community

• Engineering AD from the Ground Up So Security Is Not an Afterthought with Evgenij Smirnov
  Evgenij Smirnov shares common Active Directory escalation paths and provides guidance on implementing proper tier isolation, highlighting the importance of a culture of least privilege in securing AD environments.
• Ready. Set. Go. PowerShell Ohio's First Meet!
  Check out the latest PowerShell community!

Fun

• PowerShell Typing Speed Tester
  This article introduces the PwshTyper Module, a tool to train muscle memory and improve typing speed in PowerShell.

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Announcements!

• Exchange Online PowerShell Updates to 3.10.1
  Microsoft rushed out version 3.10.1 of the Exchange Online management PowerShell module to fix a problem with certificate-based authentication. It seems like a change in an internal Microsoft identity platform caused the tokens issued after a successful connection to Exchange Online to not authorize the execution of further cmdlets. To their credit, Microsoft fixed the issue, but is this the kind of thing that should be caught in testing?

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Using DumPS in PowerShell for easy reading of all Properties
  While debugging PowerShell code outside of Visual Studio Code, it's always difficult to keep drilling down into all the Properties with nested objects inside of them, etc. With DumPS, this is a lot easier. In this blog post, I will show you how it works.
• Resetting Escrowed Accounts on a Microsoft Entra Provisioning Job
  This post dives into using Microsoft Graph to clear escrows for an ECMA Connector provisioning job either using Microsoft Graph Explorer or a new cmdlet in the ECMA2HostTools PowerShell Module (coming soon).
• Attackers Use Microsoft Teams Vishing Campaigns to Deploy Chaos Ransomware
  Cybercriminals are using Microsoft Teams voice phishing campaigns to infect corporate networks and deploy Chaos ransomware, targeting dozens of organizations in the US and Canada.
• Review the Microsoft 365 Profile Card visibility configuration before mid-August 2026
  Microsoft is updating the default visibility of some profile card properties, requiring administrators to update configurations manually before August 24, 2026.
• Two Wrongs Make a Right
  This blog post demonstrates how to use PowerShell to automate common tasks and simplify script maintenance.
• Jumping WinGet’s Install Technology Hurdle
  Windows developer Ed Tittel discusses the limitations of WinGet, Microsoft's package manager, and how alternative update techniques can be used instead of re-replacing installed packages.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• FileInspectorX v 1.1.1
  FileInspectorX is PowerShell module that allows you to query files and folders for information. It supports multiple types of file queries and can be used to query local file systems, network shares.
• Unicodery v 0.0.0.4
  Cmdlets to search, lookup, and get details about Unicode characters.

Community

• Active Directory Meets Source Control with Fred Weinmann
  Andrew sits down with Fred Weinmann, one of the most prolific PowerShell module authors in the community, for part one of a multi-episode series covering his projects. This episode focuses on the Active Directory Management Framework, or ADMF, a configuration-driven system Fred originally built while working as a field engineer at Microsoft for a large enterprise customer managing hundreds of Active Directory forests.
• Is poweshell worth it?
  Join the discussion on Reddit

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