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Editors Pick
Here are some of the articles specially picked by me for your reading…
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Public Preview of Notebook Mode in the PowerShell Preview extension for Visual Studio Code
In March, the Visual Studio Code team released a proposed API for providing Notebook-like experiences natively inside of the Visual Studio Code. Leveraging this, I am excited to announce the public preview of “Notebook Mode” in the PowerShell extension. This provides the ability to open PowerShell scripts (.ps1 files) in a Notebook-like view. This gives folks the ability to get familiar with a Notebook-like experience without having to fully adopt something like Jupyter Notebooks or .NET Interactive Books.
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PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19.1 is generally available
PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19.1 is now available on the PowerShell Gallery. This minor update fixes a few user-reported bugs and introduces a new rule (which is disabled by default) for avoiding using double quotes for constant strings. To install this version of the module, open any PowerShell console and run:
Install-Module PSScriptAnalyzer -Force -Repository PSGallery
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How to Pause a PowerShell Script
by Adam Listek
There are many reasons to pause script execution. Perhaps a script needs to wait for user input, slow down execution speed, or wait for another process to conclude before moving forward. As with most tasks in Powershell, there is more than one way to pause a script. Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, the method of pausing you choose will have its strengths and weaknesses.
Trending Github Repositories
Github repositories that are trending are good way to find and contribute to some cool PowerShell projects! Following is the list of top 10 trending PowerShell Github repositories..
Repository | Description | Stars | Forks | Num of Stars Today |
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cyberark/SkyArk | SkyArk helps to discover, assess and secure the most privileged entities in Azure and AWS | 314 | 67 | 90 |
ChrisTitusTech/win10script | This is the Ultimate Windows 10 Script from a creation from multiple debloat scripts and gists from github. | 143 | 111 | |
MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs | Open source documentation of Microsoft Azure | 4,207 | 10,679 | 5 |
actions/virtual-environments | GitHub Actions virtual environments | 1,041 | 435 | 4 |
Azure/Azure-Security-Center | Welcome to the Azure Security Center community repository | 164 | 102 | 3 |
Azure/CloudShell | Container Image for Azure Cloud Shell (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/cloud-shell/) | 61 | 10 | 36 |
Azure/azure-quickstart-templates | Azure Quickstart Templates | 7,701 | 10,940 | 6 |
pnp/sp-dev-list-formatting | SharePoint List Formatting Samples | 442 | 326 | 0 |
BloodHoundAD/BloodHound | Six Degrees of Domain Admin | 4,463 | 882 | 5 |
MicrosoftDocs/memdocs | Enable Public Contributions | 21 | 138 | 0 |
Top Tweets
If you are into tech then you can’t miss these PowerShell related popular tweets in last week, here is the list of top 10 most popular PowerShell tweets…
Twitter Handle | Retweet Count | Favorite Count | Status | Status URL |
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@rimpq | 59 | 128 | An Analysis of #Emotet #Malware: #PowerShell Unobfuscation | by Picus Security Inc. | Picus Security | Jul, 2020 | #Threathunting #blueteam #ThreatIntelligence | status |
@jorgeorchilles | 55 | 150 | Excellent intro to PowerShell and specifically using it in Kali Linux (what? #PowerShell on Linux? YES!!) by my fri… https://t.co/TNwmVxTGbV | status |
@socavalier | 44 | 72 | FREE all day #PowerShell conference this Friday on Twitch! Keynote speaker @jsnover – The State of the Shell will k… https://t.co/cLPfMVxzvn | status |
@ThomasKurth_ch | 37 | 116 | Document #AzureAD #ConditionalAccess like a pro! Just published the new version which also includes CSV file genera… https://t.co/FH4BOdThwl | status |
@Hakin9 | 34 | 76 | “Watch a video tutorial and learn how to perform a 2FA bypass with PowerShell. https://t.co/uLgd6V52xw #infosec… https://t.co/TUKstw2Bx4“ | status |
@ptracesecurity | 31 | 50 | Deobfuscate PowerShell using PowerShell Logging https://t.co/0zT7e1pKBo #Windows10 #PowerShell #Malware #Infosec https://t.co/BxKPtbvkwi | status |
@syst_and_deploy | 29 | 73 | “Need to run a script as user in system context ? Check this module: RunAsUser from @KelvinTegelaar. Really nice… https://t.co/J0D4dM8pWv“ | status |
@ThomasMaurer | 24 | 46 | How to Use Cloud Shell in Visual Studio Code ☁💻https://t.co/IneZ0stc4V #Azure #CloudShell #PowerShell #VSCode @code https://t.co/D9eDKQl4zA | status |
@TylerLeonhardt | 23 | 60 | “🎉 v2020.7.0 of the #PowerShell Preview extension for @code is released 🎉 It contains a bunch of great features… here we go…” | status |
@PWSHChicago | 22 | 24 | “3 More Days for the FREE virtual #Chicago #PowerShell #Conference! Register FREE: https://t.co/cKNIaZx4ml Please… https://t.co/0Sbfu8YMKb“ | status |
Top Reddit posts
PowerShell Reddit r/PowerShell is a vibrant community and you should be on board if you want to get onto the nerve of PowerShell Community, here is a list of top Reddit posts last week..
Author | Title | Ups | Num of Comments | URL |
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/u/adbertram | Building PowerShell for Speed | 92 | 52 | Post |
/u/PowerShellChallenge | PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19.1 | 74 | 1 | Post |
/u/Wireless_Life | How to Manage SharePoint via PowerShell – Getting Started | 69 | 14 | Post |
/u/MFKDGAF | Chicago Powershell Conference today @ 8am CST | 54 | 5 | Post |
/u/Jswiftian | How can I automate my daily login routine? | 40 | 31 | Post |
/u/mrdesastamasta | Qualified Powershell script in GxP environment | 24 | 23 | Post |
/u/bobaganoosh12 | need a little help installing a msi to 50+ servers. | 20 | 25 | Post |
/u/Azzwuppa | Trying to Compare CSV’s and return all equal values | 19 | 2 | Post |
/u/The_Frame | Need help with a script to kill a hyper-v vm if over a certain cpu threshold | 17 | 6 | Post |
/u/mozycan | Powershell Prompt | 16 | 10 | Post |
New on Youtube
Here are all new PowerShell videos uploaded on youtube.com last week!
Title | Channel | Video URL |
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How to Create Windows PowerShell Scripts in PowerShell ISE | EveryTechTime | Video |
What’s new in PowerShell Universal v1.3 | Adam Driscoll | Video |
The power of powershell part 26 | IT Generalist | Video |
035 DEMO Post exploitation Windows powershell The Complete Ethical Hacking Course Hacknomus | Jake | Video |
VGM 25.06.2020: Die Evolution von Powershell | iTrain GmbH | Video |
Atomic Red Team Tutorial: Importing the PowerShell Module | Open Source Adversary Emulation – Red Canary | Video |
Pipeline – PowerShell for IT Professionals | Kamil Procyszyn | Video |
Azure Disk resize via Powershell | Practise&Learn | Video |
Automating SQL RDS With PowerShell | Nebula Data Solutions | Video |
MS Graph API Read all Tenant calendar events with PowerShell | spjeff | Video |
#11 Azure Powershell-5 Azure DevOps Tutorial for Beginners – Visualpath | Visualpath | Video |
#10 Azure Powershell-4 Azure DevOps Tutorial for Beginners – Visualpath | Visualpath | Video |
#9 Azure Powershell-3 Azure DevOps Tutorial for Beginners – Visualpath | Visualpath | Video |
How to create a Windows virtual machine in Azure with PowerShell | Learn Gratuit | Video |
Enable Accelerated Networking via Powershell | Vinicius Deschamps | Video |
Bestseller Books on Leanpub.com
Here are the top 10 book titles which were trending as bestsellers under the PowerShell category!
Rank | Book Title | Author |
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1 | The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book | Don Jones and Jeff Hicks |
2 | Shell of an Idea | Don Jones |
3 | The PowerShell Practice Primer | Jeff Hicks |
4 | The PowerShell Conference Book. Vol 1 | Jeff Hicks, Mike F Robbins, Michael T Lombardi, and The DevOps Collective, Inc. |
5 | The PowerShell Conference Book. Vol 2 | Michael T Lombardi and Mark Kraus |
6 | PowerShell to C# and back | Prateek Singh and Deepak Singh Dhami |
7 | Building PowerShell Modules | Brandon Olin |
8 | PowerShell Guide to Python | Prateek Singh |
9 | AWS PowerShell | Bryce McDonald |
10 | #PS7Now | Jeff Hicks |
Author of “PowerShell Guide to Python“, “Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)” and currently writing the most awaited book: “PowerShell to C# and Back” !
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