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Table of Contents

• • Editor’s Pick
  • Trending Github Repositories
  • Trending Developers on Github
  • Top Tweets
  • Top Reddit Posts
  • New on Youtube
  • Bestseller Books on Leanpub

Editors Pick

Here are some of the articles specially picked by me for your reading…

• PowerShellGet 3.0 Preview 10 Release

  by @sydneysmithreal

  PowerShellGet 3.0 preview 10 is now available on the PowerShell Gallery. This blog post will cover all of the feature updates since we last published a blog post ( preview 6). These versions include completed functionality for updating PSResources, input-object support for installing PSResources as well as several bug fixes. To install the latest version of the module, open any console any run:

  Install-Module PowerShellGet -AllowPrerelease -Force -Repository PSGallery -SkipPublisherCheck

   

  What’s new in the preview releases

  New Features

  • Completed functionality for Update-PSResource
  • Input-Object parameter for Install-PSResource
  • Add ‘sudo’ check for admin privileges in Unix in Install-PSResource
  • Adds DSCResources

  Bug Fixes

  • Improved experience when loading module for different frameworks
  • Bugfix for assembly loading error in Publish-PSResource
  • Allow for relative paths when registering a PSRepository
  • Improved error handling for Install-PSResource and Update-PSResource
  • Remove prerelease tag from module version directory
  • Fix error getting thrown from paths with an incorrect format

  [Read more]

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• PowerShell 7.1-preview.7 is out! before our Release Candidate! 

  Breaking Changes

  • Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr (#13395)

  Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Initial work of the subsystem plugin model (for minimal powershell) (#13186)
  • Optimize GetSystemLockdownPolicy for non-lockdown scenarios (#13438)

  General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Revert “Add the parameter -Paged to Get-Help to support paging (#13374)” (#13519)
  • Add support for TLS 1.3 in Web cmdlets (#13409) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add null check for args in CommandLineParser (#13451) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Process reparse points for Microsoft Store applications (#13481) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Move PSNullConditionalOperators feature out of experimental (#13529)
  • Move PSNativePSPathResolution feature out of Experimental (#13522)
  • Use field if property does not exist for ObRoot when using PowerShell Direct to container (#13375) (Thanks @hemisphera!)
  • Suppress UTF-7 obsolete warnings (#13484)
  • Avoid multiple enumerations of an IEnumerable<Expression> instance in Compiler.cs (#13491)
  • Change Add-Type -OutputType to not support ConsoleApplication and WindowsApplication (#13440)
  • Create warnings when UTF-7 is specified as an encoding (#13430)

  [Read more]

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• How to manage NTFS permissions with PowerShell

  by @BillKindle

  If you’re an IT professional and find yourself struggling with setting file system permission for your organizations, you’re in luck. Managing NTFS permissions using a GUI is time-consuming especially when working with many users or groups. Luckily, we have PowerShell to make it all better. How? The Microsoft.PowerShell.Security module.

  PowerShell has two cmdlets specifically for working with ACLs called Get-ACL and Set-ACL. These two cmdlets can retrieve and assign any number of NTFS permissions which you’ll learn all about in this tutorial. If you want to become more efficient and immediately useful in managing NTFS permissions, keep reading. [Read more]

Trending Github Repositories

Github repositories that are trending are a good way to find and contribute to some cool PowerShell projects! Following is the list of trending PowerShell Github repositories.

Trending PowerShell Developers on Github

Following is the list of amazing developers who are building some cool projects and tools in PowerShell on Github, and popular repositories in their Github profiles.

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 the top 10 most popular PowerShell tweets…

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..

New on Youtube

Here are all new PowerShell videos uploaded on youtube.com today and last week!

Bestseller Books on Leanpub.com

Here are the top 10 book titles which were trending as bestsellers under the PowerShell category!

Author of “PowerShell Guide to Python“, “Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)” and currently writing the most awaited book: “PowerShell to C# and Back” !