¿No Habla Inglés?: PowerShell Localization in Practice with Gilbert Sanchez, KuShuSec Intune Device Fingerprinting
+ A Look at Turtles with James Brundage and Andrew Pla
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PowerShell Videos
On this episode of The PowerShell Podcast with Andrew Pla, James Brundage has an interesting discussion about his new project, Turtle, which brings the classic concept of Turtle graphics into PowerShell, from simple shapes to fractals.
Jakub Jareš has an interesting video on Heiko Brenn’s YouTube channel on how to begin adding tests to your existing PowerShell code with Pester.
On this episode of PDQ Live, Andrew Pla provides a great video with some of his favorite PowerShell hot tips, while also discussing the tension between infosec and IT.
PowerShell Community News
GitHub - KuShuSec/KuShu-Shimon: KuShu-Shimon (ISDF) provides Intune Stateful Device Fingerprinting
Graham Gold has an interesting GitHub repository on an open-source tool, KuShu-Shimon, that provides a tamper-resistant fingerprint for Windows devices enrolled in Intune.
MaesterDiff: Because Comparing Maesters Just Got Twice as Fun! – RK Solutions
Roy Klooster has a great article on MaesterDiff, a PowerShell script that compares Microsoft 365 security compliance test results and generates interactive HTML reports.
¿No Habla Inglés?: PowerShell Localization in Practice
Gilbert Sanchez has a great article on how to implement localization in your PowerShell scripts to make your tools more accessible to a global audience, covering topics like using PSD1 files, community platforms like Crowdin, and even a VS Code extension.
No more PowerShell v2.0 in Windows 11 and Server 2025?
Harm Veenstra has a good article on the fact that newer versions of Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 will no longer include PowerShell v2.0.
Update Entra Apps to Run Teams PowerShell Cmdlets
Tony Redmond has a great article on how to update Entra ID applications with the new Graph permissions required to run Teams cmdlets.
Jeff Hicks has a good article on how to build a console-based tool to select and delete files using the pwshSpectreConsole module.
Microsoft Retires Graph CLI and Toolkit
Rabia Noureen has a good article on Microsoft's decision to retire the Graph CLI and Toolkit in a push for developers and IT professionals to use the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK.
PSBoundParameters: The Variable Flight Recorder Your Scripts Deserve!
Bart Pasmans has a great article on how the $PSBoundParameters automatic variable in PowerShell acts as a flight recorder for your scripts, capturing only the parameters explicitly provided by the user.