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PowerShell – Converting advanced object to flat object
PowerShell language allows you to work and build complicated objects. There are multiple ways to save them, such as XML or JSON, but sometimes using them is impossible o…
Office 365 Health Service using PowerShell
Two years ago, I wrote a PowerShell module called PSWinDocumentation.O365HealthService. The idea was simple – replicate Health Service data Microsoft offers in Office Po…
Difference between GetTempFileName() and GetRandomFileName() that got my ass kicked
Today’s story is about me making assumptions on how things work based on the method’s name. As the blog post says, I want to focus on two similar methods – GetTempFileNa…
Mentioning users in notifications using PSTeams PowerShell Module
Microsoft Teams over the last few years have grown into an excellent and flexible tool for both small and big companies. Having the ability to chat with users, store fil…
Finding duplicate SPN with PowerShell
Duplicate SPNs aren’t very common but can happen in any Active Directory as there’s no built-in way that tracks and prevent duplicate SPN’s. One has to either know all S…
Solving typo problems with Fuzzy Search in PSWriteHTML
One of the everyday use cases with PSWriteHTML is to create a simple view of PowerShell data in a table. While PowerShell comes with a built-in cmdlet ConvertTo-Html, it…
Active Directory Domain Services could not replicate the directory partition – The replication operation encountered a database error
If you ever encounter an error while trying to create a new domain within a forest saying, “The replication operation encountered a database error,” it makes you sweat a…
Configuring Office 365 settings using PowerShell – The non-supported way
Office 365 is a huge beast. It has so many services that it’s hard to track all of them. It’s even harder if you want to manage Office 365 using PowerShell. Microsoft ma…
Encrypting and decrypting PGP using PowerShell
Some time ago, I decided that having an easy-to-use PGP PowerShell module is a way to kill my boredom. Four months have passed, and I decided to share it with the world,…
Easy way to connect to FTPS and SFTP using PowerShell
FTPS and SFTP are two ways to send and receive files from remote sources. While the name suggests both do the same thing, those are different protocols, in the end, havi…