Extracting images from Word
This post will show you have to use PowerShell extraction images from a Word document, copy them to a new location, and list the caption information for each image.
Start Azure VM and Open Bastion
The following snippet will check if a VM is turned on, and if not start it, then launch the Bastion connection window in Edge. $VM = Get-AzVM -Name 'LN-TCTester-01' -Status if($VM.PowerState -eq 'VM deallocated'){ $VM | Start-AzVM } Start-Process -Path msedge -ArgumentList "https://portal.azure.com/#/resource$($VM.Id)/bastionHost"
Automation Authoring
When I started writing my book, Practical Automation with PowerShell, I discovered how much time and energy is required to keep everything up to date. For example, if I changed a piece of code in the text, I had to make sure the code sent to the publisher and uploaded to GitHub matched. Not to mention the style guidelines I...
Compare Images
The following function can be used to compare two pictures based on size and a pixel-by-pixel comparison. Function Compare-Images { param( $ReferenceFile, $DifferenceFile ) $ReferenceImage = [System.Drawing.Bitmap]::FromFile($ReferenceFile) $DifferenceImage = [System.Drawing.Bitmap]::FromFile($DifferenceFile) if ($ReferenceImage.Size -ne $DifferenceImage.Size) { Write-Host "Images are of different sizes" $false } else { # Set the difference to 0 [float]$Difference = 0; # Parse through each pixel for...
PowerShell Weekly Redesign!
I am pleased to announce that PowerShell Weekly has been redesigned and moved to its own sub-site psweekly.dowst.dev. All past posts and links are available there as well. What’s New New look and feel Thumbnails for every link Improved searching of the 2,000+ links Search by keyword, date, author, category Custom RSS Feed specifically the links
2021: A PowerShell Year in Review
2021 was quite the year for PowerShell. We saw a lot of first and improvements in the platform. Not just from Microsoft but the community as a whole. I also personally hit a few milestones. First and foremost, happy 15th birthday to PowerShell. This year was also a huge year for me. My book Practical Automation with PowerShell was released...
Find Java Based Azure App Services
A quick Azure PowerShell command to locate any Java based Azure App Services and Functions so you can check if they are vulnerable to the CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j2 vulnerability. Get-AzWebApp | ForEach-Object{ Get-AzWebApp -ResourceGroupName $_.ResourceGroup -Name $_.Name | Select-Object -Property Name, @{l='JavaVersion';e={$_.SiteConfig.JavaVersion}}, ResourceGroup, Id } | Format-Table
Practical Automation with PowerShell
After months and months of work, I’m proud to announce my new book is now available for purchase. Practical Automation with PowerShell reveals how you can use PowerShell to build automation solutions for a huge number of common admin and DevOps tasks. It takes you beyond scripting basics and shows you how to handle the unforeseen complexities that can keep...
Quick and Easy Password Generator
This is a quick and easy password/random character generator. It returns random numbers between 33 and 126 and converts the number to the corresponding ASCII character. $password = [string]::Empty 1..32 | ForEach-Object { $password += [char]$(33..126 | Get-Random) }
Resubmit Azure Automation Runbook Job
This snippet will allow you to re-run any Azure Automation Runbook job with the same parameters and in the same context (Azure or Hybrid Worker Group). # Set the variables from the previous job $AutomationAccountName = '' $ResourceGroupName = '' $JobId = '' # Get the previous job $AutoAccount = @{ AutomationAccountName = $AutomationAccountName ResourceGroupName = $ResourceGroupName } $PreviousJob =...
My name is Matthew Dowst and I am a father, author, blogger, Microsoft MVP in PowerShell and Azure Hybrid & Migration. And I am an enthusiast of all things PowerShell and DevOps.
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