https://evotec.pl/blogTechnical articles, tutorials, and insights on PowerShell, .NET, Active Directory, and enterprise IT automation.https://evotec.pl/blog/supercharging-your-network-diagnostics-with-globalping-for-netEver wondered how to run network diagnostics like Ping, Traceroute, or DNS queries from probes scattered across the globe? Enter Globalping.NET, a powerful library that makes it effortless to interact with the Globalping API using C#. Whether you’re debugging latency issues or exploring packet routes, this library has you covered.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:52:52 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/supercharging-your-network-diagnostics-with-globalping-for-net.NET Productscsharpglobalpinglibraryhttps://evotec.pl/blog/supercharging-your-network-diagnostics-with-globalping-for-netEver wondered how to run network diagnostics like Ping, Traceroute, or DNS queries from probes scattered across the globe? Enter Globalping.NET, a powerful library that makes it effortless to interact with the Globalping API using C#. Whether you’re debugging latency issues or exploring packet routes, this library has you covered.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:52:52 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/supercharging-your-network-diagnostics-with-globalping-for-nethttps://evotec.pl/blog/automating-network-diagnostics-with-globalping-powershell-moduleAre you tired of manually running network diagnostics like Ping, Traceroute, or DNS queries? The Globalping PowerShell Module is here to save the day! With its easy-to-use cmdlets, you can automate measurements from probes distributed across the globe.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:52:50 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/automating-network-diagnostics-with-globalping-powershell-modulePowerShellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/automating-network-diagnostics-with-globalping-powershell-moduleAre you tired of manually running network diagnostics like Ping, Traceroute, or DNS queries? The Globalping PowerShell Module is here to save the day! With its easy-to-use cmdlets, you can automate measurements from probes distributed across the globe.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:52:50 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/automating-network-diagnostics-with-globalping-powershell-modulehttps://evotec.pl/blog/enhanced-dashboards-with-pswritehtml-introducing-infocards-and-density-optionsDiscover new features in the PSWriteHTML PowerShell module – including New-HTMLInfoCard, improved layout controls with the -Density parameter, and customizable shadows for clean, modern dashboards and reports.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:54:28 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/enhanced-dashboards-with-pswritehtml-introducing-infocards-and-density-optionscsshtmljsPowerShellpswritehtmlreportinghttps://evotec.pl/blog/enhanced-dashboards-with-pswritehtml-introducing-infocards-and-density-optionsDiscover new features in the PSWriteHTML PowerShell module – including New-HTMLInfoCard, improved layout controls with the -Density parameter, and customizable shadows for clean, modern dashboards and reports.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:54:28 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/enhanced-dashboards-with-pswritehtml-introducing-infocards-and-density-optionshttps://evotec.pl/blog/mastering-active-directory-hygiene-automating-sidhistory-cleanup-with-cleanupmonsterSecurity Identifier (SID) History is a useful mechanism in Active Directory (AD) migrations. It allows users and groups in a new domain to retain access to resources that still rely on permissions from the old domain. However, once migrations are completed, these historical SIDs can become clutter, posing both security and administrative challenges. While it’s best to remove unnecessary SID History as soon as you’re done migrating, many environments skip this step. Over time, decommissioned or broken trusts make cleanup more difficult, and domain objects can accrue so many old entries that you lose track of what is still required.Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:47:45 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/mastering-active-directory-hygiene-automating-sidhistory-cleanup-with-cleanupmonsterActive Directoryactivedirectorycleanuppowershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/mastering-active-directory-hygiene-automating-sidhistory-cleanup-with-cleanupmonsterSecurity Identifier (SID) History is a useful mechanism in Active Directory (AD) migrations. It allows users and groups in a new domain to retain access to resources that still rely on permissions from the old domain. However, once migrations are completed, these historical SIDs can become clutter, posing both security and administrative challenges. While it’s best to remove unnecessary SID History as soon as you’re done migrating, many environments skip this step. Over time, decommissioned or broken trusts make cleanup more difficult, and domain objects can accrue so many old entries that you lose track of what is still required.Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:47:45 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/mastering-active-directory-hygiene-automating-sidhistory-cleanup-with-cleanupmonsterhttps://evotec.pl/blog/upgrade-azure-active-directory-connect-fails-with-unexpected-errorToday, I made the decision to upgrade my test environment and update the version of Azure AD Connect to the latest one. The process is usually simple: download a new MSI, run it, click next a few times, enter the credentials for your Global Admin, and you’re finished. However, this time, I encountered an error.Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:17:34 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/upgrade-azure-active-directory-connect-fails-with-unexpected-errorazure adazure adconnecterrorerrorsOffice 365office365https://evotec.pl/blog/upgrade-azure-active-directory-connect-fails-with-unexpected-errorToday, I made the decision to upgrade my test environment and update the version of Azure AD Connect to the latest one. The process is usually simple: download a new MSI, run it, click next a few times, enter the credentials for your Global Admin, and you’re finished. However, this time, I encountered an error.Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:17:34 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/upgrade-azure-active-directory-connect-fails-with-unexpected-errorhttps://evotec.pl/blog/mastering-active-directory-hygiene-automating-stale-computer-cleanup-with-cleanupmonsterHave you ever looked at your Active Directory and wondered, “Why do I still have computers listed that haven’t been turned on since World Cup 2016?” Yeah, we’ve all been there. Keeping AD clean and up-to-date is like trying to organize your garage—it’s easy to put off until it becomes a total mess.Sun, 25 Aug 2024 13:14:39 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/mastering-active-directory-hygiene-automating-stale-computer-cleanup-with-cleanupmonsteractive directoryadcleanupintunemicrosoft entrapowershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/mastering-active-directory-hygiene-automating-stale-computer-cleanup-with-cleanupmonsterHave you ever looked at your Active Directory and wondered, “Why do I still have computers listed that haven’t been turned on since World Cup 2016?” Yeah, we’ve all been there. Keeping AD clean and up-to-date is like trying to organize your garage—it’s easy to put off until it becomes a total mess.Sun, 25 Aug 2024 13:14:39 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/mastering-active-directory-hygiene-automating-stale-computer-cleanup-with-cleanupmonsterhttps://evotec.pl/blog/active-directory-replication-summary-to-your-emailActive Directory replication is a critical process that ensures the consistent and up-to-date state of directory information across all domain controllers in a domain. Monitoring this process is important as it helps identify any issues that may arise and resolve them quickly. One way to monitor Active Directory replication is by using the Repadmin command-line tool. Repadmin provides a wealth of information about the replication status and health of a domain. However, manually checking the Repadmin output can be time-consuming and tedious, and running it manually every 30 minutes just to check if everything is great doesn’t seem like a great idea. While PowerShell has its own commands around replication I’ve not found something as fast and reliable as repadmin /replsummary.Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:25:32 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/active-directory-replication-summary-to-your-emailactive directorypowershellreplicationhttps://evotec.pl/blog/active-directory-replication-summary-to-your-emailActive Directory replication is a critical process that ensures the consistent and up-to-date state of directory information across all domain controllers in a domain. Monitoring this process is important as it helps identify any issues that may arise and resolve them quickly. One way to monitor Active Directory replication is by using the Repadmin command-line tool. Repadmin provides a wealth of information about the replication status and health of a domain. However, manually checking the Repadmin output can be time-consuming and tedious, and running it manually every 30 minutes just to check if everything is great doesn’t seem like a great idea. While PowerShell has its own commands around replication I’ve not found something as fast and reliable as repadmin /replsummary.Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:25:32 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/active-directory-replication-summary-to-your-emailhttps://evotec.pl/blog/syncing-global-address-list-gal-to-personal-contacts-and-between-office-365-tenants-with-powershellHey there! Today, I wanted to introduce you to one of the small but excellent module I’ve created called the O365Synchronizer. This module focuses on synchronizing contacts and users. If you’ve ever been tasked with synchronizing Global Address Lists (GAL) across different Office 365 tenants or just wanted to sync GAL with user mailboxes so they can access contacts directly on their phones, this tool is for you.Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:32:13 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/syncing-global-address-list-gal-to-personal-contacts-and-between-office-365-tenants-with-powershellapiexchangemicrosoft graphoffice 365powershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/syncing-global-address-list-gal-to-personal-contacts-and-between-office-365-tenants-with-powershellHey there! Today, I wanted to introduce you to one of the small but excellent module I’ve created called the O365Synchronizer. This module focuses on synchronizing contacts and users. If you’ve ever been tasked with synchronizing Global Address Lists (GAL) across different Office 365 tenants or just wanted to sync GAL with user mailboxes so they can access contacts directly on their phones, this tool is for you.Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:32:13 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/syncing-global-address-list-gal-to-personal-contacts-and-between-office-365-tenants-with-powershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/active-directory-health-check-using-microsoft-entra-connect-health-serviceActive Directory (AD) is crucial in managing identities and resources within an organization. Ensuring its health is pivotal for the seamless operation of various services. Today, I decided to look at Microsoft Entra Connect Health (Azure AD Connect Health) service, which allows monitoring Azure AD Connect, ADFS, and Active Directory. This means that under a single umbrella, you can have an overview of three services health. But is it worth it?Sun, 08 Oct 2023 14:36:57 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/active-directory-health-check-using-microsoft-entra-connect-health-serviceActive DirectoryAzureazure adhealth checksmicrosoft entrapowershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/active-directory-health-check-using-microsoft-entra-connect-health-serviceActive Directory (AD) is crucial in managing identities and resources within an organization. Ensuring its health is pivotal for the seamless operation of various services. Today, I decided to look at Microsoft Entra Connect Health (Azure AD Connect Health) service, which allows monitoring Azure AD Connect, ADFS, and Active Directory. This means that under a single umbrella, you can have an overview of three services health. But is it worth it?Sun, 08 Oct 2023 14:36:57 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/active-directory-health-check-using-microsoft-entra-connect-health-servicehttps://evotec.pl/blog/unlocking-seamless-html-report-creation-harness-the-power-of-markdown-with-pswritehtml-powershell-moduleIn today’s digital age, the ability to create compelling and informative HTML reports and documents is a crucial skill for professionals in various fields. Whether you’re a data analyst, a system administrator, a developer, or simply someone who wants to present information in an organized and visually appealing manner, having the right tools at your disposal can make all the difference. That’s where the PSWriteHTML PowerShell module steps in, offering an array of possibilities to suit your reporting needs.Sun, 03 Sep 2023 16:59:27 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/unlocking-seamless-html-report-creation-harness-the-power-of-markdown-with-pswritehtml-powershell-modulecsshtmlmarkdownpowershellpowershell modulepswritehtmlhttps://evotec.pl/blog/unlocking-seamless-html-report-creation-harness-the-power-of-markdown-with-pswritehtml-powershell-moduleIn today’s digital age, the ability to create compelling and informative HTML reports and documents is a crucial skill for professionals in various fields. Whether you’re a data analyst, a system administrator, a developer, or simply someone who wants to present information in an organized and visually appealing manner, having the right tools at your disposal can make all the difference. That’s where the PSWriteHTML PowerShell module steps in, offering an array of possibilities to suit your reporting needs.Sun, 03 Sep 2023 16:59:27 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/unlocking-seamless-html-report-creation-harness-the-power-of-markdown-with-pswritehtml-powershell-modulehttps://evotec.pl/blog/how-to-efficiently-remove-comments-from-your-powershell-scriptAs part of my daily development, I create lots of code that I subsequently comment on and leave to ensure I understand what I tried, what worked, and what didn’t. This is my usual method of solving a problem. Sure, I could commit it to git and then look it up, and I do that, but that doesn’t change my behavior where I happen to have lots of “junk” inside of my functions that stay commented out. While this works for me, and I’ve accepted this as part of my process, I don’t believe this should be part of the production code on PowerShellGallery or when the code is deployed.Sun, 20 Aug 2023 15:43:09 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/how-to-efficiently-remove-comments-from-your-powershell-scriptcleanupcommentpowershellremovescripthttps://evotec.pl/blog/how-to-efficiently-remove-comments-from-your-powershell-scriptAs part of my daily development, I create lots of code that I subsequently comment on and leave to ensure I understand what I tried, what worked, and what didn’t. This is my usual method of solving a problem. Sure, I could commit it to git and then look it up, and I do that, but that doesn’t change my behavior where I happen to have lots of “junk” inside of my functions that stay commented out. While this works for me, and I’ve accepted this as part of my process, I don’t believe this should be part of the production code on PowerShellGallery or when the code is deployed.Sun, 20 Aug 2023 15:43:09 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/how-to-efficiently-remove-comments-from-your-powershell-scripthttps://evotec.pl/blog/unlocking-powershell-magic-different-approach-to-creating-empty-pscustomobjectsToday I saw an article from Christian Ritter, “PowerShell: Creating an “empty” PSCustomObject” on X that got me curious. Do people create empty objects like Christian proposes? I want to offer an alternative to Christian’s article, which uses OrderedDictionary and converts to PSCustomObject.Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:27:32 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/unlocking-powershell-magic-different-approach-to-creating-empty-pscustomobjectsconversionhashtableordereddictionarypowershellpscustomobjecthttps://evotec.pl/blog/unlocking-powershell-magic-different-approach-to-creating-empty-pscustomobjectsToday I saw an article from Christian Ritter, “PowerShell: Creating an “empty” PSCustomObject” on X that got me curious. Do people create empty objects like Christian proposes? I want to offer an alternative to Christian’s article, which uses OrderedDictionary and converts to PSCustomObject.Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:27:32 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/unlocking-powershell-magic-different-approach-to-creating-empty-pscustomobjectshttps://evotec.pl/blog/report-active-directory-accounts-that-are-synchronized-with-azure-adI was scrolling X (aka Twitter) today and saw this blog post, “PowerShell: Report On-Premises Active Directory Accounts that are Synchronized with Azure AD Connect” by Kevin Trent. I like reading blog posts as I tend to learn some new things and see how people tend to solve their problems.Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:21:18 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/report-active-directory-accounts-that-are-synchronized-with-azure-adactive directoryadazure admicrosoft graphpowershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/report-active-directory-accounts-that-are-synchronized-with-azure-adI was scrolling X (aka Twitter) today and saw this blog post, “PowerShell: Report On-Premises Active Directory Accounts that are Synchronized with Azure AD Connect” by Kevin Trent. I like reading blog posts as I tend to learn some new things and see how people tend to solve their problems.Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:21:18 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/report-active-directory-accounts-that-are-synchronized-with-azure-adhttps://evotec.pl/blog/function-cannot-be-created-because-function-capacity-4096-has-been-exceeded-for-this-scopeI had a long day today when my long-running script (10 hours) gave me weird errors with Microsoft Graph for Teams. Finally, I solved my mistakes and reran the hand to see if the report would be complete this time. Surprisingly, it gave me an error I’d never seen before. “Function cannot be created because function capacity 4096 has been exceeded for this scope”. The error is at least weird because it’s shown on a production server where I’ve just a handful of PowerShell modules installed, and I’ve never seen it on my development machine where I’ve over 200 modules.Tue, 01 Aug 2023 06:22:34 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/function-cannot-be-created-because-function-capacity-4096-has-been-exceeded-for-this-scopealiaseserrorsfunctionslimitspowershellwindows powershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/function-cannot-be-created-because-function-capacity-4096-has-been-exceeded-for-this-scopeI had a long day today when my long-running script (10 hours) gave me weird errors with Microsoft Graph for Teams. Finally, I solved my mistakes and reran the hand to see if the report would be complete this time. Surprisingly, it gave me an error I’d never seen before. “Function cannot be created because function capacity 4096 has been exceeded for this scope”. The error is at least weird because it’s shown on a production server where I’ve just a handful of PowerShell modules installed, and I’ve never seen it on my development machine where I’ve over 200 modules.Tue, 01 Aug 2023 06:22:34 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/function-cannot-be-created-because-function-capacity-4096-has-been-exceeded-for-this-scopehttps://evotec.pl/blog/connect-mggraph-keyset-does-not-existI had this little issue today when I tried to schedule the Microsoft Graph script to run as a service account on a certificate. To my surprise, even tho I had all permissions required, I was getting this error message: Connect-MgGraph: Keyset does not exist. Something that didn’t show up for my user.Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:07:41 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/connect-mggraph-keyset-does-not-existconnet-mggraphgraphgraph-sdkmicrosoft graphpowershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/connect-mggraph-keyset-does-not-existI had this little issue today when I tried to schedule the Microsoft Graph script to run as a service account on a certificate. To my surprise, even tho I had all permissions required, I was getting this error message: Connect-MgGraph: Keyset does not exist. Something that didn’t show up for my user.Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:07:41 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/connect-mggraph-keyset-does-not-existhttps://evotec.pl/blog/strengthening-password-security-in-active-directory-a-powershell-powered-approachPasswordSolution uses the DSInternals PowerShell module to gather Active Directory hashes and then combines that data into a prettified report. If you have ever used DSInternals, you know that while very powerful, it comes with raw data that is hard to process and requires some skills to get it into a state that can be shown to management or security.Sun, 28 May 2023 14:40:25 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/strengthening-password-security-in-active-directory-a-powershell-powered-approachactive directoryaddsinternalshtmlpassword qualitypasswordsolutionpowershellscansecurityWindowshttps://evotec.pl/blog/strengthening-password-security-in-active-directory-a-powershell-powered-approachPasswordSolution uses the DSInternals PowerShell module to gather Active Directory hashes and then combines that data into a prettified report. If you have ever used DSInternals, you know that while very powerful, it comes with raw data that is hard to process and requires some skills to get it into a state that can be shown to management or security.Sun, 28 May 2023 14:40:25 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/strengthening-password-security-in-active-directory-a-powershell-powered-approachhttps://evotec.pl/blog/simplify-notifications-about-ubiquiti-unifi-stockI am a pretty big fan of Ubiquiti and their Unifi products line. Whether it’s network equipment or their camera systems, Unifi Protect, I have it all, and I’m pretty happy with how it works. However, over the last two years, some of their stocks in the store were very hard to find. For example, I’ve searched for Unifi Protect G4 Doorbell Pro for over six months. I’ve tried local shops all around Europe, even in the Ubiquiti Europe store, to never found any of them.Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:04:57 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/simplify-notifications-about-ubiquiti-unifi-stocknotificationspowershellstocktrackerubiquitiunifiwindowshttps://evotec.pl/blog/simplify-notifications-about-ubiquiti-unifi-stockI am a pretty big fan of Ubiquiti and their Unifi products line. Whether it’s network equipment or their camera systems, Unifi Protect, I have it all, and I’m pretty happy with how it works. However, over the last two years, some of their stocks in the store were very hard to find. For example, I’ve searched for Unifi Protect G4 Doorbell Pro for over six months. I’ve tried local shops all around Europe, even in the Ubiquiti Europe store, to never found any of them.Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:04:57 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/simplify-notifications-about-ubiquiti-unifi-stockhttps://evotec.pl/blog/microsoft-fundamental-free-training-starting-february-6th-2023Being a Microsoft MVP has quite a few benefits. You get to be part of unique offers that help you enhance your knowledge even further. Microsoft Learning team decided to provide free training on Microsoft Fundamentals for MVPs and the Microsoft community, so I’m sharing this with you! Starting next week, Microsoft will run each activity from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 15:00 to 23:00 in Europe (CET).Sat, 04 Feb 2023 10:03:56 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/microsoft-fundamental-free-training-starting-february-6th-2023azurefreeo365office 365traininghttps://evotec.pl/blog/microsoft-fundamental-free-training-starting-february-6th-2023Being a Microsoft MVP has quite a few benefits. You get to be part of unique offers that help you enhance your knowledge even further. Microsoft Learning team decided to provide free training on Microsoft Fundamentals for MVPs and the Microsoft community, so I’m sharing this with you! Starting next week, Microsoft will run each activity from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 15:00 to 23:00 in Europe (CET).Sat, 04 Feb 2023 10:03:56 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/microsoft-fundamental-free-training-starting-february-6th-2023https://evotec.pl/blog/upload-and-download-files-from-azure-blob-storage-using-connection-stringThey say there is a first time for everything. For me, it’s how to download and upload files to Azure Blog Storage using Connection String. Recently I was given Connection String, Container name and had to download some files from Azur Blog Storage. After some research and trying Connect-AzAccount, I found that the proper way to go is thru New-AzStorageContext.Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:13:24 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/upload-and-download-files-from-azure-blob-storage-using-connection-stringaz.storageazure adazure blob storagedownloadpowershelluploadhttps://evotec.pl/blog/upload-and-download-files-from-azure-blob-storage-using-connection-stringThey say there is a first time for everything. For me, it’s how to download and upload files to Azure Blog Storage using Connection String. Recently I was given Connection String, Container name and had to download some files from Azur Blog Storage. After some research and trying Connect-AzAccount, I found that the proper way to go is thru New-AzStorageContext.Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:13:24 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/upload-and-download-files-from-azure-blob-storage-using-connection-stringhttps://evotec.pl/blog/powerbginfo-powershell-alternative-to-sysinternals-bginfoWhen I created ImagePlayground, I thought about how to show its usefulness to the general community. On how to deliver what PowerShell can do. Then I saw on some forum people asking BGInfo to expand and allow running PowerShell scripts so that the data on the BGInfo Wallpaper can be gathered from PowerShell rather than VBS. I thought this was a great idea to create BGInfo using PowerShell without the necessity of using BGInfo at all.Sun, 01 Jan 2023 15:51:00 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/powerbginfo-powershell-alternative-to-sysinternals-bginfobginfodesktop managermodulepowerbginfopowershellwallpaperwindowshttps://evotec.pl/blog/powerbginfo-powershell-alternative-to-sysinternals-bginfoWhen I created ImagePlayground, I thought about how to show its usefulness to the general community. On how to deliver what PowerShell can do. Then I saw on some forum people asking BGInfo to expand and allow running PowerShell scripts so that the data on the BGInfo Wallpaper can be gathered from PowerShell rather than VBS. I thought this was a great idea to create BGInfo using PowerShell without the necessity of using BGInfo at all.Sun, 01 Jan 2023 15:51:00 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/powerbginfo-powershell-alternative-to-sysinternals-bginfohttps://evotec.pl/blog/image-manipulation-image-resize-image-combine-and-more-with-powershellImagePlayground is a PowerShell module that works in PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7+. It works partially on Linux and should work on macOS, except for charts. That means it’s partially cross-platform, but the end goal is to make it work fully on all platforms. So what can this module do?Sun, 01 Jan 2023 15:50:41 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/image-manipulation-image-resize-image-combine-and-more-with-powershell.net.NET Productsbar codecombineconvertexif datagrayscaleimageimage manipulationlinuxmacosnet corenet frameworknet standardpowershellqr codewatermarkxplathttps://evotec.pl/blog/image-manipulation-image-resize-image-combine-and-more-with-powershellImagePlayground is a PowerShell module that works in PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7+. It works partially on Linux and should work on macOS, except for charts. That means it’s partially cross-platform, but the end goal is to make it work fully on all platforms. So what can this module do?Sun, 01 Jan 2023 15:50:41 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/image-manipulation-image-resize-image-combine-and-more-with-powershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/easy-way-to-send-emails-using-microsoft-graph-api-office-365-with-powershellWhen you’re using Office 365 and want to send an email, you have two choices SMTP or Microsoft Graph API, which is a “new” kid on the block. For some time, I’ve used Microsoft Graph exclusively to send emails in favor of SMTP as it’s much easier to manage and generally works over HTTPS. If you type in google “Send email graph API PowerShell,” you will get lots of hits as bloggers, and Microsoft has already covered this topic. It’s even more critical than ever because Basic Authentication is deprecated in Office 365. To help out with the transition, Microsoft even released its PowerShell module. With Send-MgUserMail proposed as a way to send emails via Graph API, you will notice it’s far from being easy & user-friendly. Over two years ago, I released a PowerShell module called Mailozaurr (some people may not like my modules’ naming – but that’s how I roll!). In a blog post, Mailozaurr – New mail toolkit (SMTP, IMAP, POP3) with support for oAuth 2.0 and GraphApi for PowerShell, I’ve shown a basic functionality on how to send emails using SMTP OAuth 2.0 or Graph API, which aims to be drag & drop replacement over Send-MailMessage and is supposed to be as simple as possible to send an email with a low effort and high readability. You can also read on sending emails using Graph API by Tony Redmond in his blog post Moving on from Send-MailMessage: Sending Email from PowerShell using the Graph API.Sun, 09 Oct 2022 13:27:27 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/easy-way-to-send-emails-using-microsoft-graph-api-office-365-with-powershellAzure ApplicationemailsExchangegraph apimicrosoft graphoauth2office 365powershellsend-emailmessagesend-mailmessagesmtphttps://evotec.pl/blog/easy-way-to-send-emails-using-microsoft-graph-api-office-365-with-powershellWhen you’re using Office 365 and want to send an email, you have two choices SMTP or Microsoft Graph API, which is a “new” kid on the block. For some time, I’ve used Microsoft Graph exclusively to send emails in favor of SMTP as it’s much easier to manage and generally works over HTTPS. If you type in google “Send email graph API PowerShell,” you will get lots of hits as bloggers, and Microsoft has already covered this topic. It’s even more critical than ever because Basic Authentication is deprecated in Office 365. To help out with the transition, Microsoft even released its PowerShell module. With Send-MgUserMail proposed as a way to send emails via Graph API, you will notice it’s far from being easy & user-friendly. Over two years ago, I released a PowerShell module called Mailozaurr (some people may not like my modules’ naming – but that’s how I roll!). In a blog post, Mailozaurr – New mail toolkit (SMTP, IMAP, POP3) with support for oAuth 2.0 and GraphApi for PowerShell, I’ve shown a basic functionality on how to send emails using SMTP OAuth 2.0 or Graph API, which aims to be drag & drop replacement over Send-MailMessage and is supposed to be as simple as possible to send an email with a low effort and high readability. You can also read on sending emails using Graph API by Tony Redmond in his blog post Moving on from Send-MailMessage: Sending Email from PowerShell using the Graph API.Sun, 09 Oct 2022 13:27:27 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/easy-way-to-send-emails-using-microsoft-graph-api-office-365-with-powershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/adaptive-cards-with-tables-and-linebreaks-in-microsoft-teamsPSTeams is a PowerShell module that helps simplify sending notifications to Microsoft Teams via Incoming webhooks. It’s easy to use and doesn’t require playing with JSON. Since version 2.0, it started to support Adaptive Cards; in version 2.1, I’ve added the ability to mention people. Today I’m introducing an easy way to send data as a table and a quick way to add a line break.Sun, 21 Aug 2022 16:07:01 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/adaptive-cards-with-tables-and-linebreaks-in-microsoft-teamsadaptive cardsmicrosoft teamsoffice 365powershellteamshttps://evotec.pl/blog/adaptive-cards-with-tables-and-linebreaks-in-microsoft-teamsPSTeams is a PowerShell module that helps simplify sending notifications to Microsoft Teams via Incoming webhooks. It’s easy to use and doesn’t require playing with JSON. Since version 2.0, it started to support Adaptive Cards; in version 2.1, I’ve added the ability to mention people. Today I’m introducing an easy way to send data as a table and a quick way to add a line break.Sun, 21 Aug 2022 16:07:01 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/adaptive-cards-with-tables-and-linebreaks-in-microsoft-teamshttps://evotec.pl/blog/working-with-virustotal-from-powershellVirus Total is an excellent service. It’s a single place where hundreds of antivirus engines can verify if the file, URL, domain name, or IP Address is trusted or not. Of course, it’s not a silver bullet, but it brings tremendous value, and I often verify files I download before executing. Since I release a lot of new or updated PowerShell modules on a weekly/monthly basis, I thought it would be great to send newly released versions straight to Virus Total so I can have them checked before anyone executes them. I also hope to prevent false positives from some antivirus vendors that may tag my modules as malware because they haven’t seen the DLL or PowerShell module in this form before. I’ve seen it happen to DBATools, so why not try and push my modules before users even use them?Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:25:07 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/working-with-virustotal-from-powershellapipowershellrestapisecurityvirusvirus totalhttps://evotec.pl/blog/working-with-virustotal-from-powershellVirus Total is an excellent service. It’s a single place where hundreds of antivirus engines can verify if the file, URL, domain name, or IP Address is trusted or not. Of course, it’s not a silver bullet, but it brings tremendous value, and I often verify files I download before executing. Since I release a lot of new or updated PowerShell modules on a weekly/monthly basis, I thought it would be great to send newly released versions straight to Virus Total so I can have them checked before anyone executes them. I also hope to prevent false positives from some antivirus vendors that may tag my modules as malware because they haven’t seen the DLL or PowerShell module in this form before. I’ve seen it happen to DBATools, so why not try and push my modules before users even use them?Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:25:07 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/working-with-virustotal-from-powershellhttps://evotec.pl/blog/reporting-group-membership-for-critical-active-directory-groupsI work a lot with Active Directory-related tasks. One of the tasks is to know the group membership of critical Active Directory Groups such as Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, Schema Admins, Event Log Readers, and a few others that are a bit less known. As I did it, I got bored of typing the group names repeatedly and decided that enough was enough and there must be an easier way for me to do that.Sun, 07 Aug 2022 11:57:28 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/reporting-group-membership-for-critical-active-directory-groupsactive directoryadgroup membershipgroupsnested groupspowershellWindowshttps://evotec.pl/blog/reporting-group-membership-for-critical-active-directory-groupsI work a lot with Active Directory-related tasks. One of the tasks is to know the group membership of critical Active Directory Groups such as Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, Schema Admins, Event Log Readers, and a few others that are a bit less known. As I did it, I got bored of typing the group names repeatedly and decided that enough was enough and there must be an easier way for me to do that.Sun, 07 Aug 2022 11:57:28 GMThttps://evotec.pl/blog/reporting-group-membership-for-critical-active-directory-groups