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Using SailPoint IdentityNow v3 API’s with PowerShell

Update: Oct 2019. Leveraging the SailPoint IdentityNow API's is now easier using the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module. 
Also see this post for how to generate v2 and v3 API credentials.

The SailPoint IdentityNow SaaS product is evolving. I’ve previously posted about integrating with the IdentityNow API’s using PowerShell;

IdentityNow now has v3 API’s which are essentially the v2 and non-Published API’s with the added benefit of being able to obtain an oAuth token from a new oAuth Token endpoint.… keep reading

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Using Invoke-WebRequest calls within a Granfeldt PowerShell MA for Microsoft Identity Manager

MIM Sync Service Account IE Security Settings

If you use PowerShell extensively you should be familiar with the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet and the ability for PowerShell to call API’s and receive information. The great thing about Invoke-RestMethod is the inbuilt conversion of the results to PowerShell Objects. However there are times when you need the raw response (probably because you are trying to bend things in directions they aren’t supposed to be; story of many of my integrations).… keep reading

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Speeding up PowerShell lookups across large Collections

This week I needed to create a report based on information returned from two queries. The query results where contained in two separate collections (50k+ objects each). Taking the smaller filtered collection and looking up the other collection for the additional information using PowerShell like this proved frustrating slow:

$extraData = $collection2 | Where-Object {$_.UserPrincipalName
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Nested Virtual PowerShell Desktop Environments on Windows 10 & Windows Server 2019 in Azure – Part 3

Docker Virtual PowerShell Desktop Env to Internet - SaaS

This is the third and likely last post in this series. In Part 1 I introduced the capability to have Virtual PowerShell Environments using Docker and the full Windows 10 / Server 2019 Build 1809 container images. In Part 2 I detailed remotely access the Azure RM Windows 10 / Server 2019 host that contains the Docker Container with our full Windows 1809 environment (and therefore PowerShell Desktop).… keep reading