During a cleanup over the weekend I found a Raspberry Pi that wasn’t doing anything. I figured now that PowerShell Core had got to version 6.2.1 I should power it up and have a play around with maybe some sensors and outputs using PowerShell IoT.… keep reading
Querying SailPoint IdentityNow Virtual Appliance Clusters with PowerShell
Update: Oct 2019. IdentityNow VA Clusters can be easily managed using the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module.
Today I was configuring an Integration Module for SailPoint IdentityNow. As part of that integration I needed the ID of an IdentityNow Virtual Appliance Cluster.… keep reading
Outputting data from an Azure Function to Power BI with PowerShell
Last week I wrote this post that detailed how to use the Azure Table Storage output binding in an Azure PowerShell Function. As part of the same solution I’m working on, I also need to get data/events into Power BI for reporting dashboards.… keep reading
Leveraging the Azure Functions Table Storage Output Binding with PowerShell
Recently I wrote this post on using PowerShell to bulk load data into Azure Table Service. Whilst this method works great it does rely on the AzureRM PowerShell module to provide the ability to batch ingest data into Azure Table Service.… keep reading
Forefront/Microsoft Identity Manager – Attempted to access an unloaded AppDomain
This post is more a note-to-self for future me in case I’m in this scenario again. Today I encountered the error Attempted to access an unloaded AppDomain.
I have a custom Forefront/Microsoft Identity Manager Management Agent that requires multiple credentials for the Web Service it is integrating with.… keep reading
Using AutoRest for PowerShell to generate PowerShell Modules
Recently the Beta of the AutoRest for PowerShell Generator has been made available. At the recent Microsoft MVP Summit in Seattle Garrett Serack gave those that were interested a 1 hr corridor session on getting started with AutoRest for PowerShell.
AutoRest is a tool that generates client libraries for accessing RESTful web services.… keep reading
Empowering your long running PowerShell Automation Scripts with SMS/Text Notifications
18 months ago I wrote this post that detailed integrating Push Notifications into your scripts. That still works great, but does require that you have the associated Push Bullet application installed in your browser or on your devices. More recently I wrote about using Burnt Toast for Progress Dialogs’ for long running scripts.… keep reading
Changing SailPoint IdentityNow Identity Profiles Priorities using PowerShell
Update: Oct 2019. IdentityNow Profiles Priorities can be easily managed using the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module.
In SailPoint IdentityNow a single user is highly likely to be represented on multiple Sources, that in turn are likely to be authoritative for differing SailPoint IdentityNow Identity Profiles.… keep reading
SailPoint IdentityNow Identity Profiles Mapping Report
Update Jan 2020. This report can now be easily generated using the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module and the New-IdentityNowIdentityProfilesReport cmdlet
Last year I wrote this post here that detailed using the SailPoint IdentityNow API to generate an IdentityNow Sources HTML Report using PowerShell.… keep reading
Darren’s PowerShell Snippets Volume 1
Update: 30 July 2019. Volume 2 is here Update: 28 July 2020. Volume 3 is here
I live in PowerShell and my memory is pretty good. There are a number of common PowerShell commands and one-liners or functions that I use a lot and I can remember them.… keep reading