The conditional ternary operator is a feature added to PowerShell in version 7. You can use it as a simplified version of if/else. The syntax for the ternary operator takes three operands: A condition to evaluate followed by a question mark (?). An expression to execute if the condition is true, followed by a colon …

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An obscure feature that was added to PowerShell in version 7 is the ability to specify the pipe character on the next line similar to the syntax for Kusto Query Language (KQL). 1Get-Command -Name Get-Help, Get-Command, Get-Member -PipelineVariable results 2| Select-Object -ExpandProperty ParameterSets 3| Select-Object …

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In my previous blog article, I used the PowerShell Format-Wide cmdlet to format the output of a string in multiple columns. While Format-Wide isn't a command that I've used extensively, the behavior wasn't what I expected. When you pipe object-based output other than a string from any PowerShell command to Format-Wide, …

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One thing I've missed during the past couple of years with virtual-only conferences is the hallway track. While at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2022, there was a discussion about using PascalCase for parameter names and camelCase for user-defined variables in your PowerShell functions. Specifying different …

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I recently needed to determine the PowerShell commands and parameters used in multiple scripts. What better way to accomplish this task than to use the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)? The Get-MrSyntax function begins by requiring at least PowerShell version 3.0. This is the oldest version that exposes the AST. The Path …

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As many of you know, I'm a Senior Content Developer for Azure PowerShell at Microsoft. Today we announced the Az.Tools.Migration PowerShell module which is a toolkit for automatically migrating your PowerShell scripts and modules from AzureRM to the Az PowerShell module. The video shown below demonstrates how to use …

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How many service offerings does Azure have? I've read anywhere from 150 to 600 and I even went so far as to ask an Azure Product Manager but didn't receive a clear answer. What I did find out is that Microsoft maintains an Azure services directory on their Azure products website. I figured that was a good place to …

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On Twitter, I asked if anyone was still using the AzureRM PowerShell module and what was keeping them from transitioning to the Az PowerShell module. One of the responses I received was because of the amount of work and time invested in scripts based on the AzureRM module. The Az PowerShell module includes …

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The Az PowerShell module was released in December of 2018 and is now the recommended module for managing Microsoft Azure. AzureRM is the previous PowerShell module for managing Azure which has been deprecated but will continue to be supported until February of 2024. Windows PowerShell 5.1, PowerShell Core 6, PowerShell …

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I recently saw a tweet from Joel Bennett about the Az (Azure) PowerShell module being nothing more than an empty module that imports all of the modules for each Azure product. I decided to investigate. 1Get-Content -Path (Get-Module -Name az).Path | Select-String -SimpleMatch 'Import-Module' Joel's statement is …

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