Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a powerful, lightweight, and cross-platform source code editor. ArcoLinux is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. Prerequisites ArcoLinux was installed using the ArcoLinuxL ISO with the easy installation option. The examples shown in this article were performed using …

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PowerShell is a cross-platform scripting language that runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. ArcoLinux is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. Like other Arch-based Linux distributions, ArcoLinux uses pacman for its package manager. Prerequisites ArcoLinux was installed using the ArcoLinuxL ISO with …

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You're preparing to load an operating system. You find installation media for an unknown version of Windows. It's not labeled. How do you determine the version of Windows on the installation media? You can use the Get-WindowsImage cmdlet to determine the Windows version of installation media. This cmdlet is part of the …

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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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