PowerShell SnippetRace 04-2021

Ubuntu, SQL-backup, Markdown, nested AD-groups

Events

  • Expertslive Cafe Q1/2020 – Topic „Azure“ will happen March 11, 2021, stay tuned.

Snippets

Installing PowerShell 7 in Ubuntu 20.04

PS 7 makes sense if you run it on all your platforms. Differnet platforms mean different ways how to install. Learn how to install PS7 on (the currently unsupported) Ubuntu 20.04 (also running in WSL2) from Max Trinidad!

Backup Script for SQL Server Databases

Many of your (data)treasures may lie inside a SQL database, and its definetely worth to backup that data. Learn how to do this with PowerShell by Riccardo Bicelli!

Convert Markdown to HTML

Markdown is the documentation-standard on Github. Easy to learn, powerful enough to document and explain your code and a defacto-standard. If you need to convert markdown to HTML,

Finding nested AD-Groups

The group in the group in the group, …. a powerful concept and a nightmare to manage. Read Mike Kanakos article on nested groups and the PowerShell management capabilities.

Best wishes, stay heathy in lockdown week 4 of 2021

R.

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