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Windows 11 24H2/Server 2025: PowerShell 2.0 will be removed
Microsoft has already published the article PowerShell 2.0 removal from Windows on August 11, 2025. Windows PowerShell 2.0, introduced with Windows 7, was already discontinued in 2017 but remained in Windows for compatibility reasons. It will now be removed from … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: PowerShell AppLocker/WDAC Script Enforcement was broken for months
[German]On this occasion, I'll take up a topic that came to my attention at the beginning of May 2025. Administrators noticed that the PowerShell Script Enforcement in AppLocker/WDAC had been broken for months. Although this should now be fixed with … Continue reading
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Exchange: Optimization of PowerShell processing through multi-threading techniques
[German]How can we optimize bulk operations with PowerShell scripts in Microsoft Exchange? With PowerShell v7, Microsoft has offered the possibility of using multi-threading techniques. The Exchange team has dealt with the options in question in a blog post and describes … Continue reading
PowerShell Script Cleanup-AdminCount
[German]A little tip for administrators of Windows systems. Mark Heitbrink has sat down and built a small PowerShell script that checks the Active Directory under Windows for orphaned administrator accounts and cleans the system of such corpses. The PowerShell script … Continue reading
PowerHell: Attention, unfixed vulnerabilities in the PowerShell gallery
[German]Security researchers from Aqua Security came across several vulnerabilities in Microsoft's PowerShell gallery some time ago. The vulnerabilities were then reported to Redmond, where unsuccessful attempts were made to fix the bugs with patches. Now the security researchers have gone … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
PowerShell Mega Script Collection (500+ PS scripts)
[German] Tip for people who like to tinker with PowerShell and scripts on Windows. There is a project that collects PowerShell scripts for various purposes and makes them available for general use. By now there are more than 500 PS … Continue reading
Tip: GUI for Windows LAPS with history view
[German]Today a little tip for administrators in enterprise environments using Windows LAPS. German blog reader Heiko informed me on about a a graphical environment he wrote in PowerShell that lets you view Windows LAPS passwords, including password history.
Azure PowerShell update announced for December 7, 2021
[German]The Azure PowerShell team plans to release a major upgrade to the Azure (Az) PowerShell module Dec. 7, 2021. This will include support for Microsoft Graph.
Microsoft Azure: Urgently update PowerShell because of RCE vulnerability
[German]PowerShell versions 7.0 and 7.1 contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2021-26701, which has been assigned a CVSS score: 8.1. In a security alert, Microsoft is urging Azure customers to update PowerShell to version 7.0.6 or 7.1.3 in a … Continue reading
PowerShell 7 will be updated with Microsoft Update
[German]PowerShell 7, the script language in Windows, will be updated in future via Windows Update. That was revealed from Microsoft in a blog post in the developer blog. They announced that they are making PowerShell 7 updates easier than ever … Continue reading