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  1. AzureAD - Cannot properly read System.Byte[] value even when loading the module using "-UseWindowsPowerShell".

    AzureAD - Cannot properly read System.Byte[] value even when loading the module using "-UseWindowsPowerShell".

    Whenever I troubleshoot Conditional Access issues, I use to retrieve the certificate hash of AzureADDevice. Long story short, I retrieve "AlternativeSecurityIds.Key" property of AzureADDevice.

    Get-AzureADDevice -SearchString XXXX| fl displayname,deviceid,objectid,@{n='DevCerHash';e={ [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString($_.AlternativeSecurityIds.key).substring(21,40) }}

    I know that PS7 isn't compatible with AzureAD module, and for this reason I use "-UseWindowsPowerShell" flag to load the module. Unfortunately, in PS5 the byte array is properly read, while in PS7 (-UseWindowsPowerShell) an object of wrong type is returned.

    Get-AzureADDevice -SearchString XXXX| select AlternativeSecurityIds |gm

    The above command returns "TypeName: Selected.Microsoft.Open.AzureAD.Model.Device" in PS5…

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  2. New-ScheduledTaskTrigger missing option to NOT 'Synchronize across time zones'

    New-ScheduledTaskTrigger missing option to NOT 'Synchronize across time zones'

    The default is to always set it. This should not be an implied default as it creates problem with Daylight Saving etc.

    To remove must do as follows which should not be needed:

    $str = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName TESTTASK

    $NewTriggers = @()
    foreach($trigger in $str.Triggers)
    {

    if($trigger.StartBoundary -match '\+01:00$')

    {

       $Trigger.StartBoundary =  $Trigger.StartBoundary.Substring(0,$Trigger.StartBoundary.Length-6)

    }

    $NewTriggers += $trigger

    }

    $str.Triggers = $NewTriggers
    Set-ScheduledTask -InputObject $str

    Please add switch to disable either through New-ScheduledTaskTrigger or via Set-ScheduledTask

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  3. ConvertFrom-Json does not respect -ErrorAction parameter

    The following code should not result in the following error message:

    $value = ($exception.Message | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Ignore)
    


    Line |

      25 |  …  = ($exception.Message | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Ignore) …

         |                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         | Conversion from JSON failed with error: Additional text

         | encountered after finished reading JSON content: C. Path '',

         | line 2, position 0.

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  4. New-AzAutomationConnection Cmdlet incorrectly states that -ResourceGroupName parameter value exeeds length of 90.

    There appears to be a bug when using this Cmdlet, where the -ResourceGroupName parameter incorrectly states that the parameter value for the resource group exceeds a length of 90 when a variable is used, i.e. $rgName (string length is actually 19 <CZEU2-APP-NP-RGP-01>. When the hard coded value of: "CZEU2-APP-NP-RGP-01" is used however, the Cmdlet works as designed.

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  5. JOIN-PATH should handle several child elements

    (JOIN-PATH A B C) fails: PositionalParameterNotFound
    It should return A\B\C

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  6. Add -ComputerName parameter to Start-Service cmdlet

    Currently to start a service on a remote computer, one needs to call Get-Service with its hostname as the -Computername argument and pipe it to Start-Service.

    If manipulating services on remote machines is possible, why can't it be done with a single cmdlet?

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  7. Get-Date -UFormat %W incorrect

    >get-date

    Dienstag, 2. Juni 2020

    // So Tuesday, 2nd of June 2020 and should be Cal. week 23

    >get-date -uformat %W
    22

    Am I missing something? this doesn't seem right

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  8. Get-Service -ComputerName not supported anymore?

    Get-Service used to support a ComputerName parameter so that I can connect to a remote server and get the services from there. Is it no longer supported in PS7? I saw a suggestion to run the script remotely on each server where you want to get the services from, which is highly impractical and slow too.

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  9. Get-DnsServerResourceRecord returns duplicate records when a subzone name matches the parent zone name.

    BUG: Get-DnsServerResourceRecord returns incorrect objects with the FQDN name in the hostname field if the parent zone contains a subzone with the same name.

    Reproduction:

    Setup:
    Create a DNS zone:

     testzone.fake.domain.zzz

    Create a sub zone:

     testzone.fake.domain.zzz 

     (subzone fqdn: testzone.fake.domain.zzz.testzone.fake.domain.zzz)

    Create an A record:

     Zone Name: 

          testzone.fake.domain.zzz (the parent zone)

     Record Name: 

          testrecord

     Data:

          10.1.2.3

    Create an A record:

     Zone Name: 

          testzone.fake.domain.zzz.testzone.fake.domain.zzz (the subzone)

     Record Name: 

          testrecord

     Data:

          10.3.2.1

    Test:
    Get-DnsServerResourceRecord will return these records:
    Item# HostName______________________________________________________ RecordData RecordType

    1 testrecord                                                     10.1.2.3   A

    2 &lt;various&gt;                                                      &lt;various&gt;  &lt;various&gt;

    3 testzone.fake.domain.zzz                                       10.1.2.3   A

    4 testrecord.testzone.fake.domain.zzz.testzone.fake.domain.zzz   10.3.2.1   A

    5 &lt;various&gt;.testzone.fake.domain.zzz                             &lt;various&gt;  &lt;various&gt;

    Item 1…

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  10. The Set-DNSServerResourceRecord command will not change the "PrimaryServer" field even though it looks like all commands execute just fine.

    The Set-DNSServerResourceRecord command will not change the "PrimaryServer" field even though it looks like all commands execute just fine.

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  11. mumudahkan perbaikan pada komputer

    karena langsung runing sendiri dan langsung jadi

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  12. saya sangat terbantu dengan adanya halaman ini

    ini sangat praktis dan mudan untuk dimengerti TY

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  13. DISM creates corrupt archive

    If two (or more) files are present with the exact same content, where file extension is irrelevant also content of file, as long as its the exactly the same; Dism will create a corrupted archive

    e.g.

    a.txt & b.txt

    Content of both files: 0x6c

    Shouldn't this be a case for the dedublication? Both files are separeted inside the wim (Both have only 1 link)

    https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45798/thread/db110477b8/

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  14. Bug: Format-Hex Does not display single zero byte

    Format-Hex does not display output with a source of a single zero byte or byte array with a single zero byte:

    Repro:

    [byte]$byte = 0
    $byte | Format-Hex # no value displayed
    [byte[]]$bytes = 0
    $bytes | Format-Hex # no value displayed

    [byte]$byte = 1
    $byte | Format-Hex # correct 01 value displayed
    [byte[]]$bytes = 1
    $bytes | Format-Hex # correct 01 value displayed

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  15. Test-ModuleManifest returns incorrect Tags when run multiple times

    If you run the Test-ModuleManifest cmdlet more than once against the same manifest the "Tags" property returns different results each time.

    For example, I have a module that contains the following tags in the psd1 file:

    Tags = "tag1","tag2"

    You can see below that if run the Test-ModuleManifest more than once it returns more copies of the tags each time it's executed:

    $m = Test-ModuleManifest .\tagtest.psd1
    $m.tags
    tag1
    tag2
    tag1
    tag2

    $m = Test-ModuleManifest .\tagtest.psd1
    $m.tags
    tag1
    tag2
    tag1
    tag2
    tag1
    tag2

    $m = Test-ModuleManifest .\tagtest.psd1
    $m.tags
    tag1
    tag2
    tag1
    tag2
    tag1
    tag2
    tag1
    tag2

    $m = $null
    $m =…

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  16. Connect-MicrosoftTeams from Microsoft Teams PowerShell does not work on Azure Automation

    I am attempting to connect to Microsoft Teams using Azure Automation. I am using the following code in Azure Automation PowerShell Runbook.

    ```

    Get the credential from Automation

    $credential = Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name 'O365'

    $userName = $credential.UserName

    $securePassword = $credential.Password

    $psCredential = New-Object –TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential –ArgumentList $userName, $securePassword

    Connect to Microsoft Teams

    Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential $psCredential
    ```

    I receive the following error:

    ```
    Connect-MicrosoftTeams : One or more errors occurred.: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
    At line:9 char:1
    + Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential $psCredential
    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : AuthenticationError: (:) [Connect-MicrosoftTeams], AadAuthenticationFailedException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Connect-MicrosoftTeams,Microsoft.Open.Teams.CommonLibrary.ConnectMicrosoftTeams

    Connect-MicrosoftTeams :…

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  17. Can't configure NetNatStaticMapping ExternalIPAddress other than 0.0.0.0

    Trying to configure Static mapping using an ExternalIPAddress other than 0.0.0.0
    Get us this message:
    "Add-NetNatStaticMapping : The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."
    Even though the IP address and port is mapped in "NetNatExternalAddress".

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  18. Get-NetFirewallRule does not show ports or IPs

    There is no obvious way to dump the CURRENT rule used by the firewall that includes the port(s) and IP(s) assigned to it.

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  19. get-hotfix

    Get-Hotfix doesn't display all installed hotfixes on a computer (verified in Server 2012r2, Server 2016, Server 2019 and Windows 10 v1909).

    It feels like (unverified) that it is pulling this info from WMI, because similar wmi queries also miss the same updates (wmic qfe list).

    I've found that running this code, actually gives the list of all installed updates:

    $Session = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.Session"
    $Searcher = $Session.CreateUpdateSearcher()
    $Searcher.QueryHistory(0, $Searcher.GetTotalHistoryCount())

    Request Get-Hotfix be updated to pull in this missing info and output it in a friendly way much like it does already.

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  20. Update-Help doesn't work for some modules because HTTP redirection on module's Help URI

    Update-Help doesn't work for some modules because there're >10 redirection on module's given Help URI.
    On my machine concerned modules are:
    ConfigDefender, Defender, HgsClient, HgsDiagnostics, Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.Validation, ShieldedVMDataFile, UEV, Whea, WindowsDeveloperLicense.
    Step to reproduce:
    -Open Windows Powershell 5.1.18362.628 on a Windows 10 1909 machine
    -Type: Update-Help -UICulture en-US -Scope AllUsers -Force -Verbose -Debug

    Expected behavior: Help is updated
    Actual behavior: You receive this error: "Update-Help: Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ConfigDefender, Defender, HgsClient, HgsDiagnostics, Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.Validation, ShieldedVMDataFile, UEV, Whea, WindowsDeveloperLicense' with UI culture(s) {en-US} : A Help URI cannot contain more than 10 redirections. Specify a valid Help URI.."

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