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PowerShell Weekly for July 31, 2026 (programming.dev)

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Announcements!

Exchange Online PowerShell Updates to 3.10.1
Microsoft rushed out version 3.10.1 of the Exchange Online management PowerShell module to fix a problem with certificate-based authentication. It seems like a change in an internal Microsoft identity platform caused the tokens issued after a successful connection to Exchange Online to not authorize the execution of further cmdlets. To their credit, Microsoft fixed the issue, but is this the kind of thing that should be caught in testing?

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Using DumPS in PowerShell for easy reading of all Properties
While debugging PowerShell code outside of Visual Studio Code, it's always difficult to keep drilling down into all the Properties with nested objects inside of them, etc. With DumPS, this is a lot easier. In this blog post, I will show you how it works.
Resetting Escrowed Accounts on a Microsoft Entra Provisioning Job
This post dives into using Microsoft Graph to clear escrows for an ECMA Connector provisioning job either using Microsoft Graph Explorer or a new cmdlet in the ECMA2HostTools PowerShell Module (coming soon).
Attackers Use Microsoft Teams Vishing Campaigns to Deploy Chaos Ransomware
Cybercriminals are using Microsoft Teams voice phishing campaigns to infect corporate networks and deploy Chaos ransomware, targeting dozens of organizations in the US and Canada.
Review the Microsoft 365 Profile Card visibility configuration before mid-August 2026
Microsoft is updating the default visibility of some profile card properties, requiring administrators to update configurations manually before August 24, 2026.
Two Wrongs Make a Right
This blog post demonstrates how to use PowerShell to automate common tasks and simplify script maintenance.
Jumping WinGet’s Install Technology Hurdle
Windows developer Ed Tittel discusses the limitations of WinGet, Microsoft's package manager, and how alternative update techniques can be used instead of re-replacing installed packages.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

FileInspectorX v 1.1.1
FileInspectorX is PowerShell module that allows you to query files and folders for information. It supports multiple types of file queries and can be used to query local file systems, network shares.
Unicodery v 0.0.0.4
Cmdlets to search, lookup, and get details about Unicode characters.

Community

Active Directory Meets Source Control with Fred Weinmann
Andrew sits down with Fred Weinmann, one of the most prolific PowerShell module authors in the community, for part one of a multi-episode series covering his projects. This episode focuses on the Active Directory Management Framework, or ADMF, a configuration-driven system Fred originally built while working as a field engineer at Microsoft for a large enterprise customer managing hundreds of Active Directory forests.
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