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function New-RandomPass {
    <#
        .Synopsis
            Generates and returns a suitably secure password

            .EXAMPLE
            New-RandomPass

            Returns a random password as a SecureString object
            .EXAMPLE

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function Copy-CertToStore {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Copy a certificate from one store location to another
    
    .DESCRIPTION
    Long description
    
    .PARAMETER Certificate
    The certificate to copy

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$breeds = @('Labrador','Poodle','St. Bernard','Husky')
'mut' -in $breeds # false

'Poodle' -in $breeds #true

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Implicit Remoting explained

Implicit remoting allows you to load a module from a remote session and execute it "locally". What you are actually doing is running a proxy command. The actual function executes on the remote session, and the data is returned to you locally.

This approach does have the same caveats as running a command directly via Invoke-Command in that it is deserialized and rehydrated, losing any available methods on the object.

This is still a hugely useful trick, and I highly recommend using a prefix so you know in your code when something is running on the remote system. For example Get-ADComputer may become Get-RemoteADComputer. You can specify whatever prefix you want, just make it

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function New-EncryptedEnvironmentVariable {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Writes an Environment variable as a secure string using DPAPI
    
    .DESCRIPTION
    Writes an Environment variable as a secure string using DPAPI
    
    .PARAMETER Scope
    The scope of the variable. Can be machine, user, or process

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function Hide-Param {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(DontShow)]
        [String]
        $SecretValue
    )

    end {

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function Get-OutdatedChocoPackage {
    [Alias('outdated')]
    [Cmdletbinding()]
    Param(
    )
    choco outdated --limit-output |
    ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter '|' -Header Id, InstalledVersion, AvailableVersion, Pinned |
    Select-Object Id, InstalledVersion, AvailableVersion, @{N = 'Pinned'; E = { [Bool]::Parse($_.Pinned) } } |
    Where-Object { [version]$_.AvailableVersion -gt [version]$_.InstalledVersion }
}

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Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am steviecoaster on github.
• I am steviecoaster (https://keybase.io/steviecoaster) on keybase.
• I have a public key ASAkTmyMBHZACWCaR9NaOul6cuOhuucZnNnjUZRxXXIqDQo

To claim this, I am signing this object:

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function New-QueryString {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Turn a hashtable into a URI querystring
    
    .DESCRIPTION
    Turn a hashtable into a URI querystring
    
    .PARAMETER QueryParameter
    The hashtable to transform

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 function Set-CollectionOrder {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
      [Parameter(Mandatory)]
      [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]
      $Collection,

      [Parameter(Mandatory)]
      [String]
      $Item,