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# 2019-03-01
# Whatcom IT Professionals meetup
# https://www.meetup.com/Whatcom-IT-Professionals/events/259166239/

# Why and How to Get Started With Automated Documentation

function Get-TheComputerThings ([switch]$Again) {
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        Name       = 'LTAlpha'
        OS         = 'Windows 10 Enterprise'

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# vSphere 6.5 VCSA - REST API testing

$vCenterName = 'YOURNAMEHERE'
$BaseURI = "https://$vCenterName/rest"

# At first, I could only make this work with vSphere SSO credentials
# Try that if AD auth is throwing 401 Unauthorized errors at you
# (Discovered later that it didn't like the colon in my AD user's password)
# Can also try "https://YOURVCENTER/apiexplorer" in your browser to test login creds
$c = Get-Credential -UserName 'administrator@vsphere.local' -Message 'Enter password'

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# Advent Of Code 2017 warm-up challenge
# https://twitter.com/_sorceress/status/935256907408867328
# https://pastebin.com/BMd61PUv
# @brianbunke, 2017/11/27

# Get raw content
$1 = (Invoke-WebRequest https://pastebin.com/raw/wGmzZHeq).Content
# Split the instruction set on the comma/space combination
$ParsedInput = $1 -split ', '

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# Test file for the Vester module - https://github.com/WahlNetwork/Vester
# Called via Invoke-Pester VesterTemplate.Tests.ps1

# Test title, e.g. 'DNS Servers'
$Title = 'Power State'

# Test description: How New-VesterConfig explains this value to the user
$Description = 'Starts or stops VMs'

# The config entry stating the desired values

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#Requires -Version 3
Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core
Connect-VIServer XXXXX

$Report = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.List[PSCustomObject]'
$VM = Get-VM

$VM | ForEach-Object {
    $Obj = [PSCustomObject][ordered]@{
        VMName = $_.Name

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# Barely working :D
# Follows my previous Gist, https://gist.github.com/brianbunke/13e32ae67a9232d2224601e937eebba7

# http://theshellnut.com/exploring-powercli-types/
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14141043/resolving-an-ambiguous-reference

ipmo VMware.VimAutomation.Core

$r = "c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk\VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.dll",
    "c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Core\VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.dll",

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# This code doesn't work. :) Soliciting feedback

# Just started duplicating info from here:
# (Get-VM 'ExampleVM') | gm | Where MemberType -eq 'Property' | Select Name,Definition

$r = "c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk\VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.dll",
    "c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Core\VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.dll"

Add-Type -ReferencedAssemblies $r -TypeDefinition "
    using VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1;

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$Splatting = @{
    Path = "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\Your-Script.ps1"
    Version = '1.0.0' # http://semver.org ;)
    # GUID will randomly auto-generate for new scripts
    # Only specify GUID if you're going to overwrite existing properties on an updated script version
    Author = 'YourPSGalleryUsername'
    Description = 'Explain your script to prospective users, preferably in one sentence.'
    # CompanyName
    # Copyright
    Tags = @('super','awesome','radical')

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<#PSScriptInfo

.VERSION 1.0

.GUID a9323abc-0567-4c4f-ad8e-cdd4cb236e3a

.AUTHOR Brian

.COMPANYNAME 

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function Get-Diacritic {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Find filenames with diacritic marks, export the list to CSV, and email the list to your boss.

    .LINK
    http://powershell.org/wp/2016/03/05/2016-march-scripting-games-puzzle/
    #>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (