HTH0017 - Party Like It's 2004

Hope This Helps - A Tech Podcast

WinGet, Win10 2004, Teams Only Mode, MS Stream, PowerShell variety hour, PowerToys is awesome, Randomware and FSRM lecture, and rejected Azure product ideas.

Extended show notes available at https://hthpc.com/

Boot-Up (Intro…random topics)

• Thing we miss about physical offices
• Morning routines
• Microsoft's BIG Package.....Manager (aka WinGet)
• HEIC, more like HEIF
• Party like it's 2004

The Isle of Teams

• Microsoft Migrating Tenants to Teams Only Mode
• Microsoft Video being retired in favor of Microsoft Stream
• The difference between Island Mode and Teams Only Mode

Steve does PowerShell

• Large amounts of data in an array
• Out-GridView
• Clip
• VS Code Regex
  • Blank Lines
  • Finding Email addresses
  • Character sequences
  • Quickly converting a list into a PowerShell Array

PowerToys Spotlight

• Power Rename
• Windows Key Shortcut Guide
• PowerToys Run

Ransomware Protection: Controlled Folder Access and FSRM

• CFA is best for client-side protection (Win10 1709 and up)
• CFA can be overly annoying at first, whitelisting is recommended
• CFA hooks into Defender ATP
• CFA has PowerShell whitelisting and enabling/disabling (or via GPO)

Computer configuration -> Administrative templates> Windows components. Next click Windows Defender Antivirus > Windows Defender Exploit Guard > Controlled folder access. There are 3 settings available.

• More info on CFA
• FSRM is best for server-side file share protection
• More info on FSRM
• FSRM setup script tailored towards blocking ransomware - Link

Ask the Stiffs: Question of the Week

• What do you think are rejected Azure product ideas?

Azure Scoreboard

Azure Beach Sand Counter AI

Azure Lego piece color distribution

Azure ARM Template for Hannah Montana Linux

Outro - "Plus Delta"

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