How to hide console output from Select-AzureRmSubscription - azure

Does anyone know how to hide output from command Select-AzureRmSubscription inside azure workbook which runs as powershell workflow
Thanks

You can use Out-Null. Works for any PowerShell cmdlet.
Select-AzureRmSubscription | Out-null
The Out-Null cmdlet sends its output to NULL, in effect, removing it
from the pipeline and preventing the output to be displayed at the
screen.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/reference/5.1/microsoft.powershell.core/out-null

Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId $s.Id | Out-Null + ~~~~~~~~ Cannot call the 'Out-Null' command. Other commands from this module have been packaged as workflow activities, but this command was specifically excluded. This is likely because the command requires an interactive Windows PowerShell session, or has behavior not suited for workflows. To run this command anyway, place it within an inline-script (InlineScript { Out-Null }) where it will be invoked in isolation

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Azure Pipeline Extract Task 7zip

Unable to extract zip to destination with default usage of Extract Task its fails with error:
##[error]Unable to locate executable file: 'C:\azagent\A5\_work\_tasks\ExtractFiles_5e1e3830-fbfb-11e5-aab1-090c92bc4988\1.200.0\7zip\7z.exe'. Please verify either the file path exists or the file can be found within a directory specified by the PATH environment variable. Also verify the file has a valid extension for an executable file.
Stating its fails to locate default 7zip path. Tried to use custom PATH setting but also fails with the same error.
UPDATE
Issue seem to be caused by permissions of agent. Still haven't been able to execute Release with Admin privileges in service mode. When run in interactive mode as Admin the release executes successfully.
Task fails whenever admin permission is required.
From the error message, 7zip seems not installed on your self-hosted agent. Try to install the 7zip before you use the Extract Task.
Take Bash Task as an example:
brew install p7zip
For Windows, use the below PowerShell script to install:
$dlurl = 'https://7-zip.org/' + (Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri 'https://7-zip.org/' | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Links | Where-Object {($_.outerHTML -match 'Download')-and ($_.href -like "a/*") -and ($_.href -like "*-x64.exe")} | Select-Object -First 1 | Select-Object -ExpandProperty href)
# modified to work without IE
# above code from: https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/installing-or-updating-7-zip-using-powershell/
$installerPath = Join-Path $env:TEMP (Split-Path $dlurl -Leaf)
Invoke-WebRequest $dlurl -OutFile $installerPath
Start-Process -FilePath $installerPath -Args "/S" -Verb RunAs -Wait
Remove-Item $installerPath

Get-AzureADAuditSignInLogs returning $null in Automation Accounts

I have a simple script to get the last sign in details for each user in Azure. When running the script from Visual Studio, it all runs fine with no errors.
After uploading the script to an Azure Automation Account, I am getting the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object".
I have checked and the command 'Get-AzureADAuditSigninLogs' is returning $null
$users = Get-AzureADUser -All $true
foreach ( $user in $users ) {
$userLogs = Get-AzureADAuditSigninLogs -Filter "startsWith(userPrincipalName, '$( $user.UserPrincipalName )')" -All $true
}
Any ideas on the issue that could be causing this to occur in the Automation account but not visual studio?
As per this issue,-All $true parameter is not working for cmdlet Get-AzureADAuditSignInLogs as expected.
To resolve it, you can try upgrading to AzureADPreview v2.0.2.89.
Alternatively, you can also try as suggested by psignoret:
Format string with -f or [String]::Format():
Write-Host ("startsWith(userPrincipalName ,'{0}')" -f $user.userPrincipalName)
Write-Host [String]::Format("startsWith(userPrincipalName ,'{0}')", $user.userPrincipalName)

Disable/enable completely input devices (mouse+keyboard+touchpad) in Windows10

I'm trying to disable/enable input devices in my laptop (win10), automatically (.reg file, python code etc)
I tried to use DevCon but after a lot of attempts it didn't work out for my touchpad and keyboard (I tried to disable, remove).
I searched the web and the solutions don't completely disable the devices (for example: Ctrl+Alt+Delete is not blocked).
I work on a windows 10 Laptop, You can assume that you have admin Privileges.
Have to check for Keyboard but for Mouse and Touchpad, you can use some Powershell commands to check and find out the actual device Classes and InstanceIDs and then turn off with an Admin elevated Powershell prompt.
The InstanceIDs of Mouse and Touchpad is different on different brands and types of Laptops, but first you can identify those with their Classes such as HIDClass. To get that fire up Powershell prompt(you've already tried REG and Python, so assuming you'll be okay with Powershell too (.ps1)) and run this command:
Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.Class -eq 'HIDClass'}
This may show 2 or 3 entries of which 1 belongs to Mouse and other to Touchpad, this would be a bit of trial and error, you have to pick any InstanceID to make filter more target specific and fire-up admin-elevated Powershell (search Powershell and click on "Run As Administrator") and run Disable-PnpDevice method like below(if InstanceId contains "ACPI"):
Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.Class -eq 'HIDClass' -and $_.InstanceId -like 'ACPI*'} | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false
This will disable Touchpad(in mine(Lenovo) it did disabled it) and then you can try out another InstanceID and disable the Mouse too in the same way. Voila !! both are turned off now.
If you prefer this in .ps1 script format then you need a self-elevating script which can enable/disable the devices without any halts, save this code in .ps1 file and then right-click > Run with PowerShell:
$Loc = Get-Location
"Security.Principal.Windows" | % { IEX "( [ $_`Principal ] [$_`Identity ]::GetCurrent() ).IsInRole( 'Administrator' )" } | ? {
$True | % { $Arguments = #('-NoProfile','-ExecutionPolicy Bypass','-NoExit','-File',"`"$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)`"","\`"$Loc\`"");
Start-Process -FilePath PowerShell.exe -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList $Arguments; } }
Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.Class -eq 'HIDClass' -and $_.InstanceId -like 'ACPI*'} | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false
Read-Host
Note: If you in case disable the wrong or undesired device than for enabling it, in the same admin-elevated Powershell window run the same filter command (the Get-PnpDevice with filters) and replace Disable-PnpDevice with Enable-PnpDevice.
Let me know in comments if you still face issue with above commands.
Untested, but calling BlockInput() should do what you want. It blocks both keyboad and mouse input. It is however defined in user32.dll so you will need to use ctypes to access it:
import ctypes
ctypes.windll.user32.BlockInput(True)

unable to append data to sharepoint file via Azure Automation

Ok I have asked a question like this but now I am trying to perform the task via Azure Automation. I can connect to the SharePoint site via Azure Automation (powershell). with the correct credentials. I can download the file and append data to it. But I can when I try and upload the file back to SharePoint it adds the contents 3 times and then Azure Automation suspends the Runbook after 3 times.
It does run perfect if I upload this file as a different file name.
$siteurl="https://abc.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx/teamsites/os"
$credSP = Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name 'test'
$fileFolder = "$Env:temp"
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteurl -Credentials $credSP
Get-PnPFile -Url "/sites/xxx/teamsites/os/Directory and Operating
Systems/test.csv" -Path $fileFolder -Filename test.csv -AsFile -Force
$test = "31-07-2019 -11:35"
Add-Content -Path $fileFolder\test.csv $test
Add-PnPFile -Path $fileFolder\test.csv -Approve -Folder "Directory and
Operating Systems" #-ErrorAction Ignore
Here are the results
test test
31-07-2019 -11:35
31-07-2019 -11:35
31-07-2019 -11:35
As you can see it added $test 3 times. But I dont have this issue if I upload it as a new file name.
Ok after a while I have fix the issue.
After the add-pnpfile ...... you pipe it to | out-null
Thats it. the sript stops after it uploads ,
happy days

How to find out MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST location of an application

I am currently writing a security auditing script for IIS 10 in Powershell. I have never even remotely worked with IIS before. I am supposed to run commands like this:
Get-WebConfigurationProperty -pspath 'MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/<website name>' -filter 'system.web/authentication/forms' -name 'protection'
Where can I find the website name ?
Thanks
As lex mentioned, we could use Get-Website or WebApplication to iterate all sites/applications.
If you just want to list the website name in the Powershell you could add below command.
Get-WebSite | Format-List -Property Name
Result example:

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