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function Split-ByGroup {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    It will split an array into chunks and return a number of arrays based on a group size
.EXAMPLE
    # first create a sample array (I'm using the RNG class here to do that)
    $ArraySize = 160
    $Array     = [byte[]]::new($ArraySize)
    $rng       = [Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator]::Create()
    $rng.GetBytes($Array)

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function Disable-WingetPinning {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    It disables the Certificate Pinning option in WinGet for the MS Store source.
    This is usually required when there is a firewall on your network that inspects SSL traffic,
    where you might get an error 0x8a15005e back from WinGet, as it cannot access the msstore endpoint URL.
.DESCRIPTION
    If you are behind a firewall that inspects SSL traffic,
    that means it decrypts & re-encrypts traffic on the fly in order to inspect it.

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# How to make a custom type sortable

# There are 2 ways to make a type sortable
#
# 1) you can inherit from the IComparable interface [System.IComparable]
#    where you will compare based on a predefined property of the object
#    and you need to implement the CompareTo() method
#
# 2) you can create a custom Comparer type that will inherit from the IComparer interface [System.Collections.Generic.IComparer[T]]

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# change this Enum with your actual accounts and their IDs
enum NewRelicAccountName {
    NRAcc1 = 300000
    NRAcc2 = 400000
    NRAcc3 = 500000
    NRAcc4 = 600000
}

function Get-NRMonitor {

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function Get-DurationText {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Get the elapsed duration as a string, in a number of different formats
.EXAMPLE
    Get-DurationText -Duration ([timespan]::FromDays(2))
    2d 0hr
#>
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='Timespan')]
[OutputType([string])]

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# I wrote these notes in Sep-2024

# AES 128 and 256 bits
# Without using .NET Streams


## Initial Input
[string]$PlainText = 'this is a test message'
[string]$Password  = 'SampleSecret'

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function Get-ArgumentCompleter {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Get the argument completers that are registered in the current session (if any)
.EXAMPLE
    Import-Module PowerShellGet
    Get-ArgumentCompleter

    shows the argument completers that are registered from the PowerShellGet module
.EXAMPLE

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function Get-AzRequestInfo {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    It gets the web request details from an azure command.

    IMPORTANT:
    The azure command must be run with the -Debug switch AND you need to collect the debug stream
.EXAMPLE
    $ResGrp = Get-AzResourceGroup -Name mysub -Location eastus2 -Debug 5>&1
    Get-AzRequestInfo $ResGrp

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# Convert to/from Hex


### From Byte array to Hex String
$bytes = [byte[]](10,20,30,40)


# a) via .ToString() method
$bytes.ForEach({$_.ToString('x2')}) -join ''

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function Get-TaskManager {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Gets the CPU, memory and disk utilization of the top X processes (by default 10)
    The command can also query remote computers.
    Sorting works based on the processes with the highest CPU utilization.
.DESCRIPTION
    Very briefly, these are the steps taken by this command as part of its process workflow:
    - Load an internal function, the Get-TaskUsage
    - Remote to one or more computers with Invoke-Command and pass in the internal function