Where do we find scripts and snippets that are safe to run?

There are, literally, hundreds of sites, blogs, and developer sites that contain PoSH code and PowerCLI optimized scripts. This book is not going to list every single place to start; however, it is going to list key ways to validate the code and some places to start.

VMware communities

The VMware communities are a great place to start. Where not all code is good, there are key individuals that stand out as contributors of merit. LucD, Alan Renouf, RvdNieuwendijk, and others have built an impressive list of appropriate scripts for various tasks. Typical searches in a favorite search engine, <Script purpose> (site: https://communities.vmware.com), should find any number of examples of scripts ...

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