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Using the ZLocation PowerShell Module to navigate folders

Switching back and forth between folders on your system requires a lot of typing and thinking about where that xyz folder was located... Zlocation helps you navigate frequently accessed folders. In this small blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 1 Comment February 13, 2026February 15, 2026 2 Minutes

a Hidden gem in PowerShell : Format-Custom

It was something I ran into this week, Format-Custom. Usually I display things in a list or table, but this is different... And very useful! In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell Leave a comment February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 3 Minutes

Install Nerdfonts using PowerShell

Yes, I'm a nerd, and nerds like to use NerdFonts 🙂 In this small blog post, I will show you how you can use the NerdFonts PowerShell module from Ryan L McIntyre.

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell 2 Comments January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 2 Minutes

Intune Win32 PowerShell Installer Type

This month, Microsoft re-released PowerShell as a command-line option for Intune Win32 packages, making it easy to update the installation script without recreating the IntuneWin package. In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, PowerShell 8 Comments January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 3 Minutes

Test SSL/TLS Protocols using PowerShell

Testing enabled SSL and TLS protocols on servers is something I have to do for hardening and security purposes. Of course, you can do that using PowerShell with the Test-TlsProtocols Module from TechnologyAnimal 🙂 In this blog post, I will show you how.

Harm Veenstra Networking, PowerShell, Security 4 Comments January 16, 2026January 17, 2026 3 Minutes

PowerShell coding in WSL using VSCode

This is something I do on my Windows company device, using WSL instances to develop PowerShell scripts. In this blog post, I will show you how it works and how to set it up.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell, Visual Studio Code, WSL 1 Comment January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 4 Minutes

2025 Overview

It's 2026, so it's time to reflect on 2025 :). In this blog post, I will highlight the great PowerShell moments that happened this year.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 2 Comments January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 5 Minutes

Installing PowerShell on macOS

What's the first thing that you install on your new MacBook M4? Yes, Microsoft Edge, and then PowerShell afterwards 😉 In this final blog post of 2025, I will outline the available installation options.

Harm Veenstra macOS, PowerShell 2 Comments December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 5 Minutes

Sponsorship from PDQ / The PowerShell Podcast!

This week, I got confirmation from PDQ that they will sponsor me and my website! Exciting news, and honored! PDQ does a lot of things for the community through its PowerShell Podcast, The PowerShell Wednesday, PDQ Live, and r/PDQ on Reddit. In this blog post, I will tell you all about it 🙂

Harm Veenstra PDQ, PowerShell 2 Comments December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 2 Minutes

PowerShell Try/Catch specific Error Types

I use Try/Catch a lot in my scripts, but I usually catch all errors in a single error message... In this short blog post, I will show you how to be more specific when displaying errors.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 3 Comments December 12, 2025December 15, 2025 5 Minutes

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  1. Thomas on Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts!April 26, 2026

    Congratulation Harm. You have for sure been very productive the last 4 years :-)

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    […] Jambuilds, which helped me work out the best method for my PowerShell Function for the cmd.ms website […]

  3. PowerShell is fun :)Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts! on It’s a lot of work reinstalling your system… But not with PowerShell and Winget!April 24, 2026

    […] wrote my first post on April 21st, 2022: https://powershellisfun.com/2022/04/21/its-a-lot-of-work-reinstalling-your-system/. It was something I was updating again after reinstalling my…

  4. PowerShell SnippetRace 16-17/2026 | PowerShell Usergroup Austria on Check mail records using the DomainHealthChecker PowerShell ModuleApril 19, 2026

    […] Border security for e-mail systems can be challenging. All the acronyms and technologies behind it may be overwhelming for…

  5. Harm Veenstra on Keep Microsoft Teams status Available instead of away using PowerShellApril 13, 2026

    Nice catch, makes sense to leave it out of the loop and updated blog and GitHub. Thanks!

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