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PowerShell v7.6.0-preview4

The latest preview 4 version of PowerShell v7.6 was recently made available, and in this short blog post, I will show you the highlights and how to install or update it if you have already installed a previous version.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 2 Comments April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 4 Minutes

Using the Get-NetView PowerShell Module for Network Troubleshooting

Collecting enough logs and information from a system with networking issues can be difficult. You always need just one more to troubleshoot the problem. 😉 In this blog post, I will show you how the built-in Get-NetView module can help you collect all the necessary logs and information.

Harm Veenstra Logs, Networking, PowerShell Leave a comment April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 6 Minutes

Introduction to the Microsoft.OSConfig PowerShell module

While at the Microsoft MVP summit, one of the MVPs mentioned the Microsoft.OSConfig module. I haven't used it before, and I like how it works and how the product team works with the Desired State Config team on this! In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell, Security Leave a comment April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 4 Minutes

MVP Summit 2025

This year was my first in-person MVP Summit at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond. In this blog post, I will highlight a few things about the week, but... I won't share any details about the sessions because of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA). 🙂

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment March 29, 2025March 31, 2025 2 Minutes

Launching Start Menu apps using PowerShell

Sometimes, you want to run a few applications as a different (Admin) user on your system. Usually, I do that by (Shift) Right-clicking applications, etc... In this small blog post, I will show you a simple way to start multiple applications using PowerShell, making life somewhat easier 😉

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 5 Comments March 21, 2025March 28, 2025 3 Minutes

When you take a look at your old PowerShell scripts…

Sometimes, I browse my old scripts in my private GitHub repository and think... Why did I write it / Where's the error handling / I could improve this with what I learned after writing that years ago, etc. In this blog post, I will show you a few examples of just that and how I improved 🙂

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 4 Minutes

Retrieve End of Life information using PowerShell

One of the things that I do when writing documents for customers is check if the products I advise or the customers use are still supported. The end-of-life date is essential, and in this blog post, I will show you how to retrieve that information quickly 🙂

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 6 Comments March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 5 Minutes

Using Warp as PowerShell terminal

This week, after the official Windows release of Warp on February 26th, I saw many YouTube clips of the new Terminal app. I decided to try it and see what it does differently from my trusty Windows Terminal app. This blog post will show you my first impression of the application.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 11 Comments February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 3 Minutes

25 Years of Active Directory and my PowerShell experience managing it

This week, on the 17th of February, Active Directory celebrated its 25th birthday 🙂 I will share my experience managing it with PowerShell in this blog post.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 2 Comments February 21, 2025February 21, 2025 4 Minutes

Retrieve blocked DNS queries from PiHole using PowerShell

I use PiHole for Ad-blocking at home, and yes, sometimes that causes some issues if it blocks Microsoft (Or other) management addresses. In this blog post, I will show how you can live-track blocked DNS queries and get some insights while troubleshooting 🙂

Harm Veenstra Networking, PowerShell 4 Comments February 14, 2025May 25, 2025 6 Minutes

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  1. PowerShell is fun :)Check PowerShell Scripts for deprecated Azure AD or MSOnline Cmdlets on Deprecated PowerShell Modules and Azure AD Graph retirementApril 3, 2026

    […] also posted more information about the deprecation of the Azure AD and MSOnline PowerShell modules here. Microsoft is moving…

  2. Harm Veenstra on PowerShell v7.6 LTS Release and why it mattersMarch 30, 2026

    Bug fixes mostly,.NET changes etc. But always good to know and to be on supported releases

  3. Thomas on PowerShell v7.6 LTS Release and why it mattersMarch 30, 2026

    Hi Harm Not that there are that many new features, but always nice to be on the newest release. Thanks…

  4. Harm Veenstra on Learning PowerShell on Microsoft LearnMarch 20, 2026

    Nice ❤️ Stephan is doing great stuff!

  5. Calvin on Learning PowerShell on Microsoft LearnMarch 20, 2026

    The PowerShell performance considerations are also a huge resource, given they state most of the techniques are not idiomatic but…

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