Hey #PowerShell people This month's Pacific PowerShell user group will be about Practical AI with PowerShell: www.meetup.com/pacific-powe... @gilbertsanchez.com is going to talk about how they use PowerShell and AI. Party starts @ 6pm pacific time tomorrow night. Hope to see you there!

Practical AI with PowerShell (with Gilbert Sanchez), Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Description: Everyone's shipping faster with AI. Nobody's talking about the cost. This session cuts through the hype to give PowerShell engineers a practical mental model f

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Shhhhhh… some of the talks from PowerShell Summit are up! Was even more amazing seeing this one in person. Thank you Jeffrey Snover for making PowerShell happen and still continuing to be an asset to the PowerShell community! youtu.be/PO7WrCcZEvc?...

PowerShell: Designed for a Messy World by Jeffrey Snover

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Have you had a chance to read this week's Entra.News? Read at entra.news/p/entra-n...

Last Friday of May, what did you do with PowerShell this month? I worked on some scripts for creating apps in Entra, Export Conditional Access Policies, and Export Defender Policies/Settings. I’ll see if I can put some blogs together for them too.

Mostly updated the db, but added some backend improv to make deploying faster - new version of EntraFIDOFinder is out which is a PowerShell module that shows which FIDO2 keys are attestation compatible with EntraFIDOFinder! clatent.com/2026/05/new-...

New EntraFIDOFinder Module Version Release!

Good news and bad news.. which would you like first? Bad news? There are no new external PowerShell functions in this release, but I did create some functions to compare differences as well as one …

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When Midnight Blizzard breached Microsoft, what they found inside was wild. Redmond was unknowingly sitting on 7 MILLION internal tenants. Total shadow IT chaos. If Microsoft can’t track their own tenants, what makes you think your ecosystem is safe? 🧵👇 1/7

#PowerShell #Excel Fast v0.0.1-alpha16 is out on the Gallery. It now uses dual compilation and has ALC support via ALCLoader (thanks @jborean.bsky.social), and streaming support on the pipeline for Export-Workbook for high performance and low memory usage.

Did you know Giphys have a rating system in Teams? Neither do I until I dug deep and created custom Maester tests to check settings of Teams! Check out my new blog post securing Teams with Maester. clatent.com/2026/05/did-...

Did you know there is a Giphy rating in Teams? Custom Maester Tests save the day

Now let me ask you, how secure is your Microsoft Teams? When was the last time you looked at how it was configured? While working on another side project I had the great idea of converting some of …

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Friendly Friday Reminder: Friends don’t let friends allow everyone in the company to make a Microsoft Team. Today may be a good day to see how many extra Teams there are, especially those public ones. Hoping there is no confidential information in them!

It’s that time of the week again! PowerShell Weekly for April 10, 2026 is here with all the scripts and tips you need to automate like a pro. #PowerShell #Automation #TechNews psweekly.dowst.dev?p=8782

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Who are you most excited to finally meet in person at #PSHSummit26? 👀 Drop their name below — let’s build some hype before April 13 👥 See you there. Still time to grab your ticket 🎟️ www.powershellsummit.org/tickets/

How secure is your Microsoft Teams? And how confident that it is secure? What would be your ideal way to secure it besides just flat out blocking it? 😆

Your Conditional Access policies probably have gaps you don't know about I talked to Emilien Socchi about how he built an engine that tests 250 MILLION sign-in combos in <20 minutes. Runs Offline. No Throttling. No Limits. Watch at entra.news/p/finding...

Last Friday of the month, what have you done with PowerShell this month? Doesn’t matter how big or small, let’s hear it! I wrote a couple blogs, and working on a few more. Been working more with Teams and PowerShell as well.

Folks, we just released a major update to our Zero Trust Workshop and Zero Trust Assessment Zero Trust now includes AI 100+ new assessment checks across: • Data • Network 🧵👇 1/8

Tired of incorrectly typing in values for PowerShell Parameters that you created months prior?? Check out my new post on ValidateSet and how it can save you and your team many headaches and create more consistency. clatent.com/2026/03/lear...

Learning ValidateSet in PowerShell: Valid Values Only

Introduction I know your wondering, why isn’t he writing about AI, and just talking about ValidateSet? If your in the early stages of your PowerShell journey, you may not know about ValidateS…

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First technical blog in a bit, and reminded why I don’t like doing technical blogs on my current blogging platform, so if you have a recommendation I’d love to hear it! Teams and PowerShell - How to add value and make your life easier - clatent.com/2026/03/team...

Teams Chat and PowerShell – How to add value!

It’s been a bit for a technical blog post, but I’ve missed it and finally found some time to do one. What we are learning today is how to send messages, photos, urls, and information from APIs to T…

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Here's another #PowerShell module I use to manage my day. https://github.com/jdhitsolutions/PSReminderLite

GitHub - jdhitsolutions/PSReminderLite: :calendar: This is a port of the MyTickle PowerShell module that uses a SQLite database to store event or reminder information.

:calendar: :soon: This is a port of the MyTickle PowerShell module that uses a SQLite database to store event or reminder information. - jdhitsolutions/PSReminderLite

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For anyone using the "cmhealthcheck" #powershell module, I posted a heavy update (v1.1.0) but not to PS Gallery yet. I'd like to ask for help testing and providing feedback first. If you're interested, download it from the GitHub repo: github.com/Skatterbrain... - Thank you!

GitHub - Skatterbrainz/CMHealthCheck: ConfigMgr Health Check Reporting PowerShell functions

ConfigMgr Health Check Reporting PowerShell functions - Skatterbrainz/CMHealthCheck

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So happy 7.6 is out, so everyone can take advantage of the excellent Invoke-RestMethod tracing that now exists that I wrote :). I'm already using it today to troubleshoot some OCI stuff:

Attention, PowerShell enthusiasts! PowerShell Weekly for March 20, 2026 is live. Get your dose of automation goodness and stay ahead in the game. #PowerShell #Automation #TechNews psweekly.dowst.dev?p=8715

I miss writing more in depth blog posts! Finally getting back to it, and next week should have a new one published. Forgot how time consuming, but fun they can be. Anyone else?? Post your favorite bloggers or blog articles in the comments and show them some love. #it #powershell #sysadmin

The wait is over! PowerShell Weekly for March 13, 2026 has just been published. Explore Announcements, Learning Resources, Community news, and more. #PowerShell #Automation #TechNews psweekly.dowst.dev?p=8693

Can’t wait to check this one out!

Gilbert Sanchez (💻 HeyItsGilbert)@gilbertsanchez.com · 5mo ago

Talk #3 for #PSHSummit26: "Markdown Madness: Static Sites for Fun & Profit" You write #Markdown already. What if it became a blog? A resume? A full docs site? Jekyll, MkDocs, Hugo, Docusaurus, jsonresume -we're going on a tour! Sprinkle in some #PowerShell. Bring snacks. cloud.umami.is/q/18X...

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Best PowerShell conference there is!! Doesn’t matter your skill level, there is something here for you. Talks are amazing, but the people are even better. Hope to see you there and if you are attending please stop and say hi! #pwshsummit26 #powershell #devops

It has been a long time since I started working on this side project, and DLL Pickle is finally ready for an RC! This #PowerShell module is a DLL pre-loader that helps you avoid version conflicts when connecting to Microsoft Az, Graph, EXO, Teams, and SPO! github.com/SamErde/DLLP...

Join me online this Wednesday to learn how to stop drowning in log files and start extracting answers — this beginner-friendly session covers the essential PowerShell cmdlets for searching, filtering, and making sense of text and CSV logs. #PowerShell www.meetup.com/research-tri...

Log Parsing w PowerShell: A Beginner's Guide, Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 8:00 PM | Meetup

Learn how to stop drowning in log files and start extracting answers — this beginner-friendly session covers the essential PowerShell cmdlets for searching, filtering, and

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Just dropped the latest edition of PowerShell Weekly for February 13, 2026! Explore announcements, blogs, books, community updates, and more. Don’t miss out! #PowerShell #Automation #TechNews psweekly.dowst.dev?p=8617

Over 70 new keys added to PowerShell module EntraFIDOFinder! Which means 70 new keys can be used with Entra’s attestation feature. Check the blog for the new web ui and updated module! clatent.com/2026/01/entr...

EntraFIDOFinder: New Web UI and Over 70 New Authenticators

You read that right, over 70 new authenticators are now approved for Entra Attestation and have been add to the web ui and the PowerShell module! I knew they had to be holding back after these last…

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