Every #PSHSummit talk starts the same way: someone hit submit. The Call for Proposals opens July 1. Our guide takes you from idea to stage — start brainstorming: www.powershellsummit.org/blog/so-you-... #PSHSummit #PowerShell

Fame? Glory? Honor? Money?! …Maybe! 😄 Speaking at #PSHSummit = free entry, an honorarium & a network that lasts. CFP opens July 1: www.powershellsummit.org/blog/so-you-... #PSHSummit #PowerShell

Worried it's all about who you know? Phase 1 of #PSHSummit evals is a BLIND review — no names, just your idea. CFP opens July 1. Write one that wins on merit: www.powershellsummit.org/blog/so-you-... #PSHSummit #PowerShell

Not sure how to pitch your session level? We explain it with… toast. 🍞 From "A Beginner's Guide to Bread and Heat" to "Stochastic Thermal Modeling." CFP opens July 1: www.powershellsummit.org/blog/so-you-... #PSHSummit #PowerShell

You write modules thousands use. You mentor others. You STILL feel like an imposter daily. Good news: you're exactly who we want on stage. CFP opens July 1 — how to prep: www.powershellsummit.org/blog/so-you-... #PSHSummit #PowerShell

New to the community? Clicked a scary 'Terminal' icon and got hooked? We were all new once — the #PSHSummit stage has room for your story too. CFP opens July 1: www.powershellsummit.org/blog/so-you-... #PSHSummit #PowerShell

Why settle for a locked-down phone app when your house can answer to a shell? @ja.mesrusk.in opens his actual windows with PowerShell, no cloud phone-home. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rV9... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #IoT

Opening Windows (with) PowerShell by James Ruskin

Some web-based home automation systems have APIs - some are locked ...

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Security vs agility? No fight needed. Jonathan Levine drives AppLocker + Windows Firewall at Jane Street from readable JSON/YAML, time-limited exceptions baked in. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IGx... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Security

Security That Says “Yes”: Agile Windows Security with PowerShell by Jonathan Levine

At Jane Street, we have discovered that traditional system hardenin...

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From deterministic "Is" computing to probabilistic "Ish" AI: Jeffrey Snover on ditching prayer-based planning for a Plausible Theory of Success. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Slz... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #AI

Navigating the AI Revolution by Jeffrey Snover

We are witnessing a fundamental shift in the physics of innovation,...

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What if your functions rejected bad input before they ran? @emrys.macinally.de dives into custom validation classes, enforcing prefixes, semver and cross-param logic. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8XT... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #DevOps

Pimp Your Parameters: The Magic of Validation Classes by Emrys MacInally

Ever wished your functions could reject bad input before they even ...

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Hardcoded creds in your pipeline? Yikes. @schlauge.com wires PowerShell into Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and HashiCorp Vault for rotation at scale. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cOH... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #DevOps

Secrets at Scale: Managing Cloud Credentials with PowerShell Automation by Phil Bossman

Managing secrets across multiple cloud platforms is a challenge—esp...

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PowerShell turns 20! Fossils (their word) Jason Helmick & @jdhitsolutions.com swap stories from the early days, heavy on demos, light on PowerPoint. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=76I_... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Community

PowerShell Perspectives by Jason Helmick, Jeff Hicks

PowerShell will be turning 20 this year and it has come a long, lon...

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Build, test and ship your PowerShell modules hands-free. Adam Driscoll runs the full GitHub Actions gauntlet: tests, artifacts, releases and Gallery publishing. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ3u... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #DevOps

GitHub Actions for Fun and Profit by Adam Driscoll

In this session, we'll take a dive into GitHub actions and see how ...

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New to IaC or escaping ARM templates? Let Copilot coach you. Stephanie Yen teaches Bicep hands-on, backed by the Bicep MCP server, production-ready from day one. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qev3... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #IaC

Learn Bicep in 2026: How AI Skills can be your Bicep coach by Stephanie Yen

Learn Bicep hands-on with GitHub Copilot as your coach, backed by t...

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Patch happens, usually at the worst time. Rob Reynolds shows how Chocolatey for Business turns the patching scramble into a calm, predictable, self-service routine. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMl6... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Chocolatey

Patch Happens: How Chocolatey for Business Benefits Organizations by Rob Reynolds

Patch happens—often at the worst possible time. In this session, we...

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Managing software across an org by hand? There is a sweeter way. @steviecoaster.dev tours Chocolatey Central Management, from simple installs to its robust API. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkJo... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Chocolatey

Getting the most of Chocolatey Central Management by Stephen Valdinger

In this session, we'll review Chocolatey's Central Management platf...

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Managing software across an org by hand? There is a sweeter way. @steviecoaster.dev tours Chocolatey Central Management, from simple installs to its robust API. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkJo... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Chocolatey

Getting the most of Chocolatey Central Management by Stephen Valdinger

In this session, we'll review Chocolatey's Central Management platf...

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Patch happens, usually at the worst time. Rob Reynolds shows how Chocolatey for Business turns the patching scramble into a calm, predictable, self-service routine. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMl6... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Chocolatey

Patch Happens: How Chocolatey for Business Benefits Organizations by Rob Reynolds

Patch happens—often at the worst possible time. In this session, we...

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Hardcoded creds in your pipeline? Yikes. @schlauge.com wires PowerShell into Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and HashiCorp Vault for rotation at scale. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cOH... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #DevOps

Secrets at Scale: Managing Cloud Credentials with PowerShell Automation by Phil Bossman

Managing secrets across multiple cloud platforms is a challenge—esp...

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Build, test and ship your PowerShell modules hands-free. Adam Driscoll runs the full GitHub Actions gauntlet: tests, artifacts, releases and Gallery publishing. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ3u... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #DevOps

GitHub Actions for Fun and Profit by Adam Driscoll

In this session, we'll take a dive into GitHub actions and see how ...

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Why settle for a locked-down phone app when your house can answer to a shell? @ja.mesrusk.in opens his actual windows with PowerShell, no cloud phone-home. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rV9... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #IoT

Opening Windows (with) PowerShell by James Ruskin

Some web-based home automation systems have APIs - some are locked ...

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New to IaC or escaping ARM templates? Let Copilot coach you. Stephanie Yen teaches Bicep hands-on, backed by the Bicep MCP server, production-ready from day one. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qev3... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #IaC

Learn Bicep in 2026: How AI Skills can be your Bicep coach by Stephanie Yen

Learn Bicep hands-on with GitHub Copilot as your coach, backed by t...

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What if your functions rejected bad input before they ran? @emrys.macinally.de dives into custom validation classes, enforcing prefixes, semver and cross-param logic. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8XT... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #DevOps

Pimp Your Parameters: The Magic of Validation Classes by Emrys MacInally

Ever wished your functions could reject bad input before they even ...

youtube.com

PowerShell turns 20! Fossils (their word) Jason Helmick & @jdhitsolutions.com swap stories from the early days, heavy on demos, light on PowerPoint. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=76I_... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Community

PowerShell Perspectives by Jason Helmick, Jeff Hicks

PowerShell will be turning 20 this year and it has come a long, lon...

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From deterministic "Is" computing to probabilistic "Ish" AI: Jeffrey Snover on ditching prayer-based planning for a Plausible Theory of Success. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Slz... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #AI

Navigating the AI Revolution by Jeffrey Snover

We are witnessing a fundamental shift in the physics of innovation,...

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Security vs agility? No fight needed. Jonathan Levine drives AppLocker + Windows Firewall at Jane Street from readable JSON/YAML, time-limited exceptions baked in. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IGx... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Security

Security That Says “Yes”: Agile Windows Security with PowerShell by Jonathan Levine

At Jane Street, we have discovered that traditional system hardenin...

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PowerShell can house-hunt, dedupe thousands of family photos, text weather alerts to a soccer team AND assign Secret Santas. @mdowst.dowst.dev proves it. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=afM_... #PSHSummit #PowerShell

PowerShell for Life: Automate the Everyday by Matthew Dowst

PowerShell isn’t just for sysadmins and DevOps pipelines; it’s also...

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Polling? Scheduled tasks? There's a better way. Bruce Stump shows PowerShell's native eventing with WMI/CIM, so scripts react the instant something changes. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D46K... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #DevOps

Event-Driven Automation with PowerShell: Listening for Change, Acting in Real Time by Bruce Stump

DevOps is all about automation, responsiveness, and reducing manual...

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Does anyone use that parameter set? Which PowerShell versions are your users on? @joshooaj.com shows how App Insights telemetry answers it—done responsibly. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPaF... #PSHSummit #PowerShell #Azure

Intro to Telemetry: How to use App Insights in PowerShell by Josh Hendricks

Adding telemetry to your scripts and modules using Application Insi...

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Command line, script, function, or module? Matt McElreath answers "yes" and walks the full path from one-liner to a robust, meaningful tool. Now live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5g8... #PSHSummit #PowerShell

From Script to Tool: Building Robust, Meaningful Tools with PowerShell by Matt McElreath

I have been asked the same question many times over the years and i...

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