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May 1, 2026

Announcements!

Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.2.0 – PowerShell Team (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This post announces the General Availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.2.0,

with new Windows resources, Bicep gRPC integration, WhatIf support, expression language improvements...

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:May 1 2026

v7.7.0-preview.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Tons of great changes in store with 7.7. Check it out for yourself.
By: PowerShell Team submitted:May 1 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing (github.blog)
Starting June 1, your Copilot usage will consume GitHub AI Credits.
By: Mario Rodriguez submitted:May 1 2026

PowerShell for Bash Users: Finding Equivalents to Common Unix Command-Line Tools (hackmag.com)
When switching from bash to PowerShell, you often run into inconveniences simply because you don't

know what the equivalents are and how to use them.

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By: Aleksei Zemond Pankratov submitted:May 1 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Did you know there is a Giphy rating in Teams? Custom Maester Tests save the day (clatent.com)
Now let me ask you, how secure is your Microsoft Teams? When was the last time you looked at how it

was configured?

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:May 1 2026

Extracting and Auditing Azure DevOps Permissions at Scale with PowerShell (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Azure DevOps organizations accumulate permissions over time. Groups are created, users are added,

Entra (Azure AD) groups are nested into project groups, and team structures evolve.

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By: skissel submitted:May 1 2026

Gist Convert Word Documents to Different Formats (gist.github.com)
Gist Convert Word Documents to Different Formats.
By: James Brundage submitted:May 1 2026

NimbleHighlight (github.com)
Syntax Highlight any powershell, in the console.
By: Leon Bambrick submitted:May 1 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: To Delete or To Empty Items? PowerShell Has Opinions (youtube.com)
In PowerShell, clearing something and removing something are not the same thing. In this PoshBytes,

I walk through the difference between Clear-ItemProperty and Remove-ItemProperty.

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By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:May 1 2026

Community

Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts! (powershellisfun.com)
Congrats to Harm. It took me way more than 4 years to reach that number!
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:May 1 2026

From Event Logs to AI Workflows with Lucas Allman (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Lucas Allman joins the PowerShell Podcast for a conversation that starts with practical beginner

wins and builds into bigger questions about AI, learning, community, and career growth in IT. The episode covers hands-on PowerShell use cases like event logs, scheduled tasks, and writing functions directly in the terminal, then shifts into Lucas's experience as a first-time PowerShell Summit speaker and his evolving perspective on AI as a tool for both productivity and learning. It lands on a strong human note, with Lucas reflecting on impostor syndrome, keeping up with change, and why curiosity and community still matter just as much as technical skill.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:May 1 2026

Powerlifting and PowerShell: A Discussion with Jake Hildreth – Phillip Wylie (thehackermaker.com)
About The Guest: Jake is a cybersecurity professional with a background in system administration. He

has a deep understanding of Active Directory security and is currently the Active Directory Security Assessment Service Lead at Trimarc. Jake is also the head developer of the open-source tool Locksmith, which focuses on Active Directory Certificate Services misconfigurations. Summary:...

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By: Phillip Wylie submitted:May 1 2026

PowerShell & DevOps Global Summit Bar session with Josh & Jeff (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
This episode of the PowerShell Podcast After Dark captures two candid bar-session conversations from

the PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit, centered on community, career growth, and the real-world value of putting yourself out there. In the first segment, Josh Dearing talks about attending his first Summit, building PowerShell modules, learning from failure, and using automation to improve systems and processes in higher education.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:May 1 2026

Fun

I haven’t been rickrollin (bsky.app)
Whatever you say James 🙂
By: James Brundage submitted:May 1 2026

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany
By: SynEdgy submitted:May 1 2026

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Do you know something that should be included?
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April 24, 2026

Announcements!

v7.5.6 and v7.4.15 Releases of PowerShell (github.com)
Yeah, that's right we got 3 releases in one week!
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Apr 24 2026

v7.6.1 Release of PowerShell (github.com)
Come get the latest and greatest now!
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Apr 24 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Check mail records using the DomainHealthChecker PowerShell Module (powershellisfun.com)
Verifying DNS records for Exchange Online is something that I do for migrations or security scans. I

wrote a function for that in the past, but the DomainHealthChecker module is pretty extensive! In this small blog post, I will show you how to use it.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Apr 24 2026

IIS TLS Certificate Deployment with CertKit (directaccess.richardhicks.com)
With public TLS certificate lifetimes shrinking to just 47 days by 2029, administrators must find

ways to automate certificate enrollment and renewal for workloads that require them. One of the most common is Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). I've been using CertKit.io to handle this process for workloads like Always On VPN and DirectAccess, so [...]

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By: Richard M. Hicks submitted:Apr 24 2026

Pause Scripts with ‘Press Any Key’ in Bash, CMD, PowerShell, and macOS (glukhov.org)
Pause shell or batch scripts until a keypress. Covers CMD pause, PowerShell Read-Host and ReadKey,

Bash and POSIX read, macOS, and TTY guards for CI and cron.

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By: Rost Glukhov submitted:Apr 24 2026

PowerShell Vulnerability Update (CVE-2026-26143): What You Need to Know (dowst.dev)
CVE-2026-26143 was published, on April 14, 2026, impacting modern (Core-based) versions of

PowerShell, specifically versions 7.4 and 7.5 prior to recent patches.

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By: Matthew Dowst [oc] submitted:Apr 23 2026

Reflections on AI after the 2026 PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit (lucasallman.com)
A new hand-crafted artisanal blog post. You can tell it's the real deal because of all the typos...
By: Lucas Allman submitted:Apr 24 2026

The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK and the additionalProperties Property (office365itpros.com)
The additionalProperties property is available for many Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets. In

this article, we explain the function of the additionalProperties property and how it functions in holding output for Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets. It's all because of the lack of strongly typed properties, or so the AutoRest process would have us believe.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 24 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

psmux – Native Terminal Multiplexer for Windows (psmux.pages.dev)
Built in Rust. Zero WSL. Full tmux compatibility. The native tmux for Windows.
By: Dan Clarke submitted:Apr 24 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit – Session Materials (github.com)
Even if you weren't able to attend the summit, there is still a ton of great resources here.
By: DevOps Collective submitted:Apr 24 2026

Writing Better PowerShell Scripts using PSCustomObjects with Tara (youtube.com)
Your PowerShell scripts are fine. They could just be so much better. In this stream, Tara dives into

PSCustomObjects - what they are, why they matter, and how using them will level up the scripts you're already writing.

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By: PDQ submitted:Apr 24 2026

Community

PowerShell & DevOps Global Summit Bar session with Brian Quinn & Scott (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
At the PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit, this after-dark bar session blends casual conversation

with a real sense of why the event matters. Brian Quinn talks about returning for his second Summit, filling in PowerShell fundamentals, and bringing back practical skills like remoting, advanced functions, modules, testing, and version control to improve how his team handles identity and access management.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 24 2026

PowerShell 5 vs. PowerShell 7 (reddit.com)
Interesting discussion on 5 vs 7.
By: r/PowerShell submitted:Apr 24 2026

The PowerShell Summit Hallway Track with Gilbert Sanchez and Joshua Dearing (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
This episode captures the energy of PowerShell Summit through two conversations, one with Gilbert

Sanchez and one with Joshua Dearing. The discussion moves from open source maintenance and the future of PowerShell in AI workflows to the human side of technical communities, including burnout, neurodiversity, mentorship, and the value of showing up in person. It also highlights how PowerShell can change careers over time, not just by teaching syntax, but by opening doors to better communication, stronger community ties, and bigger technical thinking.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 24 2026

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany
By: SynEdgy submitted:Apr 24 2026

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Do you know something that should be included?
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April 17, 2026

Announcements!

Microsoft PowerShell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (msrc.microsoft.com)
If you are running versions 7.4 or 7.5 be sure to update to 7.4.14 or 7.5.5 to be protected.
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Apr 17 2026

PowerShell MSI package deprecation and preview updates (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Beginning with PowerShell 7.7-preview.1 (April 2026), the MSIX package will be the primary

installation method for PowerShell on Windows. We will no longer ship the MSI installer package for new PowerShell releases.

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Apr 17 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Automate SOC 2 Compliance with PowerShell and Azure (adamtheautomator.com)
Learn how to use Azure Policy, the EPAC framework, and PowerShell to automate SOC 2 compliance

evidence collection, enforce controls across subscriptions, and build a continuous audit trail.

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By: Adam Bertram submitted:Apr 17 2026

Creating a Planner Weekly Notification Email for Incomplete Tasks (office365itpros.com)
A reader wanted a weekly incomplete task report to send details of Planner tasks to people with

outstanding work to do. We used PowerShell to scan for incomplete tasks for people who are members of a group, perform some analysis on the data, and create and send email. Despite some deficiencies in the Planner Graph API, the code is pretty straightforward.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 17 2026

Find Computers with Pending Reboot Status Using PowerShell (woshub.com)
After installing certain patches or security updates on Windows, a restart may be required for them

to take effect. However, if users continually postpone rebooting their computers or if the...

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By: Windows OS Hub submitted:Apr 17 2026

How to Survive the 2026 Secure Boot Certificate Expiry (adamtheautomator.com)
Deploy Windows UEFI CA 2023 before the June 2026 certificate expiry. Inventory devices, update OEM

firmware, and trigger enrollment via Intune or PowerShell registry settings.

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By: Adam Bertram submitted:Apr 17 2026

PowerShell MSI Package Deprecation starting with the new preview updates (v7.7 Preview 1) (powershellisfun.com)
PowerShell always had an MSI package that you could download and distribute yourself to install and

update, starting with Preview 1 of v7.7, which has changed to MSIX. In this short blog post, I will explain what this means.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Apr 17 2026

Running Copilot Retrieval Searches with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK (office365itpros.com)
The Copilot Retrieval API is a Microsoft Graph API that apps can use to search Microsoft 365

locations to find information to ground user prompts. Grounding means that the apps use the information found by Copilot to add context to the queries they submit to a generative AI engine for processing. Although I don't have an immediate purpose for the API, it provides a nice insight into how grounding works.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 17 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

PoshWeb/OP: Overpowered module for Open Packages (github.com)
Just dropped an Overpowered Module for Open Packages. Make anything a package!
By: James Brundage submitted:Apr 17 2026

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit – Session Materials (github.com)
Even if you couldn't make it to the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026, you can still browse the

official repository for speaker session materials.

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By: DevOps Collective submitted:Apr 17 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PowerShell for Hackers, Part 1: The Basics – Hackers Arise (hackers-arise.com)
For those of you who want to learn Powershell but weren't sure how to approach it, we've created a

series with more articles on the way. Helpful for both red team and blue team You can start with Part 1 covering the basics

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By: hackers-arise.official submitted:Apr 17 2026

Community

Lightning Demos from PowerShell Summit (youtube.com)
We're coming to you live from PowerShell Summit with back-to-back Lightning Demos! These are fast,

focused, and packed with practical PowerShell goodness - think of it as a highlight reel of some of the coolest things the community is building and automating right now.

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By: Andrew Pla submitted:Apr 17 2026

PowerShell Wisdom from 35 Years in the Trenches with Jeff Hicks (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
With PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 opening this Monday, April 13th, this episode brings

back one of the most respected names in the PowerShell community: Jeff Hicks.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 17 2026

Upcoming Events

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany
By: SynEdgy submitted:Apr 17 2026

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Do you know something that should be included?
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April 10, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

2026: Check Secure Boot Certificates of all Domain-Computers with PowerShell (sid-500.com)
The Microsoft Secure Boot certificate expires in 2026. Here is a PowerShell script that retrieves

the Secure Boot boot certificate information from all domain computers and checks whether they contain the CA

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By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Apr 10 2026

Check PowerShell Scripts for deprecated Azure AD or MSOnline Cmdlets (powershellisfun.com)
You might have read it a few times... The Azure AD and MSOnline PowerShell modules are deprecated,

and scripts that use Cmdlets from these modules should be updated to use Microsoft Graph Cmdlets. In this blog post, I will show you a script to scan for them and also which replacement Cmdlets you should use instead.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Apr 10 2026

Mail-Advanced.ReadWrite permissions required to change sensitive email properties in Exchange Online via Graph API (4sysops.com)
Microsoft announced a breaking change to the Microsoft Graph API affecting Exchange Online: from

December 31, 2026

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By: IT Experts submitted:Apr 10 2026

New Native PowerShell Support for Intune Win32 Apps (buff.ly)
We explore how the traditional PowerShell script installers work with Win32 apps, and what the new

native support changes are.

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By: Alvin Ashcraft submitted:Apr 10 2026

PowerShell does 3 things Windows Settings simply can’t, no matter how hard you try (howtogeek.com)
PowerShell unlocks powerful Windows features you can't access in Settings. Here are the ones

actually worth using.

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By: Rich Hein submitted:Apr 10 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Manage Microsoft 365 Groups Using a PowerShell Script (o365reports.com)
Managing Microsoft 365 groups in bulk can be tedious and time-consuming when relying solely on the

native admin centers. To address this, we've developed a custom PowerShell script that performs 15+ management actions, including both single and bulk operations. This blog explores how to use the script efficiently to simplify Microsoft 365 group management.

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By: Blesslin Rinu submitted:Apr 10 2026

oh-my-posh v29.9.3 (github.com)
The best release yet
By: Oh My Posh submitted:Apr 10 2026

PowerShellRun (github.com)
Terminal Based Launcher and Fuzzy Finder for PowerShell. - mdgrs-mei/PowerShellRun
By: mdgrs submitted:Apr 10 2026

Update-UserAttributes (github.com)
A PowerShell script to update Entra ID user object attributes either for a single user or from a CSV

batch file.

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By: Scott Pack submitted:Apr 10 2026

vscodemarketplace (github.com)
A PowerShell module that wraps the Visual Studio Code Marketplace public Gallery API, letting you

search, download, install, and uninstall VS Code extensions entirely from the command line. - stevi...

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By: Stephen Valdinger submitted:Apr 10 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: What The Blank! (youtube.com)
Sometimes a value in PowerShell looks blank... but technically isn't.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Apr 10 2026

Community

Intune Stack and the Art of Showing Up with Hailey Phillips Intune Stack and the Art of Showing Up with Hailey Phillips (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Andrew welcomes back Dual MVP and Intune aficionado Hailey Phillips for a wide-ranging conversation

covering her project IntuneStack, the value of DevOps principles in endpoint management, and the mindset behind consistent skill-building. The two dig into conference culture, the importance of community, mentorship, and why showing up every day - even for just ten minutes - matters more than waiting for inspiration to strike.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 10 2026

Why PowerShell is Fun and Automation Matters – with Harm Veenstra (youtube.com)
In this episode, Rick & Oscar talk with Harm Veenstra consultant at InSpark and Microsoft MVP. He

explains how his passion for PowerShell and automation led to his Microsoft MVP recognition, which he sees as an ongoing commitment to the community. They highlight the open culture in IT, where sharing knowledge helps everyone improve. They also touch on challenges like cloud migration and the need to combine automation with good governance. Harm stresses that tools alone are not enough without proper oversight.

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By: Betabit submitted:Apr 10 2026

Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
By: PowerShell.org submitted:Apr 10 2026

PowerShell Conference Europe 2026 (psconf.eu)
1-4 June 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany
By: SynEdgy submitted:Apr 10 2026

Do you have a suggestion for PowerShell Weekly?
Do you know something that should be included?
Let me know in the comments below, or on find me on your preferred social media.

April 3, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Report Entra ID Group Insights (office365itpros.com)
Entra ID Group Insights are a new preview feature in the Entra admin center. The lack of

documentation is challenging, but it's easy to understand what kind of insights Microsoft wants to deliver. Looking behind the scenes, we find the Graph endpoint for Group insights and can extract the data. That allows us to combine insights with other information to make them more interesting. All done with PowerShell.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Apr 3 2026

New ClickFix Variant Uses Rundll32 and WebDAV to Evade PowerShell Detection (cybersecuritynews.com)
A new and more dangerous version of the ClickFix attack technique has been found actively targeting

Windows users. Unlike older versions that used PowerShell or mshta to run malicious commands, this new variant takes a different path.

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By: InfoSec submitted:Apr 3 2026

PowerShell 7.6 release postmortem and investments (devblogs.microsoft.com)
This post shares context on the delayed timing of the PowerShell 7.6 release, our learnings, and the

changes the team has already begun making to improve release predictability and transparency.

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Apr 3 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AiLogging v 2.0.18 (powershellgallery.com)
Helper module for PowerShell developers that allows easy logging of script activity to Azure

Application Insights

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By: Jiri Formacek submitted:Apr 3 2026

GitHub v 0.42.2 (powershellgallery.com)
A PowerShell module to interact with GitHub, both interactively and via automation.
By: Marius Storhaug submitted:Apr 3 2026

PSExchangeClock (github.com)
Just me playing about with some Gui's that countdown and fire an action, when I find the article I

got code from will give credit.

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By: Steven Wight submitted:Apr 3 2026

PSFirebird (github.com)
PowerShell toolkit for Firebird databases. Contribute to fdcastel/PSFirebird development by creating

an account on GitHub.

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By: Norbert Saint Georges submitted:Apr 3 2026

psmux: Tmux on Windows Powershell (github.com)
The real tmux for Windows. Not a port, not a wrapper, not a workaround.
By: psmux submitted:Apr 3 2026

TIL: there’s a nuget package for PowerShell that you can install as a dotnet tool (nuget.org)
Thanks to Marc-Andre Moreau for pointing this out! Be sure to give him a follow on BlueSky

@awakecoding.com

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Apr 3 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) Book out now! (powershellgeek.com)
Practical PowerShell Exchange Server Subscription Edition is an 800+ page book on learning to script

and use PowerShell to manage your Exchange SE servers.

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By: Damian Scoles submitted:Apr 3 2026

PowerShell in 100 Seconds (youtube.com)
Send this to everyone you know who asks, What is PowerShell?
By: Andreas Dieckmann submitted:Apr 3 2026

Community

Poking Around Until Something Breaks (And Then Reporting It to Microsoft) with Morten Mynster (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Andrew welcomes back Morten Mynster for a follow-up conversation that's essentially a highlight reel

of one Morten's public journey over the past year. Morten shares updates on three PowerShell modules he's released, including his standout LeastPrivilegedMSGraph module, and walks through a security issue he discovered and responsibly reported to Microsoft. Along the way, Andrew and Morten reflect on how putting your work out publicly can lead to unexpected career wins, how AI is reshaping the way people learn and write code, and why getting hands-on is still the best way to actually understand anything. Morten is also two weeks into a new job as a cybersecurity consultant, which came directly from his open-source work.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Apr 3 2026

Fun

Play Doom entirely from DNS records using PowerShell (github.com)
Disclaimer: I have not tested this and there is a lot of code behind it. As with anything you

download be sure to review before running.

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By: Adam Rice submitted:Apr 3 2026

Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
By: PowerShell.org submitted:Apr 3 2026

Do you have a suggestion for PowerShell Weekly?
Do you know something that should be included?
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March 27, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Learning ValidateSet in PowerShell: Valid Values Only (clatent.com)
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 ValidateSet and it is a great feature to know and to make sure your functions have it that you create.

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Mar 27 2026

Microscopic Visual Studio Code Tips for Microscopic Needs (skatterbrainz.wordpress.com)
Full disclosure: I've been guilty of this bad behavior, so while correcting myself, I've tried to

point out this itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teeny-tiny little feature in VS Code. I think it's more of a feature in the PowerShell extension than VS Code itself, but maybe not. It kind of ties into "code folding", sort of, kind of, but anyway, I'll hum a few notes...

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By: Skatterbrainz submitted:Mar 27 2026

My Bitwarden backup script (damirscorner.com)
Inspired by a great post in Bitwarden Community Forums and the author's bash script I decided to

create my own PowerShell script for backing up the contents of my Bitwarden vault to my existing restic backup.

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By: Damir Arh submitted:Mar 27 2026

PowerShell is fun :)PowerShell v7.6 LTS Release and why it matters (powershellisfun.com)
Two days ago, the new LTS version of PowerShell, 7.6, was released. In this short blog post, I will

highlight its key features and improvements.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Mar 27 2026

SuperMicro IPMI PowerShell module (nielskok.tech)
My homelab also contains a SuperMicro server that has an IPMI interface. I was tired of using the

web interface to interact with that so I searched for an existing PowerShell module that can interact with the IPMI interface. I only found a module which is available on Windows, it is called: "PcsvDevice".

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By: Niels Kok submitted:Mar 27 2026

Teams Chat and PowerShell – How to add value! (clatent.com)
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 Teams' chat using PowerShell.

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By: Clayton Tyger submitted:Mar 27 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

CMHealthCheck: ConfigMgr Health Check Reporting PowerShell functions (github.com)
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

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By: Skatterbrainz submitted:Mar 27 2026

Deck: Terminal-based presentations from Markdown files using PowerShell (github.com)
I'd love to have more people install the Deck PowerShell module and then join the Discussions in the

project repo to help shape the future of this module.

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By: Jake Hildreth submitted:Mar 27 2026

PSBlitz v6.0.0: GUI Mode, HTML Overhaul, and Google Cloud SQL Support (vladdba.com)
The latest release of PSBlitz (6.0.0) is finally out and it brings GUI Mode, Dark Mode, Google Cloud

SQL Support, and updated resources.

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By: Vlad Drumea submitted:Mar 27 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: Is That Really False? (youtube.com)
PowerShell can be wonderfully helpful right up until the string 'false' pretends to be true. This

PoshBytes short walks through why if($value) is not the same as if($value -eq $true) and when that difference matters.

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By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Mar 27 2026

Community

From School IT Intern to Systems Architect with Chris Thomas (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
K-12 IT veteran Chris Thomas joins The PowerShell Podcast to share his 26-year journey in

educational technology, from a high school IT internship to becoming an Endpoint Cloud Systems Architect supporting multiple school districts in Michigan. Chris discusses how PowerShell helped him automate identity management, investigate network incidents, and streamline large-scale IT operations across complex school environments.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Mar 27 2026

Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
By: PowerShell.org submitted:Mar 27 2026

Do you have a suggestion for PowerShell Weekly?
Do you know something that should be included?
Let me know in the comments below, or on find me on your preferred social media.

March 20, 2026

Announcements!

Announcing PowerShell 7.6 (LTS) GA Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
We're excited to announce the General Availability of PowerShell 7.6, the next Long Term Support

(LTS) release of PowerShell. PowerShell 7.6 is built on .NET 10 (LTS), continuing the alignment between PowerShell and the modern .NET platform.

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By: PowerShell Team submitted:Mar 20 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Azure runbook and “Assembly with same name is already loaded”. (paweljarosz.wordpress.com)
I was working on one runbook when all of a sudden was getting below error: Assembly with same name

is already loaded

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By: Paweł Jarosz submitted:Mar 20 2026

Best Practices for PowerShell Script Version Control, Part 1 (redmondmag.com)
Semantic versioning gives PowerShell script changes clear meaning so you can evolve scripts quickly

without letting updates devolve into chaos.

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By: Brien Posey submitted:Mar 20 2026

Scanning .NET Target Frameworks with PowerShell (puresourcecode.com)
Here a useful script to scan a folder to find out what .NET Target Frameworks is used across lot of

projects with PowerShell

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By: Enrico submitted:Mar 20 2026

Update Windows Secure Boot DB certificates with Group Policy and PowerShell (4sysops.com)
Microsoft's original Secure Boot certificates from 2011 begin expiring in June 2026. Windows devices

that still rely on these certificates will no longer receive security updates for boot components, leaving them out of compliance. To address this, Microsoft is rolling out new 2023 certificates for the UEFI Secure Boot Signature Database (DB). Administrators can deploy these certificates to domain-joined machines using Group Policy, PowerShell, or the Windows Configuration System (WinCS). This article covers the technical background, the registry-based deployment mechanism, and Microsoft's sample automation framework for enterprise rollouts.

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By: IT Experts submitted:Mar 20 2026

Windows quietly shipped a real sudo command, and it changes everything about how I use the terminal (xda-developers.com)
If you are a Windows user, you know the pain of trying to run a command in PowerShell only to

realize you cannot do it because Windows wants the app to run as an administrator.

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By: Micha the DevOp submitted:Mar 20 2026

WinGet Configuration: Set up your dev machine in one command (developer.microsoft.com)
I've set up a lot of dev machines in my life. Traditionally, this takes a lot of time to get

everything just right, but now there's a faster way with WinGet Configuration files. Let me show you how to.

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By: Brock Chapin submitted:Mar 20 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AzureDevOpsDscv3 1.0.1 (powershellgallery.com)
Module with DSC Resources for deployment and configuration of Azure DevOps Server/Services

supporting DSC v3.

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By: Michał Machniak submitted:Mar 20 2026

Entra Provision On Demand PowerShell Module (blog.darrenjrobinson.com)
It's 2026 and somehow I keep finding myself back in 2016, integrating heritage applications into

modern Identity & Access Management solutions. I'm still writing connectors that integrate the Microsoft Entra outbound provisioning service with SaaS and legacy on‑premises apps using ECMA connectors.... keep reading

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By: Darren Robinson submitted:Mar 20 2026

PoshWeb/JSON-LD (github.com)
Get JSON Linked Data with PowerShell.
By: James Brundage submitted:Mar 20 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: Fixing Word Formatting with PowerShell (youtube.com)
Ever spent time fighting Word formatting that refuses to behave? In this PoshBytes episode I show an

example of how PowerShell can automate Word. Because sometimes scripting around the problem is easier than solving it manually.

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By: Matthew Dowst submitted:Mar 20 2026

Community

PowerShell Community Call – March 19th, 2026 (youtube.com)
If you missed this month's community call, you can still watch the recording.
By: PowerShell Team submitted:Mar 20 2026

Start Small and Keep Building in PowerShell with Mason Moser (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Security professional Mason Moser joins The PowerShell Podcast to share his journey from discovering

PowerShell through Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches to building real-world automation tools in a security environment. Mason talks about how starting slowly, returning to PowerShell after a break, and consistently building small tools helped him gain confidence and deepen his skills.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Mar 20 2026

Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
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March 13, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

A Slopoly start to AI-enhanced ransomware attacks (ibm.com)
During a ransomware engagement, X-Force discovered a PowerShell script deployed on an infected

server. The script appears to be the client component of a novel C2 framework we named "Slopoly."

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By: Golo Mühr submitted:Mar 13 2026

Deploy Enterprise PowerShell Modules Using Azure Artifacts (adamtheautomator.com)
Build a private PowerShell repository using Azure Artifacts with automated CI/CD publishing,

semantic versioning, code signing, and JEA integration for secure enterprise module distribution.

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By: Adam Bertram submitted:Mar 13 2026

Intune PowerShell Script Delay? Here Is What Really Causes It (bit.ly)
Why does an Intune PowerShell script not run immediately? This post explains the 8 hour IME timer

and session change triggers.

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By: Rudy Ooms submitted:Mar 13 2026

Monitor your PowerShell modules in Azure (autosysops.com)
Learn how you can add monitoring to your PowerShell modules with Azure Application Insights
By: Leo Visser submitted:Mar 13 2026

Windows Terminal Preview 1.25 Release (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Windows Terminal 1.25 is released to the Preview Channel, with Settings Search, Action Editing, New

Languages, and more.

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By: Dustin Howett submitted:Mar 13 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

AvaloniaUIShell (github.com)
Cross-platform Desktop GUI framework for PowerShell powered by Avalonia UI. -

mdgrs-mei/AvaloniaUIShell

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By: mdgrs submitted:Mar 13 2026

PowerInvoke (github.com)
Source generators for PowerShell commands in .NET. - adamdriscoll/PowerInvoke
By: Adam Driscoll submitted:Mar 13 2026

Specter VSCode Extension (github.com)
This VS Code extension provides PowerShell Script Analysis using Specter
By: Justin Grote submitted:Mar 13 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automating Windows 11 Hyper-V Deployments with PowerShell (ciraltos.com)
Building and maintaining a virtual lab can be time consuming, especially when each virtual machine

needs manual configuration after first boot.

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By: Travis Roberts submitted:Mar 13 2026

Learning PowerShell on Microsoft Learn (powershellisfun.com)
If you don't already know, there is a 'Learning PowerShell' section on Microsoft Learn. It's truly a

great start (or continuation) of your PowerShell journey. In this blog post, I will highlight the different chapters.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Mar 13 2026

Community

Monad to Millions – Celebrating Jeffrey Snover & the PowerShell Community (youtube.com)
If you missed the Live Steam, you can still watch the recording.
By: Heiko Brenn submitted:Mar 13 2026

PowerShell Community Award Nominations (survey.sogolytics.com)
Have you submitted your nominations for the PowerShell Community awards? Make your voice heard.
By: The DevOps Collective submitted:Mar 13 2026

Zero Trust and PowerShell in K12 with Jim Tyler Zero (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Returning guest and Microsoft MVP Jim Tyler joins The PowerShell Podcast to talk Zero Trust

security, K-12 IT leadership, open-source tooling, and building technology that serves real-world needs. Jim shares how he uses PowerShell to proactively harden school environments, including his Ghost module for endpoint lockdown and his Chrome extension You Shall Not Pass for classroom device management.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Mar 13 2026

Upcoming Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
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March 6, 2026

Announcements!

Windows Terminal v1.25.622.0 Release (github.com)
It sports a new search experience inside the Settings page, the ability to edit actions, command

palette entries and key bindings with a rich editor--rather than just their key bindings--support for Kitty's keyboard protocol and two completely new community translations!

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By: Microsoft submitted:Mar 6 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Discovering PowerShell provider dynamic parameters (oofhours.com)
PowerShell ships with providers that expose things like file systems, the registry, certificates,

environment variables, etc. To see which are available in your PowerShell session, you can use Get-PSProvider: Not surprisingly, these behave differently based on the type of data or objects they are working with.

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By: Michael Niehaus submitted:Mar 6 2026

Enable batch file secure mode in Windows 11 with LockBatchFilesWhenInUse: Lock running batch scripts (4sysops.com)
Windows 11 Insider Preview builds introduce a new secure processing mode for batch files and CMD

scripts. IT administrators can enable it via a registry value named LockBatchFilesWhenInUse, which prevents batch files from being altered while they execute. The feature also improves performance when Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) code integrity policies are active. It is currently available in the Dev Channel build 26300.7939, and the Beta Channel build 26220.7934.

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By: IT Experts submitted:Mar 6 2026

Measuring KPIs like Response Times for Shared Mailboxes (office365itpros.com)
Shared mailboxes are not CRM systems. However, many Microsoft 365 tenants use shared mailboxes to

handle customer queries and then want to measure KPIs such as agent responsiveness to customer queries or the number of queries handled per agent in a month. As explored in this article, it's possible to use the Microsoft Graph to extract some KPI-like data from shared mailboxes.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Mar 6 2026

Monitoring Secure Boot certificate installation status with Intune and PowerShell (4sysops.com)
Microsoft Secure Boot certificates issued by the 2011 Certificate Authorities (CAs) are expiring

starting June 2026. Every Windows device with Secure Boot enabled must be updated to trust the 2023 certificates before expiration to retain security update support. Microsoft provides a monitoring-only approach using Intune Remediations that runs a PowerShell detection script on enrolled devices and reports Secure Boot and certificate status back to the Intune admin center - without making any changes to devices. This article explains the prerequisites, deployment steps, data collected, and how to read the results.

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By: IT Experts submitted:Mar 6 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

DLLPickle (github.com)
A PowerShell module that helps you get un-stuck from dependency version conflicts that can occur

when connecting to multiple Microsoft services in the same session.

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By: Sam Erde submitted:Mar 6 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

New to PSReadline? Start here. (youtube.com)
PSReadLine is shaping your PowerShell experience whether you realize it or not.
By: Andrew Pla submitted:Mar 6 2026

Community

PowerShell is fun 🙂 Hits 1,000,000 views! (powershellisfun.com)
Congrats to Harm on crossing 1 million views mark! If you haven't already be sure to check out his

amazing site, filled with a ton of great content.

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Mar 6 2026

PowerShell Tools for PKI and Secure Boot with Richard Hicks (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Long-time Microsoft MVP and consultant Richard Hicks joins The PowerShell Podcast to talk about ADCS

security, PKI misconfigurations, and why PowerShell is a consultant's ultimate force multiplier. Richard shares real-world stories from auditing enterprise certificate environments, explains how simple template mistakes can lead to full domain compromise, and walks through tools like Locksmith that help administrators quickly identify dangerous configurations.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Mar 6 2026

Upcoming Events

Monad to Millions – Celebrating Jeffrey Snover & the PowerShell Community (linkedin.com)
Join us, Thu, Mar 12, 2026, for a special live-stream celebration honoring Jeffrey Snover, the

creator of PowerShell, and the incredible community that turned a bold idea (Monad) into a global movement.

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By: Heiko Brenn submitted:Mar 6 2026

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
By: PowerShell.org submitted:Mar 6 2026

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February 27, 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

4 PowerShell commands that fix common Windows problems fast (ift.tt)
These four simple PowerShell scripts fix common Windows headaches and save time with quick,

copy-and-paste commands.

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By: Rich Hein submitted:Feb 27 2026

Fighting the PUP Wave: A Practical PowerShell Cleanup Workflow for MSPs (kylereddoch.me)
When unwanted apps keep sneaking onto client endpoints and allowlisting is not in the budget, a

repeatable uninstall script plus RMM automation can still move the needle.

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By: ZeroDay Bae submitted:Feb 27 2026

The PowerShell Wiggum Loop (pckt.blog)
One of the best things about PowerShell is that you can interactively explore anything. Long before

the Wiggum Loop was a thing, PowerShell let you explore

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By: James Brundage submitted:Feb 27 2026

Using Strict Mode in PowerShell (powershellisfun.com)
PowerShell is incredibly flexible; it's a forgiving scripting language. But this could turn into

scripts not written according to best practices or that rely on things that work automatically, and sometimes fail without really understanding why. In this blog post, I will show you how Strict mode works and how it can help you 🙂

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By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Feb 27 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

GitHub – Skatterbrainz/psWarpTerminal: PowerShell wrapper for the Warp Terminal (Oz) CLI (github.com)
PowerShell wrapper for the Warp Terminal (Oz) CLI. Contribute to Skatterbrainz/psWarpTerminal

development by creating an account on GitHub.

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By: Skatterbrainz submitted:Feb 27 2026

ISpy v0.3.0 (powershellgallery.com)
PowerShell module for decompiling .NET assemblies using ILSpy decompiler. Provides comprehensive

cmdlets for assembly analysis, type discovery, method examination, and source code decompilation with advanced filtering and export capabilities.

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By: Andree Renneus (trackd) submitted:Feb 27 2026

pwsh-host-rs (github.com)
Rust PowerShell Hosting Library.
By: Marc-André Moreau submitted:Feb 27 2026

Sixel v0.7.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Display images in the terminal using various protocols
By: Andree Renneus (trackd) submitted:Feb 27 2026

TextMate v0.1.0 (powershellgallery.com)
A PowerShell module for syntax highlighting using TextMate grammars. Using PwshSpectreConsole for

rendering.

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By: Andree Renneus (trackd) submitted:Feb 27 2026

Community

Escaping Tutorial Hell with Pablo Correchel (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode of The PowerShell Podcast, Andrew Pla sits down with Pablo Correchel, an

early-career IT professional who is publicly documenting his PowerShell and learning journey. Just one year into his first help desk role while studying cybersecurity, Pablo shares how consistent practice, sharing what you learn, and embracing beginner questions have accelerated his learning.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Feb 27 2026

From Pipelines to Agentic Pipelines: Jeffrey Snover & Doug Finke Live (meetup.com)
Wednesday, Mar 4 · 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM EST
By: New York - Agentic AI submitted:Feb 27 2026

How much vibe is the coding (meetup.com)
12th March 2026
By: PowerShell UserGroup Inn-Salzach submitted:Feb 27 2026

Upcoming Events

Monad to Millions – Celebrating Jeffrey Snover & the PowerShell Community (linkedin.com)
Join us, Thu, Mar 12, 2026, for a special live-stream celebration honoring Jeffrey Snover, the

creator of PowerShell, and the incredible community that turned a bold idea (Monad) into a global movement.

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By: Heiko Brenn submitted:Feb 27 2026

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026 (powershellsummit.org)
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
By: PowerShell.org submitted:Feb 27 2026

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