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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
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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
By: PowerShell.org submitted:Mar 20 2026

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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
By: PowerShell.org submitted:Mar 13 2026

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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

Do you have a suggestion for PowerShell Weekly?
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