September 18, 2026

Announcements!

Investing in a more reliable Microsoft Graph PowerShell experience (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Microsoft's announcement about upcoming changes to the Graph PowerShell modules. Along with the

retirement of 5.1 support.

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By: Microsoft submitted:Sep 18 2026

PSConfEU MiniCon 2026’s Call for Speakers! (sessionize.com)
You have 1 week left to submit sessions for PSConfEU MiniCon 2026
By: PSConfEU submitted:Sep 18 2026

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Active Directory Test Data, a Year and Six Providers Later (techbyjeff.net)
What the TestEnvironment Active Directory provider seeds, and how it tears a lab domain down, set

against the standalone module it replaced.

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By: Jeff Stuhr submitted:Sep 18 2026

Build a Custom Agent Harness with PowerShell and PSAISuite (dfinke.github.io)
This article demonstrates how to build a custom agent harness using PowerShell and PSAISuite, which

allows models to interact with external tools and retrieve specific information from the environment. The harness is built around a task-specific tool and model, and provides a way to refine the tool and instructions to fit the job at hand.

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By: Doug Finke submitted:Sep 18 2026

Intelligent Terminal 0.2.2572: New features and performance improvements (4sysops.com)
Microsoft has released Intelligent Terminal 0.2.2572, featuring AI-powered agents like GitHub

Copilot CLI, with over 60 fixes and improvements focused on performance, reliability, and usability.

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By: IT Experts submitted:Sep 18 2026

Microsoft is Retiring slmgr.vbs – Here’s what to Use Instead (lazyadmin.nl)
Microsoft is retiring the slmgr.vbs tool for Windows activation management, recommending alternative

tools instead.

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By: Rudy Mens submitted:Sep 18 2026

Microsoft Starts Twelve-Month Retirement of Windows PowerShell Support for Graph SDK (office365itpros.com)
Microsoft has announced a 12-month retirement period for Windows PowerShell 5.1 support for the

Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, with development focusing on PowerShell V7 instead. This change aims to encourage organizations to migrate to PowerShell V7 and is intended to simplify the transition process.

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By: Tony Redmond submitted:Sep 18 2026

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

OZOTaskScheduler v 1.0.0 (powershellgallery.com)
Provides functions for managing Windows Task Scheduler tasks.
By: Andy Lievertz submitted:Sep 18 2026

PSAISuite v 0.8.10 (powershellgallery.com)
PowerShell module for simple, unified interface to multiple Generative AI providers
By: Doug Finke submitted:Sep 18 2026

SpotifyCLI v 3.2.9 (powershellgallery.com)
Full-featured Spotify terminal client for PowerShell. Control playback, search, playlists, devices,

queue, and more - plus Live Display, synchronized lyrics, music quiz, setlist lookup, and statistics analytics. Requires Spotify Premium and a Spotify Developer App.

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By: Orca85 submitted:Sep 18 2026

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

EverythingFast: Developing Performant PowerShell Modules – Justin Grote (youtube.com)
In this lecture, Justin Grote introduces the topic of PowerShell performance and explains that

performance should be judged by whether something is "fast enough" for the task. He discusses when improving speed matters, such as scripts that run frequently, processes that affect cost, or workloads that no longer fit their original time window.

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By: SynEdgy Ltd submitted:Sep 18 2026

Community

Microsoft 365 DSC Without the 100 Page Setup Guide with Constantin Hager (powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
Constantin Hager, a Microsoft MVP, shares his insights on Microsoft 365 DSC (Configuration Manager),

including its capabilities and limitations, and introduces the M365DSC Workshop to simplify the setup process.

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By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Sep 18 2026

PSConfEU MiniCon 2026 (synedgy.com)
PSConfEU Minicon is free and open to everyone - 13 October 2026 from 7am (CEST)
By: PSConfEU submitted:Sep 18 2026

Fun

PowerShell Can Put Pictures in Your Terminal with SIXEL (powershell.org)
PowerShell normally sends text and objects to a terminal. This experiment sends an image.
By: Andrey Vernigora submitted:Sep 18 2026

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