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PowerShell Preview v7.7.0-rc.1 Release

Today, Microsoft released Release Candidate 1 of PowerShell Preview v7.7. In this small blog post, I will show you the updates and how to install it.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 2 Comments October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 3 Minutes

Report on the Feature Update level of Intune Devices using PowerShell

I wanted a simple overview of the Feature Update level for one of our customers' Windows clients; Intune reports didn't give me what I needed... In this blog post, I will show you the script I wrote for it 🙂

Harm Veenstra Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, PowerShell Leave a comment October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 4 Minutes

PSConfEU MiniCon 2026

Today was the annual MiniCon, the online version of PSConfEU 🙂 The event took place during my workday, but I joined two sessions and had many conversations using Gather's interaction style. In this blog post, I will recap the event.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell, PSConfEU Leave a comment October 13, 2026October 15, 2026 3 Minutes

Using the PowerShell PSCompression module to create or extract ZIP, tar, RAR, gzip, bzip2, etc

PowerShell has built-in support for compressing files, but it only supports ZIP files. The PSCompression module supports a lot more with more options, in this blog post I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 4 Minutes

Test your network equipment using PowerShell and the Invoke-NetStress Module

I like to test my network connections to see if they're reliable and what the capacity really is. There's a PowerShell module for that with some nice options and reporting: Invoke-NetStress 🙂

Harm Veenstra Networking, PowerShell 3 Comments October 2, 2026October 5, 2026 3 Minutes

slmgr.vbs replacement in PowerShell using the OSLicense module

We all know that VBScript has been deprecated and will be removed in future Windows releases. The PowerShell OSLicense module helps you activate licenses, query them, and more. In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell, VBScript 2 Comments September 25, 2026September 25, 2026 3 Minutes

Workplace Ninjas Summit 2026 Recap

My first Workplace Ninjas Summit as a speaker, but also as an attendee. In this (long) blog post, I will highlight everything about the event in Switzerland, the community events in the evenings, etc. It's not all PowerShell, but sometimes it's related 😉 (Beware, it might take some time to load!)

Harm Veenstra Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, PowerShell, Workplace Ninjas Leave a comment September 10, 2026September 18, 2026 27 Minutes

Calculating in PowerShell

I often forget that PowerShell can also do calculations in the Terminal, so I end up using my phone's calculator again. In this small blog post, I will show you the options available for basic math and calculations.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 2 Minutes

PowerShell v7.7.0 preview 4

A new preview version was released two days ago. In this small blog post, I will highlight the changes and how to install it alongside your normal PowerShell version.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment September 2, 2026September 2, 2026 3 Minutes

The FreeDadJokes PowerShell Module

It's been a busy week, and sometimes you just need something like a dad joke while almost hitting project deadlines, etc. 😉 In this short blog post, I will show you how to use the FreeDadJokes module and add it to your profile to get one every time you start a Terminal.

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell 1 Comment August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 2 Minutes

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  1. Harm Veenstra on Intune Automatic Timezone configuration using PowerShellNovember 5, 2026

    Saw that they were also in the https://secure.jadeworld.com/developer-centre/JADE2020/OnlineDocumentation/content/resources/encyclosys2/jadetimezone_class/ianawindowstimezonemapping.htm link like this, updates both detection and remediation script with the details…

  2. Harm Veenstra on Intune Automatic Timezone configuration using PowerShellNovember 5, 2026

    Ah, thanks for mentioning this! I will update that today or tomorrow!

  3. Patrick on Intune Automatic Timezone configuration using PowerShellNovember 5, 2026

    "America/Vancouver" = "British Columbia Standard Time""America/Edmonton" = "Alberta Standard Time""America/Winnipeg" = "Manitoba Standard Time"

  4. Patrick on Intune Automatic Timezone configuration using PowerShellNovember 5, 2026

    BC set its clocks forward for the last time on March 8, 2026, and will not set them back on…

  5. Harm Veenstra on PowerShell Preview v7.7.0-rc.1 ReleaseOctober 31, 2026

    Nice one to mention, not been using that.. Yet 😅

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