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Month: September 2024

PowerShell ASCII Art

I posted my Windows Terminal this week on social media channels, including LinkedIn, and received some responses about the login banner screen. In this blog post, I will show you an easy way to pimp your PowerShell Console 😉

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell Leave a comment September 27, 2024September 27, 2024 2 Minutes

Query the required permissions of a Microsoft Graph cmdlet

Microsoft Graph can be difficult sometimes. There are loads of PowerShell Microsoft Graph Modules and cmdlets that require different permissions. In this blog post, I will show you how to query the permissions for a cmdlet, multiple cmdlets, or all cmdlets from a specific Microsoft Graph module.

Harm Veenstra Entra ID, Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, Security Leave a comment September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 7 Minutes

My PowerShell for Visual Studio Code extension settings

I use Visual Studio Code to create and edit PowerShell scripts. The PowerShell Extension from Microsoft has some excellent features that will make your scripts more readable and consistent formatting-wise. In this blog post, I will show you my configuration and the options I use.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell, Visual Studio Code 3 Comments September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 6 Minutes

Configuring PowerShell settings using Intune or Group Policy

Every Windows device has PowerShell installed by default. (Sadly, it's still only version 5, not version 7.) However, you want to configure the devices' security and log settings. In this blog post, I will show you how to do that using Microsoft Intune or Group Policy.

Harm Veenstra Active Directory, Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, PowerShell, Security 2 Comments September 5, 2024September 9, 2024 5 Minutes

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  1. How to Run Windows Update Using PowerShell (PSWindowsUpdate and USOClient) on Using the PowerShell PSWindowsUpdate moduleApril 8, 2026

    […] These patterns are commonly used in scripts and automation for patching.powershellisfun […]

  2. PowerShell is fun :)Check PowerShell Scripts for deprecated Azure AD or MSOnline Cmdlets on Deprecated PowerShell Modules and Azure AD Graph retirementApril 3, 2026

    […] also posted more information about the deprecation of the Azure AD and MSOnline PowerShell modules here. Microsoft is moving…

  3. Harm Veenstra on PowerShell v7.6 LTS Release and why it mattersMarch 30, 2026

    Bug fixes mostly,.NET changes etc. But always good to know and to be on supported releases

  4. Thomas on PowerShell v7.6 LTS Release and why it mattersMarch 30, 2026

    Hi Harm Not that there are that many new features, but always nice to be on the newest release. Thanks…

  5. Harm Veenstra on Learning PowerShell on Microsoft LearnMarch 20, 2026

    Nice ❤️ Stephan is doing great stuff!

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