It’s 2025, so it’s time to reflect on 2024 :). In this blog post, I will highlight all the great PowerShell things that happened during the year.
GitHub
My GitHub repository, https://github.com/HarmVeenstra/Powershellisfun, is growing 🙂 The number of stars and forks keeps rising more rapidly. Thank you!
Microsoft MVP PowerShell
This is the most important one for me! In March 2024, I became a Microsoft MVP in PowerShell. This is a big reward for the Community work I do, the blogs I write, and all the help I give in the TechCommunity forum. Very happy! More on this here in the blog post I wrote after I received the award: https://powershellisfun.com/2024/03/02/and-then-i-became-a-microsoft-mvp-in-the-powershell-area/
Podcasts
I’ve been on several podcasts this year, especially the ones around the Scriptember event! (More information about that here: https://powershellisfun.com/2024/10/10/scriptember-2024-and-pssaturday/) I was on the PowerShell Podcast for the second time, https://youtu.be/cHtD9CRtYRY, which is always special. Andrew always makes it so much fun!
And then the celebrating 18 years of PowerShell session, happy to be there among Bruce Payette, Chrissy LeMaire, Jeff Hicks, etc. Honored. Thanks, ScriptRunner, for having me! (https://youtu.be/wPWOPflW94k)
PSSaturday
This event was inside the ScriptRunner office near Karlsruhe, a nice day of PowerShell sessions and… My first public event where I talked about my journey from sysadmin to blogger and MVP 🙂 More details here: https://powershellisfun.com/2024/11/30/the-powershellsaturday-karlsruhe-event-30-11-2024-pssaturdayka/
PSConfEU 2024
It was my first PSConfEU event this year in Antwerpen, and I will be going to the next one in Malmö, too! (Perhaps as a speaker, I sent four sessions for the event, so fingers crossed.) I met so many people that I only saw online, and now, in real life, the PowerShell community is filled with friendly people who like to share (and drink beers 😀 ). More on that here in this blog post: https://powershellisfun.com/2024/06/23/psconfeu-2024/.
Top blog posts 2024
I wrote 52 blog posts last year, but these are the top 10 of 2024:
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#9
#8
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#3
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#1
Training
In 2024, I was a PowerShell trainer in a few courses. My company has a contract with a learning company that hires consultants to be trainers. I gave a few PowerShell and Active Directory/Entra ID training courses. It is fun to do; the students learn from me, and I learn from their experiences. Win/Win 🙂
Website Stats
I love stats, and my WordPress stats for 2024 were through the roof 🙂 Below is a comparison between 2021 and 2024; you can see it growing yearly!
I think I will be hitting the million views mark in 2025?! Below are the stats from the start until now:
Wrapping up
Those were the highlights of 2024. I hope 2025 will be the same or even better! I look forward to PSConfEU 2025, Expers Live NL 2025, and my first MVP Summit at the Microsoft Office in March! Have a lovely weekend!
