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Month: July 2025

PowerShell v5.x and v7.x differences

This is a question I often get: Why or when should I use PowerShell v5 or v7? In this blog post, I will highlight key points from the excellent Microsoft Learn article on this topic and share some personal experiences.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 2 Comments July 25, 2025July 26, 2025 6 Minutes

Using Get-NetNeighbor to retrieve MAC, Vendor and IP details in PowerShell

I just moved to my new house and reconfigured all my network equipment. I wanted to know which MAC address belongs to which Vendor and the corresponding IP details, as well as the open ports. In this blog post, I will demonstrate how to use Get-NetNeighbor and NMAP for this purpose.

Harm Veenstra Networking, PowerShell 5 Comments July 17, 2025July 22, 2025 4 Minutes

Microsoft PowerShell MVP for another year!

After hours of refreshing the status page, following the group chat between fellow MVPs, I finally got the email: Congratulations! I just arrived at my manager's house for a BBQ with my colleagues, a nice way to start the evening 🙂 In this small blog post, I would like to thank a few people.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 1 Comment July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 2 Minutes

Will I still be a Microsoft MVP in PowerShell after next week?

It's Annual Review time, and rumors suggest that all MVPs will receive news next week about whether they will be renewed for another year. In this small blog post, I will highlight my journey during my first year as a PowerShell MVP

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment July 4, 2025July 4, 2025 2 Minutes

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  1. PowerShell is fun :)PowerShell Preview v7.7.0-preview.1 release on PowerShell MSI Package Deprecation starting with the new preview updates (v7.7 Preview 1)May 1, 2026

    […] of the bigger things, as mentioned earlier here, is that there is no MSI installer available for Windows anymore.…

  2. Harm Veenstra on Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts!April 26, 2026

    Thank you 😊

  3. Thomas on Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts!April 26, 2026

    Congratulation Harm. You have for sure been very productive the last 4 years :-)

  4. PowerShell is fun :)Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts! on PowerShell Function for the cmd.ms websiteApril 24, 2026

    […] Jambuilds, which helped me work out the best method for my PowerShell Function for the cmd.ms website […]

  5. PowerShell is fun :)Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts! on It’s a lot of work reinstalling your system… But not with PowerShell and Winget!April 24, 2026

    […] wrote my first post on April 21st, 2022: https://powershellisfun.com/2022/04/21/its-a-lot-of-work-reinstalling-your-system/. It was something I was updating again after reinstalling my…

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