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Month: October 2025

Managing your WSL instances in PowerShell using the WSL Module

I use WSL instances on my machine in VSCode to test and develop scripts, as well as to easily test Linux-based applications on my Windows machine. In this blog post, I will show how the Module works and make managing WSL easier.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell, WSL Leave a comment October 31, 2025November 1, 2025 5 Minutes

Using Get-Random in PowerShell

You can roll the dice, select a random name with your eyes closed, etc., or you can use Get-Random 🙂 In this blog post, I will show you what the Cmdlet does and how you can use it.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 1 Comment October 24, 2025October 25, 2025 3 Minutes

PowerShell 7.6.0 Preview 5 Release

The latest preview version of PowerShell was released beginning this month. In this small blog post, I will highlight the critical changes and updates from the release notes.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 2 Comments October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 6 Minutes

Windows 11 25H2’s removal of WMIC and the PowerShell alternative

You probably used it in the past, wmic.exe 🙂 The Command-Line interface for querying WMI information has been removed from Windows 11 25H2 and will not be reintroduced in future versions of Windows. In this blog post, I will highlight what that means and how you can utilize PowerShell as an alternative.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 7 Comments October 8, 2025October 10, 2025 3 Minutes

Using -OutVariable in PowerShell

It's one of the Common Parameters, but not used that often 🙂 In this brief blog post, I will outline its advantages and explain why you should consider using it.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment October 3, 2025October 4, 2025 2 Minutes

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  1. Harm Veenstra on Microsoft PowerShell MVP 2026-2027!July 16, 2026

    Thanks ❤️ And yes, fun to do and look back to for me, too 😅

  2. Matt Jarrell on Microsoft PowerShell MVP 2026-2027!July 16, 2026

    Congrats Harm! Thanks for all the wonderful content. I especially like the write ups on the conferences you attend or…

  3. PowerShell SnippetRace 24-27/2026 | PowerShell Usergroup Austria on Create executables of PowerShell scriptsJuly 5, 2026

    […] Script. Handing over your code to somebody totally unaware of PowerShell may be an issue, so read this blogpost…

  4. Microsoft Coreutils for Windows: Linux Commands, Native | byteiota on PowerShell and the new Coreutils for WindowsJune 23, 2026

    […] involving xargs and find. If your scripts depend on those pipelines, test them in cmd.exe first. PowerShell Is Fun…

  5. Harm Veenstra on My first experience trying to use the PowerShell beta module for Microsoft 365 BackupJune 12, 2026

    It's been a while 😊 It's just running in my tenant without any issues, but haven't checked the Powershell interface…

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