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Month: October 2026

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 ๐Ÿ™‚

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

PSConfEU MiniConย 2026

Today was the annual MiniCon, the online version of PSConfEU ๐Ÿ™‚ 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 ๐Ÿ™‚

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

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  1. dbash13 on Using ErrorAction in PowerShellOctober 14, 2026

    Good explanation! I think a post explaining the advanced functions that take advantage of these built-in variables would be useful…

  2. Harm Veenstra on slmgr.vbs replacement in PowerShell using the OSLicense moduleOctober 6, 2026

    It replaces slmgr.vbs because Microsoft will remove VBScript in later versions of Windows. The advantage is that administrators will still…

  3. Harm Veenstra on Updating your PowerShell modules to the latest version, plus cleaning up older versionsOctober 6, 2026

    Newer versions of the PowerShell modules that you already have installed contain updates, security and bugfixes. Removing older versions will…

  4. asya on slmgr.vbs replacement in PowerShell using the OSLicense moduleOctober 6, 2026

    How does the OSLicense PowerShell module serve as a replacement for slmgr.vbs in managing Windows licensing? What advantages might this…

  5. asya on Updating your PowerShell modules to the latest version, plus cleaning up older versionsOctober 6, 2026

    How can updating PowerShell modules to their latest versions improve system management and security? What are the benefits of removing…

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