Another milestone! This website has reached 500.000 visitors and 750.000 views. In this blog post, I will highlight a few moments from when I started writing in April 2022 until now.
Author: Harm Veenstra
#Consultant #Microsoft #PowerShell #MVP
PowerShell v7.6.0-preview4
The latest preview 4 version of PowerShell v7.6 was recently made available, and in this short blog post, I will show you the highlights and how to install or update it if you have already installed a previous version.
Using the Get-NetView PowerShell Module for Network Troubleshooting
Collecting enough logs and information from a system with networking issues can be difficult. You always need just one more to troubleshoot the problem. 😉 In this blog post, I will show you how the built-in Get-NetView module can help you collect all the necessary logs and information.
Introduction to the Microsoft.OSConfig PowerShell module
While at the Microsoft MVP summit, one of the MVPs mentioned the Microsoft.OSConfig module. I haven't used it before, and I like how it works and how the product team works with the Desired State Config team on this! In this blog post, I will show you how it works.
MVP Summit 2025
This year was my first in-person MVP Summit at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond. In this blog post, I will highlight a few things about the week, but... I won't share any details about the sessions because of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA). 🙂
Launching Start Menu apps using PowerShell
Sometimes, you want to run a few applications as a different (Admin) user on your system. Usually, I do that by (Shift) Right-clicking applications, etc... In this small blog post, I will show you a simple way to start multiple applications using PowerShell, making life somewhat easier 😉
When you take a look at your old PowerShell scripts…
Sometimes, I browse my old scripts in my private GitHub repository and think... Why did I write it / Where's the error handling / I could improve this with what I learned after writing that years ago, etc. In this blog post, I will show you a few examples of just that and how I improved 🙂
Retrieve End of Life information using PowerShell
One of the things that I do when writing documents for customers is check if the products I advise or the customers use are still supported. The end-of-life date is essential, and in this blog post, I will show you how to retrieve that information quickly 🙂
Using Warp as PowerShell terminal
This week, after the official Windows release of Warp on February 26th, I saw many YouTube clips of the new Terminal app. I decided to try it and see what it does differently from my trusty Windows Terminal app. This blog post will show you my first impression of the application.
25 Years of Active Directory and my PowerShell experience managing it
This week, on the 17th of February, Active Directory celebrated its 25th birthday 🙂 I will share my experience managing it with PowerShell in this blog post.