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Learning PowerShell on Microsoft Learn

If you don't already know, there is a 'Learning PowerShell' section on Microsoft Learn. It's truly a great start (or continuation) of your PowerShell journey. In this blog post, I will highlight the different chapters.

Harm Veenstra Learning, PowerShell 5 Comments March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 2 Minutes

Dutch PowerShell User Group Virtual Event December 3rd, 2025

DuPSUG had another Meetup event scheduled, which was changed from in-person to virtual on December 3rd, where I gave a session on how to code PowerShell scripts from anywhere.  🙂  In this blog post, I will highlight a few key points from the session.

Harm Veenstra Docker, DuPSUG, Fun, GitHub, Learning, PowerShell, PSEdit, Social, Visual Studio Code, Windows Sandbox, WSL 1 Comment December 4, 2025December 6, 2025 2 Minutes

Microsoft Tech Community and the Windows PowerShell space

This week, I received my third-anniversary badge as a member of the Microsoft Tech Community. 🙂 The website also got a nice new, modern look this week! In this blog post, I will highlight the changes and knowledge the forum has given me over the years!

Harm Veenstra Learning, PowerShell 7 Comments November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 2 Minutes

Learning PowerShell using Microsoft Learn

This week, I posted a link to the PowerShell courses/learning paths on Microsoft Learn for PowerShell; I did that because there is so much material to learn from and use as a reference/help system. In this blog post, I will show you your options at Microsoft Learn to improve your PowerShell skills.

Harm Veenstra Learning, PowerShell Leave a comment October 26, 2024October 26, 2024 2 Minutes

Recent podcasts I was a guest on

I listen to podcasts often, but I also view a lot on YouTube or other channels... But being in one, that's something else 🙂 In this blog post, I will post the ones I was in this year. They are all PowerShell related, but I guess you already knew that 😀

Harm Veenstra Fun, Learning, Social 2 Comments August 9, 2023June 27, 2025 1 Minute

Experts Live Netherlands 2023

This week the annual Dutch Experts Live meeting was there again in Den Bosch, I was there together with some of my colleagues from NEXXT, and this is my impression of the event 🙂

Harm Veenstra 365, Azure, Experts Live NL, Intune, Learning, Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, Security, Windows Sandbox Leave a comment May 27, 2023June 26, 2026 4 Minutes

Create a multiple-choice quiz using PowerShell

Tomorrow I'm taking the AZ-800 (Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure) exam, and I wanted to create a simple test exam quiz for myself with multiple-choice questions. This blog post will show you how to do that using an Excel file with questions and A, B, C, and D answers, including the correct answer to check on.

Harm Veenstra Learning, PowerShell 4 Comments October 30, 2022May 3, 2023 3 Minutes

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