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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, Intune, Learning, Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, Security, Windows Sandbox Leave a comment May 27, 2023June 2, 2023 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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  1. PowerShell SnippetRace 16-17/2026 | PowerShell Usergroup Austria on Check mail records using the DomainHealthChecker PowerShell ModuleApril 19, 2026

    […] Border security for e-mail systems can be challenging. All the acronyms and technologies behind it may be overwhelming for…

  2. Harm Veenstra on Keep Microsoft Teams status Available instead of away using PowerShellApril 13, 2026

    Nice catch, makes sense to leave it out of the loop and updated blog and GitHub. Thanks!

  3. Harm Veenstra on Keep Microsoft Teams status Available instead of away using PowerShellApril 13, 2026

    I mentioned "Run as Admin" only if you run it as a Scheduled Task, you don't need Admin permissions but…

  4. Jean-Claude DuBois on Keep Microsoft Teams status Available instead of away using PowerShellApril 13, 2026

    Should be no need to "Run As Admin". The script makes no admin calls.

  5. Jean-Claude DuBois on Keep Microsoft Teams status Available instead of away using PowerShellApril 13, 2026

    Let me suggest an update.. Move the line $wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell to the first line of the script.…

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