Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Migrating from PowerShell 6 to 7.5: Breaking Changes/New Features
  Migrate from PowerShell Core 6 to 7.5: breaking changes, features, and testing tips.
• Creating/downloading videos from Azure OpenAI Sora 2 by PowerShell/API
  Short blogpost today with an updated PowerShell script to generate Sora 2 videos with the Azure AI Foundry API.
• 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.
• Practical PowerShell: How to Analyze Junk Email and Intercept Traffic from Spammy Domains
  Despite the best efforts of anti-spam solutions, some unwanted messages usually get through to user inboxes. This article explains how to analyze messages that end up in Junk Email and use the results to create a transport rule to block future traffic from the spammy domains.
• Automating ‘Have I Been Pwned’ Breach Checks for Entra ID Groups using PowerShell
  Introduction In today’s digital landscape, data breaches are unfortunately common. As security-conscious professionals, we need to be proactive about monitoring whether our users’ credentials have been compromised. That’s why I built an automated PowerShell tool that checks Entra ID (Azure AD) group members against the Have I Been Pwned database.
• Microsoft Graph: a Practical Guide - Part 2
  From one-off to repeatable functions

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• POSH-ADO-NugetArtefact v 0.5.0
  a few cmdlets to manage your ADO Artifact Nuget Packages and feed from PowerShell
• Logic.Monitor v 7.7.0
  PowerShell module to query the Logic Monitor API.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

• The Joy Of Loop Labels
  Loop labels are a powerful and underused part of many programming languages.

Community

• Always Hype About Automation with Hailey Phillips
  Microsoft MVP Hailey Phillips joins The PowerShell Podcast to share her journey from systems engineer to automation innovator. She talks about IntuneStack, her new PowerShell-driven CI/CD project for Intune environments, and how it bridges the gap between systems engineering and DevOps. Hailey also reflects on her path to becoming an MVP, her experiences at MMS, and the importance of mentorship, collaboration, and authenticity in the tech community.
• Building Toast Notifications in PowerShell with BurntToast v1
  Josh King will show us how to build custom toast notifications for your users, explore the latest features in BurntToast v1, and see practical examples you can use in your scripts today. Whether you want to alert users about updates, display automation results, or just have some fun with PowerShell pop-ups, then this session has you covered.

Fun

• Get-TrickOrTreat
  Do you dare to run it!
• ColorScripts-Enhanced v 2025.10.31.16
  Professional ANSI Art Terminal Experience

Events

• PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026
  April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
• PSConfEU 2026 Call for Speakers
  Call closed 14 Dec 2025 - This time it will be held in Wiesbaden, Germany. June 1-4, 2026

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