In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, host Andrew Pla interviews Microsoft MVP and PowerShell aficionado Justin Grote. They delve into an issue in the Az.Accounts 3.0.0 module, with Justin offering insights and a workaround (use an earlier version of the module). Justin also discusses his innovative ModuleFast project, explaining its architecture and his approach to writing PowerShell scripts and modules. The conversation highlights Justin's passion for APIs and celebrates his contributions as an official PowerShell project contributor. Listeners get a glimpse into Justin's workflow working at a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and how he writes to much PowerShell. He offers valuable advice for those early in their careers. Additionally, Justin shares updates on his PowerHTML (1.2m downloads) project, which originated from a GitHub pull request, showcasing his continuous contributions to the PowerShell community.

Guest Bio and links:

Justin Grote is a Datacenter Solutions Architect, Open-Source Developer, and Microsoft MVP. Justin has built his professional career leveraging PowerShell to solve and automate interesting business problems. Unfortunately, he can't PowerShell his dog to be less aggressive on his face licks.

PowerShell Podcast Home page: https://www.pdq.com/resources/the-powershell-podcast/

PowerShell Podcast on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDGR8LLOiew

https://discord.gg/pdq

https://aka.ms/psdiscord

https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/books/9389/powershell-scripting-and-toolmaking/

https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/issues/25005

https://powershellisfun.com/2024/05/23/keep-microsoft-teams-status-available-instead-of-away-using-powershell/

https://x.com/JustinWGrote

https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PowerHTML/0.2.0

https://psconf.eu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4S7zeeMUOE&list=PLfeA8kIs7CoftSa3hQ9dQseIxdSMBZO_z

https://dbatools.ai/

In this celebration-themed episode of the PowerShell Podcast, Steven Judd makes his long-awaited return. We announce the first PowerShell Podcast MVP winner. We share tips about regex and URL encoding and dive deep into PowerShell on Linux, CloudShell, and becoming a lifelong learner. All this and more!

Guest Bio and links:

Steven Judd is a 25+ year IT Pro and most recently an Infrastructure Engineer at Tenstreet LLC. His previous recent experience includes Enterprise Email Administrator, Digital Security Analyst, and Cloud and DevOps Advisor for cloud-focused solutions and infrastructure. He has been using PowerShell since 2010 and co-developed a custom training program for PowerShell. Most recently, he was a Senior Editor for the Modern IT Automation with PowerShell book. He is also a co-author and co-editor of the PowerShell Conference Book 3 He loves to help people learn and recognize the value of automation. He spends his free time learning more about PowerShell, digital security, and cloud technologies, along with creating and telling Dad jokes. You can find him hanging out on the PowerShell Discord Server, running marathons, playing the cello, plus a handful of other hobbies he can't seem to quit. Please follow him on Twitter, @stevenjudd, read his blog, and review, use, and improve his code on GitHub.

PowerShell Podcast Home page: https://www.pdq.com/resources/the-powershell-podcast/

PowerShell Pro Tips - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K95ovoMh170

https://discord.gg/pdq

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6584540

https://sid-500.com/2024/05/14/hyper-v-enabling-vm-resource-metering/

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/winget-commandnotfound/

https://leanpub.com/modernautomationwithpowershell

https://www.amazon.com/PowerShell-Conference-Book-3/dp/B08MGR749H/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZZM6i8AE1Y

https://aka.ms/psdiscord

https://twitter.com/stevenjudd/

https://blog.stevenjudd.com/

https://github.com/stevenjudd

Judd Song Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQIVWhKhwPA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqzXGGld5-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh-72yBP7sw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEz1qGS0T1Q

On this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, Andrew is back on the road, attending the MMS 2024 at MOA conference. Andrew catches up with Sven De Groote and Chris Thomas. Andrew and Sven take a dive into the PSAppDeployToolkit. Later in the episode, Andrew and Chris chat about PSADT, Chris’ PowerShell journey, his talk at MMS-MOA, and more.

Links:

HTTPS://x.com/automatemystuff

HTTP://psadt.training

PowerShell Podcast Home page: https://www.pdq.com/resources/the-powershell-podcast/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGBAkXMC4sc

In this special MMSMOA episode of the PowerShell Podcast, Andrew is joined by Frank Lesniak. We touch base after PowerShell Summit, hear about tracking airplanes with ADS-B and raspberry pi's. Frank talks about classes and how they almost caused him to fall out of love with PowerShell. We also recount what most be the most brutal display of athleticism, curling.

Guest Bio and links:

https://github.com/franklesniak/ads-b-setup

https://twitter.com/FrankLesniak

PowerShell Podcast Home page: https://www.pdq.com/resources/the-powershell-podcast/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vcyukAb71w

In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, I'm joined by Ryan Lancial - Security Engineer at Red Canary. We talk about our shared history, his journey to security, what makes a good company culture, succeeding with no degree, the value of authenticity, and more!

Guest Bio and links:

Ryan Lancial hates bios, used to Powershell and admin and now talks about security.

PowerShell Podcast Home page: https://www.pdq.com/resources/the-powershell-podcast/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlancial/

PowerShell Pro Tips - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K95ovoMh170

https://discord.gg/pdq

https://www.pdq.com/blog/what-are-rest-apis/

https://woshub.com/read-outlook-email-powershell/

https://blog.danskingdom.com/PowerShell-DevOps-Global-Summit-2024-reflections/

In this episode, we have 2 interviews: Danny Stutz and Carrie Cargil. We start things off chatting with Danny and hearing about his first time speaking at Summit and how his career has gone. He shares some of his keys to success and he is someone to keep your eye out for.

Guest Bio and links: Danny Stutz is a passionate technologist who helps his clients with AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365/Entra ID, and IAM services. He thrives on learning new technologies to support his clients and loves automating as much as he can, especially with PowerShell.

Carrie Cargill has years of experience in education and project management but is a relative PowerShell novice. In 2019 she was a scholarship winner for PowerShell Summit and On-Ramp. Her grand aspirations are to create guided pair programming material to help in the teaching/learning of PowerShell and present it at the 2025 Summit.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-stutz/

https://twitter.com/danny_stutz

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-cargill-pmp-3292255/

PowerShell Podcast Home page: https://www.pdq.com/resources/the-powershell-podcast/

https://powershellsummit.org

In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we continue with our "bar sessions" from the PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit. We gain interesting insights into PowerShell, the Summit, career, and more. Our guests include Chris Masters, Joe Gasper, Rob Derickson, Chris Nguyen, Fred Weinmann, Merill Fernando, Clayton Tyger, Mike F. Robbins, Sean Wheeler, Prasidh Arora, and Danny Maertens.

Guest Bio and links:

https://powershellsummit.org

PowerShell Podcast Home page: https://www.pdq.com/resources/the-powershell-podcast/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_2IyHdaaK4

In this special episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we chat with people at the PowerShell Summit. It's PowerShell after dark, the bar sessions. We talk about the OnRamp program, its scholarship program, and more. Then, we chat with Ambre Herron, Austin Hollett, Cory Knox, Ryan Richter, Vanda Paladino, and Tyson O'keefe.

Links:

PowerShell Podcast Home page: https://www.pdq.com/resources/the-powershell-podcast/

The PowerShell Podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVG6Xhry_yM

https://powershellsummit.org