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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 18/08/2026

🚨 13 security vulnerabilites in .NET Core confirmed to also affect #PowerShell 7 with CVSS v3 severity scores ranging from 5.9 (Moderate) to 8.8 (High).

github.com

Issues · PowerShell/Announcements

PowerShell Team Announcements. Contribute to PowerShell/Announcements development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Marc-André Moreau @awakecoding.com · 06/05/2026

New blog post series! 📰 Everything wrong with MSIX, starting with how it cannot be used in a system context, such as system services. This affects WinGet, PowerShell, and a lot of other software 👇💻 awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...

awakecoding.com

Everything Wrong with MSIX: No System Context

PowerShell's MSI deprecation exposes the problem with treating MSIX like a better MSI: user-registered packages can disappear from SYSTEM, breaking services, scheduled tasks, remoting, and automation.

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 01/05/2026

Awesome Copilot has a #PowerShell instructions file for use with #AI agents. Are there other ones available as well that are more comprehensive? For example, covering more of what's described by PSScriptAnalyzer or by the community?

awesome-copilot.github.com

Instructions

Coding standards and best practices for GitHub Copilot

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 10/04/2026

Was anybody else using #AIShell before it was deprecated at the end of January? Will you be replacing it with another #AI powered chat tool that isn't project based (e.g., #Claude Code CLI, GitHub #Copilot CLI)? #PowerShell github.com/powershell/a...

Screenshot of the PowerShell/AIShell repository on GitHub's website with the message "This repository was archived by the owner on Jan 30, 2026. It is now read-only.

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 09/04/2026

Thank you for this! I missed this part during the call. For the searches in the future: "We cannot extend 7.4 LTS support. We are bounded by .NET"

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 02/04/2026

Does this delayed release have any impact on support timelines? Will 7.4 receive longer LTS support?

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 03/03/2026

With the announcement that Polyglot Notebooks is being retired at the end of March, I sure am thankful for @harmveenstra.bsky.social and his blog post on adding a custom PowerShell kernel for use with the Jupyter notebook extension in VS Code. aka.ms/pgnb-dep

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PowerShell is fun :)Jupyter notebooks in VSCode with PowerShell support

I saw a video about Jupyter in Visual Studio Code a while back and tried to get it up and running. It seems that things have changed now. It was there in VSCode preview versions and the PowerShell …

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 27/02/2026

MSOnline has been retired since May 2025. Use Microsoft.Graph instead! Get-MgUser -All | ? { $uri = '/beta/users/{0}/authentication/signInPreferences' -f $_.Id -not ((Invoke-GraphRequest GET $uri).userPreferredMethodForSecondaryAuthentication) } Thanks to @lazyadmin-nl.bsky.social

lazyadmin.nl

Get MFA Status of Office 365 users with Microsoft Graph

Get MFA Status of your Office 365 users with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. Export all details easily to Excel with this free script

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 08/01/2026

Where did you get your background image from?

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 16/12/2025

If someone is using $PSBoundParameters outside of the script (such as within their Profile) to enable -UseBasicParameters by default, that would not appear in the report, correct?

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Matthew Dowst @mdowst.dowst.dev · 11/12/2025

🚨 Breaking change in Invoke-WebRequest that could impact your automations. I wrote a helper script to find where Invoke-WebRequest is and isn't using -UseBasicParsing. It also works for any other cmdlets/parameters combo. gist.github.com/mdowst/9d00f... #PowerShell #Automation #Scripting #DevOps

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 09/06/2025

Also, is everything just built on top of Plaster?

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 09/06/2025

What are you using for #PowerShell module scaffolding? Seems that most tools that I have found are in need of some TLC. What am I missing?

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Josh King @toastit.dev · 13/04/2025

If you're looking for some truly amazing humans from the #PowerShell community to follow, @dougfinke.bsky.social has been doing work curating a handy list: clearsky.app/dougfinke.bs...

clearsky.app

ClearSky

ClearSky - See farther

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 11/04/2025

In case you're curious, this was the post in question:

reddit.com

Losing my mind please help!

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 11/04/2025

The internet is really great sometimes 💖 Thanks to @jsnover.com on Reddit 10 years ago, I was able to solve a #PowerShell problem while following @kevmar.bsky.social amazing article on handling errors that now lives on #MicrosoftLearn 🤯 learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powers...

A screenshot of a Reddit post comment by /u/jsnover that says:

This seems to be telling you that $PSCMdlet is null. That would happen if you are using a function vs an Advanced Function

Try adding a [CmdletBinding()] directive.

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 02/04/2025

Along with all of today’s #Switch2 excitement, it’s also the first day to order this amazing #Hobbit set from #LEGO for Insiders! Orders before Apr. 8 also get the #LotR Sméagol & Déagol mini set discovering The One Ring

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LEGO Lord of the Rings - Official Mini Movie (feat. Sean Astin)

YouTube video by IGN

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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Mirror] @nintendoamericax.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

amiibo figures of Tulin, Yunobo, Riju and Sidon from The Legend of #Zelda: #TearsOfTheKingdom are releasing on June 5! Each one can unlock a fabric for Link’s paraglider, as well as weapons and materials for your adventure.

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 02/04/2025

Pre-order registration is available for #Nintendo #Switch2 for those “[…]who have purchased a Nintendo Switch Online membership with a minimum of 12 months of paid membership and a minimum of 50 total gameplay hours, as of April 2, 2025”

nintendo.com

Nintendo Switch 2: How To Buy

The countdown for the Nintendo Switch 2 has begun! Learn how to purchase from the My Nintendo Store, explore gaming system options, and secure your reservation today.

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 31/03/2025

I love newer versions of #PowerShell, but I still regularly have to support #Windows PowerShell because that's the default shell for systems like #SCCM and #Intune. How can I take advantage of the new PowerShell other than executing scripts with pwsh.exe and the -File or -Command parameters?

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 19/03/2025

I regularly use .cmd files as a simpler execution mechanism for PowerShell scripts. They simply call powershell.exe with the -File parameter (plus any other params). Many people know how to double-click a file, but don’t know how to execute a PowerShell script with & or .

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 21/02/2025

Using hashtables for lookups is so useful and quick! I've made one before matching human-readable names with object IDs in Microsoft Graph

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 18/02/2025

That was my guess too, but it doesn’t appear so

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 18/02/2025

Does anyone know how to get the access token that's in use with the Microsoft.Graph #PowerShell module?

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 11/02/2025

Agreed. “May not be set” reads as “cannot be set”

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 10/02/2025

You're not alone! I've just come across this incorrect error message as well with 3.7.1 🙃

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 07/02/2025

Why do I have issues using the #Exchange Online #PowerShell module (v3.7.1) when I use a wildcard for the cmdlet within $PSDefaultParameterValues? I'm able to connect, but my permission scopes are wrong and I can only see my own mailbox.

gist.github.com

Issues with Connect-ExchangeOnline when Using $PSDefaultParameterValues

Issues with Connect-ExchangeOnline when Using $PSDefaultParameterValues - PSDefaultParamsWithConnectEXO.ps1

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 06/02/2025

What makes it unreliable? What is auto-splat?

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 06/02/2025

Nice to see both WAM supported and native Git blame!

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 05/02/2025

Love the podcast!! I can see how that would get priority (especially if you’re the one managing it all). I joined the PDQ Discord, so maybe I’ll be able to join next time

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 05/02/2025

I didn't realize that you can do that in PowerShell 7! I prefer this method (reminds me of KQL) and looks cleaner. Just to confirm, in PowerShell 7+: Get-Date | Select-Object date | Out-String All versions: Get-Date | Select-Object date | Out-String

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 05/02/2025

Same! This seems like a great one! Any chance these can be recorded and posted for others?

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 05/02/2025

@funbucket.dev is it possible to use PSHelp.Copilot for large modules like Az or Microsoft Graph without having to specify each of their dependent modules? I’d like to be able to ask questions that might span more than one of the smaller modules

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 05/02/2025

"If you type help, PowerShell first looks for an alias named help, then a function named Help, and finally a cmdlet named Help. It runs the first help item that it finds. If your session contains a cmdlet and a function, both named Get-Map, when you type Get-Map, PowerShell runs the function."

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 04/02/2025

That's great news! (for both the module and for #PowerShellSummit)

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Brian Kaiser @bmkaiser.com · 03/02/2025

@posh.guru what would the lift be to remove the dependency on Microsoft.Graph.DeviceManagement.Enrolment (single “ehl”) and replace with Microsoft.Graph.DeviceManagement.Enrollment (double “ehl”)? It looks like the former module is no longer supported and is stuck at version 1.28.0

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