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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I’m speaking at TechMentor x Cybersecurity Live! @ Microsoft HQ this August 3 – 7. Register by June 5th and use my discount code WHEELER and you could save $500 off the standard rate. Learn more and register at techmentorevents.com/MicrosoftHQ

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

It's been a busy speaking schedule. #PSHSummit2026 is done. Next up #PSConfEU2026 in June. Then #TechMentor in August! Hop to see you there.

Save $500 by May 15 at https://techmentor.com/microsofthq. Use discount code WHEELER.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The blog is open for posts from the community. We just need contributions.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

@stevenjudd.bsky.social starting off day 3 with a bang! SpiceWorld2025

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I am doing two breakout sessions and a 4-hour workshop on PowerShell tool making with @stevenjudd.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Day 1 of #TechMentor is done. We had a great time and a great audience.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I am happy to announce that PlatyPS v1.0 has reached GA and we have updated our publishing pipelines to use the new tool. To celebrate, I created this: sdwheeler.github.io/seanonit/blo...

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The Legend of PlatyPS and Content Wrangler

Telling the story of PlatyPS using Microsoft Copilot.

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TechMentor @techmentorevents.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

(1/4) Meet @sdwheeler.bsky.social, Principal Content Developer for PowerShell at @Microsoft.com, the person who’s been leading PowerShell documentation since 2017, and VSLive @ Microsoft HQ speaker.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I am speaking at TechMentor @ Microsoft HQ in August. PROMO CODE: Wheeler HOMEPAGE LINK: techmentorevents.com/events/micro... REGISTRATION LINK – WITH PROMO CODE: bit.ly/3ZpZYWN

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TechMentor @techmentorevents.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Tired of rewriting your #PowerShell profile for every #OS? @sdwheeler.bsky.social‬ will tackle that topic in his session at #TechMentor @ Microsoft HQ. Find out more about PowerShell and the session in his Q&A with @redmondit.bsky.social‬! redmondmag.com/articles/202...

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Makes me nostalgic for my Windows Phone

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Here is the definition for PowerShell - github.com/toptal/gitig...

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Yes, I would accept a PR for this. We still maintain the 5.1 docs. We don't need repro steps, just a NOTE added to the parameter similar to what we have for `-Include`.

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steve--lee.bsky.social @steve--lee.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Thanks to the PSCommunity, I've decided to finally join Bluesky. Will use this to post any updates to our projects: PS7, OpenSSH (Windows), DSC, PSGallery/PSResourceGet, etc...

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The sidebar nav was removed from the Learn platform and replaced with the list of suggested articles. I don't like it, but is it a platform design decision that I, as an writer, can't change.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

How would you organize the documentation? It is not a simple task. There are lots of different kinds of docs. And docs are written for different purposes and audiences. There is a difference between reference docs and teaching docs.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Specifically, the articles in the learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powers... were written by Bruce Payette. It is legacy content that was originally publish as a Word doc. We don't intend to change. It is provided for historical reference. It is was written for v3 and isn't 100% accurate for v7+.

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Windows PowerShell Language Specification 3.0 - PowerShell

This Language Specification describe the syntax, semantics, and behavior of the PowerShell language.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Yes, there is an official style. We try to make all of the documentation adhere to our style. Caveats: 1. We maintain over 9000 documents for PowerShell and the PowerShell SDK. 2. Much of that content was written by others, long before I joined the team. 3. We fix the style as we go.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I am pleased to share that my 90min session about creating PowerShell documentation using the new version of PlatyPS was accepted for #pshsummit. See you there in April!

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Love the split pane integration!

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

This works: $c.RelatedLinks.Add([Microsoft.PowerShell.PlatyPS.Model.Links]::new('Text','https://url.com/document'))

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Check the Diagnostics property of the CommandHelp object.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

The answer is to update the object before exporting to markdown.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

The help text for the placeholders has to come from somewhere. It is not embedded in compiled commands.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

No, the older module has the same placeholders. In either version, if you are documenting script-based modules, PlatyPS will include the comment-based help. But there is embedded documentation like that for C#-compiled cmdlets.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

New-CommandHelp creates an object instead of a markdown file. You can then populate the properties of the object before exporting it to markdown.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

With the new PlatyPS you can import the markdown into a PowerShell object. Change property values, if you want. And they write your own transformer script to output the object in any format you want.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Several of the commands have a -Metadata parameter. You can pass it a hashtable of values you want added/updated in the frontmatter.

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Sean D Wheeler @sdwheeler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

It's not possible. You want to replace the placeholders with what? You have to write it first. I am still working on how-to articles. More to come.

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