My #PowerShell #PSHSummit 2026 slides and references (as well as many others!) are available on the official Repo. Thanks to everyone who came! I hope these are useful.
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This was a great session and gave me lots of ideas on how to improve my modules.
Quit π putting π your π app π icon π on π my π clean π desktop.
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Master Terraform state like a pro! π Learn CLI commands to view, move, import & remove resources, plus the modern declarative approach using moved, import & removed blocks.
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Want more control over your Terraform deployments? π This video walks through conditional expressions, powerful built-in functions, and lifecycle management using ignore_changes so you can write more flexible infrastructure code.
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π« DRY or Don't Repeat Yourself! π« Learn how to use count and for_each in Terraform to create multiple resources with a single definition.
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Get your variables here! π Learn how to define variables and provide values using the command line or with input files.
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You've learned the basic Terraform workflow commands, but let's dive deeper into a few more. Learn how to use format and validate to test your code, then how to create plan files and auto-approve your deployments.
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You wrote your first Terraform file, but what are all these other files? π€ This video breaks down provider versioning, lock files, and the Terraform state file so you understand how Terraform tracks your infrastructure and keeps deployments consistent.
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Learn Terraform from scratch! β‘οΈ This video covers installation, creating a project, and deploying simple local resources while understanding the basics of configuration files, workflow, and providers.
I've got a $100 gift card and 50% off any course or certification from @linuxfoundation.org to use. I've completed CKA/CKAD and am working on CKS. Any suggestions from the community? I'm primarily interested in courses, not necessarily certifications.
#kubernetes @cncf.bsky.social #linux
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Working in IT requires learning new skills all the time. In this video, I reflect on the times learning something outside my current role paid off later.
I'm studying for the Certified #Kubernetes Security exam. What are your recommendations for study materials besides the Killer Shell course on YouTube?
#CKS
This week I posted the last video in the #PowerShell Command Line to Scripting mini-course.
If you've watched any of the videos, I'd love to hear your feedback if it helped you!
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π§ Write better PowerShell scripts! This video covers learning how to plan your scripts with pseudocode and following best practices for clean, reliable code using naming conventions, formatting, comments, and more.
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Working on a project locally and need to move your Terraform state to an Azure storage account? Learn how in this tutorial!
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Learn how to work with external data in PowerShell! π‘ This module shows you how to read and write CSV, JSON, and XML files, import/export structured data, and call web APIs using `Invoke-RestMethod`. Perfect for real-world automation!
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Learn how to create and manage dynamic arrays inside PowerShell using this tutorial!
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Learn more about the different Azure high availability options from this tutorial!
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Take control of errors in PowerShell! β οΈ This module covers try/catch/finally, ErrorAction, throw, and Get-Error to handle problems gracefully and keep your scripts running smoothly.
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Learn how to write reusable PowerShell functions! β‘οΈ This video covers function basics, parameters, return values, variable scope, adding help, and advanced function features like CmdletBinding. Perfect for beginners writing scripts.
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Learn how to use resource dependencies (correctly!) in Terraform with some Azure examples!
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Learn to make your PowerShell scripts more dynamic and reusable with parameters! π We'll cover defining parameters, setting data types, and validationβthen wrap up with a fun refactoring challenge.
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Did you know you can configure Terraform to deploy to multiple Azure subscriptions? Learn how in this tutorial!
Build on your PowerShell scripting skills by learning how to make decisions in your code. In this video, weβll cover if statements, for and while loops, and switch statements. Then, put everything into practice by building a fun number guessing game from scratch.
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Last year I decided to dive into developing my YouTube channel. Today I hit 1,000 subscribers! Pretty exciting. I focus on a lot of PowerShell, but moving forward I am focusing on Azure and other cloud-related technologies.
www.youtube.com/@jeffbrowntech
#powershell #azure #youtube #cloud
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This first module covers variables, data types, operators, and methods. The module concludes with your first challenges in writing a sentence analyzer script and a temperature converter.