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Posts by Harm Veenstra

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PowerShell is fun :)Check mail records using the DomainHealthChecker PowerShell Module Verifying DNS records for Exchange Online is something that I do for migrations or security scans. I wrote a function for that in the past, but the DomainHealthChecker module is pretty extensive! I…

Verifying DNS records for Exchange Online is something that I do for migrations or security scans. The DomainHealthChecker module is pretty extensive for that! In this small blog post, I will show you how to use it.

#PowerShell #DNS #Mail

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April 2026 Microsoft & Security NL meetup, Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 5:00 PM | Meetup **📣 Registratie voor deze editie gaat vier weken voor aanvang open! 📣** **17.00 - 18.00** Inloop & eten **18.00 - 18.10** Openingswoord InSpark **18.10 - 19.00** **Bar

Attending the Microsoft Security NL meetup at our InSpark office ❤️ meetu.ps/e/PPwZX/11Nj...

#Microsoft #Security #Meetup

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PowerShell is fun :)PowerShell MSI Package Deprecation starting with the new preview updates (v7.7 Preview 1) PowerShell always had an MSI package that you could download and distribute yourself to install and update, starting with Preview 1 of v7.7, which has changed to MSIX. In this short blog post, I wi…

PowerShell always had an MSI package that you could download and distribute yourself to install and update, starting with Preview 1 of v7.7, which has changed to MSIX. In this short blog post, I will explain what this means.

#PowerShell #MSI #MSIX

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127. Why PowerShell is Fun and Automation Matters - with Harm Veenstra
127. Why PowerShell is Fun and Automation Matters - with Harm Veenstra YouTube video by Betabit

🎙️New podcast episode: @rickvandenbosch.net and @oscarvantol.nl talk with @harmveenstra.bsky.social. He shares how PowerShell and automation shaped his journey to MVP, his role in the community, and why automation only works when paired with proper governance.

youtu.be/jkzB75EXyl4

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GitHub - JustinGrote/AzBlobDeleteFast Contribute to JustinGrote/AzBlobDeleteFast development by creating an account on GitHub.

If god forbid you ever end up in a situation where you need to delete tens of millions of blobs in Azure Blob storage, like even AzCopy couldn't handle it, try AzBlobDeleteFast! DANGEROUS!

My case was a massive veeam repo where we couldn't just delete the container.

github.com/justingrote/...

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127. Why PowerShell is Fun and Automation Matters - with Harm Veenstra
127. Why PowerShell is Fun and Automation Matters - with Harm Veenstra YouTube video by Betabit

Was asked to do a Podcast with Betabit: Betatalks! Was a fun one, check it out! #PowerShell #Automation #Fun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzB... @betabitnl.bsky.social

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PowerShell is fun :)Check PowerShell Scripts for deprecated Azure AD or MSOnline Cmdlets You might have read it a few times… The Azure AD and MSOnline PowerShell modules are deprecated, and scripts that use Cmdlets from these modules should be updated to use Microsoft Graph Cmdlets. In…

The Azure AD and MSOnline PowerShell modules are deprecated, and scripts that use their Cmdlets should be updated. In this blog post, I will show you a script to scan for them.

#PowerShell #Deprecated #MSOnline #AzureAD

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26H1 Build 28000.1719 runs fine in Hyper-V and in Parallels?! I have it running on a MacBook Air M4 (ARM64) and a Lenovo T14 (AMD). (Clean install/no in-place upgrade)

#Microsoft #Windows #26H1

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Yes, and waking up every hour in the morning until six... Heading back tomorrow around 17:30, looking forward to my own bed 😁

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No worries, and yes 😜 Thanks man, appreciate it and I hope so for both of us! Did you had a good Summit?

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PowerShell is fun :)MVP Summit 2026 My second MVP Summit took place in the week of March 23, 2026. Such a great event with all the MVPs from all around the world. In this blog post, I will show some highlights, pictures, and share in…

My second MVP Summit took place in the week of March 23, 2026. Such a great event with all the MVPs from all around the world. In this blog post, I will show some highlights, pictures, and share information where it’s not NDA

#Microsoft #MVPSummit #MVPBuzz

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That's me on the MVP wall 😊

#Microsoft #MVPBuzz #MVPSummit

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Picked up the badge 😊

#Microsoft #MVPBuzz #MVPSummit

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Picked up the badge 😊

#Microsoft #MVPBuzz #MVPSummit

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You're here for MVP Summit, too?

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It's in the links I guess? (More information) And I know that those are from you ❤️

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PowerShell is fun :)PowerShell v7.6 LTS Release and why it matters Two days ago, the new LTS version of PowerShell, 7.6, was released. In this short blog post, I will highlight its key features and improvements.

Two days ago, the new LTS version of PowerShell, 7.6, was released. In this short blog post, I will highlight its key features and improvements.

#PowerShell #LTS

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PowerShell is fun :)“Monad to Millions – Celebrating Jeffrey Snover & the PowerShell Community” Podcast I was a guest on a podcast before, but never one with Jeffrey Snover! In this short blog post, I will tell you about the podcast hosted by Heiko Brenn (Thanks again!).

I was a guest on a podcast before, but never one with Jeffrey Snover! In this short blog post, I will tell you about the podcast hosted by Heiko Brenn (Thanks again!).

#PowerShell #JeffreySnover

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PowerShell is fun :)Learning PowerShell on Microsoft Learn If you don’t already know, there is a ‘Learning PowerShell’ section on Microsoft Learn. It’s truly a great start (or continuation) of your PowerShell journey. In this blog p…

If you don’t already know, there is a ‘Learning PowerShell’ section on Microsoft Learn. It’s truly a great start (or continuation) of your PowerShell journey. In this blog post, I will highlight the different chapters.

#PowerShell #Learn

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Thanks 😊 And that's sad news...

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PowerShell is fun :)Over 1.000.000 views! Today, my site crossed the 1 million views mark :-) I’m just looking at this huge number and thinking… How?! To celebrate, I will highlight some things from the journey in this small bl…

Today, my site crossed the 1 million views mark :) I’m just looking at this huge number and thinking… How?! To celebrate, I will highlight some things from the journey in this small blog post.

#PowerShell #Milestone

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PowerShell is fun :)Microsoft 365 License overview per user You can add many licenses to your 365 tenant, but getting a good overview of all users’ assigned licenses and what each license plan contains is challenging. I wrote a PowerShell script for t…

Updated my small license report script so that it also works on macOS (Changed temp location to generic [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath() method)

#PowerShell #Report #Licenses

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PowerShell is fun :)Using Strict Mode in PowerShell PowerShell is incredibly flexible; it’s a forgiving scripting language. But this could turn into scripts not written according to best practices or that rely on things that work automatically…

PowerShell is flexible. But that could turn into scripts that rely on things that work automatically, and fail without explanation. In this small blog post, I will show you how Strict mode works and how it can help you

#PowerShell #StrictMode

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PowerShell is fun :)Using the ZLocation PowerShell Module to navigate folders Switching back and forth between folders on your system requires a lot of typing and thinking about where that xyz folder was located… Zlocation helps you navigate frequently accessed folders…

Switching between folders on your system requires a lot of typing. Zlocation helps you navigate frequently accessed folders. In this small blog post, I will show you how it works.

#PowerShell #Zlocation

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PowerShell is fun :)a Hidden gem in PowerShell : Format-Custom It was something I ran into this week, Format-Custom. Usually I display things in a list or table, but this is different… And very useful! In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

It was something I ran into this week, Format-Custom. Usually, I display things in a list or table, but this is different… And very useful! In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

powershellisfun.com/2026/02/06/a...

#PowerShell #FormatCustom

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That one looks nice, too! Will give that one a try 😊

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PowerShell is fun :)Install Nerdfonts using PowerShell Yes, I’m a nerd, and nerds like to use NerdFonts :-) In this small blog post, I will show you how you can use the NerdFonts PowerShell module from Ryan L McIntyre.

Yes, I’m a nerd, and nerds like to use NerdFonts :)  In this small blog post, I will show you how you can use the NerdFonts PowerShell module from Ryan L McIntyre.

#PowerShell #NerdFonts

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PowerShell is fun :)Creating a Hyper-V VM running Evaluation versions of Windows server using PowerShell Sometimes you want to test something, but… You must install a new VM on your machine, which takes time. Microsoft offers evaluation versions of its server operating systems in a VHD format. I…

Updated my script to include Windows Server 2025 (Preview) as a deployment option.

powershellisfun.com/2022/06/01/c...

#PowerShell #HyperV

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DuPSUG – Winter 2026 ⛄, Wed, Feb 4, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup It's time for a new Dutch PowerShell User Group in-person edition. This continues our community events, bringing people together around DevOps, PowerShell scripting, and au

I’m really looking forward to our next in-person @DuPSUG on Feb 4. Dinner, a strong security talk by Jev on keeping secrets away from AI assistants, and a community show-and-tell where invite to demo what you’re proud of!

Join us here: www.meetup.com/dutch-powers...

#PowerShell

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