The PowerShell Podcast

In the episode, Mikey Lombardi explains how his involvement in the PowerShell community has opened opportunities throughout his career. We discuss how imposter syndrome can prevent you from even trying for a fantastic opportunity and how much growth can come from being brave in those moments. We learned the reasons behind his PowerShell course, pwshop, and why he has made it free. We also cover, cross-domain learning, documentation, biggest mistakes, and more.    See the episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uCzTuojMbY   Guest Bio and links: Mikey Lombardi is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, working on PowerShell Learn content. Always a gentleman, Mikey has been a positive force in the community for a long time. You like PowerShell? Awesome Documentation? Amazing tabletop campaigns? You found them, my friends. Follow him. FOLLOW HIM NOW!!!!!!  https://github.com/michaeltlombardi  https://twitter.com/BigFnMikey https://github.com/orgs/MicrosoftDocs/projects/15  https://leanpub.com/psconfbook2  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S0eAuGzjpI  https://hacktoberfest.com/  https://leanpub.com/c/pwshop  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlIBE7W4rvo  https://flagrant.garden/ 

In this episode, we learn more about how Christopher, a traditionally trained .NET developer, approaches PowerShell patterns and projects. He shares with us a wealth of wisdom that he’s learned throughout his career. From discussing the learning opportunities that a Pull Request gives, all the way to getting started with open source and the role it played in getting his Microsoft MVP status. Chris also shared with us the meaning and importance of KISS.    Guest Bio and links: Christopher Bergmeister is a Microsoft MVP, open-source aficionado, ScriptAnalyzer maintainer, and more. You can find him speaking at conferences/user groups, contributing code online, and being a positive force in the community.     https://twitter.com/cbergmeister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vra6G-qsKNs https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer https://github.com/bergmeister https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/psscriptanalyzer/?view=ps-modules https://github.com/bergmeister/lazy-posh-git See it on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJr4kJFam8c  

In this episode, we discuss Brett’s unusual path to IT. He discusses how his contributions to the community have changed over the years. We discuss the similarities in problem-solving between daily tasks and coding. Jordan learns that listing yak shaving in Twitter bios is not a secret language between the PowerShell community but is a common expression. Last, we discussed his trip to South Hampton to attend a PowerShell user group, where he was able to catch up with several people from the PowerShell community.    Guest Bio and links: Brett Miller is a cloud platform engineer and Microsoft MVP, using PowerShell and related technologies on the regular. You can find him regularly speaking at user groups like the Southampton PowerShell User Group, blogging on his website, on Twitter, and more.  https://millerb.co.uk/  https://github.com/brettmillerb  https://twitter.com/BrettMiller_IT  https://github.com/brettmillerb/PSTwitch  https://github.com/indented-automation/Indented.Net.IP  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsESEh9M1eY  https://github.com/SeeminglyScience/EditorServicesCommandSuite  See the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaErbstVKAQ

In this episode, we revisit AutomatedLab with the other primary maintainer, Raimund Andrée. Raimund teaches us about DSC and shares details of the DSCWorkshop project, which is a great way to go about learning more about DSC in a hands-on manner. We also learned about Cattle vs. Pets and how that applies to your servers. You can hear all of this, plus more in this companion episode to our first AutomatedLab episode.    Guest Bio and links: Raimund Andrée is a Cloud Solution Architect and Microsoft with over 20 years of experience. Raimund has been involved in Open Source and the PowerShell community for a long time. Raimund works on several projects that have a large reach and has helped thousands of PowerShell users. You can find him tweeting on Twitter, contributing to projects on GitHub, speaking at conferences, and more.     https://twitter.com/raimundandree  https://github.com/raandree  https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/NTFSSecurity/4.2.6  The PowerShell module toolbox and templates for Continuous Delivery - Raimund Andrée - PSConfE...  The DSC project blueprint or how to start a DSC project the right way by Raimund Andrée  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/tag/raimund-andree/  https://download.microsoft.com/download/C/4/A/C4A14099-FEA4-4CB3-8A8F-A0C2BE5A1219/The%20Release%20Pipeline%20Model.pdf  https://automatedlab.org/en/latest/    View the Podcast on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMALY186tdk

Episode Summary: In this episode, we get an initial introduction to AutomatedLab by one of the primary maintainers, Jan-Hendrik Peters. We learned about what AutomatedLab is used for and how you can benefit from it. We also got to hear about his observations from teaching PowerShell over the years. All this, plus our usual foolishness, is included. We also talk about how tech is always changing. See it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sPqoxqFgaY   Guest Bio and links: Jan-Hendrik Peters is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. Jan-Hendrik has been helping others take advantage of PowerShell and Microsoft technologies for a long time. He enjoys brewery, blacksmithing, and closing issues on AutomatedLab.   https://www.janhendrikpeters.de/ https://github.com/nyanhp https://twitter.com/NyanHP http://github.com/automatedlab https://automatedlab.org/en/latest/ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=don+jones+writing+workshop

In this episode, we chat with Cory Knox. We talked all about the PowerShell discord and how it’s grown over the years and is a great resource to connect with the community and have your questions answered. Cory and Jordan find common ground in their experiences with Toastmasters. Cory also talks to us about Git, how to get started using Git for PowerShell projects, an awesome PowerShell module to enhance your Git console experience, and more.    Guest Bio and links: Cory is a Chocolatey Software Engineer with a background in End User Computing who enjoys working with PowerShell and C# while dabbling in whatever language a project that needs a fix might be using. Constantly looking for ways to streamline processes and improve developer experiences. You can see Cory in the PowerShell community Discord, on Twitter, speaking at conferences, active on GitHub, and occasionally streams on twitch.    https://twitter.com/coryknox  https://github.com/corbob  https://coryknox.dev/  https://www.twitch.tv/corbob/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77StDvV_aOM  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZY4QACsvJE  https://aka.ms/psdiscord  https://aka.ms/psslack  https://dangitgit.com/    View the webcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjjFbTa_ffs  

In this episode, we hear from someone whose career has grown alongside PowerShell’s. Adam shares some of the challenges that he’s experienced when automating business processes with PowerShell. Starting in the early days of PowerShell, Adam talks about that first experience where he saw the potential of PowerShell. We also spent some time talking about creating GUI applications in PowerShell. We talk about all this, and much more, in this episode.   Guest Bio and links: Adam Bacon has over 23 years of IT experience, spending 12 of those with PowerShell. You can find him writing on one of his blogs, adding code to one of his 80+ projects on GitHub, speaking about PowerShell, and more.     https://twitter.com/psdevuk  https://adam-bacon.netlify.app/  https://psdevuk.github.io/  https://github.com/psDevUK  https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bacon-993009100/  https://powershellmagazine.com/2012/01/16/why-did-i-start-learning-powershell/  https://psdevuk.github.io/ud-flix/ 

In this episode, we explore different ways that the upper-bound limits of PowerShell have been pushed. We get to hear from one of the most advanced PowerShellers that we’ve met yet. He shares insight into what it was like working on the PowerShell team and how PowerShell has grown massively over time. James has been advocating for PowerShell for a long time, and he shares some details about leading the first internal PowerShell group at Microsoft and some things that came from it. We also learn about some of the awesome projects James has worked on, from RegeX, UIs, formatting, Git, and markdown. James shares details about his latest project, an extensible transpiler, PipeScript.     Guest Bio and links: James Brundage has been heavily involved in PowerShell for over 15 years. He is a former member of the PowerShell team, working there during v2 and v3. He now works as a consultant with Start-Automating, applying his PowerShell expertise to organizations to help solve large-scale problems all around the world. He also has a lot of great projects on GitHub and regularly shares his knowledge at user groups and conferences.    See the Youtube version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns29mpdcwoU   https://github.com/StartAutomating  https://twitter.com/jamesbru  https://github.com/StartAutomating/PowerArcade  Start-Automating  https://github.com/StartAutomating/Irregular  GitHub - StartAutomating/PipeScript: An Extensible Transpiler for PowerShell (and anything else)  StartAutomating/ugit: Updated Git: A powerful PowerShell wrapper for git that lets you extend git, automate multiple repos, and output git as objects. (github.com) 

In this episode, we cover a lot of ground. We cover how PowerShell has helped our careers, from the beginning roots to the current day. David covers how he got his start, the challenges he faced along the way, and how each opportunity to teach came up. We explore the origins of PSAffirmations and the role that affirmations had when dealing with Imposter Syndrome. Security is David’s specialty, so we spent some time picking David’s brain about the current state of security and where attention is needed. We discuss whether passion can be taught or if it already must be there. Last, Jordan lets slip that he hates Christmas.     Guest Bio and links: David Hall, also known as CyberAutomate, has spent over 20 years in cyber security for the Department of Defense, and now applies his skills as a Customer Engineer at Microsoft. David is an avid fan of learning and pays that forward by teaching where he can: whether that be by teaching others as a warrant officer or as a professor.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-hall10/recent-activity/  https://www.cyberautomate.io/  https://www.youtube.com/c/CyberAutomate/featured  GitHub - cyberautomate/PubPowerShell: All my PowerShell Code  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/passion-its-important-cant-taught-david-hall-ms-itm-cissp-mcsa/ 

In this episode, we get to hear the journey of someone who was a Microsoft MVP that ended up turning in their MVP and joining the mothership. Mike details his journey and shares some of the secrets to his success, including the importance of blogging, having a personal brand, and more.    Guest Bio and links: Mike F. Robbins is the Lead writer for Azure PowerShell at Microsoft. He is a regular speaker at PowerShell conferences and has an active blog, which is successful enough to make him a 6 time MVP. He is an Author, Editor of the PowerShell Conference Book: Volume 1, and an overall swell guy.    Mike F. Robbins (mikefrobbins.com)  https://leanpub.com/powershell101  https://github.com/mikefrobbins Mike F. Robbins (@mikefrobbins) / Twitter  https://mikefrobbins.com/2019/08/01/whats-in-your-powershell-psdefaultparametervalues-preference-variable/  https://mikefrobbins.com/2022/06/09/using-the-conditional-ternary-operator-for-simplified-if-else-syntax-in-powershell-7/  Planet PowerShell: Community Blog Feed  Contribute to Docs Like A Microsoft Insider by Sean Wheeler and Mike Robbins  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/ps101/00-introduction?view=powershell-7.2