@psfred.bsky.social
PowerShell enthusiast, Bartender, Cloud Solution Architect @Microsoft
🎉 That’s a wrap!
We close the #PSConfEU2025 video series with:
🚀 Community demos
🏆 Fasten the Code winners
👋 Closing session
👏 Thanks to ALL who made this edition unforgettable!
📅 Next stop: Wiesbaden 2026 🎟️ Tickets → psconf.eu
Imagine having this song start running at persistent max volume as your bosses passes your desk ... 😇 (and you can't find the app doing it)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypGW...
🩸 Error Handling: A Mystery in Red – @psfred.bsky.social
Why do #PowerShell scripts fail silently?
⚠️ Terminating vs non-terminating exceptions
⚠️ The quirks of throw
⚠️ Best practices for reliable error handling
🎟️ Join #PSConfEU2026 in Wiesbaden → psconf.eu
⚡ Entra Authentication 101 – @psfred.bsky.social (#PSConfEU 25)
Microsoft API auth can be a maze: app regs, delegated vs app perms, secrets, certs, managed identities…
Fred shows you how to do it right with #PowerShell
🎟️ Join us at #PSConfEU2026: psconf.eu
#EntraID #MSGraph
God Bless @psfred.bsky.social for Install-PSFModule with that cheeky -ComputerName parameter!
My favourite management server fell over and had to get reverted to a old snapshot (many bad practices there)
But quickly recovered and Friday saved thanks to this bad boy! 💪👍
github.com/PowershellFr...
PSConfEU turns 10! 🎉
Our 2026 logo celebrates this milestone with gold accents, the number 10 hidden in #Wiesbaden, and 3 fleur-de-lis from the city’s crest.
Same purple. New city. Same world-class content.
#PSConfEU # #PowerShell #automation #IT #conference #Germany
#PowerShell tip from #PSConfEU 2025 🧵
Are your functions truly pipeline-friendly?
@psfred.bsky.social showed how to:
✔ Use ValueFromPipeline correctly
✔ Embrace Begin/Process/End
✔ Avoid output arrays
✔ Use steppable pipelines for perf
🎟️ Tickets for 2026 → psconf.eu
Hi #powershell folks,
proud to announce the latest version of EntraAuth, my Entra token generator & request handler, now adding support for federated credentials:
Connect-EntraService -ClientID $clientID -TenantID $tenantID -Federated
github.com/FriedrichWei...
In my latest blog article, I explore a couple of ways that I use #PowerShell to add flexibility to my use of AutomatedLab. If you're an AutomatedLab user or want to learn more about it, the post links to my friend @dotdot.horse's fantastic AutomatedLab introductory article.
Read here:
An absolutely amazing #powershell tool, saving you weeks of labor if you need an on-prem or hybrid lab.
Another great aspect: It gives you easy access to a lot of products without forcing you to learn how to deploy them!
📦 PowerShell module chaos?
PSFramework.NuGet brings clean, reliable package management — even offline.
Friedrich Weinmann shared how at #PSConfEU 2025.
#PowerShell #PackageManagement #Automation youtu.be/iMSOVwmBXrk?si=L-Q...
Not one of the to sessions I was originally accepted to give, but a session slot opened up spontaneously and can't let those go to waste, can we?
Or a chance to brag about my toys ... 😇
#PSCONFEU 2025 rocks, even after the show is over!
Thanks @thorsten.butz.io for the insane speed at releasing the videos!
For example, check out this talk I gave on making my vision of package management for #PowerShell reality:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMSO...
Check out the #PSCONFEU 2025 playlist.
We finished the summit yesterday, we published the 1st video on the finaly day (aka yesterday) and 2nd one TODAY. Guess what will be next!
Better subscribe to the channel. Playlist for 2025 below.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We're thrilled to announce that the 10th anniversary edition will be in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 1–4 June 2026.
🎟️ Early Bird tickets (€1750) include 3 nights at Dorint Pallas (from Monday to Thursday)
More info: psconf.eu
#PSConfEU #PowerShell #IT #Germany #Automation
Master secure #PowerShell scripting with Friedrich Weinmann. Gain insights into best practices for script security, including Azure Key Vault and PowerShell's Secret Management module. #PSConfEU
27.06.2025 13:00 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Was one heck of a lot of fun to talk about it too :)
Recordings may still be a while, but the documents are already available:
github.com/FriedrichWei...
I'd apologize for what I'm about to do, but ... nah, don't have it in me.
Here, have some more time burnt via Cyberpunk:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/6212...
three lines of simple PowerShell code, and their result: "Hello World".Tobase64() "Hello World".Compress() "Hello World".Compress().Expand()
Hi #powershell folks,
weekend, the time to relax, kick back, and do some PowerShell things you probably shouldn't have done.
So.
Announcing a new version of my String module, with new compression tools and a bad idea I couldn't stop myself doing ...
Awesome!
Also note: I am _very_ open to PRs for new Plugins 😇
Also no more lost notifications, just because the mail server is doing a reboot, just as your script is trying to hand it the package ...
30.05.2025 21:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hi #powershell folks,
got a new module released to the gallery:
Notifier
Simplify, streamline and manage sending notifications.
And of course extensible to notify however you need, on whatever you need :)
github.com/FriedrichWei...
It so totally is!
As for getting better ... well, only one way really: Do more of it.
That being said, being in good company as you do that - and have people willing to help - is still invaluable.
And there is a place ...
aka.ms/psdiscord
Not really a new feature, but an important one:
Install-PSFModule allows you to install to _remote_ computers, as long as you can get a PSSession to it (computer-name will do, if you have regular network access and the necessary privileges)
Another small new feature: It will now properly tell you when it skipped a module because it is already installed.
Of course, installation / updates are not going to fail, just because a dependency that needs no update is currently in use.
Or even if _does_ need an update ...
Hi #powershell people,
Looking to simplify your module installation life?
Well, look no further, just released the latest version of PSFramework.NuGet:
github.com/PowershellFr...
Now including a oneliner to bootstrap it all:
iwr raw.githubusercontent.com/PowershellFr... | iex
Should work just fine.
I certainly built them class-based and gave them a Reason ... :)
Hi #powershell people, a quick update from the #psframework front:
Just released PSFrameworkDsc, shipping DSC Resources that help define PSFramework configuration settings or logging configs:
github.com/PowershellFr...
DSC 3.1.0-preview.5 is out! github.com/PowerShell/D...
Thanks to community members for their contributions particularly in using the previews and opening issues!
It is if you make a binary module that includes those assemblies and put it on the gallery :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jQq...
You may want to check out Trace-AICommand (AI is appinsights in this case)
gist.github.com/JustinGrote/...
And @psfred.bsky.social's
psframework.org/documentatio...
