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PowerShell Weekly for October 24, 2025 (programming.dev)

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Announcements!

PowerShell 7.6.0 Preview 5 Release
The latest preview version of PowerShell was released beginning this month. In this small blog post, I will highlight the critical changes and updates from the release notes.

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

The Zip Epiphany
More files are zip files than you might think.
Auditing Password Reuse in On-Premises Active Directory with PowerShell and DSInternals
Introduction Password reuse among privileged accounts represents one of the most critical security vulnerabilities in on-premises Active Directory environments. When multiple privileged accounts share the same password, a single compromise can cascade across your entire infrastructure. In this post, I’ll demonstrate how to audit your Active Directory environment for shared passwords using PowerShell and the DSInternals module.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Set-PowerShellScriptSig 1.0.1
A module to make signing scripts easier
Implement a FileSystemWatcher in PowerShell
Monitors a file system path for changes and executes a script block in response to specified events.
v0.0.20 EntraFIDOFinder is out
4 New keys have been added and a few changes in capabilities! New Keys: Updated Keys: How have your FIDO2 implementations been going? Would love to hear your stories!
Glass v 0.1
Get, read, and write invisible glass text. This module is meant for educational purposes and to assist responsible professionals in the discovery of glassware.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

PoshBytes: Select-Object With Custom Properties
Because Plain Properties Are Boring
Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell November 2025 Update
The November 2025 update for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook is available online. Subscribers can download the new PDF and EPUB files from their Gumroad account. As always, the update features a mixture of new and updated information, some corrections, and removal of obsolete information. Look no further for guidance about using PowerShell with the Graph APIs to interact with Microsoft 365 data!

Community

PSConfEU MiniCon 2025
Check out a bunch of the great content from PSConfEU MiniCon 2025.
PowerShell Lightning Demos from the Community
Over an hour of quick demos.
Learning, Leading, and Logging with Constantin Hager
PowerShell community leader Constantin Hager joins The PowerShell Podcast to talk about his favorite tools and journey from discovering PowerShell to organizing user groups and speaking at major conferences. He talks about his early inspiration from PowerShell Conference Europe, his involvement with open-source projects like PSFramework and AutomatedLab, and how mentorship and community involvement shaped his career. Constantin also discusses building a portable VS Code setup for his company, leading a PowerShell team, and mentoring the next generation of IT professionals.

Events

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2026
April 13-17, 2026 in Bellevue, WA
PSConfEU 2026 Call for Speakers
Call closed 14 Dec 2025 - This time it will be held in Wiesbaden, Germany. June 1-4, 2026

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