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PowerShell Weekly for October 31, 2025 (programming.dev)

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Blogs, Articles, and Posts

Migrating from PowerShell 6 to 7.5: Breaking Changes/New Features
Migrate from PowerShell Core 6 to 7.5: breaking changes, features, and testing tips.
Creating/downloading videos from Azure OpenAI Sora 2 by PowerShell/API
Short blogpost today with an updated PowerShell script to generate Sora 2 videos with the Azure AI Foundry API.
Using Get-Random in PowerShell
You can roll the dice, select a random name with your eyes closed, etc., or you can use Get-Random :-) In this blog post, I will show you what the Cmdlet does and how you can use it.
Practical PowerShell: How to Analyze Junk Email and Intercept Traffic from Spammy Domains
Despite the best efforts of anti-spam solutions, some unwanted messages usually get through to user inboxes. This article explains how to analyze messages that end up in Junk Email and use the results to create a transport rule to block future traffic from the spammy domains.
Automating ‘Have I Been Pwned’ Breach Checks for Entra ID Groups using PowerShell
Introduction In today’s digital landscape, data breaches are unfortunately common. As security-conscious professionals, we need to be proactive about monitoring whether our users’ credentials have been compromised. That’s why I built an automated PowerShell tool that checks Entra ID (Azure AD) group members against the Have I Been Pwned database.
Microsoft Graph: a Practical Guide - Part 2
From one-off to repeatable functions

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

POSH-ADO-NugetArtefact v 0.5.0
a few cmdlets to manage your ADO Artifact Nuget Packages and feed from PowerShell
Logic.Monitor v 7.7.0
PowerShell module to query the Logic Monitor API.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

The Joy Of Loop Labels
Loop labels are a powerful and underused part of many programming languages.

Community

Always Hype About Automation with Hailey Phillips
Microsoft MVP Hailey Phillips joins The PowerShell Podcast to share her journey from systems engineer to automation innovator. She talks about IntuneStack, her new PowerShell-driven CI/CD project for Intune environments, and how it bridges the gap between systems engineering and DevOps. Hailey also reflects on her path to becoming an MVP, her experiences at MMS, and the importance of mentorship, collaboration, and authenticity in the tech community.
Building Toast Notifications in PowerShell with BurntToast v1
Josh King will show us how to build custom toast notifications for your users, explore the latest features in BurntToast v1, and see practical examples you can use in your scripts today. Whether you want to alert users about updates, display automation results, or just have some fun with PowerShell pop-ups, then this session has you covered.

Fun

Get-TrickOrTreat
Do you dare to run it!
ColorScripts-Enhanced v 2025.10.31.16
Professional ANSI Art Terminal Experience

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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