Jeff Hicks
@jdhitsolutions.com
PowerShell Author ~ Learning Architect ~ MVP ✍️
Prof. PowerShell Emeritus 🎓
Grizzled and grumpy IT Pro - https://jdhitsolutions.github.io/
🎼Amateur composer - https://musescore.com/user/26698536
Wine drinker 🍷🐶 and dog lover
Prof. PowerShell Emeritus 🎓
Grizzled and grumpy IT Pro - https://jdhitsolutions.github.io/
🎼Amateur composer - https://musescore.com/user/26698536
Wine drinker 🍷🐶 and dog lover
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Earlier this year, I was on @dragoncon.org TV to talk about The Martian Contingency, the origin of the Lady Astronaut books, and the choose-your-own-adventure approach to their reading order. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE6R... I was honored to win the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Earlier this year, I was on @dragoncon.org TV to talk about The Martian Contingency, the origin of the Lady Astronaut books, and the choose-your-own-adventure approach to their reading order. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE6R... I was honored to win the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.
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Nobody will remember:
- Your salary
- Your follower count
- That you answered emails at 11pm
BUT people will remember:
- If you showed up
- If you kept your word
- The DM you answered with care
Your reputation is your real net worth.
- Your salary
- Your follower count
- That you answered emails at 11pm
BUT people will remember:
- If you showed up
- If you kept your word
- The DM you answered with care
Your reputation is your real net worth.
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Nobody will remember:
- Your salary
- Your follower count
- That you answered emails at 11pm
BUT people will remember:
- If you showed up
- If you kept your word
- The DM you answered with care
Your reputation is your real net worth.
- Your salary
- Your follower count
- That you answered emails at 11pm
BUT people will remember:
- If you showed up
- If you kept your word
- The DM you answered with care
Your reputation is your real net worth.
Like Mom always told you, 'Practice makes perfect.' Improve your core #PowerShell skills with the The PowerShell Practice Primer. 100+ exercises to get you thinking the PowerShell way, including PowerShell 7 content. No fussy lab setup required. No scripting. Listen to your Mom.
December 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Like Mom always told you, 'Practice makes perfect.' Improve your core #PowerShell skills with the The PowerShell Practice Primer. 100+ exercises to get you thinking the PowerShell way, including PowerShell 7 content. No fussy lab setup required. No scripting. Listen to your Mom.
Quote of the Day: "One faces the future with one's past." - Pearl S. Buck
December 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Quote of the Day: "One faces the future with one's past." - Pearl S. Buck
Do you want to keep up-to-date with the latest episodes from The PowerShell Podcast? Install the PSPodcast module from the #PowerShell Gallery.
December 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Do you want to keep up-to-date with the latest episodes from The PowerShell Podcast? Install the PSPodcast module from the #PowerShell Gallery.
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🥋 Hardcore Git-Fu at #PSConfEU 2025!
@bjompen.com showed how to:
✅ Sign commits with SSH
✅ Track bugs with git bisect
✅ Clean your history with squash/reset
✅ Configure multiple identities
🎟️ 2026 tickets → psconf.eu
#Git #PowerShell #DevOps
@bjompen.com showed how to:
✅ Sign commits with SSH
✅ Track bugs with git bisect
✅ Clean your history with squash/reset
✅ Configure multiple identities
🎟️ 2026 tickets → psconf.eu
#Git #PowerShell #DevOps
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🥋 Hardcore Git-Fu at #PSConfEU 2025!
@bjompen.com showed how to:
✅ Sign commits with SSH
✅ Track bugs with git bisect
✅ Clean your history with squash/reset
✅ Configure multiple identities
🎟️ 2026 tickets → psconf.eu
#Git #PowerShell #DevOps
@bjompen.com showed how to:
✅ Sign commits with SSH
✅ Track bugs with git bisect
✅ Clean your history with squash/reset
✅ Configure multiple identities
🎟️ 2026 tickets → psconf.eu
#Git #PowerShell #DevOps
Quote of the Day: "Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family." - Joseph Brodsky
December 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Quote of the Day: "Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family." - Joseph Brodsky
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I opened up newsletter sponsorship slots for the next ~year! If you are interested in reaching a techy audience, check out the dates here and let me know if you have questions (you can DM me instead of filling out any forms).
FAQs/deets: cassidoo.co/newsletter/s...
Availability: cass.run/nss
FAQs/deets: cassidoo.co/newsletter/s...
Availability: cass.run/nss
December 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I opened up newsletter sponsorship slots for the next ~year! If you are interested in reaching a techy audience, check out the dates here and let me know if you have questions (you can DM me instead of filling out any forms).
FAQs/deets: cassidoo.co/newsletter/s...
Availability: cass.run/nss
FAQs/deets: cassidoo.co/newsletter/s...
Availability: cass.run/nss
@richcampbell.bsky.social loading up my new Battery Daddy. Puzzled looks from my wife but I oddly love it.
December 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@richcampbell.bsky.social loading up my new Battery Daddy. Puzzled looks from my wife but I oddly love it.
Quote of the Day: "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens
December 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Quote of the Day: "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens
A short musical distraction for you:
Prelude No. 1 in E Major
Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music of Prelude No. 1 in E Major - Jeffery Hicks for Prelude No. 1 in E Major arranged by Jeffery Hicks for Piano (Solo)
musescore.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A short musical distraction for you:
Reposted by Jeff Hicks
Check out the #PSCONFEU 2025 playlist.
Videos released daily from the last day of the PowerShell Europe conference (Thank you @thorsten.butz.io )
Subscribe to the channel and watch the 2025 playlist, link below.
Videos released daily from the last day of the PowerShell Europe conference (Thank you @thorsten.butz.io )
Subscribe to the channel and watch the 2025 playlist, link below.
PSCONFEU 2025
PowerShell Conference EU
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Check out the #PSCONFEU 2025 playlist.
Videos released daily from the last day of the PowerShell Europe conference (Thank you @thorsten.butz.io )
Subscribe to the channel and watch the 2025 playlist, link below.
Videos released daily from the last day of the PowerShell Europe conference (Thank you @thorsten.butz.io )
Subscribe to the channel and watch the 2025 playlist, link below.
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I'm happy to publish the first post of the series:
"Start with the FabricTools PowerShell module"
azureplayer.net/2025/12/star...
#MicrosoftFabric #FabricTools #PowerShell #Automation
"Start with the FabricTools PowerShell module"
azureplayer.net/2025/12/star...
#MicrosoftFabric #FabricTools #PowerShell #Automation
Start with the FabricTools PowerShell module | Azure Player
Managing Microsoft Fabric at scale quickly becomes painful if you rely only on the UI. Workspaces, capacities, and tenant-level settings all need repeatable, scriptable management.
azureplayer.net
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I'm happy to publish the first post of the series:
"Start with the FabricTools PowerShell module"
azureplayer.net/2025/12/star...
#MicrosoftFabric #FabricTools #PowerShell #Automation
"Start with the FabricTools PowerShell module"
azureplayer.net/2025/12/star...
#MicrosoftFabric #FabricTools #PowerShell #Automation
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This season, we’re thankful for our speakers, attendees, sponsors, volunteers, and community members. 🌎✨
Happy Holidays from the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit—wishing you a restful break and an exciting year of learning and collaboration ahead. 🚀
#PSHSummit26
Happy Holidays from the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit—wishing you a restful break and an exciting year of learning and collaboration ahead. 🚀
#PSHSummit26
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This season, we’re thankful for our speakers, attendees, sponsors, volunteers, and community members. 🌎✨
Happy Holidays from the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit—wishing you a restful break and an exciting year of learning and collaboration ahead. 🚀
#PSHSummit26
Happy Holidays from the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit—wishing you a restful break and an exciting year of learning and collaboration ahead. 🚀
#PSHSummit26
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What’s the first thing that you install on your new MacBook M4? Yes, Microsoft Edge, and then PowerShell afterwards In this final blog post of 2025, I will outline the available installation options.
powershellisfun.com/2025/12/24/i...
#PowerShell #macOS
powershellisfun.com/2025/12/24/i...
#PowerShell #macOS
PowerShell is fun :)Installing PowerShell on macOS
What’s the first thing that you install on your new MacBook M4? Yes, Microsoft Edge, and then PowerShell afterwards ;-) In this final blog post of 2025, I will outline the available installat…
powershellisfun.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What’s the first thing that you install on your new MacBook M4? Yes, Microsoft Edge, and then PowerShell afterwards In this final blog post of 2025, I will outline the available installation options.
powershellisfun.com/2025/12/24/i...
#PowerShell #macOS
powershellisfun.com/2025/12/24/i...
#PowerShell #macOS
I've published a new issue of Behind the PowerShell Pipeline: Leaping to a PowerShell Solution
Become a premium member to read the entire article and get access to the catalog of content going back to 2022. #PowerShell
Become a premium member to read the entire article and get access to the catalog of content going back to 2022. #PowerShell
Leaping to a PowerShell Solution
buttondown.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've published a new issue of Behind the PowerShell Pipeline: Leaping to a PowerShell Solution
Become a premium member to read the entire article and get access to the catalog of content going back to 2022. #PowerShell
Become a premium member to read the entire article and get access to the catalog of content going back to 2022. #PowerShell
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So what does Windows want for Christmas?
@thurrott.bsky.social talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1... about everything that has happened to Windows in the past year, and the potential for 2026!
@thurrott.bsky.social talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1... about everything that has happened to Windows in the past year, and the potential for 2026!
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So what does Windows want for Christmas?
@thurrott.bsky.social talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1... about everything that has happened to Windows in the past year, and the potential for 2026!
@thurrott.bsky.social talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1... about everything that has happened to Windows in the past year, and the potential for 2026!
Quote of the Day: "Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store." - Dr. Seuss
December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Quote of the Day: "Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store." - Dr. Seuss
I have been teaching and writing about #PowerShell for almost 20 years. I would love to come to your organization and share what I've learned over 3-5 days of *custom* classes. I can see the end of my career on the horizon, so don't put this off. Interested? Email me: learning@jdhitsolutions.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I have been teaching and writing about #PowerShell for almost 20 years. I would love to come to your organization and share what I've learned over 3-5 days of *custom* classes. I can see the end of my career on the horizon, so don't put this off. Interested? Email me: learning@jdhitsolutions.com
Scheduled the last issue of my #PowerShell learning email for the year. In 2025 I wrote 175K words (including code) across 95 articles - at least a 500 page book! Think how much you could have learned. Premium supporters have access to the archive going back to 2022. buttondown.com/behind-the-p...
Behind the PowerShell Pipeline
Welcome to Behind the PowerShell Pipeline, a subscription-based brief that will dive deeply into the world of PowerShell. I'll explore why and how PowerShell works, including why any of it matters to ...
buttondown.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Scheduled the last issue of my #PowerShell learning email for the year. In 2025 I wrote 175K words (including code) across 95 articles - at least a 500 page book! Think how much you could have learned. Premium supporters have access to the archive going back to 2022. buttondown.com/behind-the-p...
Quote of the Day: "There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late." - Charles Kingsley
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Quote of the Day: "There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late." - Charles Kingsley
Do you need help with your Windows #PowerShell skills? Windows PowerShell 5,1 isn't going away anytime soon and it still has a place in many organizations. Check out the revised Windows PowerShell 5.1 Essentials learning track at #Pluralsight.
December 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Do you need help with your Windows #PowerShell skills? Windows PowerShell 5,1 isn't going away anytime soon and it still has a place in many organizations. Check out the revised Windows PowerShell 5.1 Essentials learning track at #Pluralsight.
Quote of the Day: "If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life." - Rick Warren
December 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Quote of the Day: "If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life." - Rick Warren
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🏰 Baroque beauty on the Rhine — Biebrich Palace shines as Wiesbaden’s own “Versailles on the Rhine.”
Join us nearby for #PSConfEU 2026 → psconf.eu
#PowerShell #automation #Germany #Hessen #RheinMain #Frankfurt #Wiesbaden
Join us nearby for #PSConfEU 2026 → psconf.eu
#PowerShell #automation #Germany #Hessen #RheinMain #Frankfurt #Wiesbaden
December 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🏰 Baroque beauty on the Rhine — Biebrich Palace shines as Wiesbaden’s own “Versailles on the Rhine.”
Join us nearby for #PSConfEU 2026 → psconf.eu
#PowerShell #automation #Germany #Hessen #RheinMain #Frankfurt #Wiesbaden
Join us nearby for #PSConfEU 2026 → psconf.eu
#PowerShell #automation #Germany #Hessen #RheinMain #Frankfurt #Wiesbaden
Quote of the Day: "Dream in a pragmatic way." - Aldous Huxley
December 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Quote of the Day: "Dream in a pragmatic way." - Aldous Huxley