Sam Erde
LightNews LightNews
banner
samerde.day3bits.com
Sam Erde
@samerde.day3bits.com
1.4K followers 770 following 430 posts
Microsoft PowerShell MVP that is passionate about helping others succeed with Active Directory, Entra ID, Defender XDR, and Microsoft 365. Always learning! ✝️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦☕

GitHub.com/SamErde
Blog: day3bits.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
samerde.day3bits.com
Certutil is an amazingly diverse 25-year-old tool still used in production everywhere. Documented 1st and 3rd party solutions rely on it just as frequently as friendly TAs around the world do. 🤭 Maybe Microsoft could just open-source and we can "fix" it? 😅 #ADCS #PKI
A screen shot from Microsoft learn documentation that states: Caution Certutil isn't recommended to be used in any production code and doesn't provide any guarantees of live site support or application compatibilities. It's a tool utilized by developers and IT administrators to view certificate content information on devices. Certutil.exe is a command-line program installed as part of Certificate Services. You can use certutil.exe to display certification authority (CA) configuration information, configure Certificate Services, and back up and restore CA components. The program also verifies certificates, key pairs, and certificate chains.
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
I like to keep it pretty simple. Here's my Comply theme for Oh My Posh:
github.com/SamErde/Powe...
Windows Terminal running PowerShell 7.5.4 with Oh My Posh.
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
Friday PowerShell fun: other than being incredibly delicious, who can tell me why this is my favorite coffee to drink while writing code? ☕
A bag of Brazillian coffee from Verb coffee roasters.
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
AI is fun. #vscode #GitHubCopilot
A note from GitHub copilot's review of my script: 🔧 Issues & Recommendations 1. Modified Date is Incorrect The date shows October 16, 2025, but today is October 16, 2025. If this was recently modified, the year seems unusual (future date in the comment).
October 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
This is so [sadly] true! (+1️⃣for Reddit, etc.)
Yet, it's still worth a chuckle and a friendly reminder:

👥 The community is what Y̲O̲U̲ ̲a̲n̲d̲ ̲I̲ create through how we choose to interact. We all win when we sincerely build each other up and help others succeed! 🤝
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
An updated PDF chart of current Microsoft and GitHub certifications.
arch-center.azureedg...
A thumbnail of the full PDF chart.
October 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
🆕If you're curious which PowerShell modules have updates available, try running 𝙶𝚎𝚝-𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚄𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 from the PSPreworkout module.💡
👉Microsoft.Graph 2.31.0 is now out.
www.powershellgaller...
October 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
samerde.day3bits.com
If you're looking for ideas for a useful (and maybe a little fancy) PowerShell profile, feel free to copy any or all of mine! It is now on my public PowerShell repository on GitHub. 🧑‍💻
github.com/SamErde/P...
October 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
👀 #MicrosoftGraph #PowerShell #EntraID #ActiveDirectory
Screenshot of a GitHub notification about Microsoft.Graph SDK build 2.31.0 with two merged PRs: Include users.onPremesisSync #3407 Include groups.onPremesisSync #3400
September 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
Does the latest release of Windows Terminal have an issue with nerd fonts? None of my installed nerd fonts will load all of a sudden.
Windows Terminal warning: Unable to find the following fonts: RobotoMono Nerd Font Mono. Please either install them or choose different fonts.
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
Hard to top an evening with these quality guys and some amazing food! We may have also talked about a little bit of tech, too. 😁 @devclate.bsky.social, @franklesniak.com
From L to R: Sam Erde, Frank Lesniak, and Clayton Tyger; hanging out after dinner in Chicago.
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
samerde.day3bits.com
Math is hard! How's your Friday going? Don't forget to take a break for lunch, water, and a walk before you hammer down to 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙! 😎
September 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
This may or may not be a self portrait of me writing PowerShell. IYKYK. 😂
A squirrel is wearing an apron and shaving a yak in a barber shop. A bike means in the corner and a yellow rubber ducky sits on the counter.
September 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
On a related note, the Get-WrappedCommand is very handy for getting information about the cmdlets that are imported during an Exchange Online remote management session. Check this out! #PowerShell #M365 #Security #Maester
August 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
You have to love those moments when troubleshooting prompts you to dig a little deeper than usual and your curiosity is rewarded! Today I noticed the IsCloudShellEnvironment function in the ExchangeOnlineManagement #PowerShell module. Neat trick for workflows!
August 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
Question for #Azure, #Sentinel, and maybe #KQL friends: is there any way to drill my Microsoft Sentinel monthly costs to determine which data sources (or tables) are contributing the most to the accumulated cost? #MicrosoftSentinel
August 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
The Microsoft Graph SDK and Microsoft.Graph #PowerShell module version 2.29.1 are now available.

No known significant issues since the 2.27 and 2.26 releases. I am able to connect with the Microsoft.Entra module and with Maester. 👍
PowerShell> Find-PSResource Microsoft.Graph
July 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
If you used to look forward to watching this finish, it's probably time to get up, drink some water, stretch, and take an aspirin with me. 😅 Happy Friday!
DOS Defrag
July 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
I started making a new #PowerShell module over the weekend. What do you think it might do? 👨‍💻 #DLLPickle 🤣
A stressed pickle trying to explain their code problem to a rubber duck.
July 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
The Microsoft Entra PowerShell module has been updated to 1.0.9 with fixes for several functions. 🧑‍💻 Have you replaced your AzureAD and MSOL scripts with this yet?

github.com/microsoft... #EntraID #PowerShell
Update-PSResource -Name 'Microsoft.Entra' # or Install-PSResource -Name 'Microsoft.Entra'
July 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
Don't sleep on unused features that you're licensed for! #Copilot #M365
A chat with Copilot for Microsoft 365: Me: Please summarize the key items that I need to follow up on or be aware of from the past two weeks that I was on vacation. Copilot: Welcome back! Here's a comprehensive summary of the key items you need to follow up on or be aware of from the past two weeks (June 16–July 1) while you were on vacation. This summary is based on 80 emails, 4894 chat messages, 35 meetings, and multiple files and transcripts reviewed across your projects and teams.
July 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
Quick note: GitHub repo descriptions don’t support markdown (but the readme obv does).
June 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
So great to finally meet up with my good friend, teammate, and fellow PowerShell MVP for some sushi and ramen tonight! This guy is real! 🤘 Thanks, @devclate.bsky.social!
June 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
samerde.day3bits.com
I've been a bit MIA here and on my blog for the past few months. Major home renovations have taken up most of my free time, but I'm getting back in the groove, baby!
"We're back!" (Even though there's only one of me.)
June 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
samerde.day3bits.com
iOS 26 looks like the spawn of MySpace and iOS 4.
June 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM