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The PowerShell Podcast is a weekly show about building your career with PowerShell. Each episode features the tips, tech, and modules that make PowerShell the premier automation and scripting tool for IT professionals. Join us as we interview PowerShell experts to discover what makes PowerShell and its community so amazing and awesome.

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  • #227
    April 29 · 51 min

    PowerShell & DevOps Global Summit Bar session with Josh & Jeff

    This episode of the PowerShell Podcast After Dark captures two candid bar-session conversations from the PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit, centered on community, career growth, and the real-world value of putting yourself out there. In the first segment, Josh Dearing talks about attending his first Summit, building PowerShell modules, learning from failure, and using automation to improve systems and processes in higher education. In the second, Jeff Wardlaw reflects on finally attending the event in person, the impact of meeting the people behind the tools and community, and the broader lessons around perspective, technical leadership, communication, and problem-solving. Across both conversations, the theme is clear, PowerShell is not just a toolset, it is a way into a generous technical community where curiosity, experimentation, and shared learning can meaningfully shape a career. The PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NyT_A1hSH_M

  • #226
    April 27 · 1 hr 1 min

    From Event Logs to AI Workflows with Lucas Allman

    Lucas Allman joins the PowerShell Podcast for a conversation that starts with practical beginner wins and builds into bigger questions about AI, learning, community, and career growth in IT. The episode covers hands-on PowerShell use cases like event logs, scheduled tasks, and writing functions directly in the terminal, then shifts into Lucas’s experience as a first-time PowerShell Summit speaker and his evolving perspective on AI as a tool for both productivity and learning. It lands on a strong human note, with Lucas reflecting on impostor syndrome, keeping up with change, and why curiosity and community still matter just as much as technical skill. Key Takeaways: · Event logs are a great early PowerShell win. Lucas walks through using Get-WinEvent to explore logs, filter for errors, search messages, and troubleshoot faster without waiting on the Event Viewer GUI. He also shares a practical tip for reusing XML or XPath filters from Event Viewer inside PowerShell scripts. · You can do more from the terminal than most people realize. Lucas explains how he writes full functions directly in the interactive shell, then saves them with a custom helper function so good code does not disappear when the session closes. It is a simple idea, but it opens the door to faster experimentation and building tools in the flow of work. · AI is changing how technical people work, but not eliminating the need for judgment. A big part of the Summit discussion centered on using AI as a collaborator, not a replacement. Lucas argues that the real opportunity is to offload repetitive work, learn faster, and free up more time for higher-value problem solving, while still applying technical knowledge and critical thinking to the results. Guest Bio: Lucas Allman is an IT automation specialist with a passion for building practical, scalable solutions using PowerShell. With deep experience in endpoint management, configuration as code, and Microsoft cloud services like Intune and Graph API, Lucas focuses on making complex workflows maintainable, secure, and efficient. He’s an advocate for knowledge sharing and enjoys helping others level up their scripting and automation skills through real-world examples and interactive problem-solving. He had ChatGPT write this bio and says it’s close enough. Resource Links: · Lucas Allman website: https://lucasallman.com · Connect with Andrew: https://andrewpla.tech/links · PDQ Discord: https://discord.gg/PDQ · PowerShell.org GitHub organization: https://github.com/powershellorg The PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kcjkCS0QN64

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