PowerShell Summit πŸ‘€ I'm back!

Doing a live #PowerShell Podcast session on what it really takes to publish every week: wins, awkward moments, near-misses, plus a live recording.

April 13–16 | Bellevue, WA
Tickets: PowerShell.org #PSHSummit

Is this your first Summit?

I haven't had an opportunity to present at the #PSHSummit in several years. Here's my session from this year's event on The Human Side of #PowerShell scripting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xVDorpEhm8&list=PLfeA8kIs7CoftB7JKZTiUKnVUHIMtwYF5&index=24
The Human Side of PowerShell Scripting by Jeff Hicks

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The latest episode of the #PSHSummit bar sessions is live!

In this episode, I got to chat with Missy, Leslie, and Hailey all about Summit, their experiences, we even dive into mentorship, therapy, imposter syndrome, and the importance of modeling behavior - which is something that we can ALL do.

https://powershellpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-powershell-podcast-episode-169-summit-2025-missy-leslie-hailey/

# Get the latest podcast, right from PowerShell
Install-Module pspodcast -Force
Get-PSPodcast -Last 1

The PowerShell Podcast Summit 2025 - Missy, Leslie, & Hailey | The PowerShell Podcast

In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we bring you a special edition live from the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025 β€” the Summit Sessions! This episode is packed with energy, community stories, and career inspiration as Andrew Pla chats with community leaders, organizers, and first-time contributors about what makes this event and the PowerShell community so special. Guests in this episode include: Missy Januszko – Longtime content director of the Summit reflects on her years of shaping the conference, what makes a great CFP (Call for Papers), and her decision to pass the torch to the next generation of leaders. Leslie Brendible– Steps up in a big way to help lead this year's Summit, sharing her background in event planning, her love for connecting people, and her thoughts on community and representation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliebrendible/ Hailey Phillips – PowerShell MVP and champion of soft skills, vulnerability, and personal development in tech. Hailey dives into mentorship, therapy, imposter syndrome, and how modeling behavior can shape the culture of teams and communities. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hailey-phillips-b1744882/  The PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/87axet9zvyQ The PowerShell Podcast: https://pdq.com/the-powershell-podcast  

If you missed it, check out my chat from #PowerShell Summit with @[email protected] and David R.

Frank is longtime bar session guest and interviews me for a bit, but only after sharing game on how to grow and capitalize on your career

David is a listener and first-timer and shares their journey to #PSHSummit

Listen: https://powershellpodcast.podbean.com/

The PowerShell Podcast | PDQ.com

The PowerShell Podcast highlights what makes PowerShell so great, the community. Each week we want to highlight people, blogs, videos, and modules that have gone into making PowerShell so great.

But, honestly? We decided to have some fun with the session and had the whole room laughing. Attendees will remember me asking the local LLM about @AndrewPlaTech, or Danny having ChatGPT "talk like a Gen Z" while it helped us vibe code πŸ˜‚ #PSHSummit
Danny Stutz and I had two back-to-back sessions to close out #PSHSummit25. The first was our cross-platform #PowerShell talk, where we unveiled a "v0.1" cross-platform operating system inventory tool that I am very excited about. #PSHSummit

This week, while at #PSHSummit25, I worked on AutoCategorizerPS. This #PowerShell #datascience tool automatically categorizes text data when you do not know the categories/labels that best characterize the data. Link: https://github.com/franklesniak/AutoCategorizerPS #PSHSummit

Use cases: survey analysis, service desk ticket analysis, product review analysis, etc. If this sounds useful to you, check out the talk I gave with Danny Stutz from last year: https://youtu.be/Z08QCs_y1BU?si=6HRnOYv_RjU2M6yq

(If you're wondering, I improved #AzureOpenAI support (now "production ready") and enhanced one of the scripts to support the latest #OpenAI models.)

GitHub - franklesniak/AutoCategorizerPS: A series of scripts that perform zero-shot (untrained) data classification using AI.

A series of scripts that perform zero-shot (untrained) data classification using AI. - franklesniak/AutoCategorizerPS

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"Me: I did the prep, I’m ready, nothing can go wrong.
Also me, 30 minutes later: projector flatlines for 10 minutes" 🎀🫠

Conference talks keep you humble πŸ˜‚
tbh it made it more memorable and it was still a good talk imo 🀷
#PowerShell #PSHSummit

I received a lot of positive feedback about Danny Stutz and my talk at #PSHSummit25 about our experience building an internal #PowerShell and #Toolmaking community at West Monroe.

I was shocked by how many hands were raised with questions at the end of our talk! We were tight on time, so if we didn't get to you, find us in the hallway, at a meal, or in the hotel lobby, and we can chat some more!

#PSHSummit #Toolmakers #automation #leadership #community

Special midweek PowerShell Summit 2025 Bar Session is here #pshsummit

And who better to join me on this episode than Steven Judd. Catch up on what’s been happening

https://powershellpodcast.podbean.com/e/powershell-summit-bar-sessions-2025-steven-judd/

#pshsummit25

PowerShell Summit Bar Sessions 2025 - Steven Judd | The PowerShell Podcast

In this episode of the PowerShell Summit Bar Sessions we talk with Steven Judd. We talk about Summit, Sean Kearney Spirit award, community, career, and more! Steven Judd is a 25+ year IT Pro Links:Get more updates from Summit from LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewplatech/ https://blog.stevenjudd.com/My-Content-List/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenjudd/ https://www.powershellsummit.org/ https://mvp.stevenjudd.com https://mydemoswork.com https://store.stevenjudd.com  all proceeds go towards buying more swag to give away (he has a lot, trust me) PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6WTIsOnT5PU The PowerShell Podcast: https://pdq.com/the-powershell-podcast