PowerShell Weekly for July 4, 2025

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Powershell@programming.dev · 6 days ago

Apologizes for the abridged version of PowerShell Weekly. It’s a holiday and my nephew’s waiting on me to take him fishing. I owe you all an extra-large edition next week. Thanks for understanding!

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

How to Add Timeouts to Pester Tests with PowerShell Runspaces
Prevent Pester tests from hanging indefinitely using PowerShell runspaces. Learn to handle variable scoping, module loading, TestDrive access, and stream capture challenges with timeout protection.
How to Block Registry Editor in Windows Devices using PowerShell Script Group Policy and Intune Policy
Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

Azure Arc: Uninstall the Connected Machine agent and clean up related resources on Windows using a PowerShell script
In this blog post, I’ll walk you through removing the Azure Arc Connected Machine agent from a Windows machine and cleaning up all related folders, files, registry keys, other agents, and configuration files using a PowerShell script.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell Second Edition
The Office 365 for IT Pros team are thrilled to announce the availability of Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell (2nd edition). This completely revised 350-page book delivers the most comprehensive coverage of how to use Microsoft Graph APIs and the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK with Microsoft 365 workloads. Existing subscribers can download the second edition now free of charge.

Community

Behind the Shell with Microsoft
In this episode, recorded live at PSConfEU, Andrew catches up with some of the PowerShell team from Microsoft to talk all things PowerShell—from AIShell to PSResourceGet to the future of DSC and OpenSSH.

Events

NYC Agentic Foundation – First Meetup
I’ll be attending. They’re demoing Claude, Roo, and early agentic workflows. If you’re into orchestration, multi-agent coordination, or spec-driven dev (AIDD, anyone?), it’s worth a look.

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