The PowerShell Podcast From EntraAuth to PSConfEU with Fred Weinmann
Aug 4, 2025
01:10:19
In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, host Andrew Pla reunites with PowerShell legend Fred, diving deep into productivity with hotkeys and key bindings, EntraAuth, C# integration, and community reflections from PowerShell Conference EU. Fred shares practical advice for improving your daily workflow, how to extend PowerShell with C#, and why participation in the community—whether through conferences or contributing modules—can be a game-changer for your career.
What You’ll Learn:
Fred Weinmann is a seasoned Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft and a renowned PowerShell expert with years of experience designing and implementing scalable solutions. A prolific creator, Fred has developed key tools like PSFramework, PSModuleDevelopment, PSUtil, and PSFramework.Nuget, which empowers developers and IT professionals to optimize their workflows. Passionate about technology and problem-solving, Fred’s innovative approach to PowerShell module development and his commitment to community-driven open-source projects have made him a respected figure in the PowerShell community.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to improve your coding efficiency with advanced hotkeys and key bindings
- The difference between hotkeys and key bindings and how to create your own
- Insights into Fred’s EntraAuth module and why federated credentials matter
- When it makes sense to use C# alongside PowerShell
- How community involvement can elevate your career
- What makes PowerShell Conference EU a unique experience
- Tips for new speakers interested in submitting conference talks
Fred Weinmann is a seasoned Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft and a renowned PowerShell expert with years of experience designing and implementing scalable solutions. A prolific creator, Fred has developed key tools like PSFramework, PSModuleDevelopment, PSUtil, and PSFramework.Nuget, which empowers developers and IT professionals to optimize their workflows. Passionate about technology and problem-solving, Fred’s innovative approach to PowerShell module development and his commitment to community-driven open-source projects have made him a respected figure in the PowerShell community.
- https://github.com/FriedrichWeinmann/EntraAuth
- https://github.com/PowershellFrameworkCollective/PSFramework.NuGet
- https://github.com/FriedrichWeinmann/string
- https://andrewpla.tech/links
- https://psconf.eu
- https://github.com/PowershellFrameworkCollective/psframework
- Fred's PSConfEU PSFramework.Nuget talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMSOVwmBXrk
- Check out PDQ Connect https://pdq.com/podcast
- Join the PowerShell Scripting channel: https://discord.gg/pdq
- The PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TZPy4X6yLjM
- The PowerShell Podcast hub: https://pdq.com/the-powershell-podcast