If you're a top-tier identity ninja (or know of one) who's interested in consulting, come work with me! Review the job role and apply here: www.westmonroe.com/c...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Can Consume Upwards Of 100W When ‘Unconstrained,’ Thinner Notebook Designs Can Reach A Sustained 40W

Analogue 3D drops this week! This is a pretty damn good overview video (h/t to my coworker, Dan, who sent it to me): www.youtube.com/watc... #retrogaming #FPGA #N64 #retrogames

If you're a top-tier identity ninja (or know of one) who's interested in consulting, come work with me! Review the job role and apply here: www.westmonroe.com/c...

Sigh.

Cloudflare and everyone using it are having a bad day.

I can't believe I'll be flying to Dallas for the inaugural #WPNinjasUS #conference in just a little over three weeks (!). #ITPro #sysadmin

The Steam Box looks super interesting. It might be a stretch, but I want to try and work from one! (putting aside Intune device compliance matters as I say that 😅)

@FrankLesniak.com shares a good tip for conferences “Networking is just as valuable as the technical training.” Perfect timing while I’m at #SpiceWorld connecting with this amazing community. The hallway track is where it's at! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watc...

Wait a second. This PC is missing the "Facial Recognition (Windows Hello)" optional component, yet Windows Hello face unlock is working when I log onto Windows 🤔. This system is running #Windows11 24H2. #WindowsHello #biometrics #24H2

🤯 200 episodes of the PowerShell Podcast 200 conversations about #PowerShell, #Security, #DevOps, #DBA, and so much more. This community made it possible. thank you for every listen, share, and message along the way. Here’s to 200 more. 🥂 1/2

Bet on yourself. Own your growth. Invest in your future @franklesniak.com is coming with a message that hits hard. And it's a reminder we all need to hear sometimes 1/2

How to improve Windows 11 security using Administrator Protection — shielding your PC with a switch buried in its settings www.windowscentral.c... #Windows11 #Intune #security

PCSX2 Is Now Compatible With Almost Every PS2 Game In A Huge Win For Game Preservation retrododo.com/pcsx2-... #Emulation #PS2 #gaming #retrogames #retrogaming

The 2026 PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit OnRamp Scholarship applications are open until November 17, 2025! If you’re new to #PowerShell, #automation, or #DevOps, this program is made for you. 👉 www.powershellsummit...#PowerShell,#automation,#DevOps,#PSHSummit 1/3

Microsoft takes a swing at Ninite with its own multi-app install package feature powered by the Microsoft Store

Asus ROG XG Mobile Thunderbolt 5 eGPU with RTX 50 Series graphics now available for $1300 and up 👀

I got enough requests that I decided to experiment with Office Hours. This is an opportunity to discuss a wide range of topics, including: - PowerShell - Technology - Science - Philosophy - Whatever I look forward to connecting with you. calendar.app.google/PfayYCAYwTFG...

Why does #Gemini keep not completing my prompt and then signing me out? 😡

Why is #Gemini emitting #PowerShell code with invisible characters (U+00a0) instead of a trusty ol' space? 🤔

Gigabyte's upcoming X870E Aorus Xtreme X3D AI TOP motherboard looks pretty awesome. Dual 10GbE LAN 🤤

In my opinion, #PSHSummit 2026 boasts the best speaker lineup and schedule since 2019. There is no better place to learn PowerShel & DevOps-related content in North America than at this event. Tickets are on sale now, and you'd be doing your career a disservice by not attending.

If I could start my career over, step one would be to learn #PowerShell. Step two would be to attend conferences. Snag your spot for one of the best conferences around!

I'm hearing there's a significant Azure outage. I have no additional details yet.

Are my Windows Explorer/New Outlook/Teams/Discord app-hang woes related to ScreenConnect/ConnectWise Control? I don't have a smoking gun, but it's hard to ignore the pattern.

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme vs. Apple M5 | ARM-based computing levels up, but how do these chips compare? (Hint: they are very close)

At #MMSMOA I kept seeing folks using client IDs and secrets in their #GitHub Actions workflows for #MSGraph. I'm not an authentication expert, but I know enough to be paranoid. There's a better way: OIDC federated credentials. Think of it like a system-managed identity, but for GitHub Actions.

Me waiting for us-east-1 to come back online so that I can log into my client's Workspaces environment: www.instagram.com/re... #AWSOutage #AWS #DNS (h/t to my coworker, Andrew, for the link)

It's time to retire NTLM - but how? @Syfuhs.net talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1... about the need and challenge of retiring an ubiquitous networking security protocol from the 90s!

Umm... Wut? Optical drive demand surges amid Windows 10 retirement — Japanese users switching to Windows 11 are buying up Blu-ray drives

Nah, bruh, I just updated my #AWS #PowerShell modules. 😁 #OneDrive

Alright, I finally gave the Facilitator feature of #Copilot a spin today. It is pretty damn cool and does a decent job of replacing a dedicated note-taker in meetings. learn.microsoft.com/...#Copilot #Teams #MicrosoftTeams #AI

🚨 PSA: If unable to connect with the #MicrosoftTeams #PowerShell module, you may need to uninstall the October security patch for Windows 11. This also affects other localhost loopback scenarios. Thanks to @bdam555.bsky.social and @susansbsdiva.bsky.social for the tip! 🔥 day3bits.com/2025-10-16-w...

'tis the season.

Apple unveils M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU — company says 3nm chip offers 4x peak GPU performance over M4 for AI, 45% graphics uplift

This is an interesting caveat to turning on hotpatching on ARM64 devices: learn.microsoft.com/... #Windows11 #Windows #hotpatch #ARM #ARM64 #WindowsOnARM #WOA

Windows Store blocked by Defender ASR rule "block executable files from running unless they meet a prevalence, age, or trusted list criteria" on Windows 11 25H2. Windows Store version appears to be 22508.1401.9.0.

Excited to announce I'll be speaking at the inaugural #WPNinjasUS on Tues, Dec 9 (CST)—two back-to-back sessions on AI & automation to tackle everyday pain points and daily #ITPro challenges. Details below 👇 #Microsoft365 #PowerShell #AI workplaceninjas.us

Intel's next-gen Core Ultra X9 388H CPU confirmed: flagship Panther Lake smiles for HWMonitor

After a brief hiatus from Anker chargers, I tried a friend's Anker Prime charger late last week, and I had no problem charging my laptop. So, for my desk at home where I have... *counts*... five laptops, I picked up one of these: https://amzn.to/4nBc2OO $30 off coupon (!) + working well so far!

TP-Link 10Gbase-T PCIe Network Adapter Mini-Review

MiniCon is back! Join the PSConfEU community on 14 October 2025. Secure your free ticket 👉 🎟️ ti.to/synedgy/psconfeu-mini... #DevOps #PSConfEU #MiniCon2025 #Automation #PowerShell #TechLeaders #DevOpsEngineers #SRE #SysAdminTools

This seems like an important thing to know... #RTFM #SMB1 #SMBv1 #Intune #Windows11 #Win11 #Windows

🆕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...

Alexa+ is *terrible*. *notification sound plays and the notification light on my Echos lights* Me: Alexa, play my notification Alexa: You don't have any notifications. *notification light stays on* Me: Alexa, play my notification Alexa: You have one notification...

Woo hoo! Official ISOs are available in Visual Studio Online (MSDN) for Windows 11 25H2 business editions, consumer editions, and IoT Enterprise 🥳 #Windows #Windows11 #25H2 If you have a subscription: my.visualstudio.com/...

Windows 11 version #25H2 is now generally available — Microsoft confirms rollout has begun

Intel aims at AMD's Threadripper with its new Granite Rapids-WS CPU — chip armed with core count approaching the flagship AMD Threadripper 9995WX, boasts a 4.8GHz boost clock

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme crushes Apple M4, Intel, and AMD in new benchmarks 👀

Qualcomm developed super-thin fanless Mini-PCs with Snapdragon X2 Elite series videocardz.com/newz/...