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:

• 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

Bio & Links:
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