Mastering Intune, Registry Challenges, and Escaping Tutorial Anguish
Insights from Andrew Taylor, Jeffery Hicks, and Pablo Correchel on modernizing your IT workflow
Microsoft Intune Cookbook by Andrew Taylor
Andrew Taylor, author of the Intune Newsletter, has a great new book about mastering cloud-connected endpoint management across multiple platforms including Windows, macOS, and Android. This second edition provides practical, recipe-based workflows for automating administration with PowerShell and leveraging AI-powered insights through Security Copilot. If you are an IT administrator looking to modernize your device management and security posture with proven, hands-on techniques, I highly recommend picking up a copy of this comprehensive guide.
I have actually read the chapter on PowerShell and it is awesome.
https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Intune-Cookbook-configuring-automating-ebook/dp/B0GPQFTZST/
https://andrewstaylor.com/category/newsletter/
Using Strict Mode in PowerShell
Harm Veenstra has an interesting new article about how using Set-StrictMode can help you write better code by catching common scripting mistakes like uninitialized variables or invalid array indexes. This post provides practical examples of how enabling strict mode transforms silent failures into helpful, terminating errors that make troubleshooting significantly easier.
If you want to dive deeper into mastering cloud-connected endpoint management and automation, I highly recommend buying his book, the Microsoft Intune Cookbook.
https://powershellisfun.com/2026/02/20/using-strict-mode-in-powershell/
Escaping Tutorial Hell with Pablo Correchel. The PowerShell Podcast E215
Pablo Correchel has an interesting video about how early-career IT professionals can accelerate their learning by moving away from passive tutorials and embracing public documentation of their progress. The episode emphasizes the power of consistent practice, the value of asking beginner questions, and how sharing your journey on platforms like LinkedIn can lead to unexpected career opportunities and community support.
How to Use Scoped Graph Permissions with SharePoint Lists
Tony Redmond has an interesting article about how to implement granular access control for SharePoint lists and items using scoped Microsoft Graph permissions. This approach allows administrators to restrict application access to specific data points rather than granting broad, site-wide permissions.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/02/25/scoped-graph-permission-lists/
Resolving The Registry Challenge
Jeffery Hicks has a good article on how to solve a PowerShell scripting challenge focused on querying the Windows registry for auto-run applications. The post demonstrates how to use registry PSDrives to extract application names and command lines from both machine and user-specific hives, while also showing how to create custom objects and formatted output for the results.
https://buttondown.com/behind-the-powershell-pipeline/archive/resolving-the-registry-challenge/
Why You Need to Learn PowerShell
Adeel Automates has a great video about why mastering PowerShell is essential for any IT professional serious about moving from support roles into high-level engineering. The video explains that while manual clicking through portals doesn’t scale, PowerShell allows for the control of massive environments at machine speed, turning repetitive tasks into automated processes that run without fatigue or error.
PowerShell, OpenSSH, and DSC team investments for 2026
Steve Lee has a great article about the upcoming development roadmap for PowerShell 7.7, including significant changes to user content paths and the introduction of AI-assisted scripting tools. The post also details major security enhancements and the transition to the Microsoft Artifact Registry for more reliable module management. Note that this was covered last week from the transcript, but this is straight from Microsoft.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/powershell-openssh-and-dsc-team-investments-for-2026/
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