Ep. 155, Streamlining PowerShell Package Management with Fred Weinmann
Aired January 27, 2025 | 54 min
In this episode of The PowerShell Podcast, we continue our deep dive with Fred Weinmann, a Microsoftie and PowerShell legend, as he shares more insights and tools that redefine productivity for PowerShell enthusiasts. Picking up where we left off in the last episode, Fred takes us through his journey of mastering PowerShell, collaborating with the community, and optimizing workflows with powerful custom modules.
Key topics in this episode include:
- Fred’s Learning Journey: The value of collaboration in projects like dbatools and the evolution of his development practices.
- PowerShell Package Management Simplified: Exploring Fred’s toolkit for unifying and streamlining PowerShellGet and PSResourceGet, including tools for offline environments and multi-machine deployments.
- The Importance of Workflow Optimization: Fred shares his philosophy on making the console your home and configuring it to eliminate unnecessary pain points.
- Fred’s Advanced Tools: Fred takes us step-by-step through his projects
Fred also emphasizes the importance of adopting best practices, learning from community contributions, and continuously optimizing your tools to make PowerShell work for you.
Meet our guest
Fred Weinmann
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 empower 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.
Meet our host
Andrew Pla
Andrew Pla, a seasoned IT professional with over 10 years of experience, has spent the last 5 years mastering PowerShell. An ardent member of the PowerShell community and a Microsoft MVP, he loves sharing his knowledge and leveraging automation to solve complex problems. You can always find him connecting with others on the PDQ Discord and troubleshooting, with the firm belief that a problem shared is a problem halved.
