Jeff Hicks

I am a veteran IT Pro and scripting fanatic, going back to batch files in the early days of DOS. Today, I create content, code, and courses intended to teach PowerShell or to make an IT Pro's job a little easier. You can often find me speaking to user groups and at IT conferences like the PowerShell Summit. You can learn about me and find links to all of my online activities, including a premium newsletter devoted to mastering PowerShell at https://jdhitsolutions.github.io.

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Social Connections

🦋 You'll find me most active on Bluesky and Mastodon. For professional contacts, you can find me on LinkedIn. My Facebook account, if you come across it, is for personal use only.

I still have an account on X, but it is dormant and essentially read-only. I rarely check it.

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"Those who forget to automate are doomed to repeat their work."

💡 Current Work

The list below includes some of my current GitHub projects that I think will be of interest to most IT professionals. I write these modules not only to solve common problems or add value to your daily work routine but also to serve as teaching opportunities. As you might expect, much of my work is PowerShell-related, and most modules can be installed from the PowerShell Gallery. You can find all of my repositories by clicking the Repositories link.

You might also find useful bits of information in my GitHub gists.

❤️ Sponsor

Name	Repository	PowerShell Gallery	Notes
PowerShell Scripting Tools	PSScriptTools		A set of PowerShell functions you might use to enhance your functions and scripts or to facilitate working in the console. Most commands should work in both Windows PowerShell and PowerShell 7, even cross-platform.
PS Release Tools	PSReleaseTools		A set of commands for working with PowerShell 7.x releases, including preview builds.
PSBluesky	PSBluesky		A set of PowerShell functions for using the Bluesky API.
PSWorkItem	PSWorkItem		A PowerShell 7 module for managing work and personal tasks or to-do items. This module uses a SQLite database to store task and category information.

📖 Books and Courses 🎓

In addition to the well-known Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches book, you can find my other work on Leanpub.

	Behind the PowerShell Pipeline is a guide to writing PowerShell code that is human-centered. It is about the intangible parts of PowerShell that you should keep in mind when using it or writing code.
	The PowerShell Practice Primer isn't a book to teach you PowerShell, but rather to re-enforce what you already know through 100+ console-based exercises. No scripting is required. No lab setups. Updated with PowerShell 7.x content.
	If you have read Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches, then you are ready for the next step. Don Jones and I wrote this book intending it to be the definitive guide on everything you need to know to be a better PowerShell scripter and toolmaker.
	I have been creating video training courses for over ten years. I have a large course catalog at Pluralsight, with an emphasis on PowerShell-related content. If you are just getting started with PowerShell 7, I got you covered there as well.

Recommendations

There is a wealth of code on GitHub. These are a few recommendations for PowerShell-related repositories. Many of these people have published modules in the PowerShell Gallery.

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