This is something I do on my Windows company device, using WSL instances to develop PowerShell scripts. In this blog post, I will show you how it works and how to set it up.
Category: Visual Studio Code
Dutch PowerShell User Group Virtual Event December 3rd, 2025
DuPSUG had another Meetup event scheduled, which was changed from in-person to virtual on December 3rd, where I gave a session on how to code PowerShell scripts from anywhere. 🙂 In this blog post, I will highlight a few key points from the session.
Using the Polyglot extension from VSCode for creating Jupyter notebooks containing PowerShell code and how to use the PowerShellNotebook module
I did a small demo session at Experts Live NL this week about this topic. In this blog post, I aim to demonstrate the capabilities of the Polyglot extension, explain its functionality, which is easier compared to the original method of creating Jupyter notebooks, which I covered in 2022.
My PowerShell for Visual Studio Code extension settings
I use Visual Studio Code to create and edit PowerShell scripts. The PowerShell Extension from Microsoft has some excellent features that will make your scripts more readable and consistent formatting-wise. In this blog post, I will show you my configuration and the options I use.
Creating a development Windows Sandbox using PowerShell and WinGet
As I mentioned before, I like Windows Sandbox! However, since Windows 11 24H2, Windows Sandbox has been missing two things I often use: Notepad and Windows ISE. In this blog post, I will show you how to start Windows Sandbox and automatically install your preferred editors and tools using WinGet and PowerShell.
Running Azure Cloud Shell locally using Docker
Azure Cloud Shell is a tool I use often and is easy to access from the Admin pages in Azure and 365. You can also use those tools in a local container and connect to it using the command line or Visual Studio Code. In this blog post, I will show you how to install everything and connect and use it locally.
Three ways to start Visual Studio Code
You can install Visual Studio code on your device (Windows/Mac/Linux), but you can also use it from within your browser. In this blog post, I will show three ways to start your Visual Studio Code session.
How to create and use your own PowerShell GitHub Repository
I use GitHub to store all my scripts and projects. In this blog post, I will show you how to create and use your GitHub repository.
Remote Visual Studio Code PowerShell development on a Windows Sandbox instance
You can develop PowerShell scripts on your workstation and run and test them there too... But sometimes... That's not what you want. You could break your workstation with PowerShell code, and your workstation is not clean with all features installed, or settings enabled that your target systems don't have. And that's where Visual Studio Code and its Remote SSH extension come into play. This blog post will show you how to combine that with a Windows Sandbox instance.
Editing PowerShell scripts in Azure Cloud Shell
Executing PowerShell scripts in Azure Cloud Shell is easy and fast, but how do you edit them before running? I will show you three ways to do that in this blog post.
