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Frank Lesniak

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#Microsoft365 Consulting Team Lead with Focus on Corporate M&A | #PowerShell | #Windows | #Azure | Sr. Cybersecurity & Enterprise Technology Architect at West Monroe

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Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

Excited to announce I'll be speaking at the inaugural #WPNinjasUS on Tues, Dec 9 (CST)—two back-to-back sessions on AI & automation to tackle everyday pain points and daily #ITPro challenges. Details below 👇 #Microsoft365 #PowerShell #AI

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Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 1d

Nah, bruh, I just updated my #AWS #PowerShell modules.

😁

#OneDrive

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 2d

Alright, I finally gave the Facilitator feature of #Copilot a spin today. It is pretty damn cool and does a decent job of replacing a dedicated note-taker in meetings. learn.microsoft.com/...

#Teams #MicrosoftTeams #AI

Set up Facilitator in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams

Learn about how Facilitator in Microsoft Teams enables group collaboration powered by Copilot.

learn.microsoft.com

Reposted by Frank Lesniak

Sam Erde @samerde.day3bits.com · 2d

🚨 PSA: If unable to connect with the #MicrosoftTeams #PowerShell module, you may need to uninstall the October security patch for Windows 11. This also affects other localhost loopback scenarios. Thanks to @bdam555.bsky.social and @susansbsdiva.bsky.social for the tip! 🔥
day3bits.com/2025-10-16-w...

Issues with Windows Update KB5066835 Cause Problems with Authentication Flows

Security update breaks localhost listeners that are used to connect to Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell and affect other 3rd party applications such as Cisco Duo.

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

'tis the season.

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

Apple unveils M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU — company says 3nm chip offers 4x peak GPU performance over M4 for AI, 45% graphics uplift

Apple unveils M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU — company says 3nm chip offers 4x peak GPU performance over M4 for AI, 45% graphics uplift

Apple's 3nm M5 is here

www.tomshardware.com

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

This is an interesting caveat to turning on hotpatching on ARM64 devices: learn.microsoft.com/...

#Windows11 #Windows #hotpatch #ARM #ARM64 #WindowsOnARM #WOA

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

My thoughts exactly.

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

Hashes:

CRC32: F7A255C6
CRC64: 12433ED8D298E38D
SHA1: 3ABEB703B341F1BD852967B2A4B055D8FE49E82C
SHA256: 107648A3525280C81CC94220783F96800AC5A4F602FF7B315CCCD3DF7F96A1FE

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

Windows Store blocked by Defender ASR rule "block executable files from running unless they meet a prevalence, age, or trusted list criteria" on Windows 11 25H2. Windows Store version appears to be 22508.1401.9.0.

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

11:15 AM w/ @donnietaylor.bsky.social: "Automate Your Workday with AI"—practical demos on using Copilots & agents for email/service desk triage, data organization, & planning. Reclaim your time for strategic work! #Entra

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

10:00 AM w/ @danny-stutz.bsky.social: "Next-Level PowerShell Scripting"—dive into advanced prompting for Microsoft Graph, AI-assisted refactoring, debugging, & Pester tests. Perfect for streamlining complex tasks like those in migrations! #Intune #Automation

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 3d

Excited to announce I'll be speaking at the inaugural #WPNinjasUS on Tues, Dec 9 (CST)—two back-to-back sessions on AI & automation to tackle everyday pain points and daily #ITPro challenges. Details below 👇 #Microsoft365 #PowerShell #AI

workplaceninjas.us

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 4d

Intel's next-gen Core Ultra X9 388H CPU confirmed: flagship Panther Lake smiles for HWMonitor

Intel's next-gen Core Ultra X9 388H CPU confirmed: flagship Panther Lake smiles for HWMonitor

Intel's first members of the Core Ultra 300 series 'Panther Lake' laptop CPUs, with Core Ultra X9 388H down to the Core Ultra 3 320U confirmed in HWMonitor.

www.tweaktown.com

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 8d

I'm bummed to miss it!

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 8d

I'll be on an airplane 😭

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 11d

Yup, unless Azure Files is the destination, in which case AzCopy is hugely the winner.

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 13d

After a brief hiatus from Anker chargers, I tried a friend's Anker Prime charger late last week, and I had no problem charging my laptop. So, for my desk at home where I have... *counts*... five laptops, I picked up one of these: https://amzn.to/4nBc2OO

$30 off coupon (!) + working well so far!

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 15d

TP-Link 10Gbase-T PCIe Network Adapter Mini-Review

TP-Link 10Gbase-T PCIe Network Adapter Mini-Review

In our TP-Link 10Gbase-T PCIe network adapter mini review, we see how this Marvell AQC113 network card works

www.servethehome.com

Reposted by Frank Lesniak

PSConfEU @psconf.eu · 18d

MiniCon is back!

Join the PSConfEU community on 14 October 2025.
Secure your free ticket 👉

🎟️ ti.to/synedgy/psconfeu-mini...

#DevOps #PSConfEU #MiniCon2025 #Automation #PowerShell #TechLeaders #DevOpsEngineers #SRE #SysAdminTools

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 16d

This seems like an important thing to know...

#RTFM #SMB1 #SMBv1 #Intune #Windows11 #Win11 #Windows

Reposted by Frank Lesniak

Sam Erde @samerde.day3bits.com · 16d

🆕If you're curious which PowerShell modules have updates available, try running 𝙶𝚎𝚝-𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚄𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 from the PSPreworkout module.💡
👉Microsoft.Graph 2.31.0 is now out.
www.powershellgaller...

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 18d

(continued from previous)
Me: Alexa--what the f*** are you talking about?
Alexa: I'm sorry, there must be some confusion. I'm telling you about the independence of Botswana. Did you ask about something else?
Me: Explains this problem for the 100th time
*Alexa allegedly reports the problem to devs.*

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 18d

Or:

*notification sound plays and the notification light on my Echos lights*
Me: Alexa, play my notification
Alexa: Playing a custom mix from Spotify...
Me: Alexa! What happened?
Alexa: Today is the second day of celebrating the independence of Botswana...
(continued)

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 18d

Alexa+ is *terrible*.

*notification sound plays and the notification light on my Echos lights*
Me: Alexa, play my notification
Alexa: You don't have any notifications.
*notification light stays on*
Me: Alexa, play my notification
Alexa: You have one notification...

Frank Lesniak @franklesniak.com · 19d

Woo hoo! Official ISOs are available in Visual Studio Online (MSDN) for Windows 11 25H2 business editions, consumer editions, and IoT Enterprise 🥳 #Windows #Windows11 #25H2

If you have a subscription: my.visualstudio.com/...