The PowerShell Podcast Learning, Leading, and Logging with Constantin Hager
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PowerShell community leader Constantin Hager joins The PowerShell Podcast to talk about his favorite tools and journey from discovering PowerShell to organizing user groups and speaking at major conferences. He talks about his early inspiration from PowerShell Conference Europe, his involvement with open-source projects like PSFramework and AutomatedLab, and how mentorship and community involvement shaped his career. Constantin also discusses building a portable VS Code setup for his company, leading a PowerShell team, and mentoring the next generation of IT professionals.
Key Takeaways:
Community growth through contribution – Open-source projects like PSFramework, DBAtools, and AutomatedLab thrive because of contributors like Constantin who share improvements and ideas.
Mentorship and education matter – From supporting apprentices to running user groups, Constantin emphasizes the importance of helping others learn PowerShell and gain confidence.
Innovation in the workplace – His work creating a custom portable VS Code environment shows how small automation ideas can scale into powerful company-wide tools.
Guest Bio:
Constantin Hager is a PowerShell enthusiast, speaker, open-source contributor, and community organizer based in Germany.
Resource Links:
PowerShell User Group Inn-Salzach – https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/powershell-usergroup-inn-salzach/
Speak at PSUG Inn-Salzach
Konstantin Hager on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/constantin-hager/
Connect with Andrew: https://andrewpla.tech/links
PSFramework – https://github.com/PowershellFrameworkCollective/psframework
AutomatedLab – https://github.com/AutomatedLab/AutomatedLab
PowerShell Universal AutomatedLab https://github.com/steviecoaster/PowerShellUniversal.Apps.AutomatedLab
DBA Tools – https://dbatools.io
PDQ Discord – https://discord.gg/PDQ
Constantin on PS Wednesday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYbTlCrrrUQ
The PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eC6TlEfV3iA
About the Authors
Andrew Pla
PowerShell MVP, podcast host, and Community Director of PowerShell Summit
I’m a technical educator and community builder. I’m a Microsoft PowerShell MVP, podcast host, speaker, and Community Director of PowerShell Summit. I also work at PDQ alongside sysadmins and IT pros every day.
Community isn’t just what I do. It’s where I get my energy. I genuinely light up when I see someone land a new job, level up a skill, or show up to their first conference. I love sharing that passion with others.
Every week I host a live podcast and stream on YouTube covering PowerShell, automation, and the humans behind the keyboards.
If you’re on your IT journey and need someone in your corner, you’re in the right place. Find more at andrewpla.tech/links.
Constantin Hager
PowerShell MVP, User Group Organizer and Speaker
I’m a Senior Systems Engineer and PowerShell MVP based in Germany.
At my job I specialize in everything infrastructure related. This includes:
- Infrastructure As Code with Terraform and ARM Templates
- Everything that has to do with DevOps.
- SQL Server development and SQL Administration with PowerShell and dbatools.
I contribute to the PowerShell community by speaking at conferences and user groups, writing blog posts, and creating or contributing to open-source PowerShell tools.
I organize the PowerShell User Group InnSalzach in Germany.