**Abstract:**
Shaun will share his experiences in promoting the use of PowerShell, with a focus on making it more approachable for those unfamiliar with terminal environments. He will provide examples of how user interactivity, visual feedback, and clear presentation techniques can contribute to a less intimidating and more engaging experience for new users. In the spirit of continuous improvement, he will also discuss some of the challenges he has encountered that remain to be addressed.

**Bio:**
Shaun Lawrie is an IT professional from Wellington, New Zealand with a passion for automating his jobs away. He’s worked in QA, development, site reliability and delivery with some of the largest web platforms in New Zealand over the last 10 years. He’s currently the Platform Engineering Lead at PartsTrader Markets Limited leading a team responsible for improving delivery processes, maintaining quality and automating all of the things.

In his spare time he’s recently built a few PowerShell tools you can check out at [https://github.com/ShaunLawrie](https://github.com/ShaunLawrie)