From event logs to AI workflows with Lucas Allman
Aired April 27, 2026 | 61 min
Lucas Allman joins The PowerShell Podcast for a conversation that starts with practical beginner wins and builds into bigger questions about AI, learning, community, and career growth in IT. The episode covers hands-on PowerShell use cases like event logs, scheduled tasks, and writing functions directly in the terminal, then shifts into Lucas’s experience as a first-time PowerShell Summit speaker and his evolving perspective on AI as a tool for both productivity and learning. It lands on a strong human note, with Lucas reflecting on impostor syndrome, keeping up with change, and why curiosity and community still matter just as much as technical skill.
Meet our guest
Lucas Allman is an IT automation specialist with a passion for building practical, scalable solutions using PowerShell. With deep experience in endpoint management, configuration as code, and Microsoft cloud services like Intune and Graph API, Lucas focuses on making complex workflows maintainable, secure, and efficient. He’s an advocate for knowledge sharing and enjoys helping others level up their scripting and automation skills through real-world examples and interactive problem-solving. He had ChatGPT write this bio and says it’s close enough.
Meet our host
Andrew Pla
Andrew Pla, a seasoned IT professional with over 10 years of experience, has spent the last 5 years mastering PowerShell. An ardent member of the PowerShell community and a Microsoft MVP, he loves sharing his knowledge and leveraging automation to solve complex problems. You can always find him connecting with others on the PDQ Discord and troubleshooting, with the firm belief that a problem shared is a problem halved.
