We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...

PowerShell scripting doesn't have to haphazard. Here's how to tell PowerShell to build a script from the commands that you have already entered at the command line. Even though I've worked extensively ...

PowerShell has made it dead simple to automate all kinds of things. However, its simplicity can be deceiving. PowerShell takes the complexity out of script writing but unless you're writing a ...

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...

The last few lessons have been on displaying status messages in your PowerShell scripts and functions. There is also a built-in cmdlet that doesn't get used as much as it should so I thought I'd give ...

Sending an email with PowerShell can be a great way to deliver diagnostic data under the correct circumstances. Sending an email with PowerShell can be a great way to deliver data under the correct ...

From checking systems to see if security patches are installed to monitoring Windows Server Backup attempts, PowerShell scripts can make tedious IT administrative tasks quick and easy. I’ve written a ...

Microsoft has released a couple of PowerShell scripts to address a BitLocker bypass security vulnerability issue. In its bulletin, the company has explained the differences between the two scripts.

Have older Windows systems on your network? You can give them PowerShell 5's event logging capabilities even if they run Windows 7. You might think that something as basic as PowerShell, Microsoft’s a ...