Windows PowerShell is probably best-known for its ability to allow Windows admins to operate at scale. For instance, it would take forever to create a thousand user accounts through the GUI, but ...

One task that I hate doing is clicking through Windows just to create a file share. Creating file shares is a highly common activity that many IT pros go through and is one that is ripe for automation ...

Using PowerShell to zip or unzip files requires some technical knowledge, but it doesn’t necessarily require advanced knowledge. PowerShell commands are quite straightforward, particularly for basic ...

Recently, I have been hard at work, creating some really complex PowerShell scripts related to a few projects that I have been working on. One of the big lessons that I have learned through all of ...

Desired State Configuration (DSC) is an excellent tool to get control of your infrastructure. A core component of DSC is the DSC resource. When DSC was introduced, administrators had to create a ...

You can wrap an executable file around a PowerShell script (PS1) so that you can distribute the script as an .exe file rather than distributing a “raw” script file. This eliminates the need of ...

System administrators and power users utilize Windows PowerShell to perform all sorts of advanced and administrative tasks. With PowerShell, administrators can execute powerful scripting programs or ...

PowerShell modules allow you to combine multiple scripts to simplify code management, accessibility, and sharing. Scripts are useful, but they can become unwieldy over time as you create more and more ...

Web scraping tools are helpful for gathering data from various web pages. For example, price comparison sites that share the best deals usually grab their information from specific feeds e-tailers set ...

Storage is a finite IT asset, and organizations can’t get enough of it. Businesses are consuming more storage every day, and it’s up to IT to keep up. Rather than consistently add expensive new ...