A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

In the first of a new column featuring in-depth advice on Windows Servers, Brien Posey breaks down how you can create custom information dumps in PowerShell. Welcome to my new Windows Server How To ...

Although Active Directory accounts are sometimes manually created using the Active Directory Users and Computers console, it is also possible to create Active Directory accounts through PowerShell.

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 ...

Pester is an easy-to-use testing framework for PowerShell code. It was originally adopted to be a unit testing framework but can also be adapted to perform integration and acceptance testing as well.

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 ...

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 ...

Why did Microsoft Remove the System Image feature? The reason behind the removal of Windows 7 File Recovery, which we could have used for complete backup or creation of a system image is that ...

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 ...

If you're tired of constantly reinstalling Windows 11 because it's broken, these PowerShell scripts are going to be huge time savers.