In my previous article in this series, I explained that you can make your PowerShell scripts far more flexible and dynamic by leveraging a configuration file as opposed to hard coding all of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

I am trying to learn PowerShell (using V3) and have a need to create a script that will copy a folder structure with logging. Originally I made a small script calling robocopy and that worked quite ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

You can buy specific software to sync your files and folders, but it may not offer the flexibility you need. A good PowerShell script, however, can help you build a custom solution that meets all your ...

Don’t copy and paste the same code over and over again. Instead, create a PowerShell function and save yourself time.