Some IT professionals who use PowerShell regularly might think they know everything about the scripting language, but they'd be wrong. PowerShell has many undocumented or lesser-known features. You ...

When PowerShell made its public debut in November 2006, and became available for all modern Windows versions early in 2007, it had already been knocking around in experimental and beta form for more ...

Practical PowerShell scripts, tips, examples and best practices for Windows, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Hyper-V, PKI and IT Security. Important: Review every script before using it in ...

PowerShell is not just a command-line tool. It is an automation platform that fundamentally changes Windows system administration. In Windows 11, PowerShell features have been further enhanced, ...

This repository is an evolving collection of independently maintained PowerShell components. The repository itself is not assigned a semantic version by default. Each substantive script is stored in ...

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 ...

Learn how to transform everyday PowerShell one-liners and batch scripts into advanced functions with validation, pipeline support and help. Understand how to organize reusable code into modules with ...

Microsoft introduced PowerShell with Windows 7. It is a powerful set of commands for operating system instructions. Scripts written in PowerShell are more like programs than batch files. Find out more ...

Before you can change an ACL, you must get the current one. There are two ways to do this with PowerShell. Learn how to get the current ACL and modify it.