PowerShell is an invaluable tool for System Administrators when it comes to troubleshooting system issues. With its wide range of built-in cmdlets and flexibility, PowerShell enables you to ...

Is Add-Member the most underrated and underappreciated cmdlet in PowerShell? PowerShell is so vast and can manage so many platforms and technologies. It’s easy to get deep in one module or topic. But ...

I’ve mentioned previously about How to Create a Random Password using the .NET Framework. That works for Windows Powershell, but it doesn’t work for .NET 5, which is what modern versions of PowerShell ...

My name is Michael Simmons, and I do love PowerShell. During a Windows Vista training session in Spring of 2007, I was looking around Microsoft’s downloads page, and there it was. At the time, all I ...

A function is a block of code that performs a specific task. It is a reusable piece of code that can be called from anywhere in your script. Functions help to modularize your code, making it easier to ...

If you’re trying to determine which of your servers require reboots, you’ll love this PowerShell script to check the status. It turns out that a simple way to identify servers that are pending reboot ...

Here’s a list of aliases you can use for PowerShell. An alias is just a shortcut. You can use an alias from the console or in a script, and it works just the same as the command that it references.

I get tired of thinking up unique and strong passwords. So anymore, for the most part, I don’t do it. I will use random generated passwords, then save them into an Azure KeyVault. It is a good way to ...

Gathering system information is a crucial aspect of system administration, as it helps you understand the resources and components of your infrastructure. In this article, we will explore how to use ...

This will return a list of modules whose names or descriptions contain the word “bird”. You can then select the module you want to install based on the name and ...

PowerShell is an incredibly powerful tool that allows system administrators to perform network management tasks with ease. Of course when you’re troubleshooting a system you’re going to want to test ...

The If statement is the most basic conditional statement in PowerShell. It allows us to execute a specific code block if a specific condition is true. Here is the ...