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 ...

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 ...

PowerShell can save you a lot of time on Windows admin tasks, but to use it effectively you need to understand how it works. Here's a crash course in Windows PowerShell scripting basics to get you ...

PowerShell may not be the most common tool for casual users, but it’s easily the most versatile utility available on Windows ...

So you've built that great PowerShell module, and it's been saving you tons of time. Awesome! But, you're running into a problem: distribution. You may start by just using the module on your local ...

There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...

We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...

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 ...

What if your PC could take care of boring tasks for you? With Windows PowerShell, it can. Here's how I use PowerShell to automate everyday repetitive tasks that I would be less keen to do otherwise.