PowerShell is not just an application, it is a scripting language built on .Net CLR that automates IT tasks. It has backward compatibility with CMD and can automate simple or complex tasks. Because of ...

Managing Windows user profiles is often time-consuming and tedious. Here are some tips on how to leverage PowerShell to make ...

One of the most difficult things about PowerShell scripting is finding and fixing any bugs that exist within the script. This process isn't usually a big deal for short PowerShell scripts, but it can ...

PowerShell helps IT experts manage IIS web server farms with dozens or hundreds of app pools. Learn how to manage IIS application pools with PowerShell.

Previously, WSUS included an option to import updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog site. Users had to use the WSUS admin user interface to import updates. Microsoft has replaced this method with ...

PowerShell scripting doesn't have to haphazard. Here's how to tell PowerShell to build a script from the commands that you have already entered at the command line. Even though I've worked extensively ...

Brien Posey, who frequently writes about various techniques for using PowerShell to manage Hyper-V virtual machines, demonstrates how the task automation and configuration management framework can ...

I've been in the process of updating a PowerShell script of mine, and I really needed to find a way to programmatically check if a certificate or CRL was newer then the one that I already had. Sorry… ...

Most of us have dealt with hardware that stays in service well past its planned end-of-life date or that, for reasons of budget and bureaucracy, doesn’t even make it into service until well into its ...