Using Windows Management Instrumentation makes it easy to pull information about the drives on your system or remote systems. Here's how.
In which Adam demonstrates the truth in the old PowerShell adage: "The more you can limit the number of objects returned to the pipeline, the faster you code will run."
- By Adam Bertram
- 01/16/2018
Microsoft last week announced the general availability of PowerShell Core 6.0, which is notable for being a cross-platform DevOps tool for Windows, Linux and macOS.
PowerShell is more than just scripting and automation. Given the right functions, you can also use it to solve numerical equations -- from the simple to the complex. Here's how.
The Pester PowerShell module allows for some flexibility in how tests are written, but as Adam notes, there are still a few key points to consider.
- By Adam Bertram
- 12/20/2017
Using Azure's "virtual machine agent," you can reset the local administrator password without even hitting the Windows OS itself. Here's how.
- By Adam Bertram
- 12/13/2017
While we've covered how to add users to the database, let's take it one step further and designate specific roles.
PowerShell helps us to turn the time-intensive process of creating new users into a quick and easy task.
Since CSVs are so easy to work with, it doesn't take long to organize and process large sets of data.
- By Adam Bertram
- 11/16/2017
Save time for accounting for changes in your scripts with this handy tip.
- By Adam Bertram
- 11/09/2017
Monitoring the speed at which code is executed will give a window into avenues to improve it for efficiency.
- By Adam Bertram
- 10/19/2017
Open up new reporting options for your SQL Server with these PowerShell tips.
Here are three commands you can use to encrypt and decrypt data.
Is your script taking too long to execute? Speed it up with this handy tip.
- By Adam Bertram
- 09/28/2017
Until Microsoft adds a native command that easily connects virtual directories to Azure Web apps, we're going to have to do it ourselves.
- By Adam Bertram
- 09/14/2017