Disk2Vhd is a little Microsoft utility that does one thing and one thing well: convert physical computers to virtual disks.
- By Adam Bertram
- 10/25/2018
For the longest time, the open source community had a concept called "public package repositories." Microsoft never had the same -- until the PowerShell Gallery.
- By Adam Bertram
- 10/11/2018
Azure Automation can be an excellent PowerShell script orchestration tool, though it has just a limited number of PowerShell modules. Luckily, we can upload our own modules, too.
- By Adam Bertram
- 09/27/2018
Lambda, the serverless computing platform from Amazon Web Services (AWS), now supports Microsoft PowerShell Core 6.0, the cloud giant announced this month.
Version 6.1 of PowerShell Core, Microsoft's scripting tool that's used for DevOps purposes, is now available, the company announced last week.
In today's IT organizations, it's critical for system admins to know how to automate processes. Luckily, we have tools like Azure Automation to help us out.
- By Adam Bertram
- 08/28/2018
By using the various history commands in PowerShell, you can search for and easily execute any command that you have previously run in the same session.
- By Adam Bertram
- 08/20/2018
Whether the string you're looking for inside a text file is a single word or a complicated pattern, PowerShell has the ability to find and replace just about anything.
- By Adam Bertram
- 08/08/2018
Microsoft recently announced that PowerShell Core 6.1 is expected to hit general availability at the end of August, but warned that compatibility with some Windows PowerShell modules will arrive later.
Looking at the signature of a file quickly lets you know whether that file is really what it claims to be. Here's how to tap PowerShell to figure out the file signature.
Native support for Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) isn't in PowerShell, but that doesn't mean it's not capable.
- By Adam Bertram
- 07/19/2018
We've all been there: We start to work on a file that we think is available, only to find out that it's already opened and in use, meaning we have to wait until whatever process currently using the file has released its lock on it.
You may not think too often about how text is displayed in your PowerShell console, but under the covers, there's quite a bit going on.
- By Adam Bertram
- 06/13/2018
If PowerShell isn't already your go-to tool for reviewing your NIC configuration, it should be.
Here's how to automate building a document in Microsoft Word. Clippy not required.