While popularity for software-defined networking (SDN) is growing among IT pros, close to 40 percent say the term is undefinable.
Gartner Inc.released a list of 10 trends for IT professionals will be focused on over the next five years.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday a preview of a new distributed cache service for Azure-hosted applications.
Effective Oct. 1, exams for the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM), Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM) certificates will end.
PowerShell has finally simplified the "tail" command line tool. Here's a look at how.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 02/12/2013
Plus: PHP script error gets a security update for faulty security update, 10 security mistakes you're still making.
An industry-sponsored report released this month questions whether Microsoft's hosted offerings always represent the lowest cost option vs. other Microsoft-stack approaches.
Sometimes the standby command-line or resource kit tools work best. Still, there is a way to use information from those tools with further processing in PowerShell and this command helps.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 12/06/2011
Go GUI-less and avoid the Get-Credential cmdlet's dialog with this helpful script for supplying alternative credentials.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/15/2011
There's power in defining constants, even in PowerShell. Check out this week's tip.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/07/2011
PowerShell can help you retrieve collections of objects or services, or just a unique subset of information. Let's look at a few cmdlets that can help you narrow your focus.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/01/2011
Seven quick and totally random but useful tips that might save you some work as you migrate over to the current OS.
I advise against it. But if you must use a logon script to authenticate, here's how to get it done with PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/25/2011
PowerShell's object nature is fine most of the time, but sometimes we need to dig deep and use the Split and Join operators to break apart strings and put them back together again.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/18/2011
Here's a way to get beyond the usual looking into file properties and time stamps and start changing them.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/11/2011
Three good reasons to like the next version of PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/03/2011
Debug the longer PowerShell scripts by inserting breakpoints -- and some choice PowerShell cmdlets -- that will help you see how scripts are processing information along the way.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/27/2011
The Get-WMIObject cmdlet will have you sniffing out what's on your network in no time. Here's how.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/20/2011
Some tricks for using the Get-Content cmdlet that will have you retrieving content in less than no time.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/13/2011
Microsoft kicked off its BUILD conference with a preview of "Windows 8" in its "reimagined" form.