-
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has updated its PowerShell 7 preview to version 4. It also described some of its release plans for the new scripting solution.
-
By Adam Bertram
Microsoft's Azure DevTest Labs service allows developers and IT administrators alike to provision and control groups of virtual machines.
-
By Adam Bertram
By downloading a PowerShell module, you can manage every facet of Active Directory and build powerful scripts to save time on all kinds of tasks.
-
The PowerShell 7 Preview 3 scripting solution is now available, Microsoft announced this week.
-
By Adam Bertram
Using PowerShell, Adam shows you one way to compare a .CSV file full of employee accounts with Active Directory users.
-
By Adam Bertram
Pester infrastructure tests can run as standalone tests or be integrated into a broader automation workflow. But first, what's an "infrastructure test" anyway?
-
By Adam Bertram
IT pros have many ways to deploy resources to Microsoft Azure, but when it comes to deploying many resources at once, ARM templates are the way to go.
-
By Adam Bertram
PowerShell is often used to deploy Microsoft Azure ARM templates, but you can also create a script to easily build and modify existing templates. Here's how.
-
PowerShell 7, Microsoft's latest scripting solution for IT pros and developers, has hit its "first preview" milestone, Microsoft announced this week.
-
By Adam Bertram
Thanks to the AI features in Microsoft's cloud, text-to-speech technology can render more realistic results than ever.
-
By Adam Bertram
Here's how to start taking advantage of Microsoft's suite of artificial intelligence APIs.
-
By Adam Bertram
Scriptblocks are a ubiquitous part of PowerShell and are a construct that every PowerShell developer should understand.
-
Microsoft made some key open source-related announcements at its Build conference this week, including the debut of Windows Terminal, an open source command-line console for Windows 10 that consolidates multiple tools.
-
By Adam Bertram
Events happen regularly on a typical Windows computer. It's important for administrators to keep tabs on these events, especially if they affect sensitive information or mission-critical processes.
-
The Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module reached the "general availability" stage this week, enabling IT pros to create and delete teams, and other such operations.
-
By Adam Bertram
You can force Pester to return output in XML rather than via the console. Here's how.
-
A newly reported zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-0859) discovered by Kaspersky Lab this week uses PowerShell to attack Windows systems.
-
By Adam Bertram
How to read, add and modify array elements -- with a few curve balls along the way.
-
Windows PowerShell will soon be replaced by a new Core product called "PowerShell 7," Microsoft announced last week.
-
By Adam Bertram
Adam takes a close look at the Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod commands.
-
By Adam Bertram
Windows environment variables give system administrators access to a plethora of information about the operating system. Here are some ways to manage them.
-
By Adam Bertram
Here's how to quickly figure out what file shares exist on a remote computer, as well as what information is configured on them.
-
By Adam Bertram
Adam walks through how to proactively monitor an AD group for changes and execute a PowerShell script to take action when that happens.
-
By Adam Bertram
The GUI is fine if you're only moving a few files, but for larger and more complex migrations, this built-in Windows utility is the way to go.
-
By Adam Bertram
Windows Server Core is the epitome of Microsoft's shift toward GUI-free. But since you can't beat a good dashboard, here's how to access the GUI remotely.