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By Boe Prox
Understanding what's going on in the background of your code will up your efficiency in PowerShell.
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By Adam Bertram
Breakpoints will help in narrowing down where your code has failed.
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By Boe Prox
With how PowerShell can classify, cut up and organize data, creating custom analysis is a simple task for the Microsoft framework.
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By Adam Bertram
While I've shown you the basics of testing your code in Pester in a previous column, here's how I take those fundamentals to actual code.
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By Adam Bertram
Keeping in mind that your code will eventually need to pass the Pester test will help when finalizing your scripts.
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By Boe Prox
Not only get regular tasks planned for later, but keep tabs on what you have running and when.
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By Adam Bertram
This automation of a commonly practiced task will end up saving you quite some time in the long run.
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By Adam Bertram
Dot-sourcing allows you keep everything modular when adding additional scripts.
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By Adam Bertram
Learning how an array stores an object will help in using them in your code.
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By Boe Prox
Get accurate, no fluff weather reports through PowerShell with the use of Web APIs.
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Microsoft's new Windows PowerShell module that adds reporting tools for Windows OS maintained using Desired State Configuration (DSC) is now available for download.
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By Adam Bertram
When testing multiple scenarios to a single test, try this option.
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IT pros managing Exchange Server and Exchange Online accounts via remote PowerShell now have the ability to protect those sessions with multifactor authentication.
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By Adam Bertram
Uploading your modules to the gallery will help with distribution headaches and allow for valuable feedback to come your way.
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By Boe Prox
Getting a VM up and running requires just a small amount of time and seven cmdlets.
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By Adam Bertram
You can be up and running with Microsoft's VS Code with the installation of a few PowerShell-specific extensions.
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By Adam Bertram
Here's a few ways to control legacy command-line utilities in PowerShell.
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By Boe Prox
With the help of this extremely useful PowerShell module, you'll be able to ensure that all your SQL-based servers are optimized.
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By Adam Bertram
Instead of injecting your own code, Pester makes it easy to run setup and teardown tasks when creating new PowerShell scripts.
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By Adam Bertram
Learning this handy technique will also allow you to add timers to different types of tasks.
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By Adam Bertram
Dot-sourcing allows for you to keep your functions modular.
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By Boe Prox
The first step in solving any problem is first learning why the problem occurred in the first place.
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Microsoft last week announced the commercial release of Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1.
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By Adam Bertram
This guide will walk you through changing property names and values for the Select-Object cmdlet.
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By Adam Bertram
If employees have unique identifiers, getting a tool up and running to sink with AD is a cinch.