A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

Most IT admins use PowerShell for scripting and automation, but it's not just for IT pros—anyone who deals with messy folders ...

Windows PowerShell is probably best-known for its ability to allow Windows admins to operate at scale. For instance, it would take forever to create a thousand user accounts through the GUI, but ...

Task Scheduler is capable of much more than just running built-in Windows 11 functions. It can also be used to launch third-party apps. For example, in lieu of Disk Cleanup, I can schedule a run using ...

If you have two machines running Windows and Linux and want to copy files from one to another, this step-by-step guide will help you get the job done. You can use PowerShell Remoting Over SSH to copy ...

I am trying to learn PowerShell (using V3) and have a need to create a script that will copy a folder structure with logging. Originally I made a small script calling robocopy and that worked quite ...

Storage is a finite IT asset, and organizations can’t get enough of it. Businesses are consuming more storage every day, and it’s up to IT to keep up. Rather than consistently add expensive new ...

SMB files are ubiquitous across Windows environments and it's easy to lose track of them. However, using PowerShell, we can quickly and easily figure out not only what file shares exist on a remote ...

I have PDFs in a directory that I would like to sort based on a portion of their filename. I've come up with a solution (cobbled together from Google searches) that mostly works but am wondering if ...

In the second part of this series, Brien shows how to import a .CSV file into a PowerShell array, including two methods for zooming in on just the specific data you need and filtering out the rest. In ...