PowerShell is not just an application, it is a scripting language built on .Net CLR that automates IT tasks. It has backward compatibility with CMD and can automate simple or complex tasks. Because of ...

Scheduled tasks are a great way to automate things that need to happen at a specific time or to occur a more recurring time frame. Whether it is auditing things such as services or performing an ...

Most of the time when writing ad-hoc PowerShell scripts, you'll most likely be writing synchronous tasks. These are tasks that run in serial which inherently wait for the previous task to complete ...

Over the last few years, I have created a vast library of PowerShell scripts that I use to keep my servers healthy. These scripts do everything from monitoring disk health to helping me to reclaim ...

Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting language, built on the .NET Framework, designed for system administration, IT professionals and developers. Windows 8.1 comes installed with ...

Windows is ubiquitous, yet some of its best features aren't as well known as they should be. The 2024 Windows PowerShell Certification Bundle offers six courses that show you how to automate Windows ...

From checking systems to see if security patches are installed to monitoring Windows Server Backup attempts, PowerShell scripts can make tedious IT administrative tasks quick and easy. I’ve written a ...

In professional IT, everything happens at scale. It’s never just one PC that needs updates, it’s an entire office full of desktop machines. Similarly, you may need to purge files from dozens of ...