Scripts are part of the foundation for efficient network administration. Network administrators are generally not programmers, but they need tools that will let them automate certain tasks and ...

PowerShell's scripting language and ability to interact directly with Windows system elements give it a superpower that Command Prompt lacks.

More of you are getting used to Windows PowerShell and realizing its advantages. With that in mind, this month's column is going to be a long one. This is a lightning overview of Windows PowerShell ...

Windows PowerShell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment) from Microsoft is an indispensable tool for automating tasks and managing Windows systems. Offering a feature-rich scripting and automation ...

I advise against it. But if you must use a logon script to authenticate, here's how to get it done with PowerShell. In my PowerShell training classes or at conferences I inevitably face the question ...

PowerShell scripts are great because they can be used to do almost anything. One of the limitations to PowerShell scripts, however, is that it isn't always practical to give a script to someone who ...

Have older Windows systems on your network? You can give them PowerShell 5's event logging capabilities even if they run Windows 7. You might think that something as basic as PowerShell, Microsoft’s a ...

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...

The cross-platform shell that nobody expected to take seriously.

Microsoft has released a couple of PowerShell scripts to address a BitLocker bypass security vulnerability issue. In its bulletin, the company has explained the differences between the two scripts.