PowerShell modules allow you to combine multiple scripts to simplify code management. Learn step-by-step instructions for creating and using these modules.

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 ...

One of the most basic, common activities when using a cloud service like Microsoft Azure is to simply upload some files. Even though the cloud seems like some complicated entity in which you can't ...

One task that I hate doing is clicking through Windows just to create a file share. Creating file shares is a highly common activity that many IT pros go through and is one that is ripe for automation ...

While software can sync files and folders for you, it's often limited in scope. Learn how a PowerShell script can help you build a custom solution.

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 ...

Ever deleted a file or folder on a file server and didn't mean to? Yea, me neither. But if you did, what would you do about it? Maybe you'd break out the backup tape or perhaps perform the restore ...

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...