Your source for the news, opinions, and reader reaction on the industry’s hottest controversy. This chapter brings you up to speed on the technical basics of PowerShell and how to use it, with a focus ...

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 ...

Learn how to transform everyday PowerShell one-liners and batch scripts into advanced functions with validation, pipeline support and help. Understand how to organize reusable code into modules with ...

In my previous post, I showed you how to create a clickable button in Excel. That button displayed a simple message box. Now, I want to show you how to use the button to kick off a PowerShell script.

Add users in bulk from a .csv file Change user passwords in bulk from a .csv file Remove users in bulk from a .csv file Plus a script to get SamAccountName from user to act as a unique identifier ...

I'm looking to put together a basic script for pruning the provisioned appxpackages in a bunch of Win10 machines(I would just remove them in the image; but they get re-added, and potentially new ones ...

If you haven't done so yet, set the execution policy for PowerShell scripts using a new Command Prompt started as Administrator: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted. Download the Script or clone the ...

The Windows Task Scheduler is a boon for a group of users who like to schedule different tasks and automate them. I use it all the time to schedule periodic execution of scripts and some programs to ...