Month: April 2015

If you must put a credential object in your script, here is a way how you can convert a secure string into encrypted text: $password = Read-Host...

To quickly get a list of all drive letters in use, try this: #requires -Version 1 [Environment]::GetLogicalDrives() The result is a list of all...

PowerShell 3.0 and later In a previous tip we explained how you can use the Windows product ID stored in the Windows Registry to encrypt some text...

PowerShell 3.0 and later To store secret information, you can use a SecureString object and save it to disk. PowerShell automatically takes the user...

Microsoft Exchange 2013 To find the number of mailboxes, simply use the Exchange cmdlets and have Measure-Object count the results: Get-Mailbox...

PowerShell 2.0 and later When you create PowerShell functions with parameters, make sure you tell PowerShell what kind of values the parameter...

All Versions Cmdlets can declare how severe their impact is. Typically, cmdlets that make changes to the system that cannot be undone will have an...