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PowerShell 2 or better There are sometimes a lot of good reasons why you’d like to run a script by a different host. powershell.exe might be...

All Versions Here is an example that implements a simple web server with just a few lines of code. When you run this script, you can enter one of...

All versions Here is a simple way how an existing user can change the password for his account. The user must know his old password and does not...

Any version If you browsed to a folder using File Explorer, and then would like to open a PowerShell with the current folder set to the browsed...

Here is an example that illustrates how you access a REST API online. The script retrieves GIT tips. GIT is an open-source control system. Even if...

All PowerShell Versions Simply add a new drive to one of the file locations you often visit: # create folder if it does not exist yet $path =...

PowerShell 2+ Sometimes it may take some time for a PowerShell command to complete, and while the command is working, the user gets no visual clue....

PowerShell 5 PowerShell 5.0 on Windows 10 ships with a much-enhanced and colorful PowerShell console. PowerShell 5.0 on other operating systems just...

PowerShell 5 The free Microsoft RSAT tools come with a full-blown ActiveDirectory module, but sometimes simple AD tasks can be mastered with just a...

PowerShell 2+ Objects can have a nested and complex inner structure, and it can be tiresome to examine properties one by one. Here is a simple...

PowerShell 3+ Often, all you want is suppress errors, and find out whether a given cmdlet worked or not. Here is a very simplistic approach that...

PowerShell 3+ Today, we dive a little deeper in the programming part, and show you how a PowerShell function can have parameters that have dynamic...

PowerShell 3+ / PowerShellGet In the previous tip we explained PowerShellGet. This module ships with PowerShell 5.0 but is available for download on...

PowerShell 3+ Did you know that you can easily export modules from other computers to your local machine? Assume you don’t have the RSAT tools...

PowerShell 5 Beginning with PowerShell 5.0, the PowerShell ISE can connect to other processes that run a PowerShell runspace, display the source...

PowerShell 2+ If you do PowerShell remoting, you may have experienced “double-hop” problem. It occurs when you try to pass on your...

PowerShell 2+ NTFS permissions are represented by complex object hierarchies that are hard to read. A much simpler way is to output the structure in...

PowerShell 2+ Let’s do two things. First, have a look at a useful small new function that does DNS resolution. Then, let’s discuss why...

PowerShell 3+ / PowerShellGet In the previous tip we introduced PowerShellGet and showed how you can install this module from...

PowerShell 3+ PowerShell 5.0 ships with a new module called PowerShellGet, and on older PowerShell versions, you can easily download and install...

PowerShell 2+ In a previous tip we introduced automatic type-based parameter binding. Here is a use case. The function Test-Binding accepts files...

PowerShell 2+ PowerShell can automatically bind arguments to parameters based on type. Simply define different parameter sets. Here is an example:...

All Versions .NET objects often have properties that you can read to retrieve information. Some of these properties may actually be writeable, so...

All Versions While you can declare a parameter as mandatory, this leaves not much control to you. If the user omits the mandatory parameter,...