database-tools

In the previous tip we looked at how to retrieve the list of currently installed updates from the Windows Update Client. This list can be polished,...

Get-Hotfix only lists operating-system-related hotfixes: Get-HotFix In reality, it is just a thin wrapper around a WMI query which produces...

In the previous tip you learned how to abort the PowerShell pipeline once the required number of results is in, potentially saving a lot of time:...

Sometimes it can save a lot of time to manually abort a PowerShell pipeline. For example, if you don’t know exactly where a file is located...

There are situations when you’d like to know how long some code took to execute, for example to return statistics or compare code, and there are...

In PowerShell 7, there is a new parallel ForEach-Object that can execute code in parallel and speed up things considerably. The same technique can...

PowerShell 7 comes with a new ForEach-Object that supports parallel execution: 1..100 | ForEach-Object -ThrottleLimit 20 -Parallel { Start-Sleep...

PowerShell 7 comes with a built-in parameter to run different tasks in parallel. Here is a simple example: 1..100 | ForEach-Object -ThrottleLimit 20...

Here is a somewhat unknown parameter: -RepeatHeader! What does it do? Let’s assume you want to see results page by page (which only works in a...

With PowerShell 7, the language gets a new operator that created a lot of debate. Basically, you don’t have to use it, but users with a developer...