database-tools

In our previous tips we created two fast functions to ping and port-scan remote systems: Test-Ping and Test-RemotePort: function Test-RemotePort {...

In our previous tip we looked at Test-NetConnection and found that it was way too slow, so we replaced it by a much faster Test-RemotePort function....

Port scans can be useful to identify devices or machines in your network, i.e. file servers (port 445), PowerShell remoting targets (port 5985), or...

Here is a PowerShell code snippet that creates a list of IPv4 addresses for a given segment. You just specify the start and end address: $From =...

Hash tables and dictionaries are perfect lookup tables: whenever your original data contains cryptic numbers or a command returns just numeric...

On Windows, PowerShell comes with cmdlets to automate the built-in antivirus engine “Defender”. In this second part, let’s take a look at how you...

On Windows, PowerShell comes with cmdlets to automate the built-in antivirus engine “Defender”. If you’d like to update the signatures...

PowerShell is a generic script language so you can do all kinds of stuff with it. Below is a function that takes a light wavelength and converts it...

Let’s say your script needs sensitive input like connection strings for a database or other text information. One way of managing such secrets is to...

In part 1 we looked at how data becomes more accessible when converted to a more appropriate .NET data type. If you can't find an existing data type...

Windows is an API-driven operating system, and PowerShell is, too. Compared to other shells that use plain text as a common denominator and leave it...

As explained in the previous part, PowerShell uses the $ConfimPreference automatic variable as part of its risk mitigation system: whenever a...

In PowerShell, the $ConfimPreference variable is set to "High" by default. What does this setting control? PS> $ConfirmPreference High Any...

In PowerShell, there are four separate sources of commands you can pick from when trying to solve a problem. In this mini-series, we look at all of...

In PowerShell, there are four separate sources of commands you can pick from when trying to solve a problem. In this mini-series, we look at all of...

In PowerShell, there are four separate sources of commands you can pick from when trying to solve a problem. In this mini-series, we look at all of...

In PowerShell, there are four separate sources of commands you can pick from when trying to solve a problem. In this mini-series, we look at all of...