database-tools

If you’d like to know the group memberships of the currently logged on user (the one that is running a script), you don’t need to query...

PowerShell 2+ In the previous tip we introduced variables with read-only dynamic content that updated each time the variable was read. This required...

PowerShell 2+ A little-known fact is that you can add variables to PowerShell that automatically update their content. If you need random numbers,...

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...