I’ve been diving into PowerShell help lately while preparing my next Pluralsight course. One of the sad things I have discovered is the loss of...
Discovering Provider Specific Commands
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Scripting
Answering the PowerShell Word to Phone Challenge
A few weeks ago, the Iron Scripter challenge was to write code to convert a short string into its numeric valuesusing the alphabet as it is laid out...
Formatting PowerShell TimeSpans
I often will figure out how to do something and later struggle to remember how to do it a months later. Rather than trying to remember what piece of...
An Expanded PowerShell Scripting Inventory Tool
The other day I shared my code that I worked up to solve an Iron Scripter PowerShell challenge. One of the shortcomings was that I didn’t address a...
Building a PowerShell Inventory
A few weeks ago, a new Iron Scripter PowerShell scripting challenge was issued. For this challenge we were asked to write some PowerShell code that...
Solving the PowerShell Object Age Challenge – Part 2
The other day I shared part of my solution to an Iron Scripter challenge to write a generic function to report on the age of an object. The idea...
Solving the PowerShell Object Age Challenge – Part 1
A few weeks ago, the Iron Scripter site posted an interesting challenge about writing a generic function to get the age of objects. Many things that...
Show ANSI Samples
Earlier this week I did a live session for the PSPowerHour. I talked about ways to dress up your PowerShell work and console sessions. One of...
Solving the PowerShell Counting Challenge
A few weeks ago, an Iron Scripter PowerShell scripting challenge was posted. As with all of these challenges, the process is more important than the...
PowerShell Word Play
A few weeks ago an Iron Scripter PowerShell challenge was issued that involved playing with words and characters. Remember, the Iron Scripter...
Friday Fun with PowerShell and ANSI
Ever since PowerShell 7 came along, I’ve been having a lot of fun exploring what I can do with ANSI color escape sequences. And actually, even in...
A PowerShell Network Monitor
I hope you’ve been trying your hand at the scripting challenges being posted on the Iron Scripter web site. The challenges are designed for...
PowerShell 7 Scripting with the PowerShell ISE
By now, everyone should have gotten the memo that with the move to PowerShell 7, the PowerShell ISE should be considered deprecated. When it comes...
A PowerShell Remote Function Framework
The other day I shared a PowerShell function to query the registry on remote computers to find installed versions of PowerShell. The function...
Get Installed PowerShell Versions
As is the norm for a typical day, I was working on one thing when I was distracted by a shiny rabbit hole (to mix some metaphors). Half a day later...
PowerShell Helper Scripts for Windows Terminal
I’ve spent some time over the last few days getting my Windows Terminal setup in order. Hopefull you saw my recent post about backing up my...
Backing Up Windows Terminal Settings with PowerShell
I’ve been a big fan of Windows Terminal since the very beginning. In fact, I’ve been using it for so long that I’ve been moving along profile...
Importing Pester Results into PowerShell
Last week, a PowerShell scripting challenge was posted on the Iron Scripter web site. The idea was that when you run a Pester test, you can...
PowerShell Left-Center-Right
Normally, I’d leave a post like this for a Friday Fun article. But given the situation these days, I thought some of you might like to start...
PSDrives, Shortcuts and Links
I’ll be honest. I’ve never been much of a OneDrive user. Even though I’m a great candidate given that I use multiple systems and need access to a...
PowerShell 7 Cross-Platform Scripting Tips and Traps
One of the reasons you want to adopt PowerShell 7 on your desktop, is that it can be used cross-platform. Theoretically, you can write a...
Fast Folder Sizes with PowerShell
I am always looking for ways to do things faster and easier with PowerShell. One common task that I never seem to stop needing is discovering how...
Better Event Logs with PowerShell
Because I don’t work in a corporate environment, I don’t always see opportunities where PowerShell can make your life better as an IT professional....
FluidShell – A Primer – SQL Server Edition
Welcome to this first of three blog posts that would cover the basics of getting practical usage of Aqua Data Studio's FluidShell. Introduction:...