A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

This game-changing PowerShell module brings your scripts to life.

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...

Over the last few years, I have created a vast library of PowerShell scripts that I use to keep my servers healthy. These scripts do everything from monitoring disk health to helping me to reclaim ...

In my previous post, I showed you how to create a clickable button in Excel. That button displayed a simple message box. Now, I want to show you how to use the button to kick off a PowerShell script.

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

You can buy specific software to sync your files and folders, but it may not offer the flexibility you need. A good PowerShell script, however, can help you build a custom solution that meets all your ...

I ran into a discussion a while back with a collegue that claimed that a lot of clients don't allow us to set up PowerShell scripts for different scheduled maintanence tasks on their servers. I myself ...

PowerShell scripts reduce the effort in running repetitive tasks. If you frequently execute scripts at pre-defined times or specified time intervals, you may want an efficient way of not having to ...