Adam Bertram is a 20-year IT veteran, blogger and freelance writer. Follow him on the social platform X @adbertram. Everyone learns PowerShell differently, but I recommend a ­three-step approach to ...

First released in 2006, Microsoft PowerShell is a scripting language designed specifically for Windows. It has many uses, from troubleshooting your machine to automating everyday tasks. The latest ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

PowerShell is a robust scripting tool that lets you automate and customize your admin tasks. It can save you a ton of time—but it’s important to follow a few best practices as you develop your code.

Staying up to date in the IT game is kind of a necessity for some. Anyone involved with system administration — or hoping to be — could benefit from Microsoft PowerShell, a powerful command-line shell ...

PowerShell Core, the version aimed at providing scripting capabilities across a number of platforms, will eventually supersede the Windows-only version. A beta is available now, with a full release ...

How to use PowerShell objects, how to tease more info and functionality out of them and how objects can be useful in scripting scenarios. One of the things most people do not realize about PowerShell, ...