When you write a PowerShell script, you are creating something that might be executed by someone else on a totally different computer. A potential obstacle is that the person running your script may ...

When coding in a script, or even in a fully-featured software application, it's important to account for as many scenarios as possible. To limit the number of possible scenarios, it's a best practice ...

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.

We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...

What is PowerShell? Microsoft PowerShell is a powerful administrative tool that can help you automate tasks for your computer ...

The PowerShell script can be used to report which OS build a Windows 11/10 computer is currently on as well as which update is the latest update available to the device. It can also report on all ...

Before you can change an ACL, you must get the current one. There are two ways to do this with PowerShell. Learn how to get the current ACL and modify it.

Previously, WSUS included an option to import updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog site. Users had to use the WSUS admin user interface to import updates. Microsoft has replaced this method with ...

From checking systems to see if security patches are installed to monitoring Windows Server Backup attempts, PowerShell scripts can make tedious IT administrative tasks quick and easy. I’ve written a ...