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The PowerShell Blacksmith Part 2: Functions

In the last lesson we started learning how to forge our own PowerShell tools. I started with a simple need, calculate the median and range for a set of numbers. Now that we know how to do it from the ...
MCPmag

Building PowerShell Functions That Support the Pipeline

If you've been using PowerShell, then you know that one of the great things about it is the ability to take objects outputted from one cmdlet, easily send it to another cmdlet and have it know how to ...
Redmond Magazine

How To Validate Input in PowerShell Functions, Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, I showed you an example of PowerShell's native validation capabilities. In that installment, I wrote a function that accepted a text string as input. The function then used ...
Redmond Magazine

How To Use .CSV Files with PowerShell, Part 1

Windows PowerShell is probably best-known for its ability to allow Windows admins to operate at scale. For instance, it would take forever to create a thousand user accounts through the GUI, but ...
The Next Web

Ever heard of Microsoft PowerShell? If you know systems, you need to — and this training can help

TLDR: The Microsoft PowerShell Certification Bundle includes three courses in using this powerful Microsoft program for automating and streamlining IT admin functions. Microsoft is a lot more than ...
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The Windows PowerShell Commands I Use Most (and Why They're So Useful)

Most IT admins use PowerShell for scripting and automation, but it's not just for IT specialists—anyone dealing with messy folders needs these commands. I use them to track down old code, organize ...
Bleeping Computer

How to Rename a Hyper-V Virtual Machine using PowerShell & Hyper-V Manager

You can now close Hyper-V Manager. Rename a Hyper-V virtual machine using PowerShell For those who wish to rename a Hyper-V virtual machine via the command line or through scripts, you can use ...