PowerShell modules help IT professionals and business owners organize multiple scripts into a single, reusable package, making code easier to manage, share and maintain. While individual scripts work ...

I think it’s time to talk in depth about some of the most important features of PowerShell: Providers and modules. (Snap-ins have also been important, but they are being gradually phased out.) These ...

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...

Editor's note: Adam Bertram originally wrote this article, and Reda Chouffani has expanded it. Even though administrators can accomplish many tasks with ad hoc PowerShell commands, learning how to ...

Just recently, Microsoft has made it a lot easier to create new shares by avoiding cumbersome UI navigation and going straight through PowerShell. Working with Windows shares, you can easily create a ...

Desired State Configuration (DSC) is an excellent tool to get control of your infrastructure. A core component of DSC is the DSC resource. When DSC was introduced, administrators had to create a ...

Although PowerShell includes a set of native cmdlets for configuring storage, the ability to configure NTFS permissions is noticeably absent. Fortunately, Microsoft does provide a way to retrieve and ...

If you need to create and configure VMs on a regular basis, using Windows PowerShell to do so can speed up the process. Whether you need to test new or standardized server setups, Hyper-V gives you an ...