Don’t copy and paste the same code over and over again. Instead, create a PowerShell function and save yourself time.

If your automated script takes action based on a value, it's critical to make sure the value is correct. Good thing PowerShell has ways to validate the values that are passed to a function. In recent ...

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 ...

Making code adaptable is a key skill for any coder. Here's a primer on how to stretch function parameters to fit a variety of situations. As with any programming language, a PowerShell coder is always ...

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This article will focus on how to customize Windows Server PowerShell profiles. If PowerShell is your daily tool, you may want to create and customize your profiles. PowerShell profiles are basically ...

I use Powershell's "custom-object" command to create custom objects with properties I want to save. But custom-object applies only to one variable. Is it possible to create a custom class, like in ...

PowerShell modules and scripts aren’t generally written with interactivity in mind. After all, automation is generally about hands-off activities. However, there are times when you might need to write ...

let's say I have a powershell function that takes a number of string parameters and combine them into a directory path, what's the best way to ensure each individual variable ends with an appropriate ...