PowerShell is Microsoft’s preferred administrative tool for Windows and is being increasingly used in cross-platform environments. Despite its usefulness and versatility, PowerShell has a reputation for being hard to learn. This article explains a few PowerShell tips you need to know that will make learning PowerShell easier.
In PowerShell, a wildcard can be used to take the place of one or more characters. This is especially useful when working with variables or when manipulating text strings. In this article, I’ll discuss some of the many things that you can do with wildcards in PowerShell.
PowerShell allows you to do much more than just declare and use variables. In this article, you’ll learn how to create constants and rename variables, taking your PowerShell variable usage to the next level.
Microsoft has long recommended a “PowerShell first” approach to management, but this might be difficult in a Microsoft 365 environment. Cmdlets often fail because of improper permissions. This article explains how you can check for the permissions required to use an individual PowerShell cmdlet.
Exchange admins often rely on automated scripts. These scripts require permission to interact with Exchange Online. You can use certificate-based authentication to make the authentication process far more secure than it was in the past.
PowerShell was designed as a Windows management tool, but Microsoft has created cross-platform versions of PowerShell. That way, you can use a standard command line interface to manage a variety of system types. This article explains how to install PowerShell on a Linux virtual machine as well as the differences between PowerShell and PowerShell Core.
The default PowerShell interface is outdated and hard to use. Thankfully, you can enhance this interface using a PowerShell module called PSReadLine. Learn more about this helpful tool and how it works!
Cybercriminals are increasingly turning toward using PowerShell as an attack tool because it’s powerful and tightly integrated into the Windows operating system. Although disabling PowerShell probably isn’t an option, you have some things that you can do to reduce the chances of a cybercriminal using it against you.
GUI-based Windows management tools are specifically designed to avoid exposing passwords. Even so, it’s sometimes possible to use PowerShell to help reveal a password. This article explores some techniques for doing so.
Learn how you can use the Read-Host cmdlet in PowerShell to prompt for and get user inputs. In this article, I talk about the different parameters that you can use with this cmdlet along with some code examples of how you can use them.
