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 ...

If you're still writing custom PowerShell scripts for basic file transfers and Excel reports, you're working too hard. Ready-made PowerShell modules handle most common tasks better than anything ...

Microsoft Graph PowerShell users face a major transition, but what does the upcoming retirement mean for existing modules and ...

Overview PowerShell combines a command-line shell, scripting language and automation framework, helping IT teams manage ...

One of the appealing features of Windows PowerShell is that it can be extended. You are not limited to the commands that Microsoft ships. You can load additional commands and functionality via a ...

One of the features of Window PowerShell is modules. Introduced in version 2, modules allows you to group like functions together that make your code modular, easily transportable and shareable.

PowerShell Core 6.1 is expected to hit the "general availability" (GA) commercial release milestone at the end of this month, but compatibility with some Windows PowerShell modules will lag, according ...

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 ...

So in my last post, I kinda hinted that I wanted to delve deeper into the quirk I noticed with the new 2.0 modules feature. But, to tell you the truth, the quirk is not what I really want to talk. I’m ...

Microsoft last week announced the release of two PowerShell modules that aim to make it easier to invoke scripted processes that require so-called "secrets" or passcodes to work. The new modules, ...

Now that PowerShell is no longer just for Windows -- and is an open source project -- what are the long-term implications of these changes? Microsoft technical fellow Jeffrey Snover developed Windows ...