As Microsoft releases newer versions of its Windows client and server OSes, it continues to double down on PowerShell (PS), the framework developed for managing systems and automation. With its ...

PowerShell is a powerful and versatile tool for both Windows sysadmins and hackers, who use it to build malicious scripts that avoid detection. This advice will make it harder for them to do so.

In the 12 years since Microsoft released PowerShell, it has become the de facto tool to dependably administer servers. In August of 2016, it was made open-source and cross-platform with the ...

PowerShell cmdlets offer an efficient way to identify network issues and resolve connectivity problems. This ebook looks at 10 of these troubleshooting time-savers. From the ebook: As Microsoft ...

Learning about the PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command is a good introduction to the time-savings that Powershell scripting can bring to server admins. The PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command—or, ...

The Get-WMIObject cmdlet will have you sniffing out what's on your network in no time. Here's how. When teaching PowerShell or helping out in a scripting forum, I often come across people looking to ...

ExtraHop®, a leader in modern network detection and response (NDR), today announced powerful new capabilities to detect the malicious use of PowerShell. These enhancements deliver the critical ...

Your source for the news, opinions, and reader reaction on the industry’s hottest controversy. This chapter brings you up to speed on the technical basics of PowerShell and how to use it, with a focus ...

My script-fu is weak, so I'm calling for help here. I'm trying to convert a clunky script written in vbscript to a powershell script. It doesn't do anything spectacular, just connects to a machine, ...