A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

PowerShell scripts are great because they can be used to do almost anything. One of the limitations to PowerShell scripts, however, is that it isn't always practical to give a script to someone who ...

A Virginia software contractor deleted nearly 100 US government databases within minutes of being fired, with his twin ...

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Microsoft Incident Response investigated an attack operated through legitimate and trusted administrative mechanisms to blend ...

A free tool to reduce coding for developers who like to surface T-SQL database recordsets in a simple collection of customized POCO objects. Every so often, I find myself wishing that I had a utility ...

Office Scripts in Excel record user actions as reusable scripts that can run on demand or be triggered through Power Automate. These scripts can refresh data, apply transformations, and update visuals ...

In the US, fired and laid-off workers often have their digital credentials deactivated before they learn about the loss of ...

A PowerShell-based Hyper-V health monitor can give admins a quick, color-coded view of host, VM, replication, disk and memory issues before they become larger problems.

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