From checking systems to see if security patches are installed to monitoring Windows Server Backup attempts, PowerShell scripts can make tedious IT administrative tasks quick and easy.

What if your PC could take care of boring tasks for you? With Windows PowerShell, it can. Here's how I use PowerShell to automate everyday repetitive tasks that I would be less keen to do otherwise.

The Microsoft PowerShell Certification Bundle shows you how, with three courses on this powerful scripting language. Worth $600, the training is now only $19.

PowerShell 7 is an open source, cross-platform edition of the command-line shell that helps Windows admins and power users automate a range of administrative tasks with the help of cmdlets.

Restart a remote Windows computer using PowerShell cmdlets Restart-Computer, Invoke-CimMethod or shutdown.exe, PSExec.exe, RunDLL32.exe, Taskkill.exe.

You can list local or remote computer BIOS settings using the GetBIOS PowerShell module. Learn how to view BIOS/UEFI settings with PowerShell.

SMB files are ubiquitous across Windows environments and it's easy to lose track of them. However, using PowerShell, we can quickly and easily figure out not only what file shares exist on a remote ...

Microsoft has asked system administrators to patch PowerShell 7 against two vulnerabilities allowing attackers to bypass Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) enforcements and gain access to ...

Malicious scripting through Microsoft’s PowerShell IT admin tool is being used to take control of Windows machines and Apple Macs.