If you have every used the Command Line, or CMD, interface in Windows, you probably have some idea of the powerful things it can do. Creating your own CMD scripts, you can do even more, but faster. A ...

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...

Over the last few years, I have created a vast library of PowerShell scripts that I use to keep my servers healthy. These scripts do everything from monitoring disk health to helping me to reclaim ...

If you’ve ever opened a command-line window on Windows and wondered which tool you should be using, you’re not alone. Between Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Terminal, knowing when to choose ...

PowerShell is Microsoft’s alternative to their own Command Prompt. Earlier, Microsoft announced that they will be open sourcing PowerShell and will be bringing it to recent versions of different Linux ...

Microsoft is continuing to clear out old code from Windows, making PowerShell the default command line shell in its latest Windows 10 release. PowerShell will start up via the file explorer in the ...

Windows 11 and Windows 10 ships with Windows PowerShell out of the box. Along with it, came the Command Prompt which was a successor to MS-DOS Command line. Often the presence of two command-line ...

CMD has been around for decades, but PowerShell has become a more efficient tool for managing Microsoft products. The PowerShell cmdlets in this ebook will enable you to knock out tasks you used to ...

One of the last vestiges of the old MS-DOS days, the Command Prompt, is looking like an endangered species. The latest Windows 10 preview build puts the Windows PowerShell, first introduced on Windows ...

PowerShell seems to have the ability to automate just about anything. Active Directory (AD) is no different. By downloading a freely available PowerShell module, an IT admin can manage every facet of ...