Don't Make the Grave Error: Use Splatting
Introduction Have you ever been in the situation where you needed to pass a bunch of parameters to a function, but they started to go off the edge of the screen in your ISE/IDE? You probably have. ...
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Programmatic SQLite Queries in PowerShell
Programmatic SQLite Queries in PowerShell This will be a real quick one. After watching a short video on the history of SQLite and its applications, I decided to tinker with it a bit. It’s a very e...
Switching It Up in PowerShell: Better Conditionals
“If this happens, then I want this to happen.” Many IT professionals have, as part of a PowerShell script, written the code equivalent to this looking to solve a problem. Conditional statements ar...
Secrets in the Shell: Securely Entering Secrets in PowerShell
Introduction Users of PowerShell may have encountered or make use of the SecretManagement and SecretStore modules to securely handle their passwords, API keys, and other sensitive secrets both for ...
Converting Unix Timestamps in PowerShell
Converting Unix timestamps in PowerShell The Need This will be a quick one. While working with a platform for which I am writing a PowerShell module, I began to frequently interact with Unix times...
Import PowerShell Modules Directly from GitHub or GitLab without Installing
Import PowerShell Modules Directly from GitHub or GitLab without Installing We know and love PowerShell modules. They do a lot of heavy lifting in the automation world! However, you might find your...
Uninstall Windows Copilot using PowerShell
Uninstall Windows Copilot using PowerShell If you’ve recently updated Windows or purchased a new Windows computer, you might have noticed a new addition: Windows Copilot. While some folks find it h...
Use PowerShell to remove a network printer for all users
Rolling Dice in PowerShell If you’re a lover of tabletop role-playing games and like PowerShell, rolling virtual dice with PowerShell can be a fun exercise in scripting. Today, we’re dissecting my ...
Customize Your PowerShell Profile
Introduction A PowerShell profile is a script that runs every time you start PowerShell and allows you to configure various aspects of your shell environment. You can use it to change the appearanc...
Getting Download Links from Webpages using PowerShell
Introduction I recently had the need to update the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server on a collection of Windows servers. I found the download URL for the particular version I needed on Microsoft...