Hi PowerShell fellows, In this video I show you how to use PowerShell 7 cmdlets for various network tasks. Find the code samples at the very bottom. Hope you enjoy it!
Video: PowerShell 7 Cmdlets as a replacement for ping, arp, traceroute and nmap
Microsoft 365: List Send and SendAs Permissions of all Users
This is another blog post about Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online. This time I will dedicate myself to a feature that is Outlook and Exchange related. What I am talking about is […]
Microsoft 365: List User Mailboxes sorted by Mailbox Size
In this blog post I will show you how you can get a list of your Microsoft 365 Exchange Online recipients sorted by size. I am a documentation geek so it’s not […]
Video: How to use PowerShell 7 in Visual Studio Code
Hi PowerShell fellows, In the video below I will show you how to install and use PowerShell 7 with Visual Studio Code. You will find a step-by-step walk-through beginning with the installation […]
Video: How to secure passwords in PowerShell scripts?
Hi PowerShell folks, watch this video to learn how to encrypt passwords in Powershell scripts. The code used in this video can be found at the end of this blog post. Best, […]
Windows: Find and eliminate Duplicate Files with PowerShell
We are living in a big data world which is both a blessing and a curse. Big data usually means a huge number of files such as photos and videos and finally […]
PowerShell: Creating Event Entries with Write-EventLog for Monitoring Purposes
Did you know that you can easily write something to the event log? For example, if you try something and it didn’t work then you can use the event log for monitoring. […]
PowerShell: Create a Graphical Desktop Shortcut with Computer Info and Link to the Ticket System (Helpdesk)
As adminstrator you are not only responsible for assigning group policies or playing the cop who always watch what users do or not. A major part of your duties is to make […]
PowerShell 7: Pipeline Chain Operators && and ||
With PowerShell 7 new operators were introduced. We call them chain operators. Chain operators enables you to do something after doing something. They use the $? and $LASTEXITCODE variable to determine whether […]
List all Server Roles from all Windows Servers with PowerShell
So you are about to document your network and os environment? You don’t want to purchase 3rd party software? You want to list all server roles from all servers in your network? […]
Microsoft 365: Show Mailboxes that have Auto-Reply enabled
Mailbox auto-reply settings are usually created and defined by the users himself. If you want to get an overview of the auto-reply settings of your organization you have to ask every user: […]
PowerShell: Creating Functions that accept Pipeline Input (ByValue)
You probably have already created your first function in PowerShell and now you want that your function is capable of pipeline input. Right? Ok, you’ve come to the right place. In this […]
PowerShell 7: Foreach-Object -Parallel
With PowerShell 7 a new feature was introduced: Foreach-Object -Parallel. The parallel feature will speed up loops in PowerShell. In this blog post I will compare the old technique with the new […]
Kostenloser PowerShell for Beginners Workshop 05.03.2020 (Review): Bilder, Slides, Code …
Vielen Dank für den tollen Nachmittag mit PowerShell 5 und PowerShell 7. Anbei einige Pics und Unterlagen … Fotos Roman Stadlmair mit den 3 wichtigesten Regeln in Action … … showing code […]
Test-Connection (ping) with PowerShell 7
In one of my previous articles I dedicated myself to the modern version of ping called Test-Connection. I recently discovered that the cmdlet in PowerShell Core 7 offers more parameters than in […]
My name is Patrick Gruenauer. From Austria.
