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PowerShell can do far more than most users realize. Explore 10 hidden capabilities that save time, improve reporting, and supercharge your workflow.

PowerShell 3 deploys a new type adapter that will have you seeing hash table output in the order you want them to appear. In PowerShell 2, a common technique for creating a custom object is to create ...

You can also set custom types. Only downside is that you need PowerShell v3 or later... but realistically, you should be on the latest, if you value security, automation, efficiency, etc.

I use Powershell's "custom-object" command to create custom objects with properties I want to save. But custom-object applies only to one variable. Is it possible to create a custom class, like in ...

This week we continue our exploration of what we can do with PowerShell. If you are just joining us, take a few minutes to get caught up. In the last lesson I demonstrated how to use Select-Object to ...

Over the past several years, I have developed a number of PowerShell scripts to create Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) inventory reports. I made some of these scripts available to the public and others ...

You can buy dedicated synchronization tools, but they don’t always offer the level of flexibility some teams need. A well-built PowerShell script lets you create a setup that fits your exact ...