If you need to create and configure VMs on a regular basis, using Windows PowerShell to do so can speed up the process. Whether you need to test new or standardized server setups, Hyper-V gives you an ...

A common way to attach a virtual hard disk to a virtual machine is via the Hyper-V Manager. But, as Brien shows, you can use PowerShell instead. Recently, I have been spending some time coming up with ...

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This is my third posting in this series. In the first posting, I described the different components that would be needed for this script. Then in the second posting, I started explaining how the first ...

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.

While starting a virtual machine on Hyper-V, if you get An error occurred while attempting to start the selected virtual machine(s) or ‘VM’ could not read or ...

This is my fourth and final posting in this series. In this last posting I will be wrapping the backup script that we have been working on. Most of this post will be code, so mind the formatting. To ...