Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, ...

Microsoft has released a fix for Windows 11 and Windows 10 devices in relation to a BitLocker bypass security flaw. The company has developed two sample PowerShell scripts that will essentially allow ...

Although Windows PowerShell is probably most commonly thought of as a command line environment for administrators, it can be used for more than just running commands. PowerShell can also be used to ...

Previously, WSUS included an option to import updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog site. Users had to use the WSUS admin user interface to import updates. Microsoft has replaced this method with ...

As you get more experienced writing PowerShell script there comes a time when you're not only concerned about functionality but best practices and performance as well. Since PowerShell is so flexible, ...

The Windows Task Scheduler is a boon for a group of users who like to schedule different tasks and automate them. I use it all the time to schedule periodic execution of scripts and some programs to ...

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The Vice Society ransomware gang is deploying a new, rather sophisticated PowerShell script to automate data theft from compromised networks. Stealing corporate and customer data is a standard tactic ...

Managing permissions on files and folders can be an enormous time drain for IT professionals. Users have home folders, departments have proprietary folders, projects have unique folders — the list ...

Brien Posey, who frequently writes about various techniques for using PowerShell to manage Hyper-V virtual machines, demonstrates how the task automation and configuration management framework can ...