PowerShell-Technique: Smart Aliases Utilizing Non-existent Functions in PowerShell Introduction In a recent project of mine, PSMermaid, I had the privilege of exploring a fascinating technique called 'Smart Aliases,' which was introduced to me by the...

Simplifying Creation of Empty PowerShell PSCustomObjects using Custom Functions Creating an empty PSCustomObject in PowerShell is a common task, but the traditional approach can be verbose and repetitive. In this blog post, I'll walk you through a mo...

When using PowerShell, many users often rely on the like comparison in a where statement for querying data. However, there is an alternative method that can be faster, especially when searching for strings that start with specific letters. This metho...

PowerShell is a powerful scripting language that can be used to automate a variety of tasks. In this blog post, we will explore my Get-WifiPassword script that retrieves stored Wifi passwords on Windows machines. The script overcomes the issue of loc...

Lately I had the chance to get a copy of the book: "Practical Automation with PowerShell". This is not a paid review just my honest thoughts about it, because after reading I am still impressed. If you're looking to dive into the world of ...

PowerShell-Technique: Randomizing PowerShell is a powerful tool for automating tasks and managing systems, and one of its useful features is its ability to generate random values. In this post, we'll take a closer look at the Get-Random cmdlet and ex...

PowerShell Performance-Test: File Reading - Which method reads a file the fastest? There are several methods and ways to read the content of a file in PowerShell, with the most commonly used being Get-Content. I have to point out that all of the test...

Enhance Your PowerShell Scripting with Switch Statements Have you ever found yourself writing a lot of if/elseif/else statements in your PowerShell script? You may have heard of the switch statement as an alternative, but do you know all of its capab...

Enhancing PowerShell objects with Update-TypeData Sometimes the objects that PowerShell cmdlets return don't have all the properties and methods that you need. Fortunately, PowerShell provides a way to extend these objects using a feature called exte...

Enhance Your PowerShell Scripting with Trapping This blog post explains how to use the trap statement in PowerShell to improve error handling, reduce code size, and make scripts more organized and readable. PowerShell's $trap statement is one of the ...