PowerShell 7.1, touted by Microsoft as a 'major update' to the scripting language, reached general availability this week.

This is why a handy PowerShell module called PSScriptAnalyzer was introduced by Microsoft. PSScriptAnalyzer is a free module that allows you to scan your scripts or modules for coding best practices.

Desired State Configuration is Microsoft push-pull PowerShell technology to keep system configurations in check. PowerShell 5.0 is somewhat backward compatible.

When Microsoft developed PowerShell (PS) in November 2006, the aim was to marry a command-line based interface and a scripting language to handle task automation and configuration management of ...

PowerShell can save you a lot of time on Windows admin tasks. Here's a crash course in Windows PowerShell scripting basics.