Microsoft's recent move to open-source its once Windows-exclusive PowerShell appears to paying off, with the language now popping up in the top 50 of the Tiobe index of the world's most popular ...

Three years after releasing PowerShell Core for Linux and macOS, Microsoft has announced PowerShell 7, the newest version of PowerShell Core. Only in March, Microsoft released PowerShell Core 6.2 but ...

One byproduct of Microsoft's embrace of openness and interoperability may be a boost in popularity for PowerShell, the company's venerable scripting language. That's the conclusion of the TIOBE index, ...

I find myself amazed at how many IT professionals still avoid the command line. Even if you're no longer a hands-on, technical IT practitioner, you've surely got some familiarity with it. The command ...

Scripts are part of the foundation for efficient network administration. Network administrators are generally not programmers, but they need tools that will let them automate certain tasks and ...

Whether you are a technology enthusiast or a professional looking to enhance your scripting skills, we have designed this Windows PowerShell scripting tutorial for beginners, especially for you. So, ...

PowerShell is not just an application, it is a scripting language built on .Net CLR that automates IT tasks. It has backward compatibility with CMD and can automate simple or complex tasks. Because of ...

PowerShell Core, the version aimed at providing scripting capabilities across a number of platforms, will eventually supersede the Windows-only version. A beta is available now, with a full release ...

Adam Bertram is a 20-year IT veteran, blogger and freelance writer. Follow him on the social platform X @adbertram. Everyone learns PowerShell differently, but I recommend a ­three-step approach to ...