This chapter introduces Windows PowerShell and helps you set up your environment. In addition, the chapter provides a few easy examples that demonstrate how to use PowerShell. The DOS-like ...

PowerShell is a powerful and versatile tool for both Windows sysadmins and hackers, who use it to build malicious scripts that avoid detection. This advice will make it harder for them to do so.

In the past, we had to use various means to understand how our network interface card (NIC) was configured, as well as see what IP address was assigned to it. Whether it was going through the GUI to ...

The Get-WMIObject cmdlet will have you sniffing out what's on your network in no time. Here's how. When teaching PowerShell or helping out in a scripting forum, I often come across people looking to ...

Your source for the news, opinions, and reader reaction on the industry’s hottest controversy. This chapter brings you up to speed on the technical basics of PowerShell and how to use it, with a focus ...

Windows Server offers tons of tools for admins in case an application or computer is not able to connect to a specific port or server IP. One thing that instantly pops up is using tools to resolve DNS ...

PowerShell cmdlets offer an efficient way to identify network issues and resolve connectivity problems. This ebook looks at 10 of these troubleshooting time-savers. From the ebook: As Microsoft ...

ExtraHop®, a leader in modern network detection and response (NDR), today announced powerful new capabilities to detect the malicious use of PowerShell. These enhancements deliver the critical ...

In the 12 years since Microsoft released PowerShell, it has become the de facto tool to dependably administer servers. In August of 2016, it was made open-source and cross-platform with the ...