PowerShell functions act as small, reusable building blocks of code that streamline your workflow and make your scripts more efficient. We’ll explain more about PowerShell functions and share basic ...

A PowerShell function is a reusable block of code that can be designed to behave just like a cmdlet. It is written in PowerShell's relatively easy to learn scripting language which for the most part ...

Scripting is often seen as something only IT admins do to lengthen their coffee breaks, but home users can benefit from ...

Old-school script authors use if test <condition>, and you'll sometimes see that show up, but it's rare nowadays. This month, I want to finish this discussion by exploring how the return command ...

How To Validate Input in PowerShell Functions, Part 2 As Brien demonstrates, string validation is not the only type of input validation that PowerShell can perform.

As a beginner to writing scripts with PowerShell, you won't learn the concept of a function until later. Newbies typically learn about PowerShell functions after they've learned what the pipeline is, ...

Shell scripting is an often forgotten programming environment, relegated to simple automation tasks and little else. In fact, it’s possible to achieve much more complex tasks in the shell.

Here are three pointers for finding and fixing any bugs in your PowerShell script, no matter how long it is.