The Contains operator in PowerShell is a bit of a strange one. You probably want to check if a string contains a particular word or character. The -contains operator sounds the most logical one to use, but is it? In PowerShell, the contains operator, doesn’t … Read moreHow to use PowerShell String Contains
We can use PowerShell to copy a file from one location to another with the Copy-Item cmdlet. The location can be another local folder or a remote computer. Besides files, we can also copy complete folders with subfolders and content. And it’s even possible to … Read moreHow to Copy a File in PowerShell with Copy-Item
The Set-Mailbox cmdlet in PowerShell allows us to change mailbox settings in Exchange Server and Exchange Online. We can use the cmdlet for example to change mailbox quotas, add an alias to the mailbox, set folder permissions, or even change the mailbox language. In this … Read moreSet-Mailbox – Change Mailbox settings with PowerShell
We all know the Net Use command that we can use to map network drives from the command line. Although we can use Net Use in PowerShell, there is a more powerful alternative, the New-PSDrive cmdlet. With the New-PSDrive cmdlet, we cannot only map network … Read moreNew-PSDrive – How to use PowerShell Net Use alternative
When you need to create a local user in Windows 10 or 11 you can use the User Accounts control panel. But we can also use PowerShell to create a new local user. This way we can easily automate creating a local account on Windows … Read moreHow to Create a New Local User with PowerShell
When you need to add multiple users to an Active Directory group then using PowerShell is really your best option. Instead of looking up all the users manually, you can quickly add users to the group with PowerShell. Adding or removing users from AD groups … Read moreHow to Add User to Group in PowerShell with Add-ADGroupMember
When you need to search through a string or log files in Linux we can use the grep command. For PowerShell, we can use the grep equivalent Select-String. We can get pretty much the same results with this powerful cmdlet. Select-String uses just like grep … Read moreHow to use PowerShell Grep equivalent Select-String
To run an application, process, or script from within PowerShell you could simply enter the path to file. But this will start the process in the same environment and within the same context as your PowerShell session. When you want to run the process as … Read moreHow to use Start Process in PowerShell
When you want to extract a part of a string in PowerShell we can use the Substring() method. This method allows us to specify the start and length of the substring that we want to extract from a string. In this article, I will explain … Read moreHow-to use Substring in PowerShell
When running PowerShell scripts automatically you will need a way to log any errors or warnings that occur. One option is to create your own log function, but there is an easier way, the Start-Transcript cmdlet. The Start-Transcript cmdlet writes everything that happens during a … Read moreHow to use Start-Transcript in PowerShell
