Have you ever noticed that if you include a variable within a PowerShell Write-Host statement, that variable is evaluated, even if you include the reference to the variable within the quotation marks?

Windows PowerShell has long been an IT administrator’s best friend — but only if you know how to use it properly. Created by Microsoft nearly two decades ago, this object-oriented automation engine ...

You've heard of variables in PowerShell, right? How about reference variables? Maybe not. The reason is because a scripter can generally get by without them, but they do still have a purpose.

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, ...

If you have used PowerShell for a while now, you probably know that there are a few ways to give PowerShell more of a multithreaded feel by using PowerShell jobs in the form of the *-job cmdlets as ...

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...