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What is PowerShell and how to use it: The ultimate tutorial

PowerShell is an object-oriented automation engine and scripting language with an interactive command-line shell that Microsoft developed to help IT professionals configure systems and automate administrative tasks.

By Don Jones, Adam Bertram, John Moore, Stephen Bigelow • March 16, 2023

Ansible

Ansible is an open source IT automation platform from Red Hat.

By Rahul Awati , Meredith Courtemanche • March 15, 2023

Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)

Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) is a Microsoft Management Console snap-in that provides a graphical user interface that enables Active Directory (AD) administrators to manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs) from one console.

By Ben Rubenstein, Andrew Zola • March 15, 2023

Microsoft stops two zero-days for March Patch Tuesday

The company corrects actively exploited vulnerabilities that affected Microsoft Outlook and the Windows OS in this month's batch of security updates.

By Tom Walat • March 14, 2023

Using PowerShell for Azure service principal authentication

With help from the Azure PowerShell module, you can avoid login prompts and automate the authentication process when using service principals on Microsoft's cloud platform.

By Liam Cleary • March 14, 2023

event stream processing (ESP)

Event stream processing (ESP) is a software programming technique designed to process a continuous stream of device data and take action on it in real time.

By Rahul Awati • March 14, 2023

Meeting the challenges of scaling AI with MLOps

As businesses race to capitalize on the promises of AI in the wake of ChatGPT's launch, strategies to move machine learning software from idea to reality are becoming essential.

By Lev Craig • March 14, 2023

Windows event log

The Windows event log is a detailed record of system, security and application notifications stored by the Windows operating system that is used by administrators to diagnose system problems and predict future issues.

By Alexander Gillis, Kinza Yasar • March 14, 2023

10 PowerShell courses to help hone your skills

Learn what popular online PowerShell courses -- including those from Udemy, Pluralsight and LinkedIn Learning -- offer for beginners and advanced systems administrators.

By Robert Sheldon, Reda Chouffani • March 13, 2023

NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification)

Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) is a Microsoft Windows specification for how communication protocol programs (such as TCP/IP) and network device drivers should communicate with each other.

By Andrew Zola • March 10, 2023

Is DevOps dead? What the future of DevOps could look like

While some think DevOps has run its course, others say it's just maturing and evolving into what organizations need -- which, for some, might include platform engineers.

By Emily Foster • March 10, 2023

early adopter

An early adopter refers to a person who embraces new technology or tries a new product before most others.

By Rahul Awati • March 10, 2023

Set up PowerShell script block logging for added security

Learn how to set up your systems to capture abnormal PowerShell behavior as one way to shore up your defenses.

By Adam Bertram, Brien Posey • March 10, 2023

Build a PowerShell performance monitoring script step by step

A PowerShell performance monitoring script defines and keeps track of system metrics. Learn to set up and query performance counters and use the results to build an HTML report.

By Adam Bertram, Brien Posey • March 9, 2023

PowerShell Move-Item examples for file, folder management

You can take the pain out of regular administrative tasks, such as migrating and organizing data from your users, with these advanced automation scripts.

By Anthony Howell • March 9, 2023

Step-by-step guide: Get started with Weave for Kubernetes

Looking to streamline network management for Kubernetes clusters? Learn when and how to use CNI plugins, then walk through the steps of a Weave installation for Kubernetes.

By Chris Tozzi • March 9, 2023

log analytics

Log analytics is the assessment of a recorded set of information from one or more events, captured from a computer, network, application operating system (OS) or other IT ecosystem component.

By Alexander Gillis • March 8, 2023

White House cybersecurity plan collides with SecOps reality

The White House Cybersecurity Strategy sets lofty goals. But recent market research suggests a significant number of enterprises don't follow existing SecOps best practices.

By Beth Pariseau • March 8, 2023

Kubernetes scheduler

The Kubernetes scheduler is a component of the open source Kubernetes container orchestration platform that controls performance, capacity and availability through policies and topology awareness.

By Alan Earls • March 7, 2023

How to avoid the double-hop problem with PowerShell

IT pros who manage with PowerShell will run into the double-hop problem and use CredSSP to work around it. This tutorial offers a more streamlined way to avoid that roadblock.

By Adam Bertram, Stephen Bigelow • March 6, 2023

How to upload and download files with PowerShell FTP script

By using the .NET WebClient class and PowerShell, Windows admins can upload and download files to FTP. Review the general process and corresponding examples to get started.

By Adam Bertram, Brien Posey • March 6, 2023

How to test PowerShell code with Pester

PowerShell's Pester troubleshooting tool lets users write and run tests. Learn how to install the tool and examine a step-by-step Pester test example.

By Brien Posey • March 3, 2023

computer system

A computer system consists of hardware components that have been carefully chosen so that they work well together and software components or programs that run in the computer.

By Kinza Yasar • March 3, 2023

Why you should plan to migrate to Exchange 2019 soon

An upgrade to the latest Exchange version will bring added functionality for end users and security enhancements. But it will also help ease the transition to Exchange vNext.

By Reda Chouffani • March 3, 2023

Reveal Windows file server permissions with PowerShell’s help

An unauthorized permissions change on a file share could lock out other users. Learn how to automate a report that shows permissions on the server to find these problems fast.

By Anthony Howell • March 3, 2023