Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

In PowerShell scripts that prompt for a username and password, you sometimes have to validate the entered user credentials before performing any actions. If the user has entered an incorrect…

In Windows, the built-in Task Scheduler can be used to perform an action according to a schedule or when a certain event occurs. This guide explains how to configure a…

Kiosk mode is a special Windows client lockdown feature used to run only pre-defined (allowlisted) apps in a full-screen mode. All other Windows functionality is locked and unavailable to users.…

Connecting SharePoint Online document libraries through the OneDrive client or using the Web interface are the preferred and recommended ways to access document library files on SharePoint. But you can…

Many online services allow you to test your Internet connection speed in real-time. If you need to regularly collect Internet connection speed metrics from your provider for monitoring, you can…

The file system audit policy in Windows allows to monitor all access events to specific files and folders on a disk. An administrator can enable the audit policy to identify…

Windows File Explorer has a separate panel that displays a list of favorite folders and locations called Quick Access. Many users and administrators unjustly ignore this handy Windows tool for…

The RemoteFX vGPU feature can be used in previous versions of Hyper-V (starting with Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2) to passthrough a host discrete GPU graphics card to a virtual…

In this article, we’ll look at how to use the official Microsoft HardwareReadiness.ps1 PowerShell script to perform a bulk Windows 11 hardware compatibility check on domain computers.

JSON is a popular text-based format for representing and transmitting structured data based on JavaScript object syntax. There are two cmdlets in PowerShell that allow you to work with the…