How can I be notified any time a service goes down?
Q: How can I be notified any time a service goes down? A: The short quick answer to utilizing WMI and PowerShell 7. You use PowerShell to create temporary event monitoring using WMI. Then WMI monitors any service changes and generates an alert once it detects a change. Basic Requirement To achieve this, you need Windows ... continue reading
How to Update or Add a Registry Key Value with PowerShell
Q: I am having a problem trying to update the registry. I am using the New-ItemProperty cmdlet, but it fails if the registry key does not exist. I added the –Force parameter, but it still does not create the registry ... continue reading
How to rename a NIC
Q: Is there a simple way to rename a NIC, especially inside a Hyper-V VM? A: You can change the name of any Windows NIC using PowerShell – whether the NIC is in a physical host or a Hyper-V VM ... continue reading
PowerShell for Visual Studio Code May 2021 Update
We are excited to announce that an update to our PowerShell extension is now available on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. This blog will explain what is new in this release as well as what you can expect from the ... continue reading
SecretManagement Module v1.1.0 preview update
Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretManagement 1.1.0-preview The next 1.1.0 version of SecretManagement has a number of minor fixes, but also two significant changes, one of which is a potentially breaking change for extension authors. For more information on the changes in this release, see ... continue reading
How to send output to a file
Q: Is there an easy way to save my script output to a text file rather than displaying it on screen? A: Of course – there are multiple ways to do just that! PowerShell and Output One of PowerShell’s great ... continue reading
How Do I Discover Changes to an AD Group’s Membership
Q: Is there an easy way to detect and changes to important the membership of AD Groups? A: Easy using PowerShell 7, WMI, and the CIM Cmdlets. WMI Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an important component of the Windows operating ... continue reading
Sending data to the Clipboard from PowerShell
Q: Hey I have a fun question! I remember reading a while back about using VBScript to paste to the clipboard. Are we able to do that with PowerShell? A: Why yes, yes we can! It is far often a ... continue reading
Borrowing a built-in PowerShell command to create a temporary folder
Q: Hey I have a question for you. It seems silly and I know I could probably put something together with Get-Random. But can you think of another way to create a temporary folder with a random name in PowerShell? ... continue reading
Is a User A Local Administrator?
Q: Some of the things we do in our logon scripts require the user to be a local administrator. How can the script tell if the user is a local administrator or not, using PowerShell 7. A: Easy using PowerShell ... continue reading
