Figure 6. PowerShell acts on the value that was stored in the spreadsheet. In the interest of keeping things simple, I used a PowerShell script that simply displayed data in a message box.

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This script’s commit process is similar to installing Windows patches with PowerShell — another example of how PowerShell is great for system admin tasks. Using GetAccessControl () and Set-Acl, you ...

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One of the best new features in PowerShell 7 is the ability to perform parallel execution of script blocks, which can drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to process ForEach-Object loops.

This is why a handy PowerShell module called PSScriptAnalyzer was introduced by Microsoft. PSScriptAnalyzer is a free module that allows you to scan your scripts or modules for coding best practices.

PowerShell has made it dead simple to automate all kinds of things. However, its simplicity can be deceiving. PowerShell takes the complexity out of script writing but unless you're writing a ...