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How to Create Arrays for Performance in PowerShell

Is your script taking too long to execute? Speed it up with this handy tip.

Creating arrays in PowerShell is a common occurrence for any scripter. Arrays are an important data structure in any language and PowerShell is no different. However, not all arrays are the same. In fact, in PowerShell, the word “array” is usually treated as a generalized term meaning only one type of data structure to…

How To Save and Read Sensitive Data with PowerShell

Unfortunately, IT professionals have to deal with sensitive information all the time. That information could be in the form of passwords, proprietary company information or anything that you’d rather the world not see. When performing work manually, we deal with this information by interactively working with it. We fill in password prompts, access a “secret” folder while logged in as a domain…

Leverage BITS for File Transfers with PowerShell. Here is How.

Performing simple file copies with PowerShell is fairly straightforward. Copy-Item will copy suffice when copying single files or whole folders of stuff. A problem arises, though, when the network you’re transferring files across is flaky, the machine you’re copying to doesn’t maintain the connection it’s supposed to or a number of other connectivity problems arise. Also, perhaps you’re…

Working with the LocalAccounts Cmdlets in PowerShell v5

One of the features of PowerShell that left many people wondering why it wasn’t included earlier was local account management. Every Windows system has local accounts and being able to add, remove and modify these local accounts is a routine task across system administrators. Before PowerShell v5, the community was forced to step in and create their own ways to manage these accounts. Boe Prox…