Redmond Magazine

Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 1: The Basics

Recently, I have been hard at work, creating some really complex PowerShell scripts related to a few projects that I have been working on. One of the big lessons that I have learned through all of ...
Redmond Magazine

Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 2: Building Blocks

In my previous article in this series, I explained that you can make your PowerShell scripts far more flexible and dynamic by leveraging a configuration file as opposed to hard coding all of the ...
Ars Technica

PowerShell script to copy files with logging

I am trying to learn PowerShell (using V3) and have a need to create a script that will copy a folder structure with logging. Originally I made a small script calling robocopy and that worked quite ...
MCPmag

PowerShell File Frontier, Part 7: Zipped Files from Scratch

I hope you've not only been seeing how to create zip files from PowerShell but also how to discover properties and methods for .NET classes. As you should have picked up from the last article, it is ...
Business.com

How to Sync Folders With PowerShell

You can buy specific software to sync your files and folders, but it may not offer the flexibility you need. A good PowerShell script, however, can help you build a custom solution that meets all your ...