PowerShell has a feature called dynamic parameters that allows you to add parameters to a cmdlet based on the value of another parameter. This is useful when you have a parameter that can take ...

PowerShell also offers the Get-CimInstance cmdlet, which is functionally similar to Get-WmiObject but with a couple of key differences. Specifically, Get-WmiObject uses Distributed Component ...

Supplying the –force parameter ensures that the changes will be applied and –restart will force the computer to restart after the change is made, still a requirement for renaming computers.

To add a user to a group in PowerShell on Windows 11/10, you need to use this cmdlet: Add-LocalGroupMember. Whether you want to assign an account to the Local or Administrators group, you can do ...

This is done by passing a specially crafted hashtable to the Property parameter rather than a static property name. To modify the output with calculated properties requires a hashtable with a Name and ...

One source of input for a cmdlet is an object on the pipeline that originates from an upstream cmdlet. This section describes how to add a parameter to the Get-Proc cmdlet (described in Creating Your ...

The Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, which is included with Windows Server 2008 R2, can be used to administer Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) objects, including computer ...