Over the last few years, I have created a vast library of PowerShell scripts that I use to keep my servers healthy. These scripts do everything from monitoring disk health to helping me to reclaim ...

While it's relatively easy to perform operational tasks using System Center Virtual Machine Manager, PowerShell can offer greater flexibility for repetitive and time-consuming tasks. Luckily, there ...

When Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 hit their shared general availability, Microsoft also made a new version of PowerShell available. At least half of these little scripts could be helpful to ...

The new update includes a full-featured PowerShell script library for VMware to further enhance VMware virtualization management. PowerGUI with VMware PowerPack 2.0 gives administrators a helping hand ...

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

There's a version of your Windows setup where files sort themselves, backups happen quietly in the background, and everything you copy is automatically saved for later. And the best part is that you ...

Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

At some point, I noticed I was repeating the same routine every week. None of the stuff I was doing was difficult, but it was a collection of small chores that kept interrupting real work. I'd have to ...

PowerShell combines command-line speed, the flexibility of scripting, and the power of a GUI-based admin tool. See why now might be the time to master it. PowerShell is a powerful scripting tool that ...