Exploring Get-Process: Monitor What’s Running with PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans Powershell blog! In today’s post, we are diving into one of the fundamental cmdlets every PowerShell user should know: Get-Process. According to Microsoft, Get-Process “gets the processes that are running on the local computer or a remote computer.” This makes it a powerful tool…

Understanding the Power of Wait-Event in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, let’s explore a very interesting and often underused cmdlet in PowerShell: Wait-Event. According to Microsoft Docs, this cmdlet “waits until a particular event is raised before continuing to run.” Sounds powerful, right? Let’s dive in and understand what that really means,…

Getting to Know Write-Warning in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans Powershell blog! Today, we’re diving into a handy cmdlet that helps scripts communicate effectively: Write-Warning. What does it do? According to Microsoft, Write-Warning “Writes a warning message.” Simple enough, but don’t be fooled by how basic that sounds. These messages are a great way to…

PowerShell Cmdlet Deep Dive: New-Variable Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, we’re going to explore the New-Variable cmdlet. This useful command allows us to create new variables in PowerShell scripts and sessions. Whether you’re new to scripting or an experienced scripter looking to tighten your variable management, this cmdlet has something for you. What…

PowerShell Cmdlet Deep Dive: ForEach-Object Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re exploring one of the most commonly used cmdlets in PowerShell: ForEach-Object. According to Microsoft, this cmdlet “Performs an operation against each item in a collection of input objects.” Whether you’re piping data out of a command or looping through large lists, ForEach-Object…

Understanding the Unregister-Event Cmdlet in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, we’re diving into a helpful cmdlet that’s essential when working with events in PowerShell: Unregister-Event. The Unregister-Event cmdlet helps you clean up event subscriptions. When you register for an event using Register-ObjectEvent, Register-EngineEvent, or Register-WmiEvent, an event subscription is created and stored….