Understanding the PowerShell Cmdlet: Complete-Transaction Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re diving into a lesser-known but incredibly useful cmdlet in PowerShell: Complete-Transaction. This cmdlet is part of PowerShell’s support for transactions—a powerful way to ensure consistency across a sequence of commands, especially when working with data stores or system configurations. What does Complete-Transaction…

Understanding Disable-PSBreakpoint in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re diving into a handy cmdlet: Disable-PSBreakpoint. This command plays a crucial role when you’re working with breakpoints in your scripts or debugging sessions by allowing you to temporarily disable one or more breakpoints in your current console session. What does Disable-PSBreakpoint do? According…

Exploring Get-Module in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, we are going to dive into a very handy cmdlet: Get-Module. If you’re new to PowerShell or just getting familiar with managing modules, this cmdlet is essential to understanding what modules are loaded in your session and what is available to import. Description (from…

Using the New-Event Cmdlet in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re exploring a very interesting and useful cmdlet: New-Event. This cmdlet is part of the event management capabilities in PowerShell and is used to create a new event that can be handled programmatically. This is especially useful for building event-driven scripts and…

Using Invoke-History in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! 🚀 Today’s cmdlet highlight is all about Invoke-History — a handy little tool in any PowerShell user’s arsenal. The official description from Microsoft says: Invoke-History: Runs commands from the session history. Whether you’re a beginner still getting comfortable with the shell, or a seasoned scripter…

Exploring ConvertFrom-SddlString – Unlocking the Secrets of SDDL Welcome back to Wahmans Powershell blog! Today, we’re diving deep into a lesser-known, but extremely powerful cmdlet in PowerShell: ConvertFrom-SddlString. The ConvertFrom-SddlString cmdlet is used to convert a Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) string into a custom PowerShell object that is easier to understand and manipulate. This…