Wahmans Powershell Blog

  • New-Guid

    Exploring the Power of New-Guid in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today we’re diving into a simple yet incredibly useful cmdlet in PowerShell: New-Guid. This cmdlet does exactly what it says — it creates a globally unique identifier (GUID). GUIDs are 128-bit integers (16 bytes) that can be used across all computers and…

  • Get-Content

    Understanding Get-Content in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today we’re taking a look at a fundamental but incredibly useful cmdlet in the PowerShell toolbox: Get-Content. According to the official Microsoft documentation, Get-Content “gets the content of the item at the specified location.” In most cases, this means reading the contents of a file,…

  • Get-Runspace

    Exploring the Get-Runspace Cmdlet in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans Powershell blog! Today we’re talking about a powerful diagnostic tool for managing and understanding how PowerShell is running under the hood: Get-Runspace. Get-Runspace is a cmdlet that lets you inspect the currently active runspaces in a PowerShell host process. If you’ve ever wondered how PowerShell…

  • Add-Type

    Understanding the Power of Add-Type in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re diving into a very powerful yet often underutilized cmdlet in the PowerShell ecosystem – Add-Type. According to Microsoft’s documentation, Add-Type “adds a Microsoft .NET class to a PowerShell session,” but what does that mean in practice, and how can you…

  • Set-Date

    Mastering Set-Date: A PowerShell Cmdlet for Managing System Time Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today we’re diving into a handy, yet often overlooked cmdlet: Set-Date. This command allows you to change your computer’s system date and time directly from PowerShell. It can be incredibly useful in scripting scenarios, system administration, and even testing date-dependent…

  • Get-AuthenticodeSignature

    Exploring Get-AuthenticodeSignature in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today we’re diving into a powerful cmdlet that helps you verify the integrity and source of script and executable files on Windows: Get-AuthenticodeSignature. According to Microsoft, this cmdlet “Gets information about the Authenticode signature for a file.” It’s a key tool in PowerShell scripting for…