Exploring PowerShell’s Group-Object Cmdlet Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today we’re diving into a powerful yet often underused cmdlet: Group-Object. According to Microsoft, this cmdlet “groups objects that contain the same value for specified properties.” Think of it as a way to summarize and categorize your data quickly and efficiently right in PowerShell. Whether…

PowerShell Cmdlet Deep Dive: New-Item Welcome back to Wahmans Powershell blog! Today we’re diving into one of the fundamental cmdlets in PowerShell: New-Item. According to Microsoft, the New-Item cmdlet is used to “create a new item”. This might sound simple at first—but its versatility across different provider contexts (like the file system, registry, and cert…

Using Disable-WSManCredSSP in PowerShell Welcome back, fellow PowerShell enthusiasts! Today on Wahmans PowerShell blog, we’re taking a look at the cmdlet Disable-WSManCredSSP. This cmdlet plays a crucial role in managing the authentication protocols on your Windows systems, and knowing when and how to use it can level-up your administrative security. What Does Disable-WSManCredSSP Do? This…

Exploring the Power of Get-Member in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, we’re diving into an incredibly useful cmdlet that every PowerShell user, from beginner to pro, needs to know: Get-Member. The official Microsoft documentation tells us that Get-Member “gets the properties and methods of objects.” But what does that really mean in…

Exploring the Get-PSProvider Cmdlet Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today we’re taking a look at a very useful, though sometimes overlooked, cmdlet: Get-PSProvider. What is Get-PSProvider? According to the official documentation from Microsoft: Get-PSProvider gets information about the specified PowerShell provider. PowerShell Providers expose data stores like the file system, registry, and environment variables…