Exploring Get-EventSubscriber in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans Powershell blog! Today we’re diving into a lesser-known but incredibly useful cmdlet: Get-EventSubscriber. This cmdlet might not be something you use every day, but it plays a vital role when working with event-driven programming in PowerShell. As defined by Microsoft, Get-EventSubscriber gets the event subscribers in the…

Understanding ConvertFrom-Csv in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re diving into a handy cmdlet that transforms text-based data into rich PowerShell objects: ConvertFrom-Csv. According to Microsoft’s official documentation, this cmdlet “Converts object properties in character-separated value (CSV) format into CSV versions of the original objects“. This means that whenever you’re working with…

Understanding the Convert-String Cmdlet in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! In this post, we’re diving into a unique and often underutilized cmdlet: Convert-String. According to Microsoft, this cmdlet “formats a string to match examples.” But what does that actually mean in practice? In short, Convert-String uses example-driven parsing to transform strings based on…

PowerShell Cmdlet Deep Dive: Write-Debug Welcome to Wahmans PowerShell blog! In today’s post, we’re exploring a powerful, but sometimes overlooked, cmdlet: Write-Debug. The official Microsoft documentation describes Write-Debug simply as: Writes a debug message to the console. But there’s more to it! Write-Debug is a fantastic tool for diagnosing issues in your scripts during development….

PowerShell Cmdlet Deep Dive: Set-WSManInstance Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today we’re diving into a powerful yet sometimes overlooked cmdlet: Set-WSManInstance. According to Microsoft, Set-WSManInstance “modifies the management information that is related to a resource.” This cmdlet is part of the WS-Management framework, which is central to how machines (especially ones running Windows Remote…

Diving Into Get-WinEvent in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today we’re taking a closer look at an extremely useful cmdlet for working with the Windows Event Log: Get-WinEvent. What is Get-WinEvent? The Get-WinEvent cmdlet is a flexible and powerful tool for retrieving events from local and remote event logs and event tracing log…