If your automated script takes action based on a value, it's critical to make sure the value is correct. Good thing PowerShell has ways to validate the values that are passed to a function. In recent ...

When coding in a script, or even in a fully-featured software application, it's important to account for as many scenarios as possible. To limit the number of possible scenarios, it's a best practice ...

To create a script with Visual Basic Code on Windows 11 (or 10), use these steps: Click the File menu and select the "New ...

Whenever I write an advanced PowerShell function or script that uses parameters, I find it very helpful to validate any data upfront before my script gets too far. The last thing I want is my script ...

Don’t copy and paste the same code over and over again. Instead, create a PowerShell function and save yourself time.

In Part 1 of this series, I showed you an example of PowerShell's native validation capabilities. In that installment, I wrote a function that accepted a text string as input. The function then used ...

A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...