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Windows PowerShell has a robust error handling capability with PowerShell try catch blocks. And PowerShell 7 introduced new features, making troubleshooting even easier. In this article, I will show you how to use PowerShell’s built-in error handling features to help debug your scripts when there are problems. Introduction to the PowerShell Try Catch Block Try…

For organizations looking to use Amazon Web Services to get highly available storage for their Windows applications with full Server Message Block (SMB) support, AWS FSx for Windows File Server is the platform’s native option. Typical use cases are client-mapped drives, file shares for application integrations, and user home directories. In this guide, we’ll go…

Ever found yourself wanting to learn more about Linux shell scripting, but you weren’t sure where to begin? Are you relatively new to the world of Unix-based operating systems and want to extend your skills to do some basic shell programming? This tutorial for beginners will go over the basics of Linux shell scripting with…

Grep (Global Regular Expression Print) is a commonly used Linux command for searching strings of characters in text files. There’s is no such thing as PowerShell grep. But naturally, you can get the same functionality in PowerShell. You’ll just need to use the Select-String cmdlet instead. In this article, I’ll show you how to get…

Cloudflare and Amazon CloudFront are two of the most renowned and reliable content delivery networks (CDNs) on the market. In addition to speeding up your content delivery and load times, they can both provide great benefits to your organization. In this Amazon CloudFront vs. Cloudflare comparison, we’ll walk you through the features, cost, performance, and other key…

Windows Autopilot is a new Microsoft tool that IT pros can use to pre-configure, reset, or repurpose Windows devices. It’s a great tool to automate the process of deploying Windows devices in an organization. In this Windows Autopilot deployment step-by-step guide, we’ll explain how to get started with Windows Autopilot and set up new devices…

One of the features that both makes PowerShell so easy to use yet sometimes difficult to learn is its focus on objects. I have taught PowerShell objects to many people over the last 10 years and this is not as difficult as people make it out to be. That is to say, I think many…

The “trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed” error means that the computer cannot access a network because it is offline, or that it has lost its membership to the Active Directory (AD) domain. This guide will help you understand what’s happening behind the scenes when this error occurs, and we’ll go…

PowerShell is an object-oriented shell for Windows, Linux, and macOS. And as such, you will need to understand how to work with PowerShell objects to get the best out of it. In this article, PowerShell expert Jeff Hicks takes you through the different ways you can use the PowerShell Select-Object cmdlet. I think by nature…

In this article, we are going to take a brief look at what Azure Sphere is and how it is helping to protect Internet of Things (IoT) devices with additional security overlay. In today’s world, we are surrounded by billions of devices – all with microcontrollers embedded in them for control and to add logic….