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Jeffery Hicks is an IT veteran with over 30 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT infrastructure consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis on automation and efficiency. He is a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Importing CSV Files Revisited

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Jeff Hicks revisits a previous article on importing a CSV file in PowerShell and offers some additional improvements, including use of the Import-CSV and Get-Content cmdlets.

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How to Copy Files between Hyper-V Host and Guests with PowerShell

Last Update: Jun 12, 2025

Jeff Hicks shares a tip for using PowerShell to easily copy files between the Hyper-V host and guest virtual machines.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Enumerating Members of Large Active Directory Groups

Last Update: Jun 06, 2025

Jeff Hicks shows us how to use PowerShell to enumerate members of very large Active Directory groups.

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My PowerShell Troubleshooting Toolkit Expanded

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

Jeff Hicks returns to his PowerShell troubleshooting toolkit in this insightful how-to article.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Delete Empty Folders with PowerShell

Last Update: Jul 31, 2025

Jeff Hicks shows us how to easily delete empty folders with PowerShell in this step-by-step tutorial.

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A Great Free Tool for Finding Disabled and Inactive Active Directory User Accounts

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Quest Software, now a part of Dell, has provided free cmdlets for Windows PowerShell that helps you find disabled and inactive Active Directory users accounts.

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Using the PowerShell Send-MailMessage cmdlet

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn different ways in which you can email messages directly from PowerShell with the Send-MailMessage cmdlet in this how-to article.

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Hashing it Out in PowerShell: Using Get-FileHash

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Jeff Hicks shows us how to use the Get-FileHash PowerShell cmdlet to easily obtain the hash value for a given file.

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Will there ever be a PowerShell certification?

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Jeff Hicks explains why Microsoft won’t offer a PowerShell certification anytime soon. But that shouldn’t be a deterrent for learning PowerShell for advancement in your career.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Exporting Active Directory Groups to CSV

Last Update: Jun 06, 2025

In this PowerShell Problem Solver, Jeff Hicks shows us how to export Active Directory groups to a CSV file in Windows PowerShell.

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PowerShell History and Buffers Command

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

Downsize on the amount of typing required for PowerShell commands by relying on past history to speed things up.

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Revisiting the PowerShell Uptime Clock

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Jeff Hicks revisits the Get-MyUptime Windows PowerShell cmdlet and adds some finishing touches to his script.

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