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.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
PowerShell MVP and trainer Jeff Hicks continues his exploration of filtering in PowerShell and techniques to help you make your filtering more efficient.

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024
PowerShell is all about working with objects. Some commands can return hundreds if not thousands of objects and often you only really need small subset. To get the small subset, you need to perform some type of filtering.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Learn some useful tips for using the open source project called Pester with PowerShell, which you can use for testing and more.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
If there is one cmdlet that confuses PowerShell beginners more than anything, it is Write-Host. Newcomers see commands like Write-Output, Write-Host, and if running PowerShell 5.0 Write-Information. Determining which one to use can be a bit overwhelming. So let me make it simple: For now you can ignore Write-Information.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
We’ve come along way since we started this project on building a PowerShell hot fix reporting tool. We’ve wrapped up our functionality around the Get-Hotfix cmdlet. But there’s more to be done.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
It’s time to dive deep into our series about how to build an advanced hotfix reporting tool and this time around, we provide assistance for those who have complex requirements.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Looking for an Advanced PowerShell HTML HotFix Report script? Jeff Hicks shows you how to make them.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
If you are going to get anywhere with PowerShell you have to absolutely understand the concept of objects in the pipeline and in this post, Jeff Hicks breaks it down.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Looking to learn how to create simple PowerShell hotFix HTML reports? Jeff Hicks has you covered with a new tutorial that will help any IT Pro master this powerful feature.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Sometimes learning the thought process is just as important as language and syntax and in this post, we show you how to improve the hotfix report.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
PowerShell scripter Jeff Hicks starts a series of articles on building a hot fix reporting tool.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
PowerShell trainer Jeff Hicks wraps up his look at operators with some special cases.