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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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More PowerShell Filtering Options

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.

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Filtering PowerShell

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.

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Testing PowerShell with Pester

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.

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Which Write Is Right For PowerShell?

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.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Extending the Hot Fix Reporting Tool

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.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: An Advanced HotFix Reporting Tool

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.

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An Advanced PowerShell HTML HotFix Report

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Looking for an Advanced PowerShell HTML HotFix Report script? Jeff Hicks shows you how to make them.

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Getting Started with PowerShell’s Get-Member

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.

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Creating Simple PowerShell HotFix HTML Reports

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.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Improving the Hot Fix Report

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.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Creating a Hot Fix Reporting Tool

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell scripter Jeff Hicks starts a series of articles on building a hot fix reporting tool.

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A Primer on Special PowerShell Operators

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell trainer Jeff Hicks wraps up his look at operators with some special cases.

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