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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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Creating Active Directory OUs with PowerShell

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

Here’s a quick tutorial for creating Active Directory organizational units with PowerShell.

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Why Learn PowerShell?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Have you been avoiding learning PowerShell? Author and expert Jeff Hicks shares his views on what you are missing and why you should learn PowerShell.

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Colorful Information in PowerShell 5.0

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks continues his exploration of the information stream in v5 and demonstrates how to use Write-Host as a wrapper.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Creating Permanent Credentials

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Discover how easy it is to secure your daily PowerShell work with a persistent credential that you don’t have to remember to use.

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More PowerShell Coloring Tips for Domain Controller Statuses

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks shows you how to build an advanced highlighting function that should work for any command.

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Building a PowerShell Console Menu Revisited, Part 1

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks revisits a popular topic about creating PowerShell console based menus for your scripts.

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Understanding PowerShell Custom Properties with the Select-Object cmdlet

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks explains how to use hashtables to create new object properties with Select-Object and why you should.

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Process Monitoring with PowerShell

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks shares his script for watching processes using a WMI event subscription using the CIM cmdlets.

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Color Coding with PowerShell

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks continues his quest to display service statuses in a colorful format.

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More Answers to Your PowerShell Problems: Using and Extending Objects

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks continues his exploration of using and extending objects to solve a scripting challenge.

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Getting Started with the PowerShell 5.0 Information Stream

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to leverage the PowerShell 5.0 information stream, which lets serves as a logging mechanism for scripts and functions.

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Using PowerShell’s Storage Cmdlets to Query the System Drive

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to use the PowerShell storage cmdlets to discover information about system drives.

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