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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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Google Launches Cloud Trace to Troubleshoot Cloud App Perfomance Issues

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Google launches the Google Cloud Trace to help developers make their cloud apps faster and more efficient. Jeff James explains why this new tool should mean good things for IT pros using cloud services.

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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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Microsoft Updates Azure with Key Vault, Docker Images, and Ginormous VM Sizes

Last Update: Jun 30, 2025

Microsoft Azure has been updated with a trio of new features, including Azure Key Vault, new Docker support, and super-sized G-series virtual machines.

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Should You Use RDP Restricted Admin Mode?

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

When should you use Restricted Admin Mode for remote desktop connections? Russell Smith outlines limitations and advantages to using this mode in your environment.

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Episode 7: January 8, 2015 Guest: Rawlinson Rivera

Virtualization has become a part of our everyday IT lives, with almost everything being virtualized. Rawlinson (@punchingclouds) will join us to discuss the latest on storage virtualization, VVols from VMware.  What is this new storage virtualization technology and why is the V capitalized? #GrabLifeByTheVVOLs

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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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Windows Phone 8.1 Long Term Review

Last Update: Jul 04, 2025

Russell Smith takes a look at the core functionality of Windows Phone 8.1 and discusses some issues he encountered with offline use in his long term review of Microsoft’s smartphone OS.

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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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Storing Documents in the Cloud: OneDrive, SharePoint, or Email?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Where should you save your file in the cloud? J. Peter Bruzzese offers advice to make the decision between saving it via OneDrive and SharePoint much easier depending on your needs.

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