Image of author: Laerte Junior Laerte Junior in PowerShell Fun with PowerShell Asynchronous Imagine a candle that is lit and takes 1 hour to burn out. Now imagine one hundred candles. How many... 03 February 2025 7 min read Like5Love3Confusion2
Image of author: Laerte Junior Laerte Junior in PowerShell PowerShell Proxy Functions: Extend Any Cmdlet Without Modifying It PowerShell proxy functions let you extend or modify any existing cmdlet without changing its source - add new parameters, change... 01 July 2024 9 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Laerte Junior Laerte Junior in PowerShell Automating BCP with PowerShell I was talking with a good friend that has an environment with terabytes of information and to create a homolog... 09 February 2024 8 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Laerte Junior Laerte Junior in PowerShell PowerShell Dynamic Parameters and SQL Server Have you ever been in a situation that you want to call a cmdlet or a function with a parameter... 05 January 2024 6 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell Working with PowerShell strings Knowing how to manipulate strings is critical in any language. In this article, Greg Moore explains working with PowerShell strings.… 24 November 2021 12 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell Building an ETL with PowerShell There are many ways to load data into a SQL Server database. In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates how to... 22 September 2021 11 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell PowerShell editors and environments part 2 In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates two additional PowerShell editors: Azure Data Studio Notebooks and Visual Studio Code.… 15 March 2021 12 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell PowerShell editors and environments part 1 There is no shortage of PowerShell editors and environments for developing and running scripts. Greg Moore explains some of his... 02 February 2021 11 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell How to Use Parameters in PowerShell Part II PowerShell is a basic skill any administrator working in Windows or Azure should know. After writing his first article about... 18 August 2020 17 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell How to Add Help to PowerShell Scripts PowerShell scripts are the tool of choice for many admins, but how do you make them easy for others to... 13 May 2020 12 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell SQL Server and Undocumented Extended Procedures Smart DBAs automate tasks whenever possible. In this article, Greg Moore shows the need to use caution when using undocumented... 03 March 2020 11 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell Comments and More in PowerShell Comments are helpful when programming in any language, and PowerShell is no exception. In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates how... 03 January 2020 12 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Allen White Allen White in PowerShell Serialising PowerShell Objects with Export-CLIXML and Import-CLIXML: Portable Object Storage for Scripts and Pipelines Using Export-CLIXML and Import-CLIXML to serialise PowerShell objects to portable XML format - persisting complex objects across script runs, passing... 17 December 2019 17 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell PowerShell Countdown Timer: Build a Windows Forms GUI Timer Build a PowerShell countdown timer using Windows Forms and .NET. Starts with a simple timer form, adds start/stop/reset controls, and... 03 December 2019 12 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell PowerShell Parameters: A Practical Guide Learn to define and use parameters in PowerShell scripts with the Param() block. Covers mandatory parameters, default values, data types,... 17 September 2019 12 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell PowerShell and Secure Strings Greg Moore demonstrates how to work with the Get-Credential PowerShell cmdlet and secure strings when authenticating to an SFTP server.... 22 August 2019 13 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell Using a Server List to Control PowerShell Scripts PowerShell is the preferred tool for many DBAs when automating SQL Server administration. In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates how... 29 January 2019 13 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Greg Moore Greg Moore in PowerShell Treating SQL Server as an Object with PowerShell It’s easy to use invoke-sqlcmd to send T-SQL statements to SQL Server from PowerShell. There is, however, a rich PowerShell... 29 November 2018 14 min read
Database Administration Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Laerte Junior Laerte Junior in Database Administration What Is SQLPSX? SQLPSX is a useful library you can add to PowerShell to automate many DBA tasks. In this article, Laerte Junior... 29 October 2018 12 min read
PowerShell Simple-Talk Logo Image of author: Robert Cain Robert Cain in PowerShell Testing PowerShell Modules with Pester In the third article of this series on testing PowerShell code with Pester, Robert Cain demonstrates how to test the... 15 October 2018 45 min read