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#PSTip Tab complete properties
Tab completion is a well-known feature in PowerShell, which speeds up the process of typing and reduces the risk for typing mistakes. The feature can autocomplete things like nouns and…
#PSTip New PowerShell Commands in Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Windows 10 Anniversary Update was made generally available on August 2, 2016. Included in the update is a new version of Windows Management Framework, which has now reached version 5.1….
#PSTip Download and install Sysinternals Suite for Nano Server
The Sysinternals Suite, which contains many tools an IT Professional should have in the tool belt, is now available for Nano Server. Traditionally the tools have been packaged as 32-bit…
#PSTip Convert PowerShell Data File to an Object
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 4.0 or later. Before PowerShell 4.0, if we had to convert the hash table in a PSD1 file into an object representation, we either used…
#PSTip Using PowerShell runspaces to find unassigned IPv4 addresses
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or later. We often come across infrastructure configuration scenarios where we need to find a free IP address before assigning the same to a…
#PSTip Validate Active Directory Credentials
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or later. PowerShell let’s you tap into .NET Framework and do all kind of poking. Recently, while reading up this article on CodeProject came…
