Windows PowerShell indeed comes equipped with some powerful scripting constructs that enable it to accomplish all the tasks you're used to seeing in a scripting language. But at its very core ...

When Powershell is mentioned, admins sometime say it's easier to script in Python. Maybe that's an option. Or if I really want to branch out, maybe Perl? I don't need to learn a new language for ...

PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting language built into Windows that can help you automate administrative and repetitive tasks. If you've used it before, it might already feel familiar.

Follow him on the social platform X @adbertram. Everyone learns PowerShell differently, but I recommend a ­three-step approach to master this scripting language: explore, train and build. The first ...

SEE: Top 5 programming languages for security admins to learn (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Released as PowerShell 1.0 on Nov. 14, 2006, Microsoft developed PowerShell to address the shortcomings of ...

The open-source push appears to be helping PowerShell become more popular among developers, showing up for the first time in 45th place in Tiobe's most popular programming languages. PowerShell ...

You read it right. As part of its move toward more openness, Microsoft today said its popular and powerful PowerShell command-line scripting language is now open-sourced and available for Linux.