Not all applications are created with remote execution in mind. PowerShell provides several ways to invoke applications on remote computers.

Managing Microsoft IIS Web servers remotely using the graphical tool is fairly simple to enable if you're sitting at the Web server. But if you're like me and host many servers in different locations ...

Here's how to use PowerShell to manage Hyper-V virtual machines without having to jump through the usual hoops. Microsoft has long given administrators the ability to use PowerShell to manage remote ...

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IT professionals likely met the October arrival of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with both joy and a heavy sigh. On one hand, I believe many organizations have been waiting for Windows 7 so ...

PowerShell can be an information technology (IT) admin’s best friend if they know how to use it properly. Created by Microsoft over a decade ago, this object-oriented automation engine allows IT ...

These 10 PowerShell commands will come in handy when you need to remotely manage computers on a domain or workgroup. Doing more with less is a common mantra bandied about in the workforce these days ...

SMB files are ubiquitous across Windows environments and it's easy to lose track of them. However, using PowerShell, we can quickly and easily figure out not only what file shares exist on a remote ...