While I've shown you the basics of testing your code in Pester in a previous column, here's how I take those fundamentals to actual code.

Learn the best strategies for testing PowerShell scripts in Windows, such as using the PowerShell ISE, applying coding and debugging best practices, and leveraging tools and frameworks for unit ...

With Pester, PowerShell developers can quickly build tests just like the "big boy" software developers do. If you're just a system administrator that's been writing PowerShell scripts for a while, the ...

PowerShell is a scripting language for Windows and is used for OS configuration and automation. You can use Notepad or PowerShell ISE to test your scripts. You can also run PowerShell scripts from a ...

Learn about using PowerShell for network management tasks such as pinging hosts, testing network connectivity, and scanning ports on systems.

This PowerShell script is designed to test TCP network connections using the Test-NetConnection cmdlet. It provides a user-friendly interface for users to input the destination IP address, port number ...

This PowerShell script is designed to help security researchers and system administrators test for CVE-2025-29927 vulnerabilities in Next.js applications. It checks whether a target application is ...

Function Test-Connection { ## Script contents here } Be sure to name it Test-Connection so that it will override the default Test-Connection cmdlet.

Launching a PowerShell Script from Excel, Revisited We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell.