Secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) is a safe way to transfer files between hosts over the internet. While PowerShell does not offer built-in support for SFTP, you can add this functionality using ...

Before you can change an ACL, you must get the current one. There are two ways to do this with PowerShell. Learn how to get the current ACL and modify it.

Windows PowerShell is probably best-known for its ability to allow Windows admins to operate at scale. For instance, it would take forever to create a thousand user accounts through the GUI, but ...

If you have two machines running Windows and Linux and want to copy files from one to another, this step-by-step guide will help you get the job done. You can use PowerShell Remoting Over SSH to copy ...

Storage is a finite IT asset, and organizations can’t get enough of it. Businesses are consuming more storage every day, and it’s up to IT to keep up. Rather than consistently add expensive new ...

Background Intelligent Transfer Service is a useful tool for transferring large files or transferring to a system with connectivity issues. Performing simple file copies with PowerShell is fairly ...

PowerShell scripts are great because they can be used to do almost anything. One of the limitations to PowerShell scripts, however, is that it isn't always practical to give a script to someone who ...

One task that I hate doing is clicking through Windows just to create a file share. Creating file shares is a highly common activity that many IT pros go through and is one that is ripe for automation ...

These four simple PowerShell scripts fix common Windows headaches and save time with quick, copy-and-paste commands.

I'm reading a list of files from text file, and some of the filenames have the " character as part of their name. For instance: $xx = Get-Content -Path $list ForEach ...