techtarget

Logging your every move with a PowerShell transcript

How can I make a PowerShell transcript log everything I do? Admins can create PowerShell transcripts to log everything they do. The PowerShell Console host -- the blue window launched from the Windows ...
CSOonline

How to install PowerShell 5 on Windows 7

Have older Windows systems on your network? You can give them PowerShell 5's event logging capabilities even if they run Windows 7. You might think that something as basic as PowerShell, Microsoft’s a ...
Redmond Magazine

Windows PowerShell 5.0 Expected To Add Improved Security

Microsoft is planning to deliver its Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version by the end of this month, which also will bring PowerShell 5.0 with it. PowerShell ...
techtarget

Find and filter Windows event logs using PowerShell Get-EventLog

The Windows OS is designed to create a record of various system events by writing entries into event logs. Administrators normally access the event logs through the Windows Event Viewer. However, it's ...
MCPmag

How To Use PowerShell To Write to the Event Log

An excellent PowerShell script is easy to troubleshoot when something goes wrong. When developing scripts, it's important to not just consider "working" a symbol of success but also that you have ...
Ars Technica

PowerShell script to copy files with logging

I am trying to learn PowerShell (using V3) and have a need to create a script that will copy a folder structure with logging. Originally I made a small script calling robocopy and that worked quite ...
MCPmag

Improved Security Coming to Windows PowerShell 5.0

Microsoft has said that when PowerShell 5.0 arrives later this month, new security improvements will be coming with it. PowerShell 5.0 is the newest version of Microsoft's scripting language for ...