PowerShell Hyper-V VM Health Check and Auto-Report Script
Manually checking Hyper-V VM health in Hyper-V Manager does not scale. This script queries every VM on one or more hosts and builds a color-coded HTML health dashboard.
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PowerShell Custom Error Classes and Structured Exception Handling
Throwing generic strings as errors makes debugging painful. Custom exception classes with typed properties let callers catch specific errors and extract structured failure
PowerShell Script: Automate SSL Certificate Renewal Checks
Expired SSL certificates cause outages. This script probes a list of URLs, extracts certificate expiry dates, and sends tiered alerts at 30-day and 7-day intervals before expiry.
PowerShell Windows Event Forwarding Setup via Script
Centralizing Windows event logs without a SIEM is possible with Windows Event Forwarding. This guide configures both the collector and sources entirely through PowerShell
PowerShell Splatting: Advanced Patterns for Cleaner Scripts
Splatting is more powerful than most scripts use it. Dynamic splatting from PSBoundParameters, conditional parameter addition, and splat passthrough patterns transform complex
PowerShell WMI Event Subscription: React to System Events
Instead of polling for changes, WMI event subscriptions let your script react instantly when a process starts, a service stops, or a USB drive is inserted. Here is how to use them.
PowerShell Error Handling: Retry Logic with Exponential Backoff
Transient failures kill long-running automation. This guide shows how to wrap any PowerShell command in a Retry-Command function with configurable backoff, jitter, and maximum
PowerShell Scheduled Task: Create, Edit, and Audit via CIM
Scheduled Task management through the GUI is fine for one machine, but automating it across a fleet requires PowerShell. This guide covers creation, modification, and bulk
PowerShell Script: Clean Up Stale AD Computer Accounts
Stale computer accounts bloat AD, create licensing noise, and are a security risk. This two-phase script finds inactive machines, disables them first, then deletes after a
PowerShell Compare-Object Internals: Advanced Diffing Techniques
Compare-Object is one of PowerShell’s most misunderstood cmdlets. SyncWindow, PassThru, and multi-property diffing unlock powerful use cases for configuration drift detection.
