In this tutorial, I will explain how to use the PowerShell Get-Date cmdlet to work with dates and times in your scripts. The Get-Date cmdlet allows you to retrieve the current date and time, format dates, and perform date calculations. As a system administrator or a developer, you should know how to use Get-Date in … read more…
While working on Power Automate, one of my clients had a specific requirement for an approval process. They wanted the ability to send approval requests to people outside their organization, something the Approvals connector doesn’t directly support. After exploring various options, I discovered a simple yet effective solution: using the Send email with options action … read more…
SharePoint Server 2019 represents Microsoft’s next-generation platform for workplace collaboration and productivity. Released as an on-premises solution, it brings modern experiences from the cloud to organizations that need to keep their data within their own infrastructure. SharePoint Server 2019 integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365, Power Automate, and Power Apps, enabling teams to share information and … read more…
In my recent training event, someone asked me whether we could add or change our own logo and themes in Power Apps. It’s a generic query that everyone doesn’t like any specific default theme or logo every time they use the app. Instead of that, they will change or customize it on their own. In … read more…
As an IT professional working for a client in the United States, I recently encountered a situation where I needed to standardize the naming convention of folders across multiple directories. PowerShell is perfect for this. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use PowerShell to rename folders to uppercase or lowercase. Now, let me … read more…
A few weeks before, I developed an application for employee travel authorization where SharePoint lists are used to store those data. For a travel request, there might be multiple flights and family details. So, we took those fields as multiple lines of text and stored those data. Now, we are required to split those data … read more…
I developed some Power Apps business applications for clients like leave management, employee travel requests, etc. In these applications, we must add an approver signature and company logo image on the approval request after approval and save it as a PDF file. In this article, we will discuss how to add an image to a … read more…
A few days before, I was trying to store the upcoming Power Apps workshop details in a gallery control. There, I needed to display the presenter’s image, but some presenters didn’t have a profile picture, so alternatively, we were required to display their initials. Suppose someone’s name is Serena Waldroff; the initials will be SW, … read more…
Recently, I got a requirement to rename numerous report files in a project. PowerShell script is the best option for it. In this tutorial, I will explain how to rename multiple files using PowerShell. Rename Multiple Files Using PowerShell Recently, I was working on a project for a client in New York City. They had … read more…
Recently, I was working on a project for a client in New York where I needed to automate the process of checking for the existence of specific files and renaming them according to a predefined naming convention. You can do this easily with PowerShell scripts. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use PowerShell … read more…
As a PowerShell developer, I often got scenarios where using global variables can greatly simplify code and make it more maintainable. In this tutorial, I will explain how to create and use PowerShell global variables with examples. PowerShell Variable Scope Before understanding a global variable in PowerShell, let me explain the concept of variable scope … read more…
There will be times when you want to replace carriage returns in strings using PowerShell. In this tutorial, we will learn how to replace carriage returns in strings using PowerShell. To replace a string containing a carriage return in PowerShell, use the -replace operator with the carriage return escape sequence `r. For example, $string -replace “r”, “replacement text”will replace … read more…
One of my team members recently searched for a PowerShell script to download files from a URL. I suggested different methods to achieve this. In this tutorial, I will explain how to download a file from a URL using PowerShell. Download a File from a URL Using PowerShell There are multiple ways to download files … read more…
One of my team members recently wanted to check if a file has been modified in the last 24 hours. I suggest using PowerShell as it provides different methods to check. In this tutorial, I will explain how to check if a file has been modified in the last 24 hours using PowerShell with examples. … read more…
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