Recently, I got a scenario where I needed to calculate future dates based on a specific number of days. The Get-Date cmdlet in PowerShell provides the adddays() method to achieve this. In this tutorial, I will explain how to add days to a date using the PowerShell Get-Date cmdlet. PowerShell Add Days to Date The … read more…
A few days ago, I developed an employee leave management application. To generate a unique request ID, I was required to concatenate the employee name with the current date in a text format. Also, I need to notify the employee by their name when submitting the leave request. I achieved all these requirements with different … read more…
As an IT professional managing servers for a US-based company, I recently encountered a situation where I needed to track the execution of a critical PowerShell script. To ensure easier troubleshooting, I implemented logging functionality in my script. In this tutorial, I will explain how to create a log file using PowerShell. By analyzing log … read more…
Recently, to analyze a log, I was required to compare two dates in PowerShell. PowerShell provides powerful built-in cmdlets and operators that make comparing dates easy. In this tutorial, I will show you how to compare dates in PowerShell. Let me show you different methods with practical examples. Compare Dates Using PowerShell Comparison Operators PowerShell … read more…
In this tutorial, I will explain how to check if a date is older than 30 days using PowerShell. Recently, I helped my team troubleshoot an issue where we needed to identify files in a directory created more than 30 days ago to archive them. Let me explain how we fixed it. PowerShell If Date … read more…
In this tutorial, I will explain how to use PowerShell’s Copy-Item cmdlet to copy files and folders while maintaining their original structure. This is a common task for system administrators and developers who need to manage file systems efficiently. You will learn here how to use the PowerShell Copy-Item cmdlet to efficiently copy files and … read more…
As an IT administrator, I recently needed to find the most recent log files in a directory to troubleshoot an issue. Using the Get-ChildItem cmdlet combined with the Sort-Object cmdlet, I quickly sorted the files by date and identified the relevant logs. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet in … read more…
The PowerShell Copy-Item is a useful cmdlet that allows you to copy files and folders. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use the PowerShell Copy-Item cmdlet to copy files and folders efficiently with some examples. PowerShell Copy-Item PowerShell Copy-Item is used to copy files and directories from one location to another. Whether you … read more…
Recently, I was required to create a Power Apps form from SharePoint named Employee Leave Requests, which has a leave type choice column. While submitting the leave requests, employees might have other leave-type reasons, which I haven’t included in the choice column. So, in the Power Apps form, I was required to create an “Other” … read more…
In this tutorial, I will explain how to get file sizes using PowerShell. As an IT professional working in the United States, I recently faced a challenge where I needed to determine the sizes of various files across multiple directories quickly. In PowerShell, it is easy to do. Let me explain how. PowerShell Get File … read more…
In this tutorial, I will explain how to create and use PowerShell ArrayList with some examples for efficient data management. As a PowerShell developer or administrator when you start using ArrayList over an Array, it will improve your script’s performance. I will also show the difference between an array and an ArrayList. What is a … read more…
In this tutorial, I will explain how to get file modified date in PowerShell. As an IT administrator for a USA-based company, I recently faced a situation where I needed to find out when a specific file was last modified. It is easy in PowerShell, let me show you how. PowerShell Get File Modified Date … read more…
Last week, I developed a Power Apps application called Leave Management. To maintain the same font style size and colors, I stored those values in global variables and used them throughout the application. Later, I was required to change the variable names, which needed to affect everywhere I used. In this article, I will explain … read more…
A few weeks before, I was required to share the Power Apps application with Microsoft 365 Groups, but I faced an issue while sharing the application: the group name did not show up. After researching, I found a way to share the application with Microsoft 365 groups. In this tutorial, we’ll see how to share … read more…
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