If you’ve been writing PowerShell scripts for a while, you’ve probably run into a situation where you’re looping through a list of items and at some point you think — “I don’t want to process this one, just skip it and move on.” That’s exactly what we’re going to cover in this tutorial. I’ll walk you … Read more
If you’ve ever worked with time-based data in PowerShell, you already know how often values come in as raw seconds. Whether it’s script execution time, API response duration, or system performance logs, seconds are useful—but not always the most readable format. At some point, I found myself constantly needing to convert those seconds into a … Read more
If you’ve ever worked with logs, timers, or performance data in PowerShell, you’ve probably come across time values in seconds that aren’t very human-friendly. Reading something like “7265 seconds” doesn’t immediately tell you much unless you stop and calculate it mentally. In this post, we’ll make that easier by learning how to convert seconds into … Read more
If you’ve ever exported data from a database, pulled performance metrics, or opened a CSV file — only to find numbers that look like 1.23E+04 or 5.73e+02 — you already know how annoying scientific notation can be. It’s compact, sure, but try doing any real work with it and you’ll hit a wall fast. In this tutorial, I’ll walk … Read more
If you’ve ever worked with Active Directory, Azure AD, or any system that stores identity data, you’ve probably run into GUIDs. They look like this: bcd2e574-8d58-4136-a9df-8a19b145db79. Clean enough. But then someone asks you for the hex representation, and suddenly things get confusing. I’ve been there. You Google around, find a few scattered Stack Overflow answers, and … Read more
If you’ve ever run a PowerShell command and stared at a wall of text scrolling past in the console, you already know the pain. It’s hard to read, hard to sort, and nearly impossible to pick out what you actually need. That’s exactly where Out-GridView comes in — and once you start using it, you’ll wonder how … Read more
If you’ve spent any time working with APIs, configuration files, or automation pipelines in PowerShell, you’ve almost certainly needed to deal with JSON. And the cmdlet sitting right at the center of all of that is ConvertTo-Json. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use ConvertTo-Json in PowerShell with real-world examples. What Is ConvertTo-Json in … Read more
If you’ve worked with modern APIs—even briefly—you already know that JSON is everywhere. Whether you’re integrating with Microsoft 365 services, pulling data from third-party APIs, or automating internal systems, you’ll almost always be dealing with JSON over HTTP. In my day-to-day work as a Microsoft 365 administrator and automation consultant, one of the most common … Read more
If you’ve ever managed user accounts in Microsoft 365, Active Directory, or hybrid environments, you’ve probably run into this situation: I’ve been there more times than I’d like to admit. And almost every time, the quickest and most reliable way to investigate is PowerShell. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to check password … Read more
When working with PowerShell scripts, you often need to work with file and folder paths. For example, you might be writing a script that processes files inside a directory, copies files to another location, or logs information about specific folders. In many cases, scripts require the absolute path of a directory instead of a relative … Read more
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