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Summary: Learn how to find Published Windows PowerShell modules in the PowerShell Gallery.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find modules that are published in the Windows PowerShell Gallery?  Use the Find-Module cmdlet in Windows PowerShell 5.0. This example finds modules related to the ISE: Find-Module *ISE*

Summary: Learn how to install the Windows PowerShell ISE Preview edition from the PowerShell Gallery to Windows PowerShell 5.0 by using a one-line command. One of the way cool things is that the Windows PowerShell ISE is released to the PowerShell Gallery. “PowerShell Gallery?” you might ask. Yeah, the PowerShell Gallery. Although this ...

Summary: Learn about the default parameter values in Windows PowerShell.  How can I find more about default parameter values in Windows PowerShell?  Use the Get-Help cmdlet and search for *defaultParameter*. The following command returns a            list of Help topics that provide this inform...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 5.0 to scrape a web page so that you can easily return parsable objects. Good morning. Ed Wilson here, and today I have a guest blog post by Doug Finke... When surfing the PowerShell Gallery, you'll find that each module has a web page with a version history, for example: Wouldn't it be great ...

Summary: Learn how to retrieve the password from a Windows PowerShell credential object.  I am having a problem connecting to an application via Windows PowerShell. How can I verify the user name and password that was supplied to the credential object?  Assuming you have permissions to the object, you can use the GetNetworkCredential method, for e...