Microsoft is planning to deliver its Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version by the end of this month, which also will bring PowerShell 5.0 with it. PowerShell ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) and cybersecurity partner agencies issued an advisory today recommending system administrators to use PowerShell to prevent and detect malicious activity on Windows ...

With Windows 10, you can no longer do a quick-and-dirty scan for updates from the GUI without triggering the detection and installation of those updates. The same holds true for Server 2016 or Server ...

Microsoft introduced a new PowerShell-based server protection scheme for IT pros at TechEd this week called "Just Enough Administration" (JEA). JEA is based on the common notion that organizations can ...

PowerShell is a powerful and versatile tool for both Windows sysadmins and hackers, who use it to build malicious scripts that avoid detection. This advice will make it harder for them to do so.

Given that there have been some security fiascos around VBScript, Microsoft was determined not to get burned again. So, by default PowerShell is one of the most secure Microsoft scripting products.

Microsoft has said that when PowerShell 5.0 arrives later this month, new security improvements will be coming with it. PowerShell 5.0 is the newest version of Microsoft's scripting language for ...