PowerShell Execution Policies Explained

As an IT Professional using PowerShell to write scripts and automate tasks, it is important that you have a good understanding on how PowerShell execution policies work. PowerShell’s execution policy is a safety feature that controls the conditions under which PowerShell loads configuration files and runs scripts. This feature helps prevent the execution of malicious scripts as it acts as the gate-keeper.

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Introduction to PowerShell 7

As of January 2023, the PowerShell version 7, also known as PowerShell 7, is the latest version released by Microsoft. It has many new additional features and backwards compatible with the previous versions of PowerShell. But, it is not a direct upgrade from PowerShell 5 or 6, which maybe what is installed by default on your current Windows 10 and 11 devices. In this introduction to PowerShell 7, I explain how you can get the latest version of the program on your device.

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No Benevolent Actors

I have not posted anything on my website on Social and Economical things for a long time. This would be my first “society” tagged (in Philosophy category) post in a since August 2021.

Anyway, as I age, I gained a lot of life experiences through interaction with others. One of the social phenomena I came across in Calgary specially after the massive global economic downturn is the self-proclaimed benevolent actors. Continue reading No Benevolent Actors