# Posts

Section pages:

- [The Legend of PlatyPS and Content Wrangler](/blog/posts/2025-08-04-legend-of-platyps/): Telling the story of PlatyPS using Microsoft Copilot.
- [Using Git from PowerShell](/blog/posts/2016-12-05-using-git-from-powershell/): How to set up your PowerShell environment to use Git and GitHub.
- [Opening the door to the Mystery of Dates in PowerShell](/blog/posts/2015-11-27-opening-the-door-to-the-mystery-of-dates/): Different applications and operating systems store dates in differing formats. This article summarizes the most common formats and how to convert between them.
- [Adding a Contact to a Distribution List with PowerShell](/blog/posts/2015-07-21-adding-contact-to-distribution-list/): Work around the limitation of the ActiveDirectory module using the [adsi] type accelerator.
- [Use PowerShell and EWS to find out who is sending you email](/blog/posts/2015-03-18-use-powershell-and-ews-to-find-out-who-is-sending-you-email/): Another example of using PowerShell and Exchange Web Services to manage your email.
- [Understanding Byte Arrays in PowerShell](/blog/posts/2014-11-11-understanding-byte-arrays/): Not all strings are created equal. Text encoding can change how strings are stored in memory. Learn how to use byte arrays to work with binary data in PowerShell.
- [Throwback Thursday - Windows Command Shell (Batch) scripting](/blog/posts/2014-11-06-throwback-thursday-windows-batch-scripting/): Some advanced techniques for handling paramters, parsing results, and creating subroutines (functions) in Windows Command Shell batch files.
- [Working with certificates in PowerShell](/blog/posts/2014-11-03-working-with-certificates/): An example script for working with certificates. The example also illustrates some advanced PowerShell scripting techniques like, parameter sets, comment-based help, and error handling.
- [Using PowerShell and EWS to monitor a mailbox](/blog/posts/2014-10-29-using-ews-to-monitor-a-mailbox/): An example of using PowerShell and Exchange Web Services to monitor a mailbox.
- [Fun with Regular Expressions](/blog/posts/2014-10-21-fun-with-regular-expressions/): My recommended tool for learning how to use regular expressions.