Powershell remote file access

It is always a challenge to be a systems administrator on a network. There are so many computers to manage. It can take a long time if you go from computer to computer to log in and do things. For Linux there were a number of good tools to get your power user on with. But Windows was always more of a struggle. With PowerShell though it has become much easier. This is in part due to the object oriented nature of PowerShell. Even something as simple as getting file listings can be enhanced with the way PowerShell handles the task. You can gather the information and then have full control over what all you can do with it. You can also access much more information. It will be really easy to save this information off to files as well. 

Along with being able to perform the basic simple tasks, PowerShell allows for expanding to do the same task on multiple computers with one or two commands. You can easily connect to any number of multiple computers with a single PowerShell command simply by using an array that lists all the computers, or putting them in a file and then bringing in the file into an array. Maybe you need to gather the log files from a list of computers every day. Now instead of spending an hour or two going from computer to computer you can simply put the list of computers in a single file, and then with one command you can have PowerShell walk through all the computers and gather the log files for you. 

If you are not familiar with PowerShell then you might want to check out my​ Introduction to PowerShell course on Udemy. In the course you will be able to develop the solid foundation in PowerShell you need as an administrator of computers.