How to convert MAML to Text

MAML is an XML-based markup language developed by the Microsoft User Assistance Platform team to provide user assistance. Among others, it is used in SCOM to format Knowledge articles. Here is how to convert a MAML string to standard readable text. Note: When you copy/paste code from a web site, quotes and backticks are often […]

How to write a one-liner progress bar

Powershell has an easy to use and built-in cmdlet named Write-Progres. However, displaying the PercentComplete parameter seems sometimes cumbersome. Fortunately, most of the time, you need a progress bar when you are inside a foreach loop. This makes it easy to handle because the object you enumerate has a Count and an IndexOf properties. Basic […]

How to validate credential argument for your function

You may know that it’s a best practice to validate arguments you pass to your function. For example, if you want to validate that your parameter named MyString is not null nor empty you can use the ValidateNotNullOrEmpty attribute. But there are other validations which must be done through casting1 or type accelerators. And fortunately, […]