-WhatIf is not a dry run for everything
-WhatIf only previews commands that support it. The rest of your script runs for real.
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Execution policy is not a security boundary. Microsoft says so.
RemoteSigned stops accidents, not bad scripts. The review still has to happen before you unblock.
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DELETE without a WHERE clause, delivered by PowerShell
Invoke-Sqlcmd runs whatever T-SQL you hand it. A missing WHERE clause turns "remove one row" into "empty the table".
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The script is going to 500 endpoints. Read it first.
Scripts from vendors, forums and RMM libraries get pushed widely and reviewed rarely. A ten-minute routine changes that.
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The one-liner that restarts every computer in your domain
You meant three web servers. Get-ADComputer -Filter * meant every computer account in Active Directory.
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Five PowerShell patterns that do far more than they look
Most script outages don't start with a bad idea. They start with one parameter nobody looked at twice.
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