Over the course of the last several articles, we’ve been exploring how to use and manage PowerShell transcript files. Before we move on, I wanted to show you one more way you might leverage a transcript file. The file is nothing more than a logging file. When we write PowerShell functions, sometimes we’d like to include a logging feature. Rather than building something from scratch, we can use a PowerShell transcript. A custom solution will probably always be better, but using a transcript might be a nice compromise. Let me give you some examples.

Using a Parameter

Here is a demonstration function that exposes a logging option to the user via a -Log parameter.