PSScriptAnalyzer Rules Table of Contents Rule Severity Configurable AlignAssignmentStatement Warning AvoidAssignmentToAutomaticVariable Warning AvoidDefaultValueForMandatoryParameter Warning AvoidDefaultValueSwitchParameter Warning AvoidGlobalAliases* Warning AvoidGlobalFunctions Warning AvoidGlobalVars Warning AvoidInvokingEmptyMembers Warning AvoidLongLines Warning AvoidNullOrEmptyHelpMessageAttribute Warning AvoidShouldContinueWithoutForce Warning AvoidUsingCmdletAliases Warning Yes AvoidUsingComputerNameHardcoded Error AvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText Error AvoidUsingDeprecatedManifestFields Warning AvoidUsingEmptyCatchBlock Warning AvoidUsingInvokeExpression Warning AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword Warning AvoidUsingPositionalParameters Warning AvoidTrailingWhitespace Warning AvoidUsingUsernameAndPasswordParams Error AvoidUsingWMICmdlet Warning AvoidUsingWriteHost Warning DSCDscExamplesPresent Information DSCDscTestsPresent Information DSCReturnCorrectTypesForDSCFunctions Information DSCStandardDSCFunctionsInResource Error DSCUseIdenticalMandatoryParametersForDSC Error DSCUseIdenticalParametersForDSC Error DSCUseVerboseMessageInDSCResource Error MisleadingBacktick Warning MissingModuleManifestField Warning PossibleIncorrectComparisonWithNull Warning PossibleIncorrectUsageOfAssignmentOperator Warning PossibleIncorrectUsageOfRedirectionOperator Warning ProvideCommentHelp Information Yes ReservedCmdletChar Error ReservedParams Error ShouldProcess Error UseApprovedVerbs Warning UseBOMForUnicodeEncodedFile Warning UseCmdletCorrectly Warning UseCorrectCasing Information UseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments Warning UseLiteralInitializerForHashtable Warning UseOutputTypeCorrectly Information UseProcessBlockForPipelineCommand Warning UsePSCredentialType Warning UseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions Warning UseSingularNouns* Warning UseSupportsShouldProcess Warning UseToExportFieldsInManifest Warning UseCompatibleCmdlets Warning Yes UseCompatibleCommands Warning Yes UseCompatibleSyntax Warning Yes UseCompatibleTypes Warning Yes PlaceOpenBrace Warning Yes PlaceCloseBrace Warning Yes UseConsistentIndentation Warning Yes UseConsistentWhitespace Warning Yes UseUTF8EncodingForHelpFile Warning * Rule is not available on all PowerShell versions, editions and/or OS platforms. See the rule's documentation for details.