Powershell Basics @PowershellBasic

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Want to find out what your org has hidden within AD? Get-ADUser -identity <username> -Properites *

Put Measure-Command in front of your code to see how long it will take to run. This helps identify what the slowest part of your code is.

You can use Get-Content or, a shorter version you can use gc

Get-ADUser <username> -Properties * | Select-Object -expandproperty ScriptPath ....Working with AD to get a users logon script.

Get-WmiObject win32_service | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.state -ne "Running" -and $_.StartMode -eq "Auto" }).Name

wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion ...Get your BIOS version from #Powershell

Don't let other people's personal prefs dictate how you write code. Some ppl will argue against using write-host. If it works for u, use it

Did you know you can run cmd prompt commands from powershell? Try it, type: ipconfig

Powershell uses WMI to get info from a computer, either local or remote. Here's a list of the classes we reference social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/…

Get-Hotfix -id kb2849697 ....Using #Powershell to find out if you have KB2849697 installed. Use: Get-Hotfix ...To get all patches installed

gwmi win32_startupcommand ...Lists what's configured to start when Windows does

gwmi win32_product | Select Name,Version ...Using #Powershell to list installed programs and their respective version number.

get-date -format MM/dd/yyyy ....Get todays date in a readable format

When writing code, don't be that person that uses single letters for your variable names. Foreach ($i in $a) {....That's just terrible

This is a bit of a longer script, But it's perfect for any helpdesk tech or sysadmin wanting a quick snapshot .. pastebin.com/UiWUF7Lz

To get the ActiveDirectory snapin for #Powershell you need to download RSAT... microsoft.com/en-us/download…

(Get-ADComputer Computer1 -Properties *).CanonicalName ....Get the OU a computer is in.

If you have several calls for Get-WMIObject to the same class, make the gwmi call once as a variable, then reference the var in your script

Get-ADUser -Identity testuser ....This interacts with Active Directory to get user information for the username "testuser".