Don Hite at myITforum.com : PowerShell

Wikipedia Windows PowerShell Wiki

dhite — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:19:06 GMT

The Windows PowerShell WIKI on Wikipedia has been updated with new books and links.

PowerShell Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell

The Windows PowerShell Scriptomatic Download

dhite — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:19:41 GMT

Ed Wilson the author of the Microsoft Press books Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step By Step and Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide among others has created a PowerShell Scriptomatic HTA script like the Windows Scripting Guys WMI Scriptomatic and it is available for download at the link below.

PowerShell Scriptomatic Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d87daf50-e487-4b0b-995c-f36a2855016e&displaylang=en

Microsoft PowerShell Alias Map

dhite — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:20:43 GMT

This Excel Spreadsheet lists all of the available PowerShell Aliases in an Excel Spreadsheet for your reference.

PowerShell Alias Map Excel Spreadsheet

http://www.myitforum.com/inc/arts/12264PowerShellAliasMap.xls

Using PowerShell To Prompt For Console Credentials

dhite — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:48:51 GMT

When you first open the PowerShell console if you type Get-Credential the password dialog box will be displayed with a blank user name and password. However you can add either of the lines below to your PowerShell profile so that each time the console is opened the credentials provided will be used:

$Credentials = Get-Credential Domain\UserName

$Credentials = Get-Credential Local_UserName

Type $Credentials and the User name and the password (System.Security.SecureString) will be listed.

To see more information on the cmdlet type: Get-Help Get-Credential.

Tip: You can also use the –Detailed or –Full switch to get additional information such as examples for using the cmdlet.

Get-Help Get-Credential -Detailed.

Get-Help Get-Credential -Full.

Windows PowerShell Introduction Screencast Video

dhite — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:52:25 GMT

Provided here is the Windows PowerShell introduction screencast video by Jeff Alexander to provide you with the basics you need to get started using PowerShell.

Screencast: Windows PowerShell introduction

mms://mschnlnine.wmod.llnwd.net/a1809/d1/edge/6/8/4/1/Powershell_jeffa.wmv

ScreenCast: Using Windows PowerShell With Windows Server 2008

dhite — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:33:41 GMT

"Windows PowerShell in my opinion is the most important tool for administrators that we have released in many years. It helps to automate the tasks that administrators are faced with every day. I’ve been talking with customers for awhile now about Windows Server 2008 and PowerShell is always apart of sessions and demo’s. So I thought it would be good to capture the demo’s I’ve built up over time and make available to you some of the files I use on a regular basis. There are also some resources below for you to go and find out more."

- Jeff Alenander

You can watch the ScrenCast with Silverlight or Windows Media Player. Also included are the ScreenCast PS1 files for download.

http://blogs.technet.com/jeffa36/archive/2008/07/22/screencast-using-windows-powershell.aspx

PowerGUI Build 1.5.1.512 Released

dhite — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:13:53 GMT

PowerGUI an “extensible graphical administrative console and IDE for managing systems based on Windows PowerShell” has been released for download.

PowerGUI is now available in the following languages:

Danish

English

French

German

Italian

Korean

Norwegian

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Swedish

PowerGUI setup

http://powergui.org/downloads.jspa

PowerGUI add-ons Library

http://powergui.org/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=21

Desktop wallpaper

http://powergui.org/downloads.jspa

Forums

http://powergui.org/forumindex.jspa?categoryID=55

IIS 7.0 PowerShell Provider Downloads

dhite — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:17:05 GMT

Overview

The IIS 7.0 PowerShell Provider is a PowerShell Snap-In that allows you to manage IIS7 configuration and run-time data. It gives easy access to Web-Sites, Application Pools, Web Applications, Virtual Directories, request in flight, Worker Processes and .NET Application Domains within Worker Processes.

Features

The IIS7 PowerShell Provider allows you to

Create Web-Sites, Web Applications, Virtual Directories and Application Pools

Change Simple Configuration Properties on Web-Sites, Application Pools, Web Applications and Virtual Directories

Add and Change Complex Configuration Settings

Query Run-time Data (Web-Site State, Application Pool State, Currently Executing Requests)

Execute Advanced Configuration Tasks, Scripting, Integration with other PowerShell Snap-Ins and features

Search and Discover Configuration Settings

On Line Documentation And Walkthroughs:

Getting Started with the IIS 7.0 PowerShell Provider

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/428/getting-started-with-the-iis-70-powershell-provider

Available Walkthroughs

Installing IIS 7.0 PowerShell Provider

Introduction to IIS 7.0 PowerShell Provider Namespace

Using the PowerShell Help System

Creating Web-Sites, Web Applications, Virtual Directories and Application Pools

Changing Simple Configuration Properties on Web-Sites, Application Pools, Web Applications and Virtual Directories

Adding and Changing Configuration Dettings like Handlers and Modules

Querying and Changing Run-time Data (Web-Site State, Application Pool State, Currently Executing Requests)

Advanced Configuration Tasks

Download PowerShell Provider for IIS 7.0 (x86)

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&i=1664&g=6

Download PowerShell Provider for IIS 7.0 (x64)

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&i=1665&g=6

PowerShell Wiki Resources

dhite — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:26:27 GMT

PowerShell Wiki Resources

Here you will find a list of various PowerShell Wiki pages.

Windows PowerShell (myITfourm)

http://www.myitforum.com/myITWiki/WinPowerShell.ashx

Windows PowerShell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell

User:Soumyasch/Incubator/PowerShell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Soumyasch/Incubator/PowerShell

Windows Power Shell Wiki

http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.WindowsPowerShellWiki

The Exchange 2007 Wiki - PowerShell FAQs

http://www.exchangeninjas.com/powershellfaqs

Free PowerShell PowerPad From PowerLocker

dhite — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:18:47 GMT

Get your free PowerPad scratch pad where you can quickly edit multi-line scripts, functions, or script-blocks.

From the web site:

Bring up PowerPad only where and when you need it. When your at the console getting your new function or script working just right, many times it takes trial and error.

Working multi-line blocks from the console is, well, challenging. PowerPad solves this problem to allow you quickly and easily bring up a small editor to develop and test your function or script until it is just right. You can then just as quickly save your new work to a file or your $profile just as easily.

Muti-line Powershell script editor/invoker.

Always available—cmdlet based design.

Output goes to current console same as if you typed it there.

All console variables are available before and after exit.

Execute whole script or just selected lines with F5 support —ala Sql Query Editor

Great as a work-in-progress “scratch-pad”

Full Copy/Paste support in the editor.

PowerPad:

http://www.powerlocker.com/index_files/PowerPadDetails.htm

Windows PowerShell Cheat Sheet

dhite — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:58:29 GMT

Here you will find links to Ben Pierce’s Windows PowerShell Cheat Sheet Downloads. The downloads are available complements of the PowerShell teams page and are available in Docx, Xps and Pdf versions suitable for printing as a PowerShell quick reference.

Docx Version:

http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/attachment/1521595.ashx

Xps Version:

http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/attachment/1561580.ashx

Pdf Version:

http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/attachment/1525634.ashx

Benp’s Guide To Stuff

http://blogs.technet.com/benp

PowerShell Script Editors

dhite — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:07:56 GMT

PowerShell Analyzer

PowerShell Analyzer is a rich interactive environment for Windows PowerShell. Its goal is to be the PowerShell host of choice for IT professionals and system administrators. It has all the typical editor and IDE functionality that you would expect when working on a modern language, but it focuses on the real time interactive experience as if you were at the console, helping you compose the commands you want to use, and also giving you rich graphical visualization of the results. PowerShell may seem to just return text like the average Unix shell, but in reality, it is returning rich self describing Dotnet objects. PowerShell Analyzer not only helps you with the INPUT, but also with the output. It shows you the properties of the rich objects that the commands return, as well as specific visualizers to help you interact with output such as XML, HTML, charts, tables, and hierarchical data structures.

http://www.powershell.com/analyzer

PowerShell Plus

PowerShell+ is a true PowerShell console embedded in a rich and intuitive user interface. Currently, PowerShell+ is in beta. Existing PowerShellAnalyzer customers have access to the beta program. PowerShellAnalyzer licenses will continue to work with PowerShell+ when it is released. PowerShell+ is free for non-commercial use.

http://www.powershellplus.com

PowerGUI

PowerGUI is an extensible graphical administrative console for managing systems based on Windows PowerShell. These include Windows OS (XP, 2003, Vista), Exchange 2007, Operations Manager 2007 and other new systems from Microsoft. The tool allows to use the rich capabilities of Windows PowerShell in a familiar and intuitive GUI console.

http://powergui.org/index.jspa

PowerShell Class Library Namespaces

dhite — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:21:21 GMT

Here you will find a list of the PowerShell class library namespaces as well as brief description each.

Class Library Namespaces:

Microsoft.PowerShell

This contains the Classes used to manage PowerShell.

Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands

This contains the Classes for the various cmdlets and PowerShell providers that are provided by PowerShell as well as any types that are associated with them.

Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format

This contains all the base Classes for your formatting cmdlets provided by PowerShell.

System.Management.Automation

This is the Root namespace for Windows PowerShell and contains classes and interfaces.

System.Management.Automation.Host

This contains the classes and interfaces that cmdlets use to interact with the Host application user.

System.Management.Automation.Internal

This contains the base Classes that define members for the PowerShell namespace Classes.

System.Management.Automation.Provider

This contains classes and interfaces used to implement Windows PowerShell providers.

System.Management.Automation.Runspaces

This contains the classes and interfaces used to create a Windows PowerShell runspace.

Windows PowerShell Graphical Help File Downloads

dhite — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:56:44 GMT

View the Windows PowerShell help (including cmdlet help and the About topics) in a fully-searchable, graphical format (a standard Windows .chm file). Also included in the help file is the VBScript to Windows PowerShell Conversion Guide and a collection of PowerShell Tips of the Week.

PowerShell 1.0 Help File Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3B3F7CE4-43EA-4A21-90CC-966A7FC6C6E8&displaylang=en

PowerShell 2.0 CTP Help File Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FEFB2572-559A-46FE-978D-5A00490B20FA&displaylang=en

PowerShell Script To Retrieve A Local Machines Available Free Disk Space In GB

dhite — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:36:27 GMT

This PowerShell script will return the logical C disk drive available free disk space in gigabytes.

PS1 Script:

$DiskDrive = GWMI -CL Win32_LogicalDisk |

Where {$_.DeviceId -Eq "C:"}

$DriveSpace = ($DiskDrive.FreeSpace /1GB)

Write-Host Available Free Disk Space = $DriveSpace GB