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Windows PowerShell for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Updated: March 25, 2014 Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 This topic lists the Windows PowerShell® modules included with Windows Server® 2012 and Windows® 8. The Windows PowerShell modules in the list support automating the features of those operating systems and provide links to the cmdlet references for each module. For information about the core features common to all versions of Windows PowerShell, see Windows PowerShell Core. 10 cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell If PowerShell's learning curve has kept you from embracing it for daily use, "cool" might not be a word you'd associate with it. But PowerShell is here to stay. It's a core part of Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008, and it has immense power worth tapping into. If PowerShell's learning curve has kept you from embracing it for daily use, "cool" might not be a word you'd associate with it. I'm going to put some fun into the PowerShell arena and show you a few tricks that will definitely come in handy. Note: Be careful, very careful Yes, this is a tool worthy of the name. This information is also available as a PDF download. #1: Report all of the USB devices installed PowerShell is Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) aware. gwmi Win32_USBControllerDevice -computername SERVER1 |fl Antecedent,Dependent This will apply a filter to bring back the antecedent and dependent fields from the SERVER1 computer. #2: Perform your favorite CMD tasks in PowerShell get-process BadTh*
Running Windows PowerShell Scripts Against Multiple Computers Here’s a quick tip on working with Windows PowerShell. These are published every week for as long as we can come up with new tips. If you have a tip you’d like us to share or a question about how to do something, let us know. Find more tips in the Windows PowerShell Tip of the Week archive. Running Windows PowerShell Scripts Against Multiple Computers If there’s a problem with the Script Center – wait a minute, who said there was a problem with the Script Center? Um, as we were saying, if there’s a problem with the Script Center it’s the fact that our scripts are almost all designed to be run against one computer at a time. Yes, just like the Scripting Guys. Of course, in real life things aren’t so simple; system administrators (that is, people who actually use scripts, as opposed to simply writing about them) need to manage multiple machines. Well, to be honest, they don’t. But first things first. Using Command-Line Arguments bios.ps1 atl-fs-01 atl-fs-02 That’s pretty cool, isn’t it?
QAD cmdlets reference - PowerGUI Wiki QAD cmdlets reference From PowerGUI Wiki Jump to: navigation, search The ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory is an Active Directory specific automation and scripting shell that provides a command-line management interface for administering directory data either via Quest ActiveRoles Server or by directly accessing Active Directory domain controllers. The ActiveRoles Management Shell is built on Microsoft Windows PowerShell technology. This reference is for AD cmdlets version 1.4. You can download AD cmdlets here. The following cmdlets are currently in the package: Connecting to AD, domain controllers, ADAM Generic object management User management Group management Computer accounts AD security Email address management Windows 2008 fine-grained password policies Certificate and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) management Auxiliary cmdlets Convert-QADAttributeValue ActiveRoles Server cmdlets Deprovision-QADUser Get-QARSLastOperation Category: QAD cmdlets reference Views Personal tools Home Forum
Windows PowerShell Updated: July 8, 2013 Windows PowerShell® is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell® helps IT professionals and power users control and automate the administration of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows. The documents published here are written primarily for cmdlet, provider, and host application developers who require reference information about the APIs provided by Windows PowerShell. For the basic information needed to start using Windows PowerShell, see Getting Started with Windows PowerShell . Provides information about how to install the Windows PowerShell SDK. Provides information for administrators, script developers, and cmdlet developers who need to package and distribute their Windows PowerShell solutions. Provides information for designing and implementing cmdlets.
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