PowerShell.nu | Windows PowerShell Dmitry’s PowerBlog PowerShell and beyond A Taste Of PowerShell Windows Server 2008, Exchange advice. Help solving computer problems. VBScript Start-Automating 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.
Use PowerShell to Audit and Install Windows Patches - Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog Summary: Learn how to use a free Windows PowerShell module to audit and install patches on Windows systems. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today, I am proud to present a guest blog post written by Boe Prox. Boe is currently a senior systems administrator with BAE Systems. <BoeProxDisclaimer>This post does not contain any code in it. Something that I have been working on for a little while as a work project is a way for other users in my shop to be able to patch our servers during a downtime without actually having to log into each server remotely to install the patches that have been downloaded from the local WSUS server. Initially, I wrote two sets of Windows PowerShell scripts: one to audit for patches that were downloaded to each server and waiting to be installed, and another that would install those patches on the server remotely. Enter the PowerShell Patch Audit/Installation GUI (PoshPAIG). Running the utility First download PoshPAIG. Sort columns when clicked Ping sweep
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
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