tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62151963678876643662024-11-01T03:37:48.947-07:00The Power of PowershellThe Power behind any good Windows AdministratorJames Kulikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08190358542022032030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215196367887664366.post-30383502941854849712012-01-05T19:13:00.000-08:002012-01-05T19:13:55.827-08:00PoSh Tip: Output cmdletsOutput cmdlets in powershell v2<br />
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PS> get-command out-* | ft name<br />
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Name<br />
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out-default<br />
out-file<br />
out-gridview<br />
out-host<br />
out-null<br />
out-printer<br />
out-string<br />
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Out-Null: discards command output similar to $null redirect<br />
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Out-File: redirects command output to a file<br />
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Out-Printer: sends formatted output to the default printer <br />
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Out-gridview: opens a formatted table in a modern windows interfaceJames Kulikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08190358542022032030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215196367887664366.post-35990963399868119202011-12-29T19:48:00.001-08:002011-12-29T19:48:51.757-08:00Popular Powershell Add-ons<h3><a href="" name="Popular_Powershell_Ad-on_s"></a>Popular Powershell Add-on Utilities </h3><br />
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<table border="1px"><tbody>
<tr> <td><b>Name</b></td> <td><b>Purpose</b></td> <td><b>Author</b></td> <td><b>Download</b></td> <td><b>Price</b> <br />
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</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> Power Gui<br />
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</td> <td> Graphical editor<br />
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</td> <td> Quest Software</td> <td> http://www.quest.com/powergui-freeware/</td> <td> Free</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Power Gui Pro<br />
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</td> <td>Graphical Editor<br />
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</td> <td>Quest Software<br />
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</td> <td>http://www.quest.com/powerguipro/<br />
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</td> <td> $199.00</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>ActiveRoles Management Shell<br />
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</td> <td> Active Directory Command add-on<br />
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</td> <td>Quest Software<br />
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</td> <td>http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx<br />
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</td> <td> Free</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Powershell WMI Explorer<br />
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</td> <td>WMI tool<br />
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</td> <td>MoW<br />
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</td> <td>http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/pages/powershell-wmi-explorer.aspx<br />
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</td> <td> Free</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>PSHyperV<br />
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</td> <td>Hyper-V command Add-on<br />
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</td> <td><span class="SubText">Jamesone</span><br />
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</td> <td>http://pshyperv.codeplex.com/<br />
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</td> <td> Free</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Power Prompt Here<br />
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</td> <td>Context menu ad-on<br />
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</td> <td>Scott Hanselman<br />
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</td> <td>http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IntroducingPowerShellPromptHere.aspx<br />
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</td> <td> Free</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Powershell tools for IT admins<br />
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</td> <td>Misc Tools add-on<br />
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</td> <td>Christophe Cremon<br />
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</td> <td>http://powershell.codeplex.com/<br />
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</td> <td> Free</td> </tr>
</tbody> </table>James Kulikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08190358542022032030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215196367887664366.post-44593003474821658232011-12-29T11:04:00.000-08:002011-12-29T11:04:14.312-08:00PoSh Tip: Powershell remoteinghave you ever run into a situation where you needed to run some quick code on a remote system but were to lazy to use mstsc.Exe to remote to the system. will with powershell v2 Lazy admin can becom more productive with Invoke-Command cmdlet, and if your like me and hate typing the alias for this command is ICM. It allows you to Invoke a block of code on a remote system. Awasome !!! here is a quick example of who this cam be used to check the status of an Edge server in your perimeter network <br />
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<i style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Function Status-Edge01{ </i><br />
<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>imc Edge01 {</i></div><pre class="powershell" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span class="powerShell__cmdlets">add-pssnapin</span> Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin <span class="powerShell__operator">-</span>ea 0 </i></pre><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>test-servicehealth</i></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>get-queue</i></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>}</i></div><i style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">}</i>James Kulikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08190358542022032030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215196367887664366.post-62990630046125628382011-12-28T22:32:00.000-08:002011-12-28T22:32:57.373-08:00GeekTip: Shutdown Networked computersEver wonder how System administrators restart IT assets on there network so quickly after a Microsoft Patch Tuesday? Well here is one of the tricks of the trade. Open up your command line interpreter such as command prompt or Powershell. you can also use the windows run command to run "<i>shutdown.exe /i</i>" this opens the shutdown executable in interactive mode allowing you to restart or shutdown any system you have access to on your network! How bad ass is that.James Kulikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08190358542022032030noreply@blogger.com0