PowerShell Lessons

Author: John A Mahady

Index
2014 September 4
  1. How to Create a PowerShell Profile
  2. 10 fundamental concepts for PowerShell scripting
  3. 10 PowerShell commands every Windows admin should know
  4. 10 reasons why you should learn to use PowerShell
  5. 10 cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell
  6. Quickly find space-hogging files with PowerShell
  7. Three PowerShell queries to obtain critical system information
  8. Two PowerShell scripts for retrieving user info from Active Directory
  9. Wikipedia
  10. Windows PowerShell: Scripting Crash Course
  11. Windows PowerShell: Make a Command into a Reusable Tool
  12. Windows PowerShell: Writing Cmdlets in Script
  13. Windows PowerShell 2.0 Brings Scripting to Active Directory - and Not Just for Windows Server 2008 R2
  14. Stay Seated!
  15. Filter Left, Format Right
  16. Responding to WMI Events
  17. Cool Pipeline Tricks, Redux
  18. Back Up Your Event Logs with a Windows PowerShell Script
  19. Build a Better Function
  20. Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies Cheat Sheet
  21. Streamlining Functionality in IIS 7.0 with AppCmd.exe
  22. Take Command of Server 2008 with Windows PowerShell – Part 1
  23. Take Command of Server 2008 with Windows PowerShell – Part 2
  24. Microsoft Virtual Academy: Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start Videos
  25. Geek School for PowerShell
  26. Add a wndows user account
  27. Delete a wndows user account
  28. Password never expires
  29. A step-by-step guide on how to create custom objects
  30. Installing IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft site
  31. How to install Windows Server features using PowerShell – Server 2012 R2
  32. Check if IIS running on a local or remote server
  33. Installing and Enabling IIS and FTP on Windows Server 2012
  34. Send an email or HTML
  35. GREAT PowerShell Tutorial site AND about output to File
  36. What's the best way to automate secure FTP in PowerShell?
  37. Generating Self-Signed SSL Certificates for IIS Servers
  38. Self-signed certificate creation with PowerShell
  39. Change the PowerShell MachinePolicy Execution Policy in Windows Server 2012R2
  40. Adding Server Roles and Features
  41. Creating a New Web FTP Site on IIS7.5 with Powershell
  42. Removing the Default Web Site
  43. Stop default web site by powershell
  44. PowerShell Snap-in: Creating Web-Sites, Web applications, Virtual Directories and Application Pools
  45. Windows PowerShell Modules
  46. Microsoft Developer Network : Windows PowerShell
  47. PowerShell Snap-in: Navigating the IIS Snap-in Namespace
  48. Managing Internet Information Services with the IIS PowerShell Snap-In
  49. Installing IIS 7.X on Windows Server 2008/R2
  50. How do I query a SQL Server database using Powershell
  51. Windows PowerShell Tips - Microsoft TechNet
  52. Running Windows PowerShell Scripts
  53. Try Catch Finally and error handling in PowerShell
  54. Use the Server Manager module for Windows PowerShell
  55. Use PowerShell to remove local profiles - see code example
  56. Script to delete Windows User Profiles on Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2
  57. Using the Server Manager Module in PowerShell to Install Roles and Features On a Windows Server
  58. SQL Server Video to Pre-Validate Data with PowerShell Before Importing
  59. 2008 R2 Server Manager Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell
  60. Starting Windows PowerShell with All Modules Loaded
  61. Scripting with Windows PowerShell in 2.0, 3.0, 4.0
  62. MSDN: Scheduling Background Jobs in Windows PowerShell 3.0
  63. How to Install the Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell
  64. Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
  65. Script resources for IT professionals - MS TechNet
  66. PowerTip: Expand Environmental Variables with PowerShell
  67. Google: Remoting with Powershell
  68. Windows PowerShell's Syntax
  69. A look at PowerShell jobs – Part 1
  70. What does $_ mean in powershell?
  71. Send mail via gmail with PowerShell V2's Send-MailMessage
  72. Windows PowerShell Jobs and AsJob
  73. Use an Easy PowerShell Command to Search Files for Information

Blogs & Newsletters

  1. TechNet Flash newsletter
  2. The Vexasoft PowerShell Blog
  3. Pluralsight blog
  4. pipe2text blog
  5. Clint Boessen's Blog
  6. @mike_pfeiffer
  7. MSDN Magazine Issues
  8. MSDN PowerShell Blog
  9. MSSQL and PS Tips - 47
  10. Best MSSQL Websites
  11. OrcsWeb Blog
  12. Yusuf Ozturk
  13. The Lonely Administrator
  14. TechNet Magazine - Scripting

Tutorials

  1. PS Tutorial for Admins
  2. PowershellPro.com - 12
  3. Powershell 101 - PS Scripts
  4. Shell Environment - PS Scripts
  5. PS Script - Categories
  6. PowerShell.com
  7. Microsoft Script Center
  8. RMC Project Management
  9. Index of Windows PowerShell 2.0 commands
  10. YouTube: My Final 1-Day PowerShell v2 Workshop - Don Jones : 4 hrs
  11. YouTube: Windows PowerShell Remoting - Don Jones : 1 hr
  12. YouTube: Group Policy Reporting and Analysis with Windows PowerShell 1:14 hrs
  13. YouTube: Advanced Automation Using Windows PowerShell 3.0 1:16 hrs
  14. my Profile script
  15. Get-OSInfo.PS1 script - for templating
  16. Interface - video training site/$$
  17. Decrypt PowerShell Secure String Password

Classes

  1. All System Classes
  2. Win32_UserAccount
  3. Win32_UserProfile