Windows Administrators-Desktop Applications with PowerShell

Build a base PowerShell form by creating a System.Windows.Forms form, adding labels, textboxes, dropdowns, and buttons, and configuring size, start position, and keydown actions before showing the form.

Create a basic desktop form in PowerShell by instantiating a form object, setting size, start position, icon, and background image, then display it with show dialog.

Explore how textboxes capture inputs like names and locations in a Windows desktop PowerShell app, with a live demo on adding textboxes to a form.

Learn to create and configure a combo box in a Windows PowerShell desktop application, including object creation, setting location and size, populating the dropdown, and adding it to the form.

Explain button actions in a PowerShell app: close forms with cancel or exit, browse to load a file, parse server names, and populate a text box with comma separated values.

Learn how a PowerShell tool checks C drive free space across multiple servers by selecting the option, running a function, and displaying results in a grid.

Add multiple menu items to the menu strip and base menu, including an exit item. Wire email configuration to the C drive free space check outputs and related tools.

Illustrates using if, else, and elseif in PowerShell to perform conditional logic, compare values (including greater than), and act on service counts.

Check SQL server running status across multiple servers with a single click using PowerShell, by querying Win32_Service and formatting results into a labeled table.

Explore how to identify SQL Server sysadmins across multiple servers with PowerShell, list server instances and port numbers, and query sysadmin data for export to CSV or email.