PowerShell from Beginner To Sheller And Scripter

• Starting the PowerShell shell

• Using the PowerShell shell

• Why we already know PowerShell

• What are Cmdlets ?

• Using Cmdlets and parameters 

• What are properties ? Do not belong to Cmdlets

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service 

• Stop-Service 

• Start-Service 

  
  

• Looking online

• Get-LocalUser

• Set-LocalUser

• To quote or not to quote

• Using Help with Cmdlets using the Cmdlet Get-Help to get the parameters and values it needs.

• Using the internet to find out about Cmdlets

• Updating help with Update-Help

• How do you find the right Cmdlet for the job to do ?

• Is it Set-LocalUser or Disable-LocalUser for disabling a local user ?

• What are modules ?

• Using Get-Command

• What is the PowerShell pipeline ?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service –Name ‘spooler’ | Stop-Service 

• Get-Service –Name ‘spooler’ | Start-Service 

• Get-LocalUser –Name ‘Dave’ | Set-LocalUser –Description ‘My Lovely Account’

  
  

• What is the PowerShell pipeline ?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Item -Path ’C:\Source\1.txt' (Retrieve one item) 

• Copy-Item -Path 'C:\Source\1.txt' -Destination 'C:\Target'

• Get-Item -Path ’C:\Source\1.txt'  | Copy-Item -Destination 'C:\Target'

  
  

• What is the PowerShell pipeline ?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-ChildItem -Path ’C:\Source' (Retrieve all items in a directory) 

• Get-ChildItem -Path ’C:\Source'  | Copy-Item -Destination 'C:\Target'

  
  

• How do we output to a text file ?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service | Out-File –FilePath ‘c:\test\services.txt’ 

• Look at properties again and why parameters are not properties.

• Drop a word called ‘object’ on you and see how you respond

• How do we format data in PowerShell ?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service | Format-List –Property

• Get-Service | Format-Table –Property

• Get-Service | Format-Table –Autosize | Out-File –FilePath ‘C:\test\test.txt’

  
  

• PowerShell Objects a deeper look what they are and where they come from !

• How can we find out the properties and methods of an object?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service | Get-Member

• Get-LocalUser | Get-Member

  
  

• How can we find out the kind of properties of an object?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service | Get-Member

• How can we find out the kind of parameters we need ?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service

  
  

• How can we find out the kind of parameters we need ?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service

How can we get only the stuff we need based on a property of an object ?

EXAMPLES:

Get-Service | Where-Object {$PSItem.status –eq ‘running’} | Out-File –FilePath  ‘C:\reports\report.txt’

How can we get only the stuff we need based on a property of an object ?

EXAMPLES:

Get-LocalUser | Where-Object {$PSItem.enabled –eq $false} | Set-LocalUser `  –Description ‘Disabled Account’

• How do we select specific information ?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service | Select-Object –First 5

• Get-Service | Select-Object –Last 5

• Get-Service | Select-Object –Property name,status –First 5 | Out-File –FilePath ‘C:\test\services.txt’

  
  

• How can we group in alphabetical order or from high to low and vice versa?

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• Get-Service | Sort-Object –Property ‘Status’

  
  

  
  

• How can we output to CSV in a simple way ?

• Getting it all together + some gotchas

• A nice Mini Challenge to think about!

• A nice Mini Challenge to think about...again!

• Moving on to a script

• What is a PowerShell script ?

• Using and exploring the PowerShell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment)

• Running a small script

• Set-ExecutionPolicy

• Writing our first PowerShell Script “Hello Wonderful People!”

• Variables in PowerShell

• What is a variable ?

• Defining a variable in PowerShell

• Different types of variables in PowerShell (DataTypes) and why important ?

• Example string,int,datetime and many many more.

• Integer (int)

• String (str or text)

• Boolean (bool)

• DateTime (Store Date)

  
  

• Using [string]$DogType or [int]$Number to tell PowerShell what datatype you want.

• Using $MyVariable.GetType() to see what kind of variable you have.

• Getting data from the user using Read-Host.

• Using this data in a PowerShell Script.

• What are Arythmic Operators ?

• + Add, - Subtract, * Multiply, / Divide, % Mod(Remainder)

  
  

• Objects 2 the return of the killer object…

• Putting an object into a variable and using its properties and methods, more specifically it is an instance from a command.

  
  

• EXAMPLES:

• $Service = Get-Service –Name ‘spooler’

• $Service | Get-Member

• How to use If Statement to make decisions in your script

• Creating multiple decisions in your script with If/ElseIf/Else Statement

• And some gotchas

  
  

• If/Elseif/Else statement.

  
  

• Scripting Example : if a local user is enabled, disable it and if a local user is disabled enable it.

• STEPS:

• Which Cmdlets do I need ? Look at the  internet to find out.

• Which Parameters of Cmdlets am I going to use ?

• What variables am I going to use.

• Which properties of the object which is in the variable do I need and what are the possible values of the properties.

  
  

• If/Elseif/Else statement. And some extra tips and tricks added continuing part 3!

  
  

• Scripting Example : if a local user is enabled, disable it and if a local user is disabled enable it.

• STEPS:

• Which Cmdlets do I need ? Look at the  internet to find out.

• Which Parameters of Cmdlets am I going to use ?

• What variables am I going to use.

• Which properties of the object which is in the variable do I need and what are the possible values of the properties.

  
  

• If/Elseif/Else statement. And let's make a sentence continuing part 4!

  
  

• Scripting Example : if a local user is enabled, disable it and if a local user is disabled enable it.

• STEPS:

• Which Cmdlets do I need ? Look at the  internet to find out.

• Which Parameters of Cmdlets am I going to use ?

• What variables am I going to use.

• Which properties of the object which is in the variable do I need and what are the possible values of the properties.

• Nested If/ElseIf/Else statement.

• Continuing Nesting If/ElseIf/Else statement. (That bird doesn't have it easy)

  
  

• What are comparison operators ?

• What are logical operators ?

• Are you ready to program the next gaming sensation ?

• Explanation of what a loop is and what a While loop does

• Explanation of what a loop is and what a While loop does

• Are you ready to program the next gaming sensation ?

• PowerShell Arrays

• Indexing in an Array

• Using the Foreach to loop through a PowerShell array

• PowerShell Arrays with LocalUsers

• Indexing in an Array with LocalUsers

• Using the Foreach to loop through a PowerShell array of Local User Objects

• Using a combination Foreach and If

• Mmmm nothing more descriptive to add here

• Are you ready to program the next gaming sensation ?

• Creating Local Users from a simple text file

• Creating Directories or files from a simple text file

• Well...just in case you didn't know how

• Using and exploring the Import-Csv Cmdlet

• Using the Import-Csv Cmdlet to create Local Users

• You will need to finish the set up lab environment to follow along, or use your own setup

• Moving to Active Directory

• Creating an Active Directory User with PowerShell

• Since the Active Directory Cmdlets are tricky, I have added them here in the scripting part

• Moving to Active Directory

• Retrieving a user in Active Directory

• Since the Active Directory Cmdlets are tricky, I have added them here in the scripting part

• Moving to Active Directory

• Set AD user properties

• Since the Active Directory Cmdlets are tricky, I have added them here in the scripting part

• Moving to Active Directory

• Creating an Organizational Unit

• Move Active Directory users from one OU to another OU

• Selecting more Active Directory Users with Where-Object

• Nothing more to add here, except that maybe you can do this yourself and then watch the video!

• Just create a file with some names and add them to Active Directory in any OU you want !

• Again, nothing more to add here, except that maybe you can do this yourself and then watch the video!

• Just import a CSV file we created earlier for the Local Users!

• What is PowerShell remoting ?

• Introduced in PowerShell version 2 but PowerShell version 3 perfected it.

• Needs Domain Joined Machines, it doesn’t work very well with standalone machines, though still possible with some tweaks here and there.

• Enable PS Remoting

• How to use an interactive One To One Remoting PowerShell Session with Enter-PSSession

• How to do One-To-Many Remoting with Invoke-Command

• How to do One-To-Many Remoting with Invoke-Command and establishing a session first with New-PSSession and the advantages

• It is almost time for a nice challenge and test yourself, but first some words of encouragement

• A hard one but you got this!