Windows PowerShell Basics for IT

Professionals

Peter Lammers

Lead Developer

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What Is PowerShell?

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Windows PowerShell™ includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment

Commands are object-based

Large set of built-in commands

All shell commands use the same parser

Windows PowerShell 2.0 is installed by default on Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Windows® 7

PowerShell Syntax

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Name Alias Server StorageQuota

---- ---- ------ ------------

Bob Kelly bobk smbex01 unlimited

Kim Akers kima smbex01 unlimited

PS> get-mailbox –server “smbex01”

Verb NounName

ArgumentString

Command Parameter

Property Names

Property Values

Demonstration: Getting Started with PowerShell

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• PowerShell basics

• Getting help

• Windows PowerShell snap-in

• Getting cmdlet information

Piping and the Pipeline

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Scenario 1Get-Service| Where-Object {$_.Status –eq “Running”}| Sort-Object Name

Cmdlet Filter Sort

Scenario 2Get-item –path HKLM:\Software\MyCompany | new-Itemproperty –name NoOfEmployees –value 8124

Demonstration: Piping, Outputting, and Formatting

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• Piping and the pipeline

• Output and formatting

Data Types

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Shortcut Data Type

[datetime] Date or time

[string] String of characters

[char] Single character

[double] Double-precision floating number

[single] Single-precision floating number

[int] 32-bit integer

[wmi] Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI) instance or collection

[adsi] Active Directory® Services object

[wmiclass] WMI class

[Boolean] True or false value

Demonstration: Variables and Types

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• Creating variables

• Using types

• Creating arrays

PowerShell Scripts have the .ps1 extension

PowerShell Scripts

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Sample Script# This script will get files and folder stored in# C:\Scripts.$a = Get-ChildItem C:\Scripts$a

Run a ScriptC:\Scripts\MyScript.ps1& “C:\My Scripts\Test.ps1”

Demonstration: Working with Scripts

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• Creating PowerShell scripts

• Running scripts

Demonstration: Automating Administrative Tasks

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• Work with the Event Log

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