Windows PowerShell for Beginners

Jeffrey SnoverDistinguished Engineer/Lead Architect for Windows Server

Mir RosenbergSenior Program ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

WSV315

BuckyBalls

Building Blocks

Agenda

Introduce Windows PowerShellLearning to learn PowerShellDrill into utility cmdletsWord from PowerShellCommunity.orgQ&A!Have some FUN!

Windows PowerShell

Command line and scripting languageAs interactive and composable as BASH/KSH

As programmatic as Perl/Python/Ruby

As production oriented as AS400 CL/VMS DCL

Common Engineering Criteria70+ active internal partners

Lync Server • SharePoint Server • Service Manager • Windows Small Business Server • Exchange Server • Windows Diagnostics • Server Manager • SQL Server • Active Directory • Failover Clustering • System Center Operations Manager • Windows Backup • Server Migration • System Center Virtual Machine Manager • Best Practices Analyzer • Active Directory Rights Management Services • Internet Information Services • Background Intelligent Transfer Service • System Center Data Protection Manager • Network Load Balancing • Remote Desktop Services • Group Policy • WS-Management • AppLocker • WMI

Who’s Using Windows PowerShell 2.0?

Productivity

Exchange 2003 (VBScript) Exchange 2007 (PowerShell)

Mailbox Stats

Set listExchange_Mailboxs = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\COMPUTERNAME\ROOT\MicrosoftExchangeV2").InstancesOf("Exchange_Mailbox")

For Each objExchange_Mailbox in listExchange_MailboxsWScript.echo "AssocContentCount =” + objExchange_Mailbox.AssocContentCountWScript.echo " DateDiscoveredAbsentInDS =” + objExchange_Mailbox.DateDiscoveredAbsentInDSWScript.echo " DeletedMessageSizeExtended =” + objExchange_Mailbox. DeletedMessageSizeExtendedWScript.echo " LastLoggedOnUserAccount =” + objExchange_Mailbox. LastLoggedOnUserAccountWScript.echo " LastLogoffTime =” + objExchange_Mailbox. LastLogoffTimeWScript.echo " LastLogonTime =” + objExchange_Mailbox. LastLogonTime WScript.echo " LegacyDN =” + objExchange_Mailbox. LegacyDNWScript.echo " MailboxDisplayName =” + objExchange_Mailbox. MailboxDisplayNameWScript.echo " MailboxGUID =” + objExchange_Mailbox. MailboxGUID WScript.echo " ServerName =” + objExchange_Mailbox. ServerName WScript.echo " Size =” + objExchange_Mailbox. SizeWScript.echo " StorageGroupName =” + objExchange_Mailbox. StorageGroupName WScript.echo " StorageLimitInfo =” + objExchange_Mailbox. StorageLimitInfo WScript.echo " StoreName =” + objExchange_Mailbox. StoreName WScript.echo " TotalItems =” + objExchange_Mailbox. TotalItems Next

get-mailboxstatistics –server $servername

DatabaseMgmt

Dim StorGroup as New CDOEXM.StorageGroup

StorGroup.DataSource.Open "LDAP://" + DCServer + "/ CN=First Storage Group,CN=InformationStore,CN=" + Server + ",CN=Servers,CN=First Administrative Group, CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization, CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services, CN=Configuration," + DomainName

StorGroup.MoveLogFiles("C:\newlogPath", 0)

move-storagegrouppath -identity “First Storage Group“ –log "C:\newlogPath”

Recipient Mgmt

Dim objMailbox As CDOEXM.IMailboxStore

Set objMailbox = GetObject("LDAP://" + DCServer + "CN=FOO,CN=users," + DomainName)

objMailbox.CreateMailbox "LDAP://" + DCServer + "/CN=Private MDB,CN=First Storage Group,CN=InformationStore,CN=" + Server + ",CN=Servers,CN=First Administrative Group, CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization, CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services, CN=Configuration," + DomainName

enable-mailbox -identity domain\FOO –database “First Storage Group\Private MDB”

Short Introduction

Jeffrey SnoverDistinguished Engineer / Lead ArchitectWindows Server demo

Objects“An object is a collection of parts

and how to use them”

PartsProperties

Front Wheel

Back Wheel

Pedals

Saddle

Frame

How to useMethods

Pedal

Steer Left

Steer Right

Apply Front Brake

Apply Rear Brake

Parts How to use

Objects

DisplayName

PartsProperties

Status

RequiredServices

Stop()

How to useMethods

Start()

Pause()WindowsService

The Difference is OBJECTS!

Get-Process | Where { $_.handles –gt 500 } | Sort handles | Format-Table

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Common Windows PowerShell Parser

Windows PowerShell Pipeline Processor

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Working With Objects

Mir RosenbergSenior Program ManagerWindows Server demo

Learn and Leverage

In-box documentsPowerShell_ISE HelpGetting StartedUser’s GuideAbout HelpCmdlet Help Provider Help

Discovery utilitiesBooksCommunity

Practice ad hoc development

Command FunctionGet-Help Help about PowerShell commands and topicsGet-Command Get information about anything that can be invokedGet-Member Show what can be done with an objectGet-Module Shows packages of commands

Utilities - Discovery

Discovery UtilitiesMir RosenbergSenior Program ManagerWindows Server

demo

Command Action

Compare Compare 2 sets of objects

Foreach Act on each element of a set

Group Split a set of objects into groups

Measure Measure some property of a set of objects

Select Select a set of properties from a set of objects

Sort Sort objects

Tee Make a copy of a set of objects

Where Select a subset of objects

Utilities – Object Manipulation

Object Manipulation Utilities

Jeffrey SnoverDistinguished Engineer / Lead ArchitectWindows Server demo

PowerShell Script Explorer and Visual SearchMir RosenbergSenior Program ManagerWindows Server demo

Summary / Call to Action

Available at: www.microsoft.com/downloadsSearch for PowerShell

Try it, Deploy it, Use it, Share it!Focus on learning to learn

Automate and Prosper!

Windows PowerShell Community Resources

Team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShellPowerShell Community: http://www.powershellcommunity.orgPowerShell Forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverpowershell/threads Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/PowerShellWiki: http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.WindowsPowerShellWikiScript Center: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspxCodePlex: http://codeplex.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=powershellSome good books

PowerShell in Action, 2nd Edition by Bruce Payettehttp://www.manning.com/payette2 Windows PowerShell Cookbook, 2nd Edition by Lee Holmes http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801519/ PowerShell Comics! http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/comics/b/weblog/archive/2011/04/20/climbing-mt-powershell-comic-book-first-pages.aspx

Q&A

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