Welcome to Powershell
Windows PowerShell is an amazingly powerful tool to help you with common windows administrative tasks. If you are comfortable with one of the myriads of scripting languages available today, Powershell will be easy for you to learn while also providing the benefits of command-line administration. Microsoft is pushing Powershell to the forefront of its management products. You’ll witness this in any new Microsoft product shipping today. Some tasks require Powershell exclusively in order to configure. So not only is Powershell fun and flexible, it is going to be required knowledge moving forward. This collection will help you Install and Configure Windows Servers, Modify an Installation, Configure Server Core, Install Active Directory Domain Controllers, Automate Active Directory User Accounts, Control Groups, Group Policy, Hyper-V, and Configure Local Storage. This is a great skill to have for Microsoft System Administrators.
First, get some help
Get-Help
What better place to start than with the command that will show how to get help with the commands. Get-Help can be used with any command. Maybe you’re curious how the Add-Computer command works. Simply type Get-Help -Name Add-Computer into Powershell, hit enter, and be rewarded with command details such as Name, Synopsis, Syntax, Description, Related Links, and Remarks.
Now that you know how to get help, let’s dig into the nitty-gritty. Powershell commands follow the syntax of Verb – Noun which is known as a cmdlet or command let.
Add a Feature
Install -WindowsFeature You can deploy a feature to remote computer using the –computer flag, as in: Install -WindowsFeature -Computer
Add Migration Tools
Install -WindowsFeature Migration
Switch from Full to Core
Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell –Restart (Also using –Remove actually removes the underlying binaries)
Switch from Core to Full
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Restart
Switch from Full to Core Using DISM (not actually PowerShell)
Dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:ServerCore-FullServer
Install Minimal Server Interface from Core
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra
Install Minimal Server Interface from Full
Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell (Note: you can add the –WhatIf flag to see other dependent components that might also be uninstalled)
Features on Demand
Simply use Unintall-Windows Feature and include the -Remove flag to remove the binaries. To perform this on a remote computer, include -Computer
Configure IP Address
New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 10.10.10.73 -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" -DefaultGateway 10.10.10.1 -PrefixLength 24
Configure DNS address
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" -ServerAddresses 10.10.10.70, 10.10.10.1
Join Computer to Domain
Add-Computer -DomainName vegibit.com
Installing Active Directory Binaries
Install-WindowsFeature –name AD-Domain-Services
Installing New Forest
Install-ADDSForest
Installing New Domain
Install-ADDSDomain
Installing Additional Domain Controller
Install-ADDSDomainController
Uninstall Active Directory Binaries
Uninstall-WindowsFeature –name AD-Domain-Services
Uninstall Domain Controller
Uninstall-ADDSDomainController Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin Enable-ADOptionalFeature –Identity ‘CN=Recycle Bin Feature,CN=Optional Features,CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=vegibit,DC=com’ –Scope ForestOrConfigurationSet –Target ‘vegibit.com’
Create new users
New-ADUser
Create Groups
New-ADGroup -Name bostonAdmins -SamAccountName bostonAdmins -GroupCategory Security -GroupScope Global -DisplayName bostonAdmins -Path "OU=User Accounts,ou=boston Admins,ou=boston,ou=Massachusetts,dc=vegibit,dc=com" -Description "boston Administrators"
Add Members to Group
add-adgroupmember bostonAdmins bostonAdmin01,bostonAdmin02
Advertise IPv6 on interface
set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet 2" -AddressFamily IPv6 -Advertising Enabled
Configure Network Route for ISATAP Interface
New-NetRoute -InterfaceIndex 13 -DestinationPrefix 2001:ABCD:/64 -Publish Yes
Enable Resource Metering for Hyper-V
Get-VM -Computername | Enable-VMResourceMetering
View Resource Metering for a Specific Guest
Get -VM -ComputerName -Name | Measure -VM
Change Measurement Interval (default 1:00)
Set -vmhost –computername – ResourceMetering SaveInterval HH :MM :SS
Obtain all VMS Metering Data
Get -VM -ComputerName | Measure -VM
Obtain Specific Guest Metering Data
Get -VM -ComputerName -Name | Measure -VM
Show Storage Pools
Get -StoragePool
Show Virtual Disks
Get -VirtualDisk Repair Virtual Disk Repair -VirtualDisk
Show Unhealthy Physical Disks
Get -PhysicalDisk | Where{$_.HealthStatus –ne “Healthy”}
Remove Physical Disk from Storage Pool
Reset -PhysicalDisk
List Physical Disks Used for Virtual Disks
Get -VirtualDisk | Get -PhysicalDisk
Add a Physical Disk to Storage Pool
Add -PhysicalDisk
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