Roel's PowerShell Info - Linklist

Links to sites with interesting PowerShell info.

Powershell Community

General Sites

• powershell.org

  Provides educational resources to the global PowerShell community

• powershelladmin.com

  PowerShell Wiki, Articles, Scripts

 

Code Repositories

• WindowsImage

  Convert-WindowsImage using powershell

 

Powershell Basics

Microsoft Documentation

• About Topics

  Windows PowerShell Core About Topics Index

Introductions

• Video Presentation

  Windows PowerShell Unplugged with Jeffrey Snover

• Video Presentation

  Windows PowerShell Best Practices and Patterns - Time to Get Serious

• Video Presentation

  An entertaining evening on the art and science of writing scripts in PowerShell targeted especially for beginners.

Generic techniques

• Best Practice

  So you need to write a PowerShell script

• Introduction

  Learn about best practices

• Help Documentation

  WTFM: Writing the Fabulous Manual (build-in help)

• Common Parameters

  Accessing Common Parameters, using -verbose or -debug

• Module

  How to Write a Module Manifest

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• Custom Objects

  Creating Custom Objects in PowerShell : Introduction

• Output Objects

  Displaying objects with custom properties and special formatting

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• Repository

  Script resources for IT professionals - Windows PowerShell

• Security

  Windows PowerShell Security Cmdlets

• parameter validation

  Using PowerShell Parameter Validation

• Windows Forms

  Building a GUI frontend for your automation scripts

• Survival Guide

  Windows PowerShell Survival Guide - Automating IT Tasks

 

Windows Management Framework and PowerShell - Download and information

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• PowerShell 5.1

  Update for Windows 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2

• PowerShell 5.0

  Update for Windows 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2

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• NuGet.Server

  makes a folder on the server available through https (specifically OData).

 

Profiles, Configuring and Securing

• Remoting

  Guest blog on PowerShell remoting for Hey, Scripting Guy!

• PS Delegation

  Windows PowerShell remoting and delegating user credentials

• Encryption

  Powershell Password Encryption & Decryption

• Customization

  Ultimate PowerShell Prompt Customization and Git Setup Guide

 

Powershell Scripting

Snippets, Functions, Modules

• Practical

  Practical PowerShell on MCPmag by Jeffery Hicks, Start using Powershell, part 1 of a 5 part series

 

Security techniques

• Decrypt

  Use PowerShell to Decrypt LSA Secrets from the Registry

• AD Priveleged

  Audit Membership in Privileged Active Directory Groups.

• AD user lockout

  Find loked-out accounts and show where the lockout happened

 

Just some handy Powershell scripts or functions

• Remote Copy

  Using PowerShell Remoting to Copy Files

• Power wiki

  Powershell admin wiki by Svendsen Tech

• Code Signing

  Code-Signing Best Practices (Microsoft Document)

 
• SecureString

  Secure Password with PowerShell - Encrypting Credentials

• Domain Credentials

  Auto-Dumping Domain Credentials using SPNs, PowerShell Remoting, and Mimikatz

• VMware PowerCLI

  Using PowerCLI with Invoke-VMScript to run a script inside a running VM

• PowerCLI

  PowerCLI is the tool millions of customers around the world use to manage and automate their VMware environments

• PowerCLI startup

  Function to speed-up the execution of the first PowerCLI cmdlet

• PEM to PFX

  How to convert PEM to PFX in PowerShell (revisited)/p>

 

Training

Training and Certification

• Learn TV

  Microsoft Learn TV

• Training Gallery

  Microsoft partner learning paths