PowerShell Hosts Info, Servers, Computers One-Liners

PowerShell Hosts Info, Servers, Computers One-Liners

Hosts Info, Servers, Computers, etc...

Get BIOS  Version 

·         Get-WMIObject Win32_BIOS -computername  servername

Get Manufacturer and Model

·         Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_computersystem -ComputerName  |select model, manufacturer

See Registered  SnapIns

·         get-pssnapin -registered

read in a file  and perform some action on it

·         get-content ulist.txt |  foreach-object {get-qaduser $_} 

Get Windows Architecture

·         function Get-Architecture {

 param($computer) 

 (Get-WmiObject -computername $computer -class Win32_OperatingSystem ).Caption

 }

·         PS C:\Windows> env  computerName

Get all  commands for a snappin

·         get-Command -PSSnapin  VMware.VimAutomation.Core | more

Find version of  PS, vSphereCLI,etc

·         get-host, Get-PowerCLIVersion

Get Serial  Number

·         $snum = (get-wmiobject win32_bios -computername  $env:computername).SerialNumber.toString()

Get Disk Size  Information

·         get-WmiObject Win32_logicaldisk -computer srv0fs02 |  Format-Table DeviceId, MediaType, Size, FreeSpace -auto 

Get DN Information  

·         Get-QADObject 'Mysite' -Type OrganizationalUnit  

·         Get-QADObject 'Mysite' -Type OrganizationalUnit  

Get Domain and Subnets from forest.

·         [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().Sites | select Name, subnets

# And For More detail

·         [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().Sites | select name, @{n='subnets';e={$_.subnets | select -expand name}}, @{n='servers';e={$_.Servers | select -expand name}}, @{n='sitelink';e={$_.sitelinks | select -expand name}}

Connect to Different Domain

·         $pw = read-host "Enter password" -AsSecureString C:\PS>connect-QADService -service

·         'server.company.com' -ConnectionAccount 'company\administrator' -ConnectionPassword $pw

Get list of  Physical servers in AD

·         get-qadcomputer -sizelimit 0 -osname  '*Server*' | where {$_.dn -match "mysite"} | where {$_.dn -match 'servers'} |  where {$_.description -notmatch 'VM'}

Get List of  Servers in OU and List Name & Operating  System

·         get-qadcomputer -sizelimit 0 -osname '*Server*' | where  {$_.dn -match "mysite"} | 

·         where {$_.dn -match 'servers'} | select name,  operatingsystem | out-gridview

Get List of  print server printer information to include IP addresses

·         get-wmiobject -class win32_printer -computername MyPrintServer | where  {$_.sharename -ne $null}|select systemname,sharename, portname |  out-gridview

Get List of Network Card Configurations

·         Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -ComputerName computerName  | format-list *

Search for all NICS from server list with description containing word 'team'

·         get-content mg2list.txt | foreach-object {

$nicCheck = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -ComputerName $_ |where {$_.description -like "*team*"}

$nicCheck |format-table Description >> teams.txt

}

View, Change or Stop Service

·         Set-Service $service -startuptype manual

·         set-service flexlmautodesk -startuptype manual -computername fdxflexlm1

·         get-service $service

·         stop-service $service

Account Management

list primary  smtp address

·         $addy = (get-mailbox  twalters).PrimarySMTPAddress.toString() ; write-host $addy

unlock user  account

·         unlock-qaduser -identity username

change user  password 

·         Set-QADUser -userPassword "Lapt00p$"  -userMustChangePassword 1 -identity loser

Add Full Access  to Exchange

·         add-mailboxpermission -identity someuser -user  exchadmins -accessrights fullaccess

Extend  Account  90 Days

·         set-qaduser 'username' -accountexpires  (Get-Date).addDays(90)

Expire  Account

·         set-qaduser 'username' -AccountExpires  (get-date).AddDays(-1)

Get All Enabled  Accounts

·         get-qaduser -enabled | where { $_.DN -match "mysite"} |  select-object name  

Check if User  has 'H' Drive

·         (get-qaduser twalters).homedirectory

Get Direct Reports for manager/supervisor

·         Get-QADUser  -LdapFilter "(manager:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=CN=user  name (Mysite),OU=Users,OU=Standard Users,OU=Users and  computers,ou=mysite,dc=company,dc=com)"

get-qaduser -manager mgrname | select name

Get User's Manager or List all Direct Reports for Manager

·         (get-qaduser "Todd  Walters").manager

·         get-qaduser -manager "Managers Name" |format-table name, samaccountname

Get User Last Logon Time

·         (Get-QADUser  username).lastLogon

Enable Computer Account - Move from disabled OU and Enable  account

·         Move-QADObject SRV0W26JFAY -NewParentContainer  "Mysite.com/SITE/Mysite/Users And Computers/Standard Users/Computers" |  foreach {enable-qadcomputer $_.name}

Get List of All Users On LOA (and in Disable  OU)

·         get-qaduser -sizeLimit 0 -description '*LOA*' | where {$_.dn  -match "mysite" } | select name, description

·         get-qaduser -sizeLimit 0  -description '*LOA*' | where {$_.dn -match "mysite" } | where-object  {$_.ParentContainer -like "*Disabled*"}

Check if Communicator is Enabled or See Communicator  properties

·         Get-QADUser twalters -IncludeAllProperties | fl  msRTCSIP-UserEnabled

·         Get-QADUser twalters -IncludeAllProperties | fl  msRTCSIP*

To return only single item. Useful for creating list

·         PS  H:\MyScripts> get-qaduser twalters | foreach-object {$_.lastname} 

note:  .lastname can be any property, useful for getting just name, not CN of  something.