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How to get a list of PowerShell Aliases

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 09:33:25 +0800

Today I learned How to get a list of PowerShell Aliases.

An alias is an alternate name for a cmdlet, function, executable file, including scripts. PowerShell includes a set of built-in aliases. You can add your own aliases to the current session and to your PowerShell profile.

Programmatically Create Azure Pipelines

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:10:29 +0800

This script New-AzPipeline lets you programmatically create Azure Pipelines based on your folder structure.

Get-LogonHistory: Who was logged on to my server?

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:26:46 +0800

Every System Administrator comes into a situation where you want to see who and how many users were logged on to your servers either via Remote Desktop or via script.

Get-PSVersions: Retrieve Powershell version remotely

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:51:06 +0800

Okay at the end it’s a simple $PSVersion wrapped in an Invoke-Command but hey these simple things are needful in case you need to run it against of 100s of servers and not just locally. With the help of Invoke-Command via WinRM and $PSVersionTable.psversion wrapped in a foreach you can retrieve PowerShell version of your remote computers indifferent if you need to use credentials to run it against a different domain than you currently reside. Just use the below function Get-PSVersions, simple but good.

Get-DellTags: Get Dell Tags and Express Service Code remotely

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:40:27 +0800

Get DELL Tag and Express Service Code remotely for more than one computer.

Simulate-Activity: Simulate user mouse and keyboard input with PowerShell

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:11:29 +0800

If you want to avoid or block coming up your screensaver locally or remotely, take this nice script.

Resolve DNS and IP addresses with PowerShell

Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:12:17 +0800

In this case we’re going to use the method GetHostAddresses of the Dns class of the Sytem.Net namespace. For PowerShell 2.0 you can use following Windows PowerShell One Liners:

Name to IP Address (DNS Forward)

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[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses('graef.io')
[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses('graef.io').IPAddressToString

IP Address to Name (DNS Reverse)

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[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostbyAddress('85.13.135.42')

HostName Aliases AddressList
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graef.io {} {85.13.135.42}

As of PowerShell 4.0 you can use the Cmdlet Resolve-DnsName as well as for both Forward and Reverse:

Configure Cluster Quorum node weight settings

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:29:53 +0800

While using SQL AlwaysOn in connection with a third node on a different location as a DR solution, the third node is needed only in case there is a real Disaster Recovery.

Show-Command: Get a GUI-Interface for any Powershell Cmdlet

Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:37:17 +0800

Have you ever wondered if there’s an opportunity to easily create a GUI out of every PowerShell Cmdlet?

How to Install KB Hotfixes only if they are not installed

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:20:43 +0800

I just wanted to share you a tiny snippet if you’re looking for a simple PowerShell liner to simply get a KB Hotfix installed. It also verifies if the KB is installed already.

KMS: How to Find Windows Server Licensing Details

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:13:41 +0800

If you’re searching for Windows Server Licensing and Activation Details of your Windows machine you can use following statements