In this post, I will just list some of the commands I used them during some of my work, many of them are very easy but the idea is to list them so I can remember what I have used :-)
Prompt for input
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$x= Read-Host -Prompt 'Please enter the value'
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Send argument and use it with Invoke-Command
The argument sent at the end of the script block as an array, so if I want to access it within the script block, I just use it as $ args[0], or $args[1], etc.
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Invoke-Command -ComputerName "MyRemotePC" -Credential $cred -ScriptBlock {
$args[0]
$args[1]
$args[2]
} -ArgumentList $variable1,$variable2,$variable3
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**Execution Policy ** https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.security/set-executionpolicy?view=powershell-6
The Default Execution Policy is set to restricted, we can see it by typing:
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Get-ExecutionPolicy
We can change it and type the following to make it go to unrestricted mode:
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Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted
Import Module to use its command in the current session
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Import-Module Module Name
Examples:
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Import-Module WebAdministration
Import-Module AzureRM
AzureRM Modules has sub Modules like:
- AzureRM.Profile
- Azure.Storage
- AzureRM.Automation
- AzureRM.Backup
- AzureRM.Billing
- AzureRM.ContainerRegistry
- AzureRM.DevTestLabs
- AzureRM.KeyVault
- And many others.
Get what are the current Modules loaded in the current session
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Get-Module
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Get-Command -Module Module Name
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Get-Command -Module AzureRM.Profile
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Get-help Add-AzureRMAccount
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Get-help Add-AzureRMAccount -examples
