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Random Cmdlets
Remove-RemoteDomain
Use the Remove-RemoteDomain cmdlet to remove a remote domain. When you remove a remote domain, the remote domain object is deleted. Removing a remote domain doesn't disable mail flow to that domain.


Set-AdSiteLink
Use the Set-AdSiteLink cmdlet to assign an Exchange-specific cost to an Active Directory IP site link.


Get-UMVirtualDirectory
The Get-UMVirtualDirectory cmdlet retrieves the configuration settings for a Unified Messaging virtual directory on a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange 2007 that has the Client Access server role installed.


Start-EdgeSynchronization
Use the Start-EdgeSynchronization cmdlet to immediately start synchronization of configuration data from the Active Directory directory service to the subscribed computers that have the Edge Transport server role installed.


Export-Bitmap
Exports bitmap objects to various formats.


Enable-TransportAgent
Use the Enable-TransportAgent cmdlet to enable a transport agent on a computer that has the Edge Transport server role or Hub Transport server role installed in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 organization.


Get-Acl
Gets the security descriptor for a resource, such as a file or registry key.


Set-EmailAddressPolicy
Use the Set-EmailAddressPolicy cmdlet to set the Active Directory directory service attributes for an e-mail address policy.


Remove-Item
Deletes the specified items.


Set-SenderIdConfig
Use the Set-SenderIdConfig cmdlet to modify the Sender ID configuration on a computer that has the Edge Transport server role or the Hub Transport server role installed.


  
Latest Scripts from PoshCode.org

Stuart McHugh
PowerCLI to upgrade guests tools, hardware and record to CSV

Audit iPhone/Palm Users
This script is intended to use IIS logs to audit OWA/Activesync logs for syncing of mail from an iPhone or a palm device. This script is not perfect, nor the prettiest thing in the world but it works. It could be further added to parse for windows mobile devices. If it was really slick it would grab all the unique values in the DeviceType= portion and then automatically include all mobile types. You can email the results to yourself in $To varible.

IP Scan/Local User admin
Where I work, we don't use AD for roughly 30-60 servers. There are multiple identical local windows accounts on various servers, and when a person leaves the company, those accounts need to be deleted by hand. This group of scripts performs the following tasks: 1) Ping scans a range of IPs for responding hosts. 2) Takes those hosts and attempts to find the specified user 3) Optionally with the -delete flag, deletes the user There's three parts to this script. The trigger which is run from the console in the same directory as the finduser.ps1 and set-localaccount.ps1 files. Note that set-localaccount.ps1 is from powershell.nu, with some minor changes that allow the computername to passed as a parameter.

Xml Module 4.3
My rewritten XML DSL now has better element name handling. "See Blog Comments":http://huddledmasses.org/a-dsl-for-xml-in-powershell-new-xdocument/ New-XDocument no longer requires the "xe" command as long as the name of your XML Element doesn't coincide with that of a PowerShell command (if it does, you need the "xe" on the front), and namespaces can be referred to by short name like dc:creator to keep things simple. Please review the examples on New-XDocument as this is a *breaking change*. h4. The other functions round out the set of XML functionality (especially if you don't have PSCX). In particular, my Select-XML improves over the built-in Select-XML by leveraging "Remove-XmlNamespace":http://poshcode.org/1492 to provide a -RemoveNamespace parameter -- if it's supplied, all of the namespace declarations and prefixes are removed from all XML nodes (by an XSL transform) before searching (so you can actually find things, even with namespace-qualified xml). It is *important* to note that this means that the returned results *will not* have namespaces in them, even if the input XML did. Also, only raw XmlNodes are returned from Select-Xml, so the output isn't quite compatible with the built in Select-Xml -- instead, it's equivalent to using it the way I usually do: @Select-Xml ... | Select-Object -Expand Node@ *New*: Format-XML handles paths too :)

Get-ObservedIPRange
Get observed IP address ranges and VLAN IDs from an ESX host's physical adapter. Sample use at the bottom.

Get-VMCreationReport
Produces a report of the number of and names of VMs created broken down by month and year.

Manage ASP.NET Providers
Manage ASP.NET MemberShip, Role and Profile Provider with PowerShell. Especially useful with SqlMembershipProvider. I use it to manage SharePoint users with form based authentication (FBA).

ConvertTo-CliXml
Export-CliXml and Import-CliXml only work with files. This is an implementation for sending CliXML directly to the pipeline. Probably needs v2 powershell (not tested in v1).

Manage ASP.NET Providers
Manage ASP.NET MemberShip, Role and Profile Provider with PowerShell. Especially useful with SqlMembershipProvider. I use it to manage SharePoint users with form based authentication (FBA).

PinnedApplications.psm1
PowerShell-module with the ability to pin and unpin programs from the taskbar and the Start-menu in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
  
 

March 4th, 2010,

Sapien just released iPowerShell V2, which is now available in the Apple app store.  What is iPowerShell?

From Ferdinand Rios -

 iPowerShell is an easy to use reference tool for users of Microsoft’s PowerShell scripting language for use on the iPhone or iPod Touch. It contains full descriptions of each and every core PowerShell Version 2 cmdlet, their syntax, parameters and examples of proper usage. It also contains the complete set of “about item” help topics as well as provider and alias help.

Check out the Sapien blog for additional information.

If you have a third party PowerShell module or snapin with help, please contact Sapien (info@sapien.com) so they can integrate those help files with their next release.

-Steven Murawski
Co-Community Director

 

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Thomas Lee Joins PoshComm Directors

PowerShellCommunity.Org is happy to announce that Thomas Lee, Powershell MVP and noted trainer, is joining our ranks as a Community Director. 

Thomas is also responsible for a good many of the PowerShell...

Looking to get started with Modules?

Check out the PowerShellPack from James Brundage, which contains modules for making GUI's, add-ons for the ISE(Integrated Script Editor), system tools, and...

PowerShell Virtual Launch Party

PowerShell V2 Virtual Launch Party!

Jeffrey Snover, Hal Rottenberg and Jonathan Walz (hosts of the PowerScripting Podcast) hosted a PowerShell V2 Virtual Launch Party on Thursday, Oct 22nd, 9:30 PM EDT (GMT-4). 

More details...

PowerShell MVPs re-awarded

Congratulations to the PowerShell MVPs that were re-awarded that honor for another year, including our very own Marco Shaw, Hal Rottenberg and Thomas Lee.  Other MVPs that...

  
Recent Blog Entries
Jan 7

Written by: Don Jones
1/7/2008 6:42 AM

I was recently interviewed for Episode 16 of the PowerScripting Podcast. The hosts were kind enough to let me discuss several PowerShell-related topics in some detail, including my role with PowerShellCommunity.org, how to get started with PowerShell if you're a complete newbie, where this PowerShell thing is going anyway, and more. Give it a listen! Fair warning - it's pretty lengthy as podcasts go, but I think you'll agree that it's worth it. Play it during the morning commute!

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