Powershell essentials

I will be putting here stuff that is essential. I will be categorizing this later on. Right now i don’t have much free time to do this.

The best community i think in internet when it goes to talking/helping about powershell:

The slack/discord is connected to the ‘same chat’ its just two different applications but they are pointing to the same chat, to put it simply.

The book you should really read in my opinion, because it contains so many valuable tips and tricks, that normally would have to spend months/years to discover yourself.

https://www.packtpub.com/eu/networking-and-servers/mastering-windows-powershell-scripting-third-edition

https://powershellexplained.com/ this whole website is gold mine…

Hashtables:

.where method

https://mcpmag.com/articles/2015/12/02/where-method-in-powershell.aspx

Why it’s pointless to use helpmessage parameter property

https://powershell.org/2013/05/a-helpful-message-about-helpmessage/

Powershell about:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/?view=powershell-7

Checking valid values for command parameter:

(Get-Command -Name Get-help).Parameters[‘Category’].Attributes.ValidValues

Checking interfaces of an object type

$object.gettype().ImplementedInterfaces

Be aware that there are things like PSTypenames / Psobject.typenames

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Measure-Karma / Measure-Karma -Topic ‘The topic you are interested in’

To check current progress:

Get-Karma

Describe : Equality
It : is a simple comparison
Expectation : Expected $true, but got $null.
Meditation : at , C:\Users\Greg-Admin\PSKoans\Introduction\AboutAssertions.Koans.ps1: line 28
28: $____ | Should -Be $true
KoansPassed : 0
TotalKoans : 682
CurrentTopic : @{Name=AboutAssertions; Completed=0; CurrentLine=28; Total=4}

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