PowerShell is the command line included with Windows.
\nIt is a very handy tool for doing simple tasks without the GUI. In this guide,
\nGetting a Process
\nRather than using the Task Manager or a similar tool, you can use PowerShell to retrieve information about a specific process and kill it,
\nif needed. This will show the process ID (Id ProcessName):<\/p>\n
Get-Process ProcessName
\nOfficial documentation<\/p>\n
Killing a Process
\nOnce you have the process ID of a process, you can kill it:<\/p>\n
Stop-Process -id PID
\nOfficial documentation<\/p>\n
Getting Contents of a File
\nYou can actually get the content of a file (for example a .txt file) and view it in PowerShell:<\/p>\n
Get-Content file.txt
\nOfficial documentation<\/p>\n
Getting Item Information
\nYou can get information about a certain file with the Get-Item command. The cool thing about this is that you can use it to return multiple kinds of data, for example, you can see the last time somebody accessed a file:<\/p>\n
$(Get-Item D:\\Users\\mohan\\Desktop\\file.txt).lastaccesstime
\nOfficial documentation<\/p>\n
Adding a New Active Directory User
\nYou can add an Active Directory user with the New-ADUser command:<\/p>\n
New-ADUser -SamAccountName “mohan” -GivenName “mohan” -Surname “Edwards” -DisplayName “mohan David Edwards”
\nOfficial documentation<\/p>\n
Removing an Active Directory User
\nRemoving an Active Directory user with PowerShell is possible too:<\/p>\n
Remove-ADUser mohan
\nYou can use a DN, SAM account name, SID, or an object GUID here.<\/p>\n
Official documentation<\/p>\n
Adding an Active Directory group
\nYou can add an Active Directory group with PowerShell very easily:<\/p>\n
New-ADGroup \u2013name Staff\u201d \u2013groupscope Global
\nUse the name of the new Active Directory group for -name and change the group scope if needed.<\/p>\n
Official documentation<\/p>\n
Removing an Active Directory group
\nLikewise, you can also remove an Active Directory group with PowerShell:<\/p>\n
Remove-ADGroup Staff
\nOfficial documentation<\/p>\n
Finding All Domain Controllers
\nYou can find all domain controllers in a domain with PowerShell by finding out which computers are in the Domain Controllers group:<\/p>\n
Get-ADGroupMember ‘Domain Controllers’
\nDisabling an Active Directory account
\nYou can disable an account in Active Directory to prevent a user from logging in. This can be done from PowerShell to avoid having to use the GUI for this simple task:<\/p>\n
Disable-ADAccount mohan
\nAgain, you can use a DN, SAM account name, SID, or an object GUID here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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