Some powershell snippets

show all environment variables

gci env:*

set environment variable

$env:kam = 'kaml'

detail installed software

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table -AutoSize

who is using a vm

query session

List installed modules

 Get-Module -ListAvailable

Show all properties of object

Get-Process | Format-List 

Adding a new package source

Register-PackageSource -Name PoshTestGallery -Location https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2/ -ProviderName PowerShellGet

Sample login procedure

Install-Module -Name AzureAD -Force 

# to run automated
$User = "$(my-upn)"
$PWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $(my-pwd) -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User, $PWord
$response=(Connect-AzureAD -Credential $credential)

# to run interactively
$credentials=Get-Credential
$response=(Connect-AzureAD -Credential $credential)

# ./run-script

Example of functions and looping

Sample snippet exhibiting loops, json and az

example json parameter

{
"1": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"2": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"3": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"4": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",          
} 

example appId parameter

xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

param(
    [parameter(mandatory=$true)][string]$json,
    [parameter(mandatory=$true)][string]$appId
  )

if (([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($json)))
{
    Write-Error "Endpoint json parameter is empty"
    Exit 1
}

if (([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($appId)))
{
    Write-Error "The app id parameter is empty"
    Exit 1
}

# Install-Module -Name AzureAD -Force 

$ids = $json | ConvertFrom-Json

foreach ($id in $ids.PsObject.Properties) {

    $id=$endpoint.Value
    $apiPermission=$(az ad app show --id "$($id)" --output tsv --query "oauth2Permissions[?value=='user_impersonation'].{id:id}")
    az ad app permission delete --id "$($appId)" --api "$($id)"
    az ad app permission add --id "$($appId)" --api "$($id)" --api-permissions "$($apiPermission)=Scope"
}

Write-Host "##vso[task.logissue type=warning]Must run the following commands manually to grant admin access"

Write-Host "az ad app permission admin-consent --id $($appId)"

Elevate execution policy

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

Write-XXX

Write-Host directly to the console, not included in function/cmdlet output. Allows foreground and background colour to be set.

Write-Debug directly to the console, if $DebugPreference set to Continue or Stop.

Write-Verbose Write directly to the console, if $VerbosePreference set to Continue or Stop.

Write-Information Uses the $InformationPreference flag to determine how to handle the message. Write-Host is a wrapper for this call. (source)

Test network connection

nc google.com -port 80

List environment variables

gci env:* | sort-object name

Connect to Azure AD

source

$User = "Domain01\User01"
$PWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "P@sSwOrd" -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User, $PWord

In Azure Powershell task

 $context = [Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Abstractions.AzureRmProfileProvider]::Instance.Profile.DefaultContext
 $graphToken = [Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.AzureSession]::Instance.AuthenticationFactory.Authenticate($context.Account, $context.Environment, $context.Tenant.Id.ToString(), $null, [Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.ShowDialog]::Never, $null, "https://graph.microsoft.com").AccessToken
 $aadToken = [Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.AzureSession]::Instance.AuthenticationFactory.Authenticate($context.Account, $context.Environment, $context.Tenant.Id.ToString(), $null, [Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.ShowDialog]::Never, $null, "https://graph.windows.net").AccessToken
 Connect-AzureAD -AadAccessToken $aadToken -AccountId $context.Account.Id -TenantId $context.tenant.id

Pipe to a file

 <your command> | Out-File -FilePath kam.txt

Formatting results

This example filters the $userRoles list for items with a ResourceDisplayName of my-resource and then returns the results as a list with the specified properties

$userRoles | Where-Object {$_.ResourceDisplayName -eq 'my-resource'} | Format-List -Property ObjectId, ObjectType, CreationTimeStamp, Id, PrincipalDisplayName, PrincipalId, PrincipalType, ResourceId, ResourceDisplayName