WMI

WMIC

wmic /node:localhost path win32_processor get architecture
wmic path win32_logicaldisk /?
wmic path win32_logicaldisk get "deviceid,freespace,size"

Page 99 Powershell step by step

1. Right click on my computer and select manage
2. Expand Services and Applications
   
3. Right click on WMI Control and select properties
4. Select Backup/Restore

wbemtest

go to start run and type wbemtest

WMI CIM Studio

wmi queries

$wmisearcher = [wmisearcher]'select * from win32_process where handlecount > 200'
$wmisearcher.Get() | sort handlecount | ft name, handlecount, __Path -auto


$WQL = Select deviceid,size,freespace from win32_logicaldisk where drivetype =3"

get-wmiobject -class win32_logicaldisk -filter "drivetype=3" -property deviceid, size, freespace

$wql = "select caption, handlecount, handle from win32_process where handlecount > 200" 

Notes

% is an alias for Foreach-object

Get a list of all 1 character aliases

Get-Alias ? 

powershell accelerators

[wmi]

[ADSI]

Active Directory

Page 147 lists some ADSI providers

[ADSI]"<PROVIDER><Distinguised Name>

Provider is case sensitive LDAP

 # ==============================================================================================
# 
# NAME: CreateOU.ps1
# 
# AUTHOR: Ed Wilson , microsoft
# DATE  : 2/2/2007
# 
# COMMENT: Creates an OU 
#1. Creates an OU called mred
#2. Uses the [ADSI] accelerator
#3. Uses the create and the setinfo methods
# ==============================================================================================
$strCLass = "organizationalUnit"
$StrOUName = "ou=MyTestOU"
$objADSI = [ADSI]"LDAP://dc=nwtraders,dc=msft" 
$objOU = $objADSI.create($strCLass, $StrOUName)
$objOU.setInfo()

[ADSI]"LDAP://dc=nwtraders,dc=msft"

Depending where you are in AD you will have different methods available in the example on page 146 you have the $objADSI.create because you are in a container in the documentation you can see that the "IADsContainer Interface" has a create method if you where in a user you would not have this method "IADsUser Interface"

objou | Get-Member | sort name              #no members
objou.psbase | Get-Member | sort name       #still no create method

Page 176 example

 set string includes 4 arguments seperated by a semicolon see table 8-1

SearchBase;filter:attributes to return;search scope

$strQuery = "<LDAP://dc=nwtraders,dc=msft>;;name;subtree"