![]() Instead, someone else has done the thinking for us. After all, it seemed like we were doomed to building our own automation scripts for Hyper-V by having to think about WMI (ouch!). However, I can’t express how ecstatic I was when I found this project on CodePlex. These Hyper-V functions are another item that. ![]() PowerShell management Library for Hyper-V You can’t beat the price (free!) and the fact that it’s a darn good script editor.īottom line: download PowerGUI, use it and thank Dimtry and his band for their efforts. I use this editor almost exclusively to write my PowerShell scripts. But, wait there is more! PowerGUI also comes with its own IDE called PowerGUI Script Editor. The PowerGUI community is constantly adding these things called “PowerPacks” which are pre-built nodes/scripts that you can add into your own console. If that wasn't enough, the PowerGUI is a free community effort from Quest. ![]() Next, organize those scripts in your PowerGUI and like magic, you have just built your very own AD management console. Then write a set of scripts for managing objects in AD. So, in a sense it is a nice interface for organizing repetitive tasks. ![]() The basic premise behind PowerGUI was to give IT Pros a familiar way to combine together or mash together a set of common scripts. Think of it as a command console to rule them all. Well Dimtry and team continue to push on with enhancing this cool tool.įor those not familiar with PowerGUI, it’s an extensible GUI based the PowerShell console. However, unlike Script-o-Matic (which just pumped out scripts to list the properties for WMI classes) MoW’s PowerShell WMI Explorer can be used to get help information for WMI classes (methods and properties) and to generate template PowerShell scripts for using a class and its members.īottom line: the PowerShell WMI Explorer is a great tool because it allows you to easily explore and use WMI classes present on a machine. Well, “The PowerShell Guy” (aka MoW) sat down some time ago and decided to make a PowerShell-based version of Script-o-Matic called the “ PowerShell WMI Explorer.”
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