
<h2>Information to get start with PowerShell</h2>
<h3>Information for PowerShell /Reference</h3>
<ul>
  <li>PowerShell Intellisense</li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=5a8d2641e0963a97&amp;id=5A8D2641E0963A97%216929&amp;authkey=%21AJdUaNzW7L9yC18"
      >Book - Effective Windows PowerShell</a
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c9eb3ba8-0c59-4944-9a62-6eee37294597"
      >PowerShellTools for Visual Studio 2015</a
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2015/11/16/announcing-powershell-language-support-for-visual-studio-code-and-more/"
      >PowerShellTools for Visual Studio code</a
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="http://www.johndcook.com/blog/powershellcookbook/"
      >PowerShell CookBook</a
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="http://www.iis.net/learn/manage/powershell/powershell-snap-in-creating-web-sites-web-applications-virtual-directories-and-application-pools"
      >Create IIS WebSite</a
    >
  </li>
</ul>
<h3>List of Tools for editing PowerShell</h3>
<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45885"
      >Module Browser for Windows PowerShell ISE</a
    >
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>Good for PowerShell admin to use</li>
    <li>
      Module Browser, built on top of PowerShellGet, is a module management
      toolkit for PowerShell
    </li>
    <li>
      Require install Windows Management Framework 5.0 preview or latest version
      on computer
    </li>
    <li>
      This tool is good when you want to just play around PowerShell script and
      don't want to use default PowerShell console window.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/adamdriscoll/poshtools"
      >Adamdriscoll's PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio</a
    >
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>Good for PowerShell development at VS Environment</li>
    <li>
      This vs extension support following features, which if you want to develop
      something via PowerShell it's the great tool.
    </li>
    <li>Syntax Highlighting with customizable fonts and colors</li>
    <li>IntelliSense for variables, cmdlets, and arguments</li>
    <li>PowerShell Project Template</li>
    <li>PowerShell MSBuild Project Options</li>
    <li>Debugging</li>
    <ul>
      <li>Stepping</li>
      <li>Locals Support</li>
      <li>Call Stack Support</li>
      <li>Data Tips</li>
    </ul>
    <li>Testing</li>
    <ul>
      <li>https://github.com/pester/Pester</li>
    </ul>
  </ul>
  <li>
    <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831611(v=ws.11).aspx"
      >Use Windows PowerShell Web Access</a
    >
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>Good for remote access via The Web</li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    <a
      href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AdamRDriscoll.PowerShellToolsforVisualStudio2015"
      target="_blank"
      >PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio 2015</a
    >
  </li>
</ul>
<h3>List of Resource to Learn PowerShell</h3>
<ul>
  <li>
    <a
      href="https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/getting-started-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start-8276?l=r54IrOWy_2304984382"
      >Video - Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start</a
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebookv2/default.aspx"
      >E-Book - PowerShell with Dr. Tobias Weltner</a
    >
  </li>
</ul>
<h3>List of Useful Powershell command</h3>
<ul>
  <li>
    <h4>Get-Help display help information to help you get start</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-Help
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4>Set-ExecutionPolicy will change how you can run script</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
// Restricted or All Signed or Remote Signed or Unrestricted
Set-ExecutionPolicy
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4>
      Use Get-ExecutionPolicy to see what's your current computer's policy now
    </h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-ExecutionPolicy
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4><code>Get-Member</code> Get list of member of the PowerShell object</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-Service | Get-Member
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4>Get list of service running on your computer</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-Service
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4>Get Event Log on your computer</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-EventLog
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4>Get Event Log on your computer</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-EventLog
// list event logs
Get-EventLog -List
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4>Get List process from your computer</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-Process
// get all member of get-Process' object
Get-Process | Get-Member
// stop specific process, stop mongod process
Stop-Process -Name mongod
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4><code>ConvertTo-HTML</code> convert PowerShell list to HTML</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-Process | Convert-HTML &gt; C:\get-process.htm
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4><code>Export-CSV</code> export PowerShell list to CSV</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-Process | Export-CSV C:\get-process.csv
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4>Get-Command will display list of command</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-Command
</pre
    >
  </li>
  <li>
    <h4>Search in command</h4>
    <pre class="language-xml">
Get-Command
</pre
    >
  </li>
</ul>
<h2>Example code of PowerShell</h2>
<h3>Write Hello World on Windows PowerShell command line</h3>
<pre class="language-xml">
Write-Host 'Hello world'
</pre>
<pre class="language-xml">
// change color
Write-Host -backgroundColor Red "this should be red"
</pre>
<p>
  <img
    class="img-responsive"
    src="https://d1p0mp3f1fx0hz.cloudfront.net/_t2g2lkx7o.png"
    alt=""
  />
</p>
<h3>Run PowerShell script in command</h3>
<pre class="language-xml">
invoke-expression "c:\ps_test\test.ps1"
</pre>
<p>
  <img
    class="img-responsive"
    src="https://d1p0mp3f1fx0hz.cloudfront.net/_wkb77vkyt.png"
    alt=""
  />
</p>
<h3>
  Create PowerShell script to automate process of creating website, application
  pool and etc
</h3>
<p>
  The following example will create the website, application pool and the name
  will base on the path of script folder.
</p>
<pre class="language-xml">
# CREATE SAMPLE IIS SITE
IMPORT-MODULE WEBADMINISTRATION
$IISAPPPOOLNAME = "SomeApp2"
$IISAPPPOOLDOTNETVERSION = "V4.0"
$IISAPPNAME = "SomeApp2"
$DIRECTORYPATH = "C:\Test\SomeApp2"

$CURRENT_FOLDER_FULLNAME = (get-item -path ".\" -verbose).fullname
$CURRENT_FOLDER_NAME = (get-item -path ".\" -verbose).name

write-host $CURRENT_FOLDER_NAME
$IISAPPPOOLNAME  = $CURRENT_FOLDER_NAME
$IISAPPNAME  = $CURRENT_FOLDER_NAME

#NAVIGATE TO THE APP POOLS ROOT
CD IIS:\APPPOOLS\

#CHECK if the site directory path exists
IF (!(TEST-PATH $DIRECTORYPATH))
{
	# then create the directory folder
	# mkdir will create any parent folders as well
	mkdir $DIRECTORYPATH
}


#CHECK IF THE APP POOL EXISTS
IF (!(TEST-PATH $IISAPPPOOLNAME -PATHTYPE CONTAINER))
{
    #CREATE THE APP POOL
    $APPPOOL = NEW-ITEM $IISAPPPOOLNAME
    $APPPOOL | SET-ITEMPROPERTY -NAME "MANAGEDRUNTIMEVERSION" -VALUE $IISAPPPOOLDOTNETVERSION
	Write-Host 'Create IIS Application Pool : ' + $IISAPPPOOLNAME
}

#NAVIGATE TO THE SITES ROOT
CD IIS:\SITES\

#CHECK IF THE SITE EXISTS
IF (TEST-PATH $IISAPPNAME -PATHTYPE CONTAINER)
{
	$currentPath = (Get-Item $IISAPPNAME).PhysicalPath
	IF ($currentPath -eq $DIRECTORYPATH) 
	{
		Write-Host 'same path'
	}
	else 
	{
		#Write-Host "need to change physical path from " + $currentPath + " to "  + $DIRECTORYPATH
		$IISAPP = GET-ITEM $IISAPPNAME
		#$IISAPP | SET-ITEMPROPERTY -NAME "PHYSICALPATH" -VALUE $DIRECTORYPATH
		# TODO: this will change physical path, however when click site explore will go to previous path, might have some cache need to clear out
		set-itemproperty $IISAPPNAME -name physicalPath -value $DIRECTORYPATH
	}

    RETURN
}

#CREATE THE SITE
$IISAPP = NEW-ITEM $IISAPPNAME -BINDINGS @{PROTOCOL="HTTP";BINDINGINFORMATION=":80:" + $IISAPPNAME} -PHYSICALPATH $DIRECTORYPATH
$IISAPP | SET-ITEMPROPERTY -NAME "APPLICATIONPOOL" -VALUE $IISAPPPOOLNAME

cd $CURRENT_FOLDER_FULLNAME

</pre>
<h3>
  Get computer's info, last bootup time, os architecture and etc by PowerShell
  script
</h3>
<pre class="language-xml">
Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName localhost | Select-Object -Property CSName, LastBootUpTime, OSType, OSArchitecture, NumberOfUsers
</pre>
<h3>Get last logged on user at computer by PowerShell script</h3>
<pre class="language-xml">
Get-WmiObject win32_LoggedOnUser -ComputerName localhost | select antecedent -Unique
</pre>
<h3>List of stuff want to get to know in the future</h3>
<ol>
  <li>PowerShell logging, and logging to file?</li>
  <li>Ability to modify HostFile at PowerShell?</li>
  <li>Load Variable from JSON at PowerShell?</li>
  <li>Call TFS command via PowerShell? How do I do these?</li>
  <ul>
    <li>Login into TFS</li>
    <li>Setup mapping to local path</li>
    <li>Get latest from TFS server to local</li>
    <li>Build solution locally</li>
  </ul>
  <li>Create PowerShell UI Interactive with User?</li>
  <li>How to execute PowerShell script?</li>
  <li>How to execute PowerShell script with TFS Build?</li>
  <li>How to create the module, and use that module at PowerShell Script?</li>
</ol>


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