PowerShell commands for the MCSA 70-410 Microsoft Exam
Cmdlet
Add-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember
Add-ADgroupmember PhoenixAdmins PhoenixAdmin01,
PhoenixAdmin02
Add-ADResourcePropertyListMember
Add-Computer DomainName domainname.com
Add-NetSwitchTeamMember
Add-PhysicalDisk
Add-WindowsFeature
Configure-SMRemoting.exe Enable
Configure-SMRemoting.exe Get
Enable-ADOptionalFeature Identity CN=Recycle Bin
Feature,CN=Optional Features,CN=Directory
Service,CN=WindowsNT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,D
C=nuggetlab,DC=com Scope ForestOrConfigurationSet
Target domain.com
Enable-NetFirewallRule
Description
Adds central access rules to a
central access policy in Active
Directory
Add members to group
Adds one or more resource
properties to a resource property list
in Active Directory
Joins a computer to domain
Adds a network adapter member to
an existing switch team
Adds a physical disk to storage pool
Adds a role or feature
Used to configure a computer
running Windows Server 2012 for
Remote Management
Used to find out if a computer is
configured for Remote Management
Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin
Get-StoragePool
Enables a previously disabled
firewall rule to be active within the
computer or a GP OU
Configures the computer to receive
Windows PowerShell remote
commands that are sent by using
the WS-Management technology
Establishes a PS session with a
remote computer
Returns all trusted domain objects in
the directory
Gets one or more Active Directory
users
List of servers that it does not
respond to when the DNS server
receives a query to resolve the
name in any zone for which the
server is authoritative
Gets the syntax and accepted
parameters for the InstallWindowsFeature Cmdlet
Gets information about IP address
configuration
Show storage pools
Get-VirtualDisk
Show virtual disks
Enable-PSRemoting
Enter-PSSession remote server name -credential user
name
Get-ADTrust
Get-ADUser
Get-DNSServerGlobalQueryBlockList
Get-Help Install-WindowsFeature
Get-NetIPAddress
Get-VM ComputerName <NAME> | EnableVMResourceMetering
Get-VM ComputerName NAME | Measure-VM
Enable Hyper-V resource metering
on Hyper-V host
To get all VMs metering data
Get-WindowsFeature
Import-GPO
Used to get a list of roles and
features installed on a computer
running Server 2012
Imports a GPO
Import-Module
Adds module to the current session
Install-ADDSDomain
Installs New Domain
Install-ADDSDomainController
Installs additional DC
Install-ADDSForest
Installs new forest
Install-AddsForest DomainName example.com
Used to promote a server to an
Active Directory Domain Controller
and make that new DC responsible
for a new forest
Adds a role or feature
Install-WindowsFeature
(for remote computer add the computer flag, as in
Install-WindowsFeature <Feature> -Computer
<ComputerName>
Install-WindowsFeature name AD-Domain-Services
Installs Active Directory binaries
Install-WindowsFeature Migration
Adds Migration tools
Install-WindowsFeature Name Hyper-V
ComputerName<name> -IncludeManagementTools
-Restart
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra
Installs Hyper-V on remote computer
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, ServerGui-Shell Restart
Netdom renamecomputer %ComputerName% /NewName:
<NewComputerName>
Installs Minimal Server Interface
from Server Core
Switch from Server Core to Full GUI
Renames computer
New-ADGroup (with appropriate flags)
Creates a new AD group
New-ADUser
Creates new AD user
New-GPO
Creates a new GPO
New-GPStarterGPO
Creates a new starter GPO
New-NetFirewallRule
New firewall rule
New-NetIPAddress IPAddress 10.10.10.73 InterfaceAlias
Ethernet DefaultGateway 10.10.10.1 PrefixLength 24
Configures IP address- Server Core
New-SMBShare Name Documents Path D:\Shares
Creates a new SMB Quick share
named Documents with the drive
label D:
New-StoragePool FriendlyName
StorageSubSystemFriendlyName PhysicalDisks
New-NetRoute InterfaceIndex 13 DestinationPrefix
2001:ABCD: /64 Publish Yes
Used to create a storage pool
New-NetSwitchTeam
Creates a new switch team (for
network traffic failover)
New-VM Name VMNAME MemoryStartupBytes
<memory> -NewVHDSizeBytes <disksize>
Create a Hyper-V virtual machine
Remove-ADCentralAccessPolicy
Creates a new central access policy
in A D containing a set of central
access rules
Repair virtual disk
Resets the password for a
standalone managed service acc.
Reset is not supported for group
managed service accounts.
Removes physical disk from storage
pool
Restarts a computer
Configure DNS address- Server Core
Repair-VirtualDisk
Reset-ADServiceAccountPassword
Reset-PhysicalDisk
Restart-Computer
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet"
-ServerAddresses 10.10.10.70, 10.10.10.1
Set-DNSServerGlobalQueryBlockList
Set-ExecutionPolicy
Set-NetFirewallProfile
Set-NetFirewallRule
Set-NetIPAddress
Set-NetIPInterface
Set-NetIPv4Protocol
Set-RemoteDesktop Enable
Show-WindowsFeatures
Sync-ADObject
Test-ADServiceAccount
Uninstall-ADDSDomainController ForceRemoval
LocalAdministratorPassword <password> -Force
Configure Network Route for ISATAP
Interface
Replaces all names in the list of
names that the DNS server does not
resolve with the names that you
specify (if you need to resolve
name such as ISATAP or WPAD
remove these names from the list).
Enables you to determine which
Windows PowerShell scripts will be
allowed to run on your computer
Enable Windows firewall
Modify existing firewall rule
Modifies IP address configuration
properties of an existing IP address
Modifies IP interface properties such
as in DHCP, IPv6 neighbor discovery
settings, router settings, and Wake
on LAN settings.
Modifies information about the IPv4
protocol configuration
Enable Remote desktop connections
to the server
List of roles and features installed
on a computer
Replicates a single object between
any two domain controllers that
have partitions in common
Tests a managed service account
from a computer
Demotes a domain controller
Uninstall-WindowsFeature Name GPMC Vhd path
Remove
Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, ServerGui-Shell Restart (use Remove before the restart to
remove binaries)
Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell Restart
Features on Demand- removes
binaries for Group Policy
Management Console (can be used
for any other feature).
Switch from full GUI to Server Core
Switch from Full to Minimal Server
Interface; no IE, taskbar, Windows
Explorer, or Control Panel
