Top 5 Useful PowerShell Commands

If you're a PowerShell user, then you likely have a handful of commands you use on a regular basis. Among the hundreds of cmdlets, there are likely a few useful ones that you're unaware of. Join Mike in this video as he shares his top 5 PowerShell commands!

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00:00 Intro
01:09 #1: Test-Path
05:50 #2: Get-ExecutionPolicy
08:22 #3: Get-Credential
10:58 #4: Invoke-Command
15:20 #5: Enter-PSSession

Commands used in video:

Test-Path “c:\test.txt”
Test-Path “c:\test2.txt”
New-Item -ItemType File “c:\test.txt”
If (!(Test-Path “c:\test.txt”)){ New-Item -ItemType File “c:\test.txt” }
Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell"
Test-Path $pshome\pwsh.exe -NewerThan "July 24, 2019"

Get-ExecutionPolicy
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy

$creds = Get-Credential

Invoke-Command -ComputerName svr01 -Credential $creds -ScriptBlock { Get-ExecutionPolicy}
Invoke-Command -ComputerName svr01 -Credential $creds -FilePath “e:\scripts\demo.ps1”

Enter-PSSession
Exit-PSSession

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