Powershell

Question 1

Show basic networking info.

Answer 1

Get-NetAdapter

Question 2

Show ip info. Similar to ipconfig

Answer 2

Get-NetIPConfiguration

Question 3

Set IP, subnet, and gateway.

Answer 3

Set-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex 2 -IPAddress 192.168.1.100 -PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 192.168.1.1

Question 4

Set DNS server.

Answer 4

Set-DNSClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 2 -ServerAddress (“8.8.8.8”, “8.8.4.4”)

Question 5

View firewall information

Answer 5

Get-NetFirewallProfile

Question 6

Set firewall.

Answer 6

Set-NetFirewallProfile - Profile private,public,domain -Enabled True

Question 7

Rename computer.

Answer 7

Rename-Computer -NewName COMPUTERNAME -Restart

Question 8

Rename domain joined computer.

Answer 8

Rename-Computer -NewName COMPUTERNAME -DomainCredential “domain\username” -Force -Restart

Question 9

View computer name.

Answer 9

$env:COMPUTERNAME

Question 10

View all powershell commands.

Answer 10

Get-Command

Question 11

View specific powershell commands.

Answer 11

Get-Command -Module or net or -Noun net*

Question 12

View powershell help.

Answer 12

Get-Help powershell-command-name

Question 13

Add computer to domain.

Answer 13

Add-Computer -DomainName domainname.com

Question 14

Update powershell help files.

Answer 14

Update-Help

Question 15

Start powershell connection to remote computer.

Answer 15

Enter-PSSession -ComputerName COMPUTERNAME

Question 16

View all available features/roles.

Answer 16

Get-WindowsFeature

Question 17

View installed features/roles.

Answer 17

Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object Installed -eq True

Question 18

Install a server role/feature.

Answer 18

Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server, Web-Mgmt-Service

Question 19

Configure server for remote management.

Answer 19

Set-ItemProperty -Path “HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\WebManagement\Server” -Name “EnableRemoteManagerment” -Value 1

Question 20

Set remote management service to start automatically.

Answer 20

Set-Service WMSCV -StartupType Automatic

Question 21

Exit remote powershell connection.

Answer 21

Exit-PSSession

Question 22

Send a powershell command to a remote computer using http (firewall on).

Answer 22

Invoke-Command -ComputerName COMPUTERNAME -ScriptBlock {Get-Service W3SVC, WMSVC }

Question 23

Send a powershell command to a remote computer using dcom (will not work with firewall on).

Answer 23

Get-Service -ComputerName COMPUTERNAME