Server

Finding Services that are set to auto but are not running

        Get-WmiObject win32_service | where {$_.state -eq "stopped" -and $_.startmode -eq "auto"}
        

Using PowerShell to do a WSUS cleanup

        Invoke-WsusServerCleanup -CleanupObsoleteUpdates
        

Creating a file share and assigning share permissions

        New-Item -Path c:\test -ItemType Directory
        New-SmbShare -Name Test -Path c:\test -ReadAccess Everyone -FullAccess User1 -Description "Test Share"
        

Creating a PowerShell Module

When you create a script module it needs to be in one of two places your profile path or "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules"

After that you need to provide a folder and a file with the same name ending in .psm1

The following shows a quick way to make this on a server

This did not work on Windows 10 when I tested it due to built in protections

        $moduleName = "NewTools"
        $path1 = Split-Path $profile
        $fullpath = $path1 + "\modules\" + $moduleName + "\"
        New-Item -Path $fullpath -ItemType Directory -Force
        New-Item -Path $fullpath -Name ($moduleName + ".psm1") -ItemType File -Force
        

Creating a profile

$profile is a built in variable that points to where your profile would be if it existed

The following script should make creating a profile faster

        $path1 = Split-Path $profile
        New-Item -Path $path1 -ItemType Directory -Force
        notepad $profile
        

In notepad make some changes to your profile like CD \ and any other changes you want to make

Creating a Scheduled Task

Just like when you create a scheduled task using the GUI you need an action and a trigger then you need to register the scheduled task

Here is an example

        $action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "PowerShell.exe" -Argument "C:\scripts\map-Pdrive.ps1"
        $trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 9am
        Register-ScheduledTask -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -TaskName "MapPDrive" -Description "Map the P drive daily"