The 10 Best PowerShell Commands for Windows Server?

PowerShell is a powerful Windows Server management tool that allows administrators to efficiently automate and script tasks. Here are some handy PowerShell commands that are useful for managing a Windows Server:

1. Get System Information!
2. User Management!
3. Network and firewall! - Add firewall rule
4. File and directory management!
5. Services and processes!
6. Update management!
7. System monitoring and performance!
8. RDP management!
9. Query event logs!
10. Backups and restores!

1.) Get System Information!

Get-ComputerInfo -Property CsName

Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object CsName, WindowsVersion, WindowsBuildLabEx, OsArchitecture

Get-NetIPAddress

2.) User Management!

New-LocalUser -Name "Username" -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString "Password" -AsPlainText -Force) -FullName "Full Name"

Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "Username"

Set-LocalUser -Name "Username" -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString "NewPassword" -AsPlainText -Force)

3.) Network and firewall! - Add firewall rule

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow HTTP" -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 80 -Action Allow

Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Up"}

Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias ​​"Ethernet0" -ServerAddresses ("8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4")

4.) File and directory management!

New-Item -Path "C:\NewDirectory" -ItemType Directory

Copy-Item -Path "C:\Source\File.txt" -Destination "C:\Destination\File.txt"

Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Directory"

5.) Services and processes!

Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}

Start-Service -Name "service name"

Stop-Process -Name "process name" -Force

6.) Update management!

Get-WindowsUpdate

Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot

7.) System monitoring and performance!

Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor | Select-Object Name, LoadPercentage

Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object TotalVisibleMemorySize,FreePhysicalMemory

Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem

8.) RDP management!

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\" -Name "fDenyTSConnections" -Value 0

Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop"

9.) Query event logs!

Get-EventLog -LogName System -EntryType Error -Newest 100

Get-EventLog -LogName Application -After (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)

10.) Backups and restores!

wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:D: -include:C: -allCritical -quiet

Get-WBBackupTarget