Powershell 2.0 ... All that i know

General Command

- To display powershell version

$PSVersionTable

Server 2008 AD

- Allow remote access to powershell

cmdlet: enable-remoting -force

- To access AD powershell from member computer of an AD use(can be remote or locally):

cmdlet: import-module ActiveDirectory

- To list all AD users

cmdlet: get-aduser -server <computername> -filter * 

-To sort by specific property. Sort must be define after -filter command otherwise not working.

cmdlet: get-aduser -filter * | sort -property <properties> 

e.g: get-aduser -filter * | sort -property name / samaccountname / DisplayName

-To display without header

cmdlet: get-aduser -filter * | select samaccountname -ExpandProperty samaccountname

-To display without header and with custom string “absb\"

cmdlet: get-aduser -filter * | -expandproperty samaccountname | foreach{ "absb\" + $_.samaccountname }

-To select only specific property

cmdlet: get-user -filter * | select samaccountname / DislayName / Name

-To call a specific user 

cmdlet: get-aduser -identity <userid> 

shortcut: get-aduser <userid>