PowerShell Background Jobs Cheat Sheet
Start, inspect, wait for, receive, stop, remove, throttle, and troubleshoot PowerShell process, thread, and remote background jobs safely.
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Windows
PowerShell, system administration, files, and troubleshooting.
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58 focused guides grouped by the kind of task you need to complete.
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PowerShell and Automation
Build reliable scripts, pipelines, modules, jobs, configuration, and scheduled automation.
Browse subcategory 11 guidesIdentity, Access, and Security
Administer identities, certificates, permissions, secrets, policy, and endpoint protection.
Browse subcategory 8 guidesNetworking and Remote Access
Configure Windows networking, name services, firewalls, shares, and remote sessions.
Browse subcategory 6 guidesCompute, Apps, and Platforms
Operate services, web servers, virtual machines, containers, packages, and WSL.
Browse subcategory 6 guidesStorage, Backup, and Resilience
Manage disks, replicated storage, backups, clusters, and distributed filesystems.
Browse subcategory 10 guidesDiskPart
Inspect, partition, format, resize, and manage physical and virtual disks safely with DiskPart.
Browse subcategory 7 guidesMonitoring, Policy, and Maintenance
Inventory, observe, troubleshoot, update, and govern Windows systems.
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PowerShell and Automation
Build reliable scripts, pipelines, modules, jobs, configuration, and scheduled automation.
PowerShell Classes and Custom Objects Cheat Sheet
Build reliable PowerShell data with PSCustomObject, classes, enums, constructors, validation, formatting, and serialization boundaries.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell Desired State Configuration Cheat Sheet
Audit and enforce Windows configuration with Microsoft DSC 3 and legacy PowerShell DSC, with safe testing, version boundaries, and rollout guidance.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell Error Handling Cheat Sheet
Handle PowerShell failures predictably with terminating errors, try/catch/finally, ErrorRecord inspection, preference controls, and native exit codes.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell Files and Directories Cheat Sheet
Navigate, inspect, create, copy, move, search, and safely remove Windows files and directories with PowerShell.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell Modules and Repositories Cheat Sheet
Discover, inspect, stage, install, import, update, pin, troubleshoot, and remove PowerShell modules with PSResourceGet and core module commands.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell Pipelines Cheat Sheet
Inspect, filter, sort, transform, group, measure, and export objects with practical PowerShell pipelines.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell Registry Cheat Sheet
Inspect and manage Windows registry keys and values through PowerShell providers with literal paths, typed values, existence checks, WhatIf previews, and backups.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell REST APIs and Web Requests Cheat Sheet
Call HTTP APIs safely with Invoke-RestMethod and Invoke-WebRequest, including JSON, authentication, sessions, pagination, retries, downloads, and errors.
Open cheat sheetWindows Scheduled Tasks PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inspect, compose, register, run, export, disable, and remove Windows scheduled tasks with PowerShell's ScheduledTasks module.
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Identity, Access, and Security
Administer identities, certificates, permissions, secrets, policy, and endpoint protection.
Active Directory Certificate Services Cheat Sheet
Plan, deploy, audit, back up, publish, and recover Windows Server AD CS certification authorities with production-safe PowerShell workflows.
Open cheat sheetActive Directory Users, Groups, and Computers PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Administer AD DS users, groups, and computers safely with PowerShell discovery, scoped searches, stable identities, change previews, lifecycle controls, and verification.
Open cheat sheetApplication Control, AppLocker, and WDAC Cheat Sheet
Design, audit, test, deploy, and recover Windows application control policies with App Control for Business, WDAC, and AppLocker.
Open cheat sheetJust Enough Administration (JEA) Cheat Sheet
Design, test, deploy, audit, and safely operate least-privilege PowerShell remoting endpoints with JEA role capabilities.
Open cheat sheetMicrosoft Defender Antivirus PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Audit Microsoft Defender Antivirus health, intelligence updates, scans, detections, exclusions, tamper protection, events, and performance with PowerShell.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell SecretManagement and SecretStore Cheat Sheet
Register, configure, use, rotate, and troubleshoot PowerShell secret vaults without leaking credentials into code, output, history, or logs.
Open cheat sheetWindows BitLocker and TPM PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Audit BitLocker encryption, TPM readiness, key protectors, recovery escrow, suspension windows, progress, and safe recovery planning with PowerShell.
Open cheat sheetWindows Certificates and PowerShell Code Signing Cheat Sheet
Inspect Windows certificate stores, validate identity, expiry, chains, private keys, import and export safely, verify Authenticode signatures, and sign PowerShell scripts.
Open cheat sheetWindows File Permissions and ACLs PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inspect, explain, back up, modify, restore, and verify Windows file-system access control lists, owners, inheritance, and effective identities.
Open cheat sheetWindows Local Users and Groups PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inspect and administer Windows local users and groups safely with PowerShell, secure password input, SID-based identity, membership previews, and reversible controls.
Open cheat sheetWindows Managed Service Accounts and gMSA PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Deploy and operate sMSA, gMSA, and Windows Server 2025 dMSA identities safely with KDS planning, scoped password retrieval, SPNs, workload integration, and auditing.
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Networking and Remote Access
Configure Windows networking, name services, firewalls, shares, and remote sessions.
PowerShell Network Diagnostics Cheat Sheet
Diagnose Windows networking with PowerShell commands for interfaces, addresses, routes, DNS, reachability, ports, and TCP or UDP endpoints.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell Remoting Cheat Sheet
Discover, test, invoke, session, secure, troubleshoot, and clean up PowerShell remoting connections over WSMan or SSH.
Open cheat sheetWindows Defender Firewall PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inspect profiles, effective rules, port and address filters, create narrowly scoped rules, preview changes, export policy, test connectivity, and remove rules safely.
Open cheat sheetWindows DHCP Server PowerShell Administration Cheat Sheet
Operate Windows DHCP Server safely with PowerShell: authorize servers, audit scopes and leases, stage options and reservations, configure IPv4 failover, export state, and verify service health.
Open cheat sheetWindows DNS Server PowerShell Administration Cheat Sheet
Administer Windows DNS Server safely with PowerShell: audit zones and records, create AD-integrated zones, manage records and aging, inspect forwarding, export data, and troubleshoot resolution.
Open cheat sheetWindows Network Load Balancing Cheat Sheet
Plan, deploy, drain, monitor, and troubleshoot Windows Server Network Load Balancing clusters and port rules with PowerShell.
Open cheat sheetWindows Remote Desktop Services and Sessions PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Audit RDS deployments, collections, hosts, configuration, licensing, RemoteApps, and user sessions with safe PowerShell workflows.
Open cheat sheetWindows SMB Shares and Sessions PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inventory and create Windows SMB shares, reconcile share and NTFS access, require encryption, inspect sessions and open files, and disconnect clients safely.
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Compute, Apps, and Platforms
Operate services, web servers, virtual machines, containers, packages, and WSL.
Hyper-V Virtual Machines PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inventory, create, configure, start, stop, checkpoint, export, import, and recover Hyper-V virtual machines safely with PowerShell.
Open cheat sheetIIS Administration with PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inventory IIS sites and pools, back up configuration, create isolated applications, manage HTTPS bindings, inspect inheritance, and diagnose requests safely.
Open cheat sheetPowerShell Processes and Services Cheat Sheet
Inspect, start, wait for, and safely stop Windows processes and services with PowerShell object-based management cmdlets.
Open cheat sheetWindows Containers Operations Cheat Sheet
Prepare, build, inspect, run, secure, troubleshoot, and update Windows containers with Docker CLI and Windows Server guidance.
Open cheat sheetWindows Package Manager winget Cheat Sheet
Search, inspect, install, list, upgrade, export, import, pin, source, and troubleshoot Windows applications with winget.
Open cheat sheetWindows Subsystem for Linux Management Cheat Sheet
Install, inventory, update, run, stop, convert, back up, restore, and safely remove WSL distributions with current wsl.exe commands.
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Storage, Backup, and Resilience
Manage disks, replicated storage, backups, clusters, and distributed filesystems.
DFS Namespaces and Replication Cheat Sheet
Deploy, inspect, tune, monitor, and recover DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication on Windows Server without risking replicated data.
Open cheat sheetWindows Disks, Partitions, and Volumes PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inspect Windows physical disks, partition styles, partitions, volumes, drive letters, health, capacity, supported resize ranges, and safe initialization workflows.
Open cheat sheetWindows Server Backup Cheat Sheet
Build, inspect, run, monitor, and restore Windows Server Backup policies safely with wbadmin and the WindowsServerBackup PowerShell module.
Open cheat sheetWindows Server Failover Clustering PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Validate, inventory, maintain, troubleshoot, and safely move Windows Server failover cluster workloads with PowerShell.
Open cheat sheetWindows Server Storage Replica Cheat Sheet
Assess, configure, monitor, reverse, resize, and safely remove Windows Server Storage Replica partnerships with PowerShell.
Open cheat sheetWindows Storage Spaces PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inventory, design, provision, expand, monitor, and repair standalone Windows Storage Spaces pools and virtual disks safely with PowerShell.
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DiskPart
Inspect, partition, format, resize, and manage physical and virtual disks safely with DiskPart.
DiskPart BIOS/MBR Windows Partitioning Cheat Sheet
Create and verify legacy BIOS/MBR Windows layouts with DiskPart, including active system, Windows, recovery, extended, and logical partitions.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart Clean, Clean All, GPT, and MBR Conversion Cheat Sheet
Wipe partition metadata with DiskPart clean or clean all, convert empty disks between GPT and MBR, verify targets, and choose MBR2GPT when data must remain.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart Disk State, Attributes, SAN Policy, and IDs Cheat Sheet
Inspect and manage DiskPart online state, read-only flags, volume attributes, SAN policy, automount behavior, and disk identifiers without losing focus.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart Drive Letters, Mount Points, and Automount Cheat Sheet
Assign and remove DiskPart drive letters or NTFS folder mount points, manage automount policy, scrub stale paths, and suppress unwanted letter assignment.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart Extend, Shrink, and Delete Cheat Sheet
Inspect resize limits, shrink or extend DiskPart volumes, grow filesystems, and delete partitions or volumes with explicit dependency and recovery checks.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart Format, Filesystems, and Allocation Units Cheat Sheet
Inspect supported filesystems and format DiskPart volumes as NTFS, exFAT, FAT32, or ReFS with deliberate labels, allocation units, and verification.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart Fundamentals, Focus, and Script Safety Cheat Sheet
Use DiskPart safely from an elevated terminal: discover storage objects, control focus, verify identity, read help, rescan hardware, and run auditable scripts.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart Legacy Dynamic Disks and Volumes Cheat Sheet
Inspect and maintain legacy Windows dynamic disks with DiskPart while planning migration to basic disks or Storage Spaces for new resilient storage.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart UEFI/GPT Windows Partitioning Cheat Sheet
Build a current Windows UEFI/GPT deployment layout with DiskPart: EFI system, Microsoft reserved, Windows, and protected Windows RE partitions.
Open cheat sheetDiskPart VHD and VHDX Create, Attach, and Resize Cheat Sheet
Create, select, inspect, attach, detach, compact, expand, and merge VHD or VHDX files with DiskPart while protecting parent chains and host capacity.
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Monitoring, Policy, and Maintenance
Inventory, observe, troubleshoot, update, and govern Windows systems.
PowerShell Windows Event Logs Cheat Sheet
Investigate Windows event logs with Get-WinEvent discovery, server-side hashtable filters, structured properties, XML, archived files, remote queries, and summaries.
Open cheat sheetWindows CIM, WMI, and Hardware Inventory PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inventory Windows hardware, firmware, storage, networking, and operating-system facts safely with CIM sessions and PowerShell.
Open cheat sheetWindows Crash Dumps and WinDbg Troubleshooting Cheat Sheet
Collect, preserve, validate, and triage Windows kernel and user-mode crash dumps with WER, ProcDump, DumpChk, and WinDbg.
Open cheat sheetWindows Environment Variables and PATH PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inspect, set, persist, remove, expand, and troubleshoot Windows environment variables and PATH across process, user, and machine scopes.
Open cheat sheetWindows Group Policy Management PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Inventory, back up, stage, link, delegate, validate, and troubleshoot domain Group Policy safely with PowerShell, GPMC, RSoP, and controlled refreshes.
Open cheat sheetWindows Performance Counters and Resource Monitoring PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Measure Windows CPU, memory, disk, network, and process behavior with bounded performance-counter collections and PowerShell diagnostics.
Open cheat sheetWindows Update Management and Troubleshooting Cheat Sheet
Inventory, scan, stage, install, verify, and troubleshoot Windows updates with PowerShell, Windows Update Agent, DISM, event logs, and controlled reboots.
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