Tools
- SYDI - Network Documentation made easy (VBS script) SYDI-Server v.2.3 Server is a tool for documenting Windows computers
- vCheck - is a PowerShell HTML framework script, the script is designed to run as a scheduled task before you get into the office to present you with key information via an email directly to your inbox in a nice easily readable format.
- SysInternals - Microsoft Sysinternals utilities help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications.
- mRemoteNG - is a fork of mRemote, an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager. mRemoteNG adds bug fixes and new features to mRemote.
- JoeWare Tools - offers a bunch of tool for saving administrators around the world time and frustration
- NirSoft Tools - NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer.
- CJWDEV Tools - offer softwares aimed at helping make the jobs of fellow IT Professionalss easier
- NetPerf - Netperf is a great tool for obtaining instantaneous network bandwidth between a client and server. Instructions on using Netperf can be found in this article
- Netwrix Freetools
- WMI Explorer 2014 (SAPIEN) - Allows you to get a handle on WMI classes and their properties and methods
- WMI Explorer (PowerShell Script) - PowerShell-based WMI Explorer tool created by Marc van Orsouw (aka /\/\O\/\/)
- WMI Explorer 2.0 (From Microsoft senior support escalation engineer, Vinay Pamnani)
- Chocolatey - Chocolatey NuGet is a Machine Package Manager, somewhat like apt-get, but built with Windows in mind.
- BoxStarter - Repeatable, reboot resilient windows environment installations made easy using Chocolatey packages. When its time to repave either bare metal or virtualized instances, locally or on a remote machine, Boxstarter can automate both trivial and highly complex installations. Compatible with all Windows versions from Windows 7/2008 R2 forward.
- Hp ProLiant Memory Configurator - Online tool to help you configure the memory on your physical servers
- NSSM (the Non-Sucking Service Manager)
- SCSM Entity Explorer
- Run-virtual.com Tools - Set of vSphere tools created by Richard Garsthagen
- RvTools - RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts
- Ethtool - Display or change ethernet card settings
- One of the feature of this tool, allows you to make the NIC blinks! This come very handy when you need to identify which NIC is which VMNIC [Article] for example: ethtool -p vmnic0 5 will make the NIC blink for 5 seconds.
- Esxtop - VMware's command-line tool for analyzing vSphere performance issues.
- Veeam FastSCP - Fast Copy between ESX host
- PuttyTray - PuTTY Tray is an improved version of PuTTY. It features some cosmetic changes, and a number of addons to make it more useful and much more fun to use.
Online Tools
- Automation
- IFTTT.com
- Regular Expression
- Active Directory
- LDAP Syntax Filters
- PowerShell and AD (.NET)
- LDAP Query Basics
- Searching Active Directory with Windows PowerShell
- Online Learning
- Code Academy
- LearnStreet (learn Java, Javascript, Ruby, Python
- Edx
- KhanAcademy
- Udacity
- MIT OpenCourseware
- Microsoft Virtual Academy
- Command Line Crash course
- Learn Linux the hard way
- Coursera
- IFTTT.com
- LDAP Syntax Filters
- PowerShell and AD (.NET)
- LDAP Query Basics
- Searching Active Directory with Windows PowerShell
- Code Academy
- LearnStreet (learn Java, Javascript, Ruby, Python
- Edx
- KhanAcademy
- Udacity
- MIT OpenCourseware
- Microsoft Virtual Academy
- Command Line Crash course
- Learn Linux the hard way
- Coursera
PowerShell
Getting Started
- Video Training (Free)
- Ebooks (Free)
Blogs/References/Resources
- White Papers/Docs/Wiki
- Alternative Console
- Useful Modules & Addon
- PSReadLine (PowerShell Module)- Syntax Highlighter for PowerShell
- PSharp (PowerShell ISE Addon)
- SCCM Automation (PowerShell Module)
- SSH (PowerShell Module)
- VisioPS (Automate Microsoft Visio)
- Active Directory Attribute Recovery module
- Pester (Script Tester)
- Base Class Libraries (.NET Library for Long Path Support)
- SMlets (SCSM Module)
- ScsmPx (SCSM Module)
- Local Account Management Module
- Useful script/tool
- Show-Object (Lee Holmes)
- LazyWinAdmin (PowerShell GUI for lazy system admin)
- Start-Demo (very useful for presentation)
- Monitor Active Directory Groups
- PowerEvents
- PoshEventUI
- PoshPAIG
- WMI Explorer
- ConvertFrom-String Buddy
- ILSpy
- Websites
- PowerShell and SCCM (ConfigMgr)
Videos
- Microsoft Virtual Academy (Trainings)
- Getting Started with PowerShell
- Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start (2013/07)
- Advanced Tools & Scripting with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start (2013/07)
- Desired State Configuration (DSC)
- Getting Started with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) (2015/01)
- Advanced PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Custom Resources (2015/01)
- Active Directory
- Using PowerShell for Active Directory (2014/11)
- PowerShell Summit 2013 NA (Video Recordings)
- Device Management With PowerShell - Ricardo Mendes
- Creating a Complex and Reusable HTML Reporting Structure - Alan Renouf
- How Secure Can You Be – Jeff Hicks
- Standards Based Hardware Management – Steve Lee
- Workshop – Automating for DevOps – Kenneth Hansen and Hemant Mahawar
- CIM Sessions – Richard Siddaway
- PowerShell Web Access – Richard Siddaway
- Sapien PowerShell Products – David Corrales
- What I learned Judging 5000 Scripts – Ed Wilson
- PowerShell Events – Richard Siddaway
- Write Modules, Not Scripts – Ed Wilson
- PoshMon – PowerShell Does Performance Counters – Ed Wilson
- Configuring Your PowerShell Workflow Environment – Aleksandar Nikolic
- Practical PowerShell Integration from Bare Metal to the Cloud – Alan Renouf
- Source Control for IT Pros – Andy Schneider
- Creating HTML Reports with Style – Jeff Hicks
- Remoting Configuration Deep Dive – Don Jones
- Advanced Network Scripting with PowerShell – Lee Holmes
- Build Your Demo Environment with Windows PowerShell – Aleksandar Nikolic
- PowerShell Summit 2014 North America (Video Recordings)
- PowerShell and Visio = Crazy Delicious
- VisioAutomation - module: VisioPS
- Just Enough Admin - Security in a Post-Snowden World - Jeffrey Snover
- WSMan Cmdlets - Richard Siddaway
- The Seven Secrets of CIM - Brian Wilhite
- PowerShell Summit 2014 Europe (29 Sept-1 Oct 2014)
- Monad Manifest Revisited - Jeffrey Snover
- Desired State Configuration I - Steve Murawski
- PowerShell Repositories Unleashed - Dan Harman
- Automating Amazon web Services with PowerShell - Mike Pfeiffer
- Talking With Neanderthals: Sophisticated Techniques of Plain Text Parsing - Tobias Weltner
- Do custom objects dream about ETS (Extended Type System)? - Bartosz Bielawsk
- Desired State Configuration II - Steve Murawski
- PowerShell User Groups
- 2014/01 - PowerShell Virtual UG - Steven Murawski on Desired State Configuration
- 2014/02 - PowerShell Virtual UG - Doug Finke on PowerShell Parser and AST
- TechEd 2013 NA
- TechEd 2014 NA
- Windows PowerShell Unplugged with Jeffrey Snover
- Transform the Datacenter: Making the Promise of Connected Clouds a Reality
- Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: MVP Experts Panel (PowerShell and ConfigMgr)
- PowerShell Desired State Configuration and DevOps in Microsoft Azure
- TWC: Sysinternals Primer: TechEd 2014 Edition
- Windows PowerShell Best Practices and Patterns: Time to Get Serious - Don Jones
- A Practical Overview of Desired State Configuration - Don Jones, Jeffrey Snover
- JitJea: A Windows PowerShell Toolkit to Secure a Post-Snowden World - Jeffrey Snover
- Other Youtube Videos
- PowerEvents: Introduction to PowerEvents
- PowerEvents - Creating WMI Event Filters
- PowerEvents: WMI Event Consumers
- PowerEvents: WMI Event Bindings
- Bruce Payette - PowerShell Workflows
- Creating HTML Reports with PowerShell - Jeffery Hicks (2013/08/26)
- Turn Command-Line Tools into PowerShell Tools - Jeffery Hicks (2012/03/29)
- Defcon 21 - PowerPwning: Post-Exploiting By Overpowering PowerShell - Joseph Bialek (2013/11/16)