powershell host inventory samples.

hostinventory.ps1

#purpose: how many ways can you inventory what's on a windows host? let me count the ways!
#this script captures a bunch of ways to know what's on a host. useful for inventory of host features, installed store apps, 
#even figure what winget did under the hood, if youre wondering how to list apps on your host.
# 

#what Capabilities are on this machine?
Get-WindowsCapability -Online `
| where-object State -eq Installed `
| Format-Table
# you wanna know what each of those things are?
Get-WindowsCapability -Online `
| where-object State -eq Installed `
| ForEach-Object { Get-WindowsCapability -Online -Name $_.Name } `
| format-table

#what Optional Features are enabled on this machine?
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online | where-object State -eq Enabled `
| ForEach-Object { Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -online -FeatureName $_.FeatureName } `
| Select-Object FeatureName, State, DisplayName, Description, RestartNeeded, Capacity, Online -ExpandProperty CustomProperties `
| Format-Table

# What's been installed on this Machine natively ala old fashioned Add/Remove Programs?
gwmi  Win32_Product | Format-Table

# What's installed by the Store App
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers `
|where-object SignatureKind -eq Store `
| Select-Object Name, Version, SignatureKind, Architecture, PublisherId, Publisher | format-table
 
#some hidden gems; by default the above only returns Framework and Main PackageTypes. 
#there's some interesitng ones installed, and how theyre' installed by bundle:
Get-AppxPackage AllUsers -PackageTypeFilter Bundle | format-table
Get-AppxPackage AllUsers -PackageTypeFilter Resource | format-table