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Sarafian / Invoke-CommandWrap.ps1

Last active December 18, 2016 16:32

PowerShell - InvokeCommand local or remote

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Wraps the Invoke-Command to seamlessy execute script blocks remote or local
	.DESCRIPTION
	Invoke-Command does not provide a transparent method to execute script blocks locally or remotely without conditions. This limited wrapper commandlet does this.
	Every blocked is wrapped with logging statements
	.PARAMETER ScriptBlock
	The script block
	.PARAMETER BlockName
	Name of the block. This is for logging purposes.

Sarafian / Disconnect-RemoteSessions.ps1

Last active June 15, 2018 12:21

This scripts uses the quser to scan for session on a remote computer and then rwinsta to disconnect it

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Disconnects your user from remote computers

	.DESCRIPTION
	This scripts uses the quser to scan for session on a remote computer and then rwinsta to disconnect it

	.NOTES

	.LINK

Sarafian / Toggle-Preference.ps1

Last active August 24, 2016 09:21

Toggle Debug and Verbose preference in PowerShell with shortcut keys. Add the script to your Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

	Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord "Ctrl+1" -BriefDescription 'Toggle $DebugPreference' -Description 'Toggle $DebugPreference between Continue and SilentlyContiinue' -ScriptBlock {
	if($DebugPreference -eq 'Continue')
	{
	Write-Debug "Setting DebugPreference=SilentlyContinue"
	Set-Variable -Name DebugPreference -Value "SilentlyContinue" -Scope Global -Force
	return
	}
	if($DebugPreference -eq 'SilentlyContinue')
	{
	Set-Variable -Name DebugPreference -Value "Continue" -Scope Global -Force

Sarafian / Reset-PrefixedTitle.ps1

Last active October 22, 2016 12:19

Set/Reset a prefix on the PowerShell's Console Window title

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Reset the window title of the console
	.DESCRIPTION
	Reset the window title of the console
	.EXAMPLE
	Reset-PrefixedTitle
	#>
	function Reset-PrefixedTitle
	{

Sarafian / Format-Compare.ps1

Created September 2, 2016 09:16

A cmdlet to format the output of PowerShell's Compare-Object cmdlet.

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Formats the output of Compare-Object for even results
	.DESCRIPTION
	When the compared set has even entries use this commandlet to promote the output Compare-Object to Name,Original,Changed using the SideIndicator
	.PARAMETER Compare
	The output of Compare-Object
	.PARAMETER PathAsName
	The path to use to create the Name column in the output
	.EXAMPLE

Sarafian / Compare-WindowsFeatureName.ps1

Last active October 22, 2016 12:19

With this script you can compare and get a report for the windows feature names between two different versions of Windows Server.

	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]$NewWindowsServerVersionComputer,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]$OldWindowsServerVersionComputer
	)
	# Process new windows server version
	$featuresOnNew=Get-WindowsFeature -ComputerName $NewWindowsServerVersionComputer
	$availableOnNew=$featuresOnNew\|Where-Object -Property "InstallState" -EQ "Available"
	$installedNew=$featuresOnNew\|Where-Object -Property "InstallState" -EQ "Installed"

Sarafian / New-HV.ps1

Created October 11, 2016 11:53

	#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Creates a new Hyper-V instance from a named template.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Imports an existing Hyper-V export into a new instance, set-up the local client host/ip resoltution and generate bootstrapping powershell script.
	.PARAMETER OSVersion
	The code name for operating system
	.PARAMETER VMName

Sarafian / Compare-SystemModuleWithGallery.ps1

Created October 14, 2016 11:10

Compare PowerShell system module with their PowerShell gallery counterparts

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Compares system modules with available ones on powershell gallery
	.DESCRIPTION
	Compares system modules with available ones on powershell gallery
	.EXAMPLE
	Compare-SystemModuleWithGallery
	.Link
	http://mikefrobbins.com/2016/06/09/update-manually-installed-powershell-modules-from-the-powershell-gallery/
	#>

Sarafian / Show-ModuleVersion.ps1

Created December 1, 2016 10:24

Show powershell module's (loaded and available) organized by Name, Version and Location

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Reports modules
	.DESCRIPTION
	Reports modules
	.EXAMPLE
	Show-ModuleVersion
	.EXAMPLE
	Show-ModuleVersion -ListAvailable
	.EXAMPLE

Sarafian / Get-AWSCloudFormationSamples.ps1

Last active January 16, 2017 09:31

Download the AWS cloud formation samples in both JSON and AWS format

	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
	[ValidateSet("ap-northeast-1","ap-northeast-2","ap-south-1","ap-southeast-1","ap-southeast-2","ca-central-1","eu-central-1","eu-west-1","eu-west-2","sa-east-1","us-east-1","us-east-2","us-west-1","us-west-2")]
	[string]$Region="eu-west-1",
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
	[string]$OutputPath="$env:USERPROFILE\Documents\AWSCloudFormation-samples-json-yaml"
	)
	Set-StrictMode -Version latest

	$rubyPath=& "C:\Windows\System32\where.exe" ruby 2>&1

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