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Get-Service | Where-object { $_.Status -eq 'Running' -and $_.name -like 's*'}
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Get-Service -name s*| Where-object { $_.Status -eq 'Running'}

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Measure-Command -Expression {Get-Service | Where-object { $_.Status -eq 'Running' -and $_.name -like 's*'}}
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Measure-Command -Expression {Get-Service -name s*| Where-object { $_.Status -eq 'Running'}}

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# Basic Syntax example
Get-Service | Where-Object Status -eq Running

# Advanced Syntax example
Get-Service | Where-Object {$PSItem.Status -eq 'Running' -and $PSItem.StartType -eq 'Automatic'}
# Same as above
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq 'Running' -and $_.StartType -eq 'Automatic'}

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# Enable Remoting to an Azure VM
Enable-PSRemoting

# Make sure to set the Public IP address to static or make sure you track the change of the public IP

# Create Network Security Group Rule to allow winrm

# Create a Selfsigned cert on the Azure VM
$Cert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -CertstoreLocation Cert:\LocalMachine\My -DnsName PC1.mydomain.local
Export-Certificate -Cert $Cert -FilePath '<filepath>\exch.cer'

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# This is the script we'll run on a regular basis

# Get the filehash of the CurrentDomainAdmins.xml
    $CurrentAdminsHash = Get-FileHash -Path 'C:\scripts\CurrentDomainAdmins.xml' | 
      Select-Object -expandProperty Hash
# Get the current date
    $Date = Get-Date
# This is the file we're testing the CurrentDomainAdmins.xml file against
    $newAdmins = 'c:\scripts\NewAdmins.xml'
# A variable we will use in the if statement below

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# Run this once to get the Domain Admins group baseline
Get-ADGroupMember -Server signalwarrant.local -Identity "Domain Admins" |
    Select-Object -ExpandProperty samaccountname | 
    Export-Clixml -Path 'C:\scripts\CurrentDomainAdmins.xml'

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Function New-AzureLab {
  <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    New-AzureLab will create 1 or multiple VMs in Azure based on input parameters from a CSV

    .DESCRIPTION
    Create a CSV file like below:
    VMName,Location,InterfaceName,ResourceGroupName,VMSize,ComputerName
    SP,EastUS,SP_Int,SignalWarrant_RG,Basic_A2,SP

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Configuration SecurePullServerSQLDBgMSA {
    Param ( 
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ string ] $NodeName = 'localhost',

        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ string ] $Thumbprint = " $( Throw "Provide a valid certificate thumbprint to continue" ) ",

        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ string ] $Guid = " $( Throw "Provide a valid GUID to continue" ) "

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<# 
.DESCRIPTION 
Uses some WMI and reading some Registry keys to get the version numbers for 
McAfee Security Center, DAT, HIP, Plash Player, Java, Adobe Acrobat, Reader and AIR. 
All of the results are put into a CSV file with the computername, IP Address, MAC Address and Serial Number 

.NOTES 
    File Name: get-3rdPartySoftware.ps1 
    Author: David Hall 
    Contact Info: 

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# *** THIS SCRIPT IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK *** 
<# 
.DESCRIPTION 
    Starts the Windows Update service (wuauserv) if it is stopped and forces a checkin with the WSUS Server. 
    This function uses the Invoke-Command CMDlet which will require PSRemoting to be enabled on the target machine. 

.NOTES 
    File Name: force-WSUScheckin.ps1 
    Author: David Hall 
    Contact Info: 

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# Update all of the helpfiles 
Update-Help 

# Find all the modules that accept updated help 
Get-Module -ListAvailable | Where-Object HelpInfoUri 

# Save the help files to the local machine 
Save-help -Force -DestinationPath 'D:\SaveHelp' 

# Use either command below to access helpfiles