Noel Alvarez

You may use the Microsoft Windows PowerShell script below to verify the status of the service you specify, remotely.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This script will provide the status of a service on the specified computer.
.DESCRIPTION
This script automates the process for verifying the status of a service.
.EXAMPLE
N/A.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Tuesday, November 24, 2015.
#>

#Request the hostname of the server
$SERVER = Read-Host “What is the hostname of the server?”

#Request the name of the service
$SERVICE = Read-Host “What is the name of the service?”

#Query the status of the service
get-service -computername $SERVER | where-object {$_.name -eq “$SERVICE”}

#End of script

The Microsoft Windows PowerShell script below may be used to automate the process of configuring hard disks in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This script will configure hard disks.
.DESCRIPTION
This script will automate the process of configuring hard disks.
.EXAMPLE
N/A.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Thursday, October 13, 2016.
#>

#Request the disk number
$Disk_Number = Read-Host “What is the disk number?”

#Request the disk letter
$Disk_Letter = Read-Host “What is the drive letter?”

#Request the disk size
$Disk_Size = Read-Host “What is the drive size?”
$Disk_Size = $Disk_Size -as [int]
$Disk_Size = $Disk_Size * “1GB”

#Initialize the disk
Initialize-Disk -Number $Disk_Number

#Pause for (5) seconds
Start-Sleep 5

#Configure the disk
New-Partition -DiskNumber $Disk_Number -DriveLetter $Disk_Letter -Size $Disk_Size
Format-Volume -DriveLetter $Disk_Letter -FileSystem NTFS -Confirm:$False
&”.\configure_disk_settings.ps1″

#End of script

You may use the Microsoft Windows PowerShell script below to remotely reboot a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 host.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This script will request the hostname of a remote server then forcefully restart the server.
.DESCRIPTION
This script will automate the process of forcefully restarting a remote server.
.EXAMPLE
N/A.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Monday, August 08, 2016.
#>

#Request the hostname of the remote server
$SERVER = Read-Host “What is the hostname of the server?”

#Force the restart of the remote server
Restart-Computer $SERVER -Force

#End of script

You may use the script below to install the File, Print, DFS, and Windows Server Backup roles on a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Install File, Print, DFS and Windows Server Backup roles and features.
.DESCRIPTION
Automate the install of the File, Print, DFS and Windows Server Backup roles and features.
.EXAMPLE
N/A.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Monday, November 16, 2015.
#>

#Install the File Server and File Server Resource Manager roles
Install-WindowsFeature -Name FS-FileServer -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools
Install-WindowsFeature -Name FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools

#Pause for (5) seconds
Start-Sleep 5

#Install the DFS Namespaces role
Install-WindowsFeature -Name FS-DFS-Namespace -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools

#Pause for (5) seconds
Start-Sleep 5

#Install the Print Server role
Install-WindowsFeature -Name Print-Server -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools

#Pause for (5) seconds
Start-Sleep 5

#Install the Windows Server Backup feature
Install-WindowsFeature -Name Windows-Server-Backup -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools

#End of script

You may use the Microsoft Windows PowerShell script below to query a remote Microsoft Windows 7 computer, obtain a list of all installed applications, and write the content to a file and directory of your choice.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This script will query a remote computer’s list of installed applications and provide the output in a text (.txt) file.
.DESCRIPTION
This script will automate the process of querying the list of installed applications on a remote computer.
.EXAMPLE
gwmi win32_product -ComputerName “PC01” | out-file -filepath “C:\Users\User01\Desktop\Applications.txt”.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Thursday, August 04, 2016.
#>

#Request the hostname of the computer
$hostname = Read-Host “What is the hostname of the computer?”

#Request the path and name of the output file
$file = Read-Host “Where would you like to store the file?”

#Query the remote computer, installed applications, and provide the output in a text file
gwmi win32_product -ComputerName $hostname | out-file -filepath $file

You may use the script below in the Exchange Management Shell to list all public folders and their primary email address in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Query all of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 public folders, provide their primary email address and write the output to a file.
.DESCRIPTION
Automate the output of the email addresses associated with the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 public folders.
.EXAMPLE
Get-Mailpublicfolder | Format-List alias, emailaddresses | Out-File -filepath C:\Users\User01\Desktop\email.txt
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
#>

#Request the name of the file.
$File = Read-Host “What will be the name of the file?”

#Query the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 public folders and provide the results in a text file
Get-Mailpublicfolder | Format-List alias, emailaddresses | Out-File -filepath <<<INSERT PATH>>>\$File

You may use the script below in the Exchange Management Shell to list all mailboxes that are forwarding in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This script will provide a list of all Microsoft Exchange 2007 email addresses that are forwarding emails.
.DESCRIPTION
This script will automate the process of creating a list of all Microsoft Exchange 2007 email addresses that are forwarding emails.
.EXAMPLE
N/A.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Thursday, March 24, 2016.
#>

#Request the name of the output file
$File = Read-Host “What would you like to name the file?”

#Provide a list of all email addresses that are forwarding emails
Get-Mailbox | Where {$_.ForwardingAddress -ne $null} | Select Name, SamAccountName, PrimarySmtpAddress, ForwardingAddress, DeliverToMailboxAndForward | Out-File -filepath “<<<INSERT PATH>>>\$File.txt”