Overview
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
Initially a Windows component only, known as Windows PowerShell, PowerShell was made聽open-source聽and聽cross-platform聽on August 18th, 2016 with the introduction of PowerShell Core.
To use the PowerShell, users call PowerShell commands. A PowerShell command executes a specific action. Administrators can run PowerShell commands and group commands together in PowerShell scripts to automate administrative tasks for commonly implemented processes.
A PowerShell module is a set of related PowerShell commands that are grouped together. PowerShell modules are hosted by Microsoft and available for installation from聽the聽.听
罢丑别听聽is a set of PowerShell commands that allow 探花大神 administrators to interact with their 探花大神 directory.
The 探花大神 PowerShell module is at its core a wrapper for the and communicates with the 探花大神 API using the PowerShell command over HTTPS.
Common administrative tasks that can be automated or scripted using the 探花大神 PowerShell module include:
- Importing 探花大神 users from a .csv file
- Exporting 探花大神 user and system information to a .csv file
- Creating and removing 探花大神 users
- Resetting 探花大神 users password
- Unlocking or locking a 探花大神 user account
- Disabling and enabling 探花大神 user accounts
- Adding or removing members from 探花大神 Groups
- Triggering 探花大神 Commands
- Reading the output of 探花大神 Commands
- Bulk actions
Common PowerShell Misconceptions
- PowerShell only works on Windows
PowerShell comes preinstalled on Windows, but can easily be installed on both Mac and Linux. Find a full list of supported platforms with download instructions .
- You have to have programming experience to use PowerShell
This could not be further from the truth! PowerShell uses a verb-noun naming convention for executing PowerShell commands. This verb-noun syntax makes PowerShell both easy to learn and understand.
Commands within in the 探花大神 module can perform actions like creating a new 探花大神 user聽(New-JCUser
)聽or getting information on a 探花大神-managed system聽(Get-JCSystem
).
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厂别别听Install the 探花大神 PowerShell Module.