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The Sysinternals Suite, which contains many tools an IT Professional should have in the tool belt, is now available for Nano Server. Traditionally the tools have been packaged as 32-bit applications, which automatically extract and run the 64-bit version when run on a 64-bit system. Since Nano Server is 64-bit only, the tools had to be rewrittento work on Nano Server. Naturally, all tools are not ported, such as those with a graphical user interface (GUI) (e.g. Process Monitor). However, some of the GUI only tools do work remotely against Nano Server. You can get more details and watch demos in this Channel 9 interview with Andrew Mason from the Nano Server team and Mark Russinovich, the creator of the Sysinternals tools.The new Sysinternals Suite for Nano Server is available as a separate download on the Sysinternals Suite on TechNet:Installing and extracting the file on Nano Server is not trivial to do locally, since Invoke-WebRequest is not available on Nano Server and the Expand-Archive cmdlet does not work on Nano in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 (will work in RTM).However, that does not stop us from automating installation process. The two cmdlets can simply be run on the local machine and the extracted files can be copied to Nano Server using the new remote file copy capabilities introduced in PowerShell 5.0:Copy-Item now lets you copy files or folders from one Windows PowerShell session to another, meaning that you can copy files to sessions that are connected to remote computers, (including computers that are running Windows Nano Server, and thus have no other interface). To copy files, specify PSSession IDs as the value of the new -FromSession and -ToSession parameters, and add –Path and –Destination to specify origin path and destination, respectively. For example, Copy-Item -Path c:\myFile.txt -ToSession $s -Destination

Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor is an extremely powerful enterprise-ready hypervisor that has grown and matured in recent Windows Server versions. Hyper-V contains relative feature parity with other hypervisors on the market and allows businesses to maintain alignment with current Windows Server technologies they are already using on-premises and in the cloud.One of the powerful features offered by Hyper-V is management with PowerShell. PowerShell is a relatively straightforward scripting language built on top of .NET. Utilizing .NET framework provides a fully object-oriented underlay that makes the language extremely robust. Combining Hyper-V and PowerShell features allows IT administrators to have the features and capabilities needed to configure, manage, and administer their Hyper-V environment. This post will feature the top 10 PowerShell commands for Hyper-V, why they are useful, and how to use them.What is PowerShell?For those who have not heard of or used Microsoft PowerShell, it is an object-oriented scripting language built on top of .NET framework. In the case of PowerShell Core, .NET Core is the underlying object-oriented language. PowerShell provides a very “human-readable” verb-noun construct that is relatively intuitive and easy to learn, even for beginners.Even outside the Microsoft ecosystem, most solutions today provide PowerShell integration to provide easy automation and configuration. PowerShell’s command-line capabilities provide quick and easy ways to accomplish many tasks and actions in a much more efficient and effortless way than using the GUI-based counterparts.Why Use PowerShell with Hyper-V?Managing, configuring, and administering Windows Server Hyper-V on a day-to-day basis includes performing many different tasks. Like other hypervisors, Hyper-V provides the ability to carry out needed tasks in GUI tools that can be used with Hyper-V. What are the GUI tools that administrators typically make use of with Hyper-V? These include:Hyper-V Manager – Managing individual Hyper-V hosts, creating virtual switchesFailover Cluster Administrator – The Failover Cluster Administrator tool is used to manage Windows Server Failover Clusters with the Hyper-V clustered roleSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) – Built on top of Microsoft System Center, SCVMM provides the “Cadillac” of features for managing Hyper-V clusters using GUI tools.Windows Admin Center – The newest GUI tool on the block. It provides robust GUI management of Hyper-V and Windows Failover Clusters. Certain management capabilities are not yet available in Windows Admin Center.Outside of the GUI tools mentioned above, Microsoft has provided Hyper-V PowerShell cmdlets that allow interacting with Hyper-V hosts, clusters, and virtual machines with ease. PowerShell provides a quick and

After many years of writing scripts for the Windows PowerShell console, I’m now learning the next level of automation — writing GUI applications that run Windows PowerShell commands. PowerShell Studio forms provide a gentle and well-guided introduction to GUI applications, but it’s still taken me some time to break old habits.I constantly need to remind myself that things that “just work” in the console don’t make any sense in a GUI. Writing output is one of them.Writing Output to the ConsoleWhen you generate output in the Windows PowerShell console, the output appears as text strings in the console window.PS C:> Get-DateWednesday, December 3, 2014 7:16:38 AMBehind the scenes, Windows PowerShell silently appends an Out-String command to the pipeline and sends the results to “standard output” (“stdout”). The process that hosts Windows PowerShell handles the standard output, almost always by writing the output to the console (host behavior might vary).So, if you run a cmdlet that returns objects, such as the Get-Process cmdlet, (string representations of) the objects appear in the console.If you format objects, such as by using Format-List or Format-Table, (string representations of) the formatted objects appear in the console.If you run Write-Host or Write-Output, Out-Host or Out-String, the output strings appears in the console.And even if you send the output to an alternate output stream by using Write-Warning, Write-Verbose, or Write-Error, by default, the output appears in the console.But GUI application don’t have a console. What happens to the output that would otherwise go to the console when there is no console? And, more importantly, how do I manage output without a console?Where is my output?GUI applications, like the cool ones that you write in PowerShell Studio, don’t have a console. There is no standard output. There is no auto-appended Out-String.So, when you generate output and don’t save it to a file or a variable, the output is just lost.Get-Process | ... ...It’s like a pitcher throwing a baseball when there’s no catcher on the field. The ball just falls to the ground and rolls to a stop .. ignored.So, in a GUI application, you can’t just write output and hope for the best. If you want to display cmdlet output or save it, you need to do it explicitly.Display output in a text boxA GUI application is a collection of controls. To display output, you need to assign the output to a control, such as text box, rich text box, or a data grid.For example, to display the name of the local computer in the console, you run an $env:ComputerName command.PS C:> $env:ComputerNameJUNEB-TESTBOXWhen I try the same thing in a GUI application where there is no console, I don’t see any result at all. In this example,

Using Windows Forms Using WPF and ShowUI Leveraging a GUI Although PowerShell is obviously all about the command line, there may well be times when you want to create a script that displays a graphical user interface (GUI), perhaps for less technically proficient colleagues or end users. Fortunately, PowerShell is built atop the .NET Framework, which offers not one but two ways of displaying a GUI! As with some of the other chapters in the latter part of this book, we need to set some expectations. Creating and programming a GUI is pure .NET Framework programming, plain and simple. Entire, massive books exist on the topic, so there’s no way we can cover all of that material in this chapter. Instead, we’ll cover how Power-Shell connects to these technologies and uses them. If you’d like to explore further, we recommend that you pick up a dedicated book on the topic. One thing we’re going to make sure we cover, though, is some tips for translating the C#-based examples you’ll run into elsewhere (including in Microsoft’s documentation) into Power-Shell’s scripting language. That way, as you start to explore beyond the simple examples here, you’ll be ready to leverage the enormous set of examples that other folks have already written. 38.1. WinForms via PowerShell Studio 38.2. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and ShowUI 38.3. WinForms vs. WPF 38.4. Ideas for leveraging a GUI tool 38.5. Summary

GUI Design / Best Practice " onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=640,height=480,directories=no,location=no'); return false;" rel="nofollow"> Print Details Written by David Corrales Last Updated: 09 August 2022 Created: 29 March 2017 Hits: 65988 In this article we cover techniques on how to make your PowerShell GUI compatible with high DPI (Dots per inch) displays. The article will also cover a few caveats to be aware of. To get a better understanding of what different DPI settings mean, let's look at standard screen resolutions. A typical 1080p screen will a have 96 DPI (Font scale: 100%). Higher resolution monitors, such as 4K monitors can have a DPI of 192 or higher (Font scale: >=200%).DPI is determined by the font scale of the OS. If you would try to maintain a DPI of 96 on a 4K monitor, everything will appear to be tiny. Increasing the font scale, will decrease the DPI, which in turn will make icons and text appear larger and easier to see.You must have PowerShell Studio v4.2.124 or greater installed in order to support GUI scaling within the designer and when executing.The snippets referenced in this article are included in PowerShell Studio 2017 v5.4.139 or above.Requirements for GUI scripts to display in high DPI:The host running the GUI script must be DPI aware. If the host is not DPI aware, the GUI will be scaled by the OS, often resulting in a fuzzy presentation.The following table lists common hosts and specifies if they are DPI aware.HostDPI AwarePowerShell StudioYesPrimalScriptYesPackager EnginesYesPowerShell ConsoleNoPowerShell ISENoEnabling DPI AwarenessMicrosoft’s recommended method of setting a host / application’s DPI awareness is by enabling it the application’s manifest. This might be a problem for those of you who are not creating their own PowerShell hosts and require a high DPI GUI.There are two ways around this:1. Use an alternative high DPI host such as a packaged executable.2. Enable DPI awareness using a Windows API call. This method has some caveats that you should be aware of:Changing the awareness of a graphical application that isn’t designed for it can result in rendering and layout issues.You must change the DPI awareness of a host

Easy way to do many common tasks and activities from the command line instead of using GUI tools for the same purpose. Also, PowerShell provides a powerful way to automate your Hyper-V configurations. Using PowerShell, configurations and settings changes can be made consistently and accurately across many Hyper-V hosts simultaneously. You can perform management operations on multiple Hyper-V virtual machines and enforce configuration management to ensure the environment’s desired state.While the Hyper-V GUI tools are valuable and useful for one-off management activities, effective and proficient Hyper-V administrators should be familiar with PowerShell commands for Hyper-V. These take managing and configuring Hyper-V environments to the next level of consistency and efficiency.Installing Hyper-V PowerShell CmdletsHow do you take advantage of Microsoft Hyper-V PowerShell commands? As with most PowerShell functionality, these are available by way of a PowerShell module. When you install the Windows Server Hyper-V Role, you want to make sure to also enable the Remote Server Administration Tools > Role Administration Tools > Hyper-V Management Tools.As part of the Hyper-V Management tools that include Hyper-V Manager, you also get the Hyper-V PowerShell module installed to interact with your Hyper-V environment by using PowerShell. If you use Server Manager to install the Hyper-V Role, the Hyper-V Management Tools are found under the Features installation in the path mentioned above.Installing the Hyper-V Management Tools including the PowerShell moduleIf you install the Windows Server Hyper-V Role using PowerShell, you will want to use the following cmdlet to install both the Role as well as the Management Tools.Install-WindowsFeature -Name Hyper-V -ComputerName -IncludeManagementTools -RestartIf you are installing on the Hyper-V server itself, you can omit the -Computername parameter:Install-WindowsFeature -Name Hyper-V -IncludeManagementTools -RestartHow do I run a PowerShell command?Now that you have Hyper-V installed on a host and have the Hyper-V Management Tools installed, how do you run a PowerShell command? Microsoft has made this easy in recent versions of Microsoft Windows with easy access to the PowerShell command prompt. Windows PowerShell has been included natively in Windows versions since Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.The Windows PowerShell prompt is easily accessible in modern variants of Windows. Below is Windows Server 2019. When you right-click on the Windows button, you get the option for Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell (Admin). Launching either of these options will launch the PowerShell environment for interacting with Hyper-V PowerShell cmdlets.Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2019There is another option for running PowerShell