PowerShell is a command-line tool for the Windows operating system. Compared to the well-known graphical user interface, PowerShell offers more powerful capabilities. This article introduces 10 common PowerShell commands for managing Windows cloud servers, making it easier to administer Windows systems.

1. Viewing Processes

Get-Process
Get-Process <进程名>

Get-Process allows you to view all processes, similar to Task Manager, and also view specific processes by name. For example, to view a process named 'QQ':

PS C:\Users\zhaomu> Get-Process QQ

Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName
-------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------
   1353     431   149580     122660     584.36  18168  10 QQ
   1388     438   155184     136044     631.73  26900  10 QQ
   1368     445   152992     154404     629.13  30140  10 QQ

2. Terminating a Process

Stop-Process -id <Process ID>

After obtaining the ID of a process through Get-Process, you can terminate that process using the above command.

3. Viewing File Content

Get-Content <File Name>

PowerShell also makes it easy to view the contents of a file.

4. Viewing File Properties

$(Get-Item <File Name>).LastAccessTime

You can use the Get-Item command to view the properties of a file. The example above is for checking the last access time of a file.

For more ways to use this command, please refer to:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-item

5. Adding a User

New-ADUser -SamAccountName "william" -GivenName "William" -Surname "Edwards" -DisplayName "William David Edwards"

With the above command, we added a user named William, specifying the user's first and last name, as well as their display name.

6. Deleting a User

Remove-ADUser william

Just as users can be added, they can also be deleted.

7. Disabling a User

Disable-ADAccount william

It's also possible to prevent a user from logging in.

8. Adding a User Group

New-ADGroup -name "staff" -groupscope Global

Added a user group named 'staff' and specified that the group's scope is Global.

9. Deleting a User Group

Remove-ADGroup staff

Deleted the user group named 'staff'.

10. Viewing Members of a User Group

Get-ADGroupMember -identity <User Group Name>

This command allows you to view the members of a specific user group.

These are 10 commonly used PowerShell commands. In some cases, using PowerShell commands is more efficient and faster than using a graphical interface.