PowerShell Objects and Properties

In this lab, you will learn that PowerShell commands return objects, not plain text. You will examine the properties and methods of PowerShell objects, select specific properties, and sort and filter object data.

Session duration: 30 minutes· Typical launch: ~3 min

Difficulty

Beginner

Lab level

Lab VMs

1 Windows

XP Reward

150 XP

On completion

Virtual machines

Lab VMs

Windows

SADC01

Windows

Username / Password

user / password123

Connection type

In-browser RDP / RDP

CPU / RAM

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Lab instructions

Follow the steps below to complete the lab.

In this task, students will learn that PowerShell commands return objects, not plain text.

Login with username ladmin and password password123.
Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator.
Display a list of running processes:

Powershell

Get-Process

Examine the properties and methods of a process object:

Powershell

Get-Process | Get-Member

Display only the Name, Id, and CPU properties of each process:

Powershell

Get-Process | Select-Object Name, Id, CPU

Display the Name, Status, and DisplayName properties of all services:

Powershell

Get-Service | Select-Object Name, Status, DisplayName

Display the properties available for a service object:

Powershell

Get-Service | Get-Member

Display the five processes using the most memory:

Powershell

Get-Process | Sort-Object WorkingSet -Descending | Select-Object -First 5 Name, WorkingSet

Display only running services:

Powershell

Get-Service | Where-Object Status -eq Running

Display the operating system version:

Powershell

Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object WindowsProductName, WindowsVersion, OsHardwareAbstractionLayer

Let’s use the get-childitem command.

Powershell

Get-ChildItem | Select-Object Name, Length, LastWriteTime

Export the running services to a CSV file in the Downloads folder:

Powershell

Get-Service | Select-Object Name, Status | Export-Csv "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\ServicesProperties.csv" -NoTypeInformation

Click Check step to proceed.