11.3. Replacing Microsoft's GPMC Scripts with PowerShell Equivalents

Microsoft has an army of interesting VisualBasic scripts that perform many of the functions of the GPMC. And, since they haven't PowerShell-ified them yet, as a service to you, our loyal www.GPanswers.com fans, we've written PowerShell equivalents for just about all of the existing Group Policy scripts. You can download the original Microsoft GPMC scripts here: http://tinyurl.com/23xfz3.

Then trot on over to the Book Resources section of www.GPanswers.com and download the script or scripts you need. Pre-PowerShelled for your convenience.

Table 11.1 shows the original Microsoft script, what it does, and our newly named PowerShell script.

Table 11.1. PowerShell Equivalents for ...

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