Powershell: Word/Excel Helper Functions

Using powershell I wrap up MS Word and Excel COM objects within a custom psobject. This object contains a handful of methods for making docx and xslx creation and manipulation easier.

Multithreaded HP Server Health Check with Powershell

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This function attempts to query the HP WBEM WMI provider information to ascertain the general health of a physical server. By default just the general health status is returned. Optionally you can include the following components in the results: ethernet teams, array controllers , ethernet adapters, fans, HBAs, power supplies, and temperature sensors.

Powershell: Colorize-Table Function

Here is a function I modified for quickly modifying the attributes of a table’s rows or individual cells. It uses Linq and is blistering fast. The results are pretty as well so that doesn’t hurt either.