There is a wmi class called softwarelicensingproduct, and run alone it pukes a lot of useless info, so much so that im not surprised if people dont think it helps at all. Getciminstance softwarelicensingproduct filter name like windows% computername. This cmdlet returns one or more cim instance objects representing a snapshot of the cim instances present on the cim server. Hello sam, here is the problem i have running ciminstance. Windows powershell makes this otherwise complex task rather easy.
When you use the softwarelicensingproduct wmi class, more than an instance is returned due to the volume licensing feature introduced in windows vista, so to return only the instance of you windows version you must filter the wql sentence using the partialproductkey, applicationid and. Activate all running vms on hyperv host using powershell objective. Some people in the powershell community are trying to justify this by saying there is no need for powershell cert or its too difficult to test powershell knowledge. Getwmiobject softwarelicensingproduct select name, licensestatus. In this powershell tutorial we show you how to use the for loop, foreachobject loop, and the while, dowhile and dountil loops. The community is home to millions of it pros in smalltomedium businesses. Checking license activation richard siddaways blog. You can specify either the class name or a query for this cmdlet.
Contrast the ease with which powershell displays wmi objects, with the struggle which vbscript achieves the same result. The wmi accelerators were heavily used in v1 fill some of the gaps in cmdlet coverage. The usual setup activities become a bit more interesting with server core particular windows activation. The getwmiobject cmdlet has a class parameter class that lets you specify any wmi class.
Some of the servers im gathering data from have powershell v2. The getciminstance cmdlet gets the cim instances of a class from a cim server. Windows 2012 r2 will activate itself if the new machine. How to automatic activate windows server 2012 r2 virtual. Select name from softwarelicensingproduct where licensestatus1 your other example is correct but you just need to move your second quotes over. Hi gurus i am very very new to ps scripting and i am looking to run a ps script that will take all computer type object on a domain and let me know if the windows os activation status is licensed or not. The important result is the one with a partial product key.
Querying at the level of cim instance is faster than that in powershell. Hi, i have couple of machines that have hardcoded kms host and am unable to remove it remotely via slmgr as version is too old. Im building some virtual machines for my demos at the upcoming powershell summit. Getciminstance classname softwarelicensingproduct filter. The scripting guy told us to use the softwarelicensingproduct class, and we always do what he says. My favorite powershell interview questions 05022016 8 minute read as you may already know, the only powershell certification program is being abandoned. Activate method of the softwarelicensingproduct class. Ps get wmiobject softwarelicensingproduct selectobject property description. Solved how to merge all the 3 commands sorted in a csv. If volume licensing is not an option, and all of your clients are windows 7 or newer, you could just query the softwarelicensingproduct wmi class on each machine to retrieve licensing details, here is an example using powershell and ad. Complete ad servers hardware inventory script center.
I have publish multiple times different scripts that can use in powershell to monitoring environments, find details of your windows systems and more as it pro to be compliance you must know every time the license status of any software its not easy task to be up. For example, if you want to get activation status for all computers in the domain, you can use the following command sequence. The cim accelerators appeared in powershell v3 i think only discovered them recently. Powershell function to check a windows computers activation status posted on 10 march 2015 by albert van boerum leave a comment use the function as. Today i would like to announce the new version of my previous script identify windows licenses status powershell can automate lot of things and for this reason i try to learn as more as i can but with the right way because i am not an expert in powershell someone with experience in powershell will understand that the first version of this script has a lot of errors in structure of the code.
The cmdlet foreach object is used for processing objects coming in via the pipeline. The ci uses a simple powershell script to detect the windows license status. In your code, you are getting the whole ciminstance related to softwarelicensingproduct and then filtering them all using whereobject in powershell, whereas you can use filter parameter and filter at the level of ciminstance, which is faster. The name of the csv file to be created with the details for the computers. Licensestatus will return an integer value, where 0 unlicensed and 1 licensed. Right now i have already proceed to handle errors of the powershell. Activate all running virtual machines with windows server 2012 r2 os installed from spla iso image using mak key. Powershell beginner here looking for documentation on how to properly use filter and its. Use windows powershell and wmi to determine the number of days. Softwarelicensingproduct class this class exposes productspecific properties and methods of the software licensing service. Tao yangs post about this is amazing, like all the other posts he makes. Hi all, today we will be focusing on monitoring the status of the windows and office activation status, we use an imaging application to supply all of our machines with the correct version of windows, but sometimes its forgotten to actually activate the os. Determine windows license activation status this is an example of how to determine a microsoft windows license activation status using a simple powershell to call into the wmi softwarelicensingproduct object.
In powershell theres a keyword called foreach thats used for looping over collections such as arrays technically pipelines. Powershell script to find windows activation status for computers in domain. Detecting windows license activation status using configmgr dcm and opsmgr. Using powershell to script wmi methods and techniques. The above script generates a list of computers from active directory and then reaches out to the systems that are available to gather the required information. This function is designed to be compatible with getadcomputer cmdlet. The wmi accelerators have been around since powershell v1. Detecting windows license activation status using configmgr dcm and opsmgr if someone already done the work, why not share it. You can also check the license status of your copy of windows. Wmi is a great tool for managing your windows machines id argue that powershell wouldnt be as powerful as it is without wmi. Powershell workflows are available in windows powershell but are quirky to be kind and can be difficult to use.
We were already using powershell startup scripts to manage a lot of our. Find answers to powershell scripting assistance windows activation status from the expert community at experts exchange. Determine windows activation status with powershell ajit. Check windows license status power tips power tips idera. Activate all running vms on hyperv host using powershell. How can i check if windows is activated from the command prompt. As it pro to be compliance you must know every time the license status of. If not specified, the details will be returned to the powershell pipeline.
The foundations for manageability in windows 201220082003200087vistaxp are windows management. I have a powershell command that i need it to output in a keyvalue pair output. How to get microsoft license authentication for all machines on a. A valid license key is required for each instance of windows.
I came across some different work around scripts that fix this issue but no success yet. How to get microsoft license authentication for all. Within the garbage pile that it puts out, if you filter the name object with office you will find that. Its free, awesome and provides all the info that youd need. Take a look around and grab the rss feed to stay updated. This class exposes the productspecific properties and methods of the software licensing service. Powershell foreach loops and foreachobject svendsen.
Use powershell to check the license status of windows 8. Using filter instead of where is a classic case of when you find a good technique, look for an even better modus operandi. Check windows license activation status september 23, 2017 02. Select from softwarelicensingproduct where partialproductkey is not null and applicationid 55c92734d6824d71983ed6ec3f16059f,48 for each objitem in colitems select case objitem. Richard siddaways blog of powershell and other things. Skills that you develop through experimenting with powershell and. I am trying to merge the resultant of 3 different scripts result into a single output filefor the logged in username, logged in computername and ip address to check the status of windows activation and output all the 3 result in a sorted csv file for the below commands. Before i go through the headache of trying to recreate the wheel what do yall. My favorite powershell interview questions theshellnut. I figured i may try via wmi and powershell but i cant it seems keymanagementservicemachine property is read only.
How to find license status of windows servers with powershell. I have found a few script here, but due to my lack of knowledge on scripting, i dont know. The softwarelicensingproduct wmi class can be used in activexperts network monitor to monitor your servers. The following syntax is simplified from managed object format mof code and includes all of the inherited properties. Powershell scripting assistance windows activation status. A number of results that represent the various ways windows can be licensed or activated are returned.