Question

1. In your own words, give a descriptive explanation of the difference between the output of the “Format-Table” and “Format-List” command.
2. What items/services/… need to be running/enabled/configured for administrators to use PS-Remoting to connect to a PowerShell session on a remote server?
3. An administrator has implemented a DSC policy that makes sure that IIS is not active on any of the domain’s servers. A user, testing some software, installs IIS on a server to verify specific code works. What will LCM do the next time it polls the server?

Answer 1

Difference between output of Format-table and Format list commands:

Format-Table	Format-List
The Format-Table cmdlet formats the output of a command as a table with the selected properties of the object in each column.	The Format-List cmdlet formats the output of a command as a list of properties in which each property is displayed on a separate line.
You can use the Property parameter to select the properties that you want to display.	You can use Format-List to format and display all or selected properties of an object as a list (format-list *).
The Get-Process cmdlet gets objects that represent each process on the computer.	the Get-Process cmdlet to get an object representing the Winlogon process.
Get-Service gets all the services on the computer and sends System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController objects down the pipeline.	The Get-Service cmdlet gets objects representing the services on the computer.

What items/services/… need to be running/enabled/configured for administrators to use PS-Remoting to connect to a PowerShell session on a remote server?

The Enable-PSRemoting cmdlet configures the computer to receive PowerShell remote command.

PowerShell remoting is enabled by default on Windows Server platforms. You can use Enable-PSRemoting to enable PowerShell remoting on other supported versions of Windows and to re-enable remoting if it becomes disabled.

An administrator has implemented a DSC policy that makes sure that IIS is not active on any of the domain’s servers. A user, testing some software, installs IIS on a server to verify specific code works. What will LCM do the next time it polls the server?

Local configuration manager (LCM) agent configures client nodes inbuilt , so client can pull information from server.