Help

Commands

Get-Help	Help
Help	Help with paging (better)
Get-Help <cmdlet>	Help
Get-Help <cmdlet> -detailed	Detailed help
Get-Help <cmdlet> -examples	Usage examples
Get-Help <cmdlet> -full	Full help
Get-Help <cmdlet> -online	Online help (if available)
Help Get-EventS*	Supports Wildcards

Finding Commands

Display Commands

Get cmdlets and display them in order:

Get-Command -Type Cmdlet | Sort-Object -Property Noun | Format-Table -GroupBy Noun

Cleaner (by Noun):

get-command -Type Cmdlet | Select-Object -Property Noun, Name | Sort-Object Noun | Format-Table -GroupBy Noun

Grid View Window:

get-command -Type Cmdlet | Select-Object -Property Noun, Name | Sort-Object Noun | Out-GridView -Title "PowerShell Commands by Noun"

Get Functions:

get-command -Type Function | Select-Object -Property Noun, Name | Sort-Object Noun | Format-Table -GroupBy Noun

Grid View Window:

get-command -Type Function | Select-Object -Property Noun, Name | Sort-Object Noun | Out-GridView -Title "PowerShell Functions"

Get commands in a module:

Get-Command -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Security, Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility

Finding Cmdlets

Get-Command	All available cmdlets
Get-Command Set*	Wildcard filter
Get-Command *Process	Wildcard filter
Get-Command –Verb Set	Filter cmdlets on verb "set"
Get-Command –Noun process	Filter on noun "process"
gmc	Alias

Cmdlet Aliases

Get-Alias	Show aliases
alias gcm	Expand an alias
New-Alias	Create custom alias
Export-Alias	Makes variables persistent across sessions