PowerShell Prompt inside SharePoint

Using the PowerShellToys PowerShellWebPart, I was able to insert a PowerShell command prompt inside my SharePoint page with only a few lines of code and some html. Here is the PowerShellWebPart template that I used:

<div style="background-color:DarkBlue; color:white; height:400px; width:650px">
<form method="GET" action="" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  PS>  <input type=text name="query" size="40" value="<%=$request['query']%>"  />
  <input type=submit value="Execute" />
</form>

<% 
if ($request['query'] -ne "" -and $request['query'] -ne $null) {
%>
  <pre>
  <% invoke-expression $request['query'] %>
  </pre>
<%
}
%>
</div>

To use this yourself, just install the PowerShellToys PowerShell Web Part, modify the web part, open its source editor and paste the above example in. Then just click "Apply" and voila!

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Posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 3:47 PM PowerShell | Back to top