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BPA using PowerShell

BPA using PowerShell

BPA is a very ROBUST tool for troubleshooting.  It is free and downloadable from Microsoft site. Like EXBPA (Exchange BPA) BPA is Built-in in Windows Server 2008 R2 & higher version OS. GUI is also available. You can open it from ServerManager. See this snapshot of the Dashboard.



BPA using PowerShell

1. Import BestPractices Module
a) Import-Module BestPractices

Now you can check that BestPractices module has been installed using
b) Get-Module

How to find the installed Roles & features
c) get-windowsfeature | Where {$_.Installed}

2. Getting the BPA Role ID
get-bpamodel
Running this command for getting the BPA Role ID.


3. Run the BPA Scan for ADDS.
Invoke-BpaModel 'Microsoft/Windows/DirectoryServices'
Here 'Microsoft/Windows/DirectoryServices' is the Role ID for "Directory Services" & Success:True means that BPA scan for ADDS has completed successfully.


4. Getting the BPA Scan result into a Notepad.
Get-BpaResult 'Microsoft/Windows/DirectoryServices'




5. How to find BPA scan run time?
Get-BpaModel | select id, lastscantime

6. How to get BestPractices module commands?
Get-Command -Module bestpractices

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