: A powerful command-line shell and scripting language used for advanced automation. Most modern Windows management interfaces are actually built on top of PowerShell cmdlets.
| Tool | Purpose | Output | |------|---------|--------| | Get-Process , Get-Service | Real-time state | Objects | | Get-Counter | Specific perf counters | \Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time | | Get-WinEvent | Advanced event log filtering | XML/Objects | | ProcMon (Sysinternals) | File, registry, process, network monitoring | Live trace | | Performance Monitor Data Collector Sets | Scheduled performance logging | BLG (binary log) → CSV | windows management tools