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test-script.ps1

A simple test script for Saif M365 Lab. Prints a greeting and returns basic environment details — computer, user, PowerShell version and OS — to confirm that PowerShell scripts run and publish correctly.

Version1.0.0
Lines~30
Filescripts\test-script.ps1
Depends OnNone

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
-Name [string] Optional Name used in the greeting message. Defaults to M365 Lab.

How It Works

Two steps: the script first writes a green greeting to the console with Write-Host, then returns a PSCustomObject built from [Environment] and $PSVersionTable. It uses no modules and makes no changes, so it is safe to run anywhere — Windows PowerShell 5.1 or PowerShell 7 on Windows, macOS or Linux.
Execution policy: if PowerShell says running scripts is disabled, allow locally created and signed scripts for your user once with Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned. Scripts downloaded from the internet may also need Unblock-File .\test-script.ps1.

Output — PSCustomObject

ComputerName[string]
UserName[string]
PowerShellVersion[string]
Edition[string]
OS[string]
Timestamp[string] yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

Examples

Example 1 — Run with defaults
PowerShell 
.\test-script.ps1

Prints Hello, M365 Lab! Test script ran successfully. followed by the environment details.

Example 2 — Custom greeting
PowerShell 
.\test-script.ps1 -Name "Saif"

Greets the given name: Hello, Saif! Test script ran successfully.

Example 3 — Sample output
Console 
Hello, Saif! Test script ran successfully.

ComputerName      : LAB-WS01
UserName          : saif
PowerShellVersion : 7.4.6
Edition           : Core
OS                : Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0
Timestamp         : 2026-09-27 10:15:42

Illustrative output — values reflect the machine the script runs on.

Full Source

PowerShell · test-script.ps1 
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Simple test script for Saif M365 Lab.

.DESCRIPTION
    Prints basic environment details to confirm PowerShell scripts in
    the /scripts folder run and publish correctly.

.EXAMPLE
    .\test-script.ps1
    .\test-script.ps1 -Name "Saif"
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
    [string]$Name = 'M365 Lab'
)

Write-Host "Hello, $Name! Test script ran successfully." -ForegroundColor Green

[PSCustomObject]@{
    ComputerName      = [Environment]::MachineName
    UserName          = [Environment]::UserName
    PowerShellVersion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString()
    Edition           = $PSVersionTable.PSEdition
    OS                = [Environment]::OSVersion.VersionString
    Timestamp         = (Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')
}
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