Fast Approach to Creating New Objects

To wrap up multiple pieces of information, you best store them in custom objects. The easiest and fastest way is to use the PSCustomObject:

#requires -Version 3.0
$o = [PSCustomObject]@{
    Date     = Get-Date
    BIOS     = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS
    Computer = $env:COMPUTERNAME
    OS       = [Environment]::OSVersion
    Remark   = 'Some remark'
}

Inside the braces, you assign pieces of information (or command results) to keys. This produces an object combining all pieces of information into one:

 
PS C:\> $o


Date     : 10/28/2016 3:47:27 PM
BIOS     : \\DESKTOP-7AAMJLF\root\cimv2:Win32_BIOS.Name="1.4.4",SoftwareElementID="1.4.4",SoftwareElementState=3,TargetOpera
           tingSystem=0,Version="DELL   - 1072009"
Computer : DESKTOP-7AAMJLF
OS       : Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0
Remark   : Some remark




PS C:\> $o.Remark
Some remark

PS C:\> $o.OS 

Platform ServicePack Version      VersionString                    
-------- ----------- -------      -------------                    
 Win32NT             10.0.14393.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0



PS C:\> $o.OS.VersionString
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0

PS C:\> 
 

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