New-Guid

NAME New-Guid



SYNOPSIS

Creates a GUID.





SYNTAX

New-Guid [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The New-Guid cmdlet creates a random globally unique identifier (GUID). If you need a unique ID in a script, you can create a GUID, as needed.





PARAMETERS

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

System.Guid

This cmdlet returns a GUID.





NOTES









Example 1: Create a GUID



PS C:\\>New-Guid

Guid

----

0352cf0f-2e7a-4aee-801d-7f27f8344c77



This command creates a random GUID. Alternatively, you could store the output of this cmdlet in a variable to use elsewhere in a script.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=821834

Windows PowerShelll Utility Module