Simple GUI script with a list

Question

Good day
As my first Powershell project i'd like to write a script which will present to the user a GUI with a list of servers. The user then chooses a server and on click of the OK button connects to it with MSTSC. The window can look like this:
Probably a script accomplishing a similar task already exists. Can you point it out? Also i'd like to learn more about developing specifically GUI scripts. Can you direct me to a source of information on that subject? A book maybe?
Regards
Kamil

Answer 1

I know you want to learn how to build GUI, but what you asked for can actually be accomplished with just a few lines of code. The downside is you will not have any control over the layout.
You can load the list of servers from CSV:
$CSV = @"
"Name","OperatingSystem","Description"
"SERVER01","Windows Server 2008 R2","File Server"
"SERVER02","Windows Server 2012 R2","Domain Controller"
"SERVER03","Windows Server 2012","Print Server"
$Servers = ConvertFrom-Csv $CSV
$Servers | Out-GridView -Title "Select a server" -PassThru | Select Name |
%{Start-Process "$env:windir\system32\mstsc.exe" -ArgumentList "/v:$($_.Name)"}
Or you can get them directly from Active Directory:
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "SERVER*"' -Properties OperatingSystem, Description |
Select Name, OperatingSystem, Description |
Out-GridView -Title "Select a server" -PassThru | Select Name |
%{Start-Process "$env:windir\system32\mstsc.exe" -ArgumentList "/v:$($_.Name)"}