One thing that never seems to stated is that you don’t need to use the full criteria when searching for something. As an example I wanted to know the COM related services running on a system
Get-Service | where {$_.DisplayName -like "*com*"}
supplies
Status Name DisplayName
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Running Browser Computer Browser
Stopped COMSysApp COM+ System Application
Running DcomLaunch DCOM Server Process Launcher
Running EventSystem COM+ Event System
Running PcaSvc Program Compatibility Assistant Ser…
which is exactly what I wanted.
Start vague and narrow down rather spending a lot of time trying to refine the criteria up front. I’ve found its a faster way to get to the results