Static methods

As static properties, static methods do not require that an instance of a class is created.

MSDN shows static methods using an S symbol in the leftmost column. For example, the System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface class has a number of static methods. The first of these is shown in the following screenshot:

PowerShell is also able to list these methods using Get-Member with the Static switch, as shown here:

PS> [System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface] | Get-Member -MemberType Method -Static

    TypeName: System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface

Name                    MemberType Definition
----                    ---------- ----------
Equals                  Method     static bool Equals(System.Object objA, System.Object objB)
GetAllNetworkInterfaces Method     static System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface[] GetAllNetworkInterfaces...