Mastering Credential Management in PowerShell: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction As a PowerShell administrator, securely handling credentials is one of the most critical aspects of scripting and automation. In this post, we’ll explore various […]
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Discovering Share Permissions(ACL) on Windows Servers using PowerShell
Introduction: Managing permissions on shared folders is a crucial aspect of maintaining data security and accessibility within an organization’s network infrastructure. Windows servers offer various […]
Get Duplicate users in a forest
(Get-aduser -filter * -server Domainname:3268 | Group-Object -Property UserprincipalName | ?{$PSItem.Count -gt 1 -and $PSItem.Name -ne “”}).group |export-csv c:\temp\duplic.csv -NoTypeInformation
Get users Group and members of the groups
$AllUSers = get-aduser -filter {SamAccountName -like “z*” -and Enabled -eq $true } -Properties Memberof,EmployeeNumber -Server <Domain name> | ?{$PSItem.DistinguishedName -notmatch “OU=Service Accounts”} $results = new-object […]
Get active Computers in Forest
$ForestInfo=Get-ADForest $Domains =$forestInfo.domains $FileName =$ForestInfo.RootDomain+”-Windows_Servers_60-9_Days_Active-“+”$(get-date -Format MM-dd-yyyy)”+”.csv” $FilePath = “c:\temp” $Daysactive = 60 $lastactive=(get-date).AddDays(-($Daysactive)) foreach($domain in $domains){ Write-Output “Working on $domain” Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -like […]
Testing open ports With PowerShell
We can use PowerShell to test remote port connectivity without installing telnet and with the use of the Test-NetConnection command. To check if the remote […]
Share folder permissions
#Share Folder Path $FolderPath = dir -Path “\\server1.vmwarenterprise.com\Reports\” -Recurse -Directory -Force$Report = @()Foreach ($Folder in $FolderPath) {$Acl = Get-Acl -Path $Folder.FullNameforeach ($Access in $acl.Access){$Properties = […]
Get DC replication time response
foreach($d in (get-adforest).domains){$v = Measure-Command {get-addomaincontroller -Filter * -Server $d}Write-Output “Took $($v.TotalSeconds) to Enumerate DCS in $d “}
Creating and Removing domain accounts in each domain in a forest
Created domain account in each domain add it to domain admin group $domains = (get-adforest).domainsforeach($domain in $domains){$accountname = ‘s-coe-‘+($domain -split “.”)[0]+’-DA’$accountpass = ‘P@ssword123456’ | ConvertTo-SecureString […]
Created ISO image using PowerShell
Some Enterprise Organisations do not allow us to use any software on their networks a. Any software to be installed would need to be tested, […]
Get AD user Properties across the forest
#get all AD users in forest with name like v- and status is enable $allusers = (get-adforest).domains| %{get-aduser -filter {SamAccountName -like “v-*” -and Enabled -eq […]
Get DNS forwarder from forest
#Domain names in forest $ForestInfo = Get-ADForest$Domains =$forestInfo.domains$FileName = “DNSForwarder”+”$(get-date -Format MM-dd-yyyy)”+”.csv”$FilePath = “c:\temp”foreach($domain in $domains){Write-Output “Working on $domain”get-dnsserverforwarder -computer $domain| select IPAddress, @{l=”Domain”;e={$domain}}| Export-Csv […]
UPDATE DNS IP in List of computers
#Input file is CSV file with headers IPaddress $Computers = import-csv “c:\temp\servers.csv” ForEach ($Computer in $Computers) {Write-Host “$($Computer.IPAddress): ” -ForegroundColor YellowInvoke-Command -ComputerName $Computer.IPAddress -ScriptBlock { […]
Create Domain User and remove domain user
#Created domain user and add user account to domain group $domains = (get-adforest).domainsforeach($domain in $domains){$accountname = ‘s-user-‘+($domain -split “.”)[0]+’-DA’$accountpass = ‘P@ssword123456’ | ConvertTo-SecureString -Force -AsPlainTextWrite-Output […]
Get IP address and DNS of remote computers
$Computers = GC “c:\temp\servers.txt” foreach($computer in $computers){Get-WMIObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Computername $Computer | Where-Object {$_.IPEnabled -match “True”} |Select-Object -property DNSHostName,@{N=”DNSServerSearchOrder”;E={“$($_.DNSServerSearchOrder)”}},@{N=’IPAddress’;E={$_.IPAddress}}|export-csv c:\temp\DNSlist.csv -NoTypeInformation -append#@{N=’DefaultIPGateway’;E={$_.DefaultIPGateway}}}
Power Off listed VM’s
Connect to Vcenter Connect-VIServer vmwareenterprise.com -WarningAction 0 ####### Shutdown all VMs from the list “C:\temp\vm.txt“########### foreach($vmlist in (Get-Content -Path C:\TEMP\vm.txt)) { $vm = Get-VM -Name […]
Finding Inactive or Unused Computers
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Adding name servers to multiple DNS zones with PowerShell
Add multiple DNS servers as name servers to multiple DNS zones all in once. So this is essentially adding NS resource records to a zone, […]
Backup GPOs basing on GPO DisplayName
$invalidChars = ‘:\\/’ + [RegEx]::Escape(-join [IO.Path]::InvalidPathChars) $backupDir = ‘C:\temp\backup’ Get-GPO -All -Domain <DOmain Name>| ForEach-Object { $name = $_.DisplayName -replace “[$invalidChars]”, ‘_’ $gpoDir = Join-Path […]
Function Name: Get-LoggedIn
Function Name: Get-LoggedIn # ——————————————- # Function Name: Get-LoggedIn # Return the current logged-in user of a remote machine. # ——————————————- function Get-LoggedIn { […]
Function Name: Get-Uptime
Function Name: Get-Uptime # ——————————————- # Function Name: Get-Uptime # Calculate and display system uptime on a local machine or remote machine. # ——————————————- function […]
VM inventory using Powershell
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -DefaultVIServerMode Multiple -Scope User -Confirm:$false Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Scope User -Confirm:$false #$cred = Get-Credential Domain\username Connect-VIServer VCenter-Name -Credential $cred -force & { foreach ($vCenterServer […]
Add Notes To Multiple VM’s
Note: This script will overwrite the existing Notes, so use it at your own risk! My colleague asked me to add some notes to the […]
NewRemote-Process
cls Function New-RemoteProcess { #[CmdletBinding()] Param( [String]$ComputerName = $env.computername, [String]$Cmd = $(Throw “You must enter path to the command which will create the process”), [String]$ac, […]
Moving Object from one OU to other OU
Get-Content C:\temp\Computers.txt| %{Move-ADObject -Identity “CN=$_,OU=WIN10,OU=ABC,OU=Computers,DC=CHILD,DC=Domain,DC=Vmwareenterprise,DC=com” -TargetPath “OU=Prod,OU=WIN10,OU=ABC,OU=Computers,DC=dev,DC=DIR,DC=vmwareenterprise,DC=com”} -Verbose
Gets one or more Active Directory organizational units
Description The Get-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet gets an organizational unit (OU) object or performs a search to get multiple OUs. This cmdlet gets a default set of OU object […]
Username creation
Just give input as first name and last name in inputfile Jeevan bobba Abcdef ghijklmnopqrst It will create username and by adding v- at […]
Getting Computer Uptime Using PowerShell
Computer uptime is an important statistic in systems management. Here are several of the ways we can determine system uptime for a computer (note that […]
Delete files based on the list of computers
Delete Files from Remote computers The following PowerShell script recipe will help you delete a remote file based on a list of computers stored in a text file. New PowerShell function […]
Restart Multiple VM’s
Connecting to individual host Open VMware vSphere PowerCLI console #Connect to the host Connect-VIServer -Server hostname.example.com #Get all VMs from the host, filter those powered […]
Powershell better console – PSReadLine for PowerShell command line editing
Towards a better console – PSReadLine for PowerShell command line editing Sometimes text mode is where it’s at. I’ve long blogged about tools and […]
Send HTML Email and attachment using Powershell
Powershell script to email ###########Define Variables######## $date = “get-date” $fromaddress = “[email protected]” $toaddress = “[email protected]” $Subject = “Test $(get-date)” $body = Get-Content C:\temp\Test.htm #$attachment = […]
Copy file to multiple remote servers
I often have to copy files and folders from one server to another for various reasons. Copying stuff manually is a bore but if you […]
New remote process
Function New-RemoteProcess { #[CmdletBinding()] Param( [String]$ComputerName = $env.computername, [String]$Cmd = $(Throw “You must enter path to the command which will create the process”), [String]$ac, [String]$wait […]
Add a domain user or group to local administrators
I tried to make this script as simple as possible for day-to-day use. This script takes three parameters: ObjectType: Type of object that you want […]
Load PowerCLI module in Powershell console
PowerCLI 6.5.1 has been released and in this release VMware have made some big changes to the way you install and keep up to date […]
How to display function definition / code in powershell
If the function name contains a hyphen (eg. test-computername): ${function:test-Computername} Alternatively: (Get-Command test-Computername).Definition Or cat function:show-list To export function to text file cat function:test-computername >c:\temp\function
POWERSHELL SCRIPT COPY FILES USING ROBOCOPY
POWERSHELL SCRIPT COPY fILES USING ROBOCOPYPOWERSHELL SCRIPT COPY fILES USING ROBOCOPY Please find powershell code which will assist you in copying data from source location to destination […]