Month: June 2011

You may have a need to run a PS1 script at a certain schedule.  The easiest way to do this is using a bat file. However, your systems (servers at least!) should have the ExecutionPolicy set to Default which means that no scripts will run.  Bellow is an example of using a bat file to […]

Let’s say you have a CSV file that you want to import into a hash table.  The contents of the CSV file are as follows: srv, os DC1, Windows Server 2008R2Full Win7, Windows 7 The following code shows the incorrect display as well as the correct one. # Create a hash table$HT = @{}# Import […]

Searching AD for a specific attribute using the get-aduser function from the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module. First the ActiveDirectory module needs to be loaded.  You can check to see if the module is available by typing: Get-Module -listavailable If you don’t see the ActiveDirectory module you will need to download the RSAT.  To load the module […]

When you want to run the Get-Acl cmdlet against a directory, the path property in the results is a bit messy.  Example: Get-Childitem C:\Labs -recurse | Get-Acl | Format List Path, Owner, Access We can clean up the Path property by using a custom label with a substring Get-Childitem C:\Labs -recurse | Get-Acl | Format […]

This week I am teaching a PowerShell v2.0 class at Benchmark Learning.  During the class I usually show the following demo. # Get the current running processes $Baseline = Get-Process # Create some new processes Calc Notepad # Capture the current running processes $Now = Get-Process # Compare the two variables Compare-Object $Baseline $Now The […]

Today I was trying to gather a list of all of our site servers and roles.  I then wanted to find out what site servers were protected.  The built in reports the SCCM provides did not have all this information.  That’s OK….as long as we know SQL! — Create Table #One — ( — SiteCode […]

Recently the server team asked me if SCCM could gather Local Group Membership and Local User Password Expiration. After a bit of Googling, I found an article by Sherry Kissenger (isn’t she just the best!).  The article describes how to get Local Group Membership.  Using the knowledge that she provided, I was able to extend […]

I am teaching a class this week at Benchmark Learning and had a great student question. “How do I get share permissions AND NTFS permissions” Well, look no further. The Get-SharePermission function was found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-ZA/ITCG/thread/64cabd85-7170-4678-96b5-2c516cc3b772 function Get-SharePermission { Param($Server = $env:COMPUTERNAME) $ShareSecurity = Get-WmiObject win32_LogicalShareSecuritySetting -ComputerName $Server foreach($Share in $ShareSecurity) { $sharenames = $Share.Name […]