Recently I was asked to deliver a report on the count of machines in AD and their location.  In our environment we use a computer name identifier to designate location.  But, you could use OU information or eve AD Site information.  So, I wrote a PowerShell script that grabs all three and puts the information […]

Did you know that there is SCCM-Commands powershell module?  You can get them here:  http://www.snowland.se/sccm-posh/ Today I had a need to delete a collection member.  But there isn’t a function in the SCCM-Commands powershell module that can do that. Well, there is now!!  Just copy this function into the SCCM-Commands.psm1 file   Function Delete-SCCMCollectionRule { […]

Bravo! IT colleague takes the initiative to launch a money-saving training programJuly 06, 2011 Photo: Matthew Teegarden of Information Technology is passionate about training and finding cost-effective solutions. Matthew Teegarden isn’t one to sit idle when something needs to get done, so when he heard Information Technology colleagues cite concerns about the availability of training, […]

SCUP (System Center Updates Publisher) 2011 is out.  You can download it here:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/systemcenter/bb741049 There is a TON of information on the above link.  However, you do need to configure a few things that you need to do in Group Policy. First you need to configure a GPO with the following:  Computer > Administrative Templates […]

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 […]