Category Microsoft Windows Server 2012

21/05/2020

Azure – Update Management

By Steve inAzure Security, Cloud & Datacenter Management, Cyber Security, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Security, Logs, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Update Management, WSUS Tag Azure, Azure Security, Linux, Patch Management, Update Management, Virtual Machines, Windows, Windows Updates

How to maintain the patch status of your Windows and Linux machines "You can use Update Management in Azure Automation to manage operating system updates for your Windows and Linux…

18/02/2019

Ping sweep script test

By Steve inBatch Scripts and PowerShell, Microsoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Powershell, Windows 7 Tag BATCH, Count, CSV, ForLoop, Import CSV, Jamie Crookes, module for PowerShell, Ping, Ping utility function, PingSweep, PowerShell

POWERSHELL import-CSV "" | foreach { $result = Test-Connection -ComputerName $_.Name -Count 1 -Quiet $_.name, $result -join ',' | out-file "c:\scripts\PingSweep\computer_results.txt" -Append } COMMAND /BATCH SCRIPT Create list of computers…

02/10/2018

If Not Exists – Batch Script

By Steve inBatch Scripts and PowerShell, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Tag Batc, IfNot

Create a batch file to check a text file is in the location specified, else run a task. #This batch file checks to see if a text file is…

02/10/2018

Files Older Than 3 Months Combined Total File Size

By Steve inMicrosoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Powershell Tag file sizes, lastwritetime

A requirement to identify the total file size of all files not used in the last 3 months. This was the solution #Run as administrator #You need to have permission…

11/09/2018

Task : Output A List Of Home Drive Paths Configured In Active Directory

By Steve inActive Directory, DS Commands, Microsoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Powershell Tag Active Directory, CSV EXPORT, DSQUERY, Get-ADUser, HOME DRIVE, PowerShell, USER PROPERTIES

#DSQuery dsquery user -name "*" -limit 0 | dsget user -samid -hmdir -hmdrv -profile >c:\temp\usersV2.txt #PowerShell # More flexibility # Includes the state of the computer account (Enable or…

13/08/2018

Get a list of active users which have logged on to the domain in the last 7 days

By Steve inMicrosoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Powershell Tag Active Directory, Get-ADUser, Get-Date, LastLogonDate, PowerShell

# Get a list of users which have logged on to the domain in the last 7 days $Date = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) Get-ADUser -Filter {LastLogonDate -gt $Date} | Select distinguishedName

01/08/2018

PowerShell Script to find all AD users who have the “cannot change password” box checked in a specific OU

By Steve inMicrosoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Powershell Tag Active Directory, CannotChangePassword, DistinguishedName, Get-ADUser, PowerShell

# script to find all AD users who have the "cannot change password" box checked in a specific OU # Windows Server 2016 # Powershell Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties CannotChangePassword…

15/07/2018

WSUS and Windows 10 Clients – UsoClient.exe

By Steve inMicrosoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, WSUS Tag Updates, USO, UsoClient.exe, Whats New, Win 10, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Updates, Windows10, WSUS, WUAUCLT

So, you deploy a GPO to Window 10 clients, but your in a hurry to get the clients to check in... As a SysAdmin for many years I would log…

23/05/2018

Sysinternals – Permissions, LoggedOn, Endpoints

By Steve inMicrosoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Powershell, Windows 7 Tag LoggedOn, Permissions, PowerShell, Sysinternals

How to Get the permission on folders: PowerShell: Get-ChildItem | Get-ACL Path | Owner | Access or more in depth use: GUI based : Run AccessEnum against the drive or…

21/05/2018

Check / Set / Sync Time Source for Windows Servers

By Steve inMicrosoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Tag NTP, Sync, Time, W32TM, Windows

To set the time ( Tested against Windows 2016) Launch CMD as administrator exampled c:\time 09:00:00 AM - This will set the time to 9am Note a time source…