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Great news for all the scripting people out there. New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0 #PowerCLI #Scripting #WhatsNew

New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0

August is always a great month when it comes to new releases, and this year is no different. Even before VMworld, there have already been announcements for vSphere 6.7 Update 3, NSX-T 2.4.2, and a new version of HCX. The PowerCLI team has one more exciting release for you in the form of PowerCLI 11.4.0! […] The post New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0 appeared first on VMware PowerCLI Blog.

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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 to ping Comupters.txt 

Create batch file pingsweep.bat  

for /f %%s in (computer.txt) do (ping -n 1 %%s) open  cmd pingsweep.bat >> PINGSWEEPQUOTES.TXT 


Please test all scripts in a lab environment. We have no liability for any issues caused.


If you would prefer a more advanced script in PowerShell, check out this  example of a ping script in PowerShell written by Jamie Crookes "Ping utility function/module for PowerShell" can be found here http://www.powerscript.net/handy-ping-utility-function/

Run on client machine to see the status of user profiles on a Windows10 machine

Type the following PowerShell command :

gwmi win32_userprofile | select localpath, roamingpath, status

New Release: PowerCLI 11.0.0

New Release: PowerCLI 11.0.0

PowerCLI has been moving at quite the rapid pace over the last 2 years. In 2018, we’ve been releasing roughly every other month to make sure we get the latest features, performance improvements, and updates available as quickly as possible. Well, it’s been two months and we’re not going to break this trend. Today, we […] The post New Release: PowerCLI 11.0.0 appeared first on VMware PowerCLI Blog .

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# Out puts computer accounts including status Enabled True or False
# Targets a specific OU
# Lists computer names

# OU Variable to set
$OU_HotWiredUK_location = “OU=Computers,OU=HotWiredHQ,OU=UK,DC=test,DC=com”

# Out put CSV to c:\scripts\…
Get-ADComputer -Properties * -Filter * -SearchBase $OU_HotWiredUK_location | Select Enabled, Name, DistinguishedName | export-csv C:\Scripts\OU_HotWiredUK_location.csv

#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 Disabled)

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Property Name,CanonicalName,CN,DisplayName,DistinguishedName,HomeDirectory, HomeDrive,SamAccountName,UserPrincipalName | export-csv -path (Join-Path $pwd HomeDrive.csv) -encoding ascii -NoTypeInformation

 import-module activedirectory

#List all users in the domain

# Display Name and Email Address

get-aduser -Filter *  -SearchBase “dc=Test,dc=com” -Properties Displayname,emailaddress | select displayname ,emailaddress | Export-Csv C:\temp\users_and_email.csv   

# 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

# 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 -SearchBase “OU=specificOU,DC=TEST,DC=com” | where { $_.CannotChangePassword -eq “true” } | Format-Table Name, DistinguishedName