Category Microsoft Server 2016

01/02/2023

Query Active Directory – Security Script

By Stephen Hackers in Active Directory, Batch Scripts and PowerShell, Cloud & Datacenter Management, Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Security, Microsoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Powershell Tag Active Directory, Identify Weakness, Improve Security, Monthly Security Checks, PowerShell, Query, Security

PowerShell script to query active directory : Identify Accounts with Password expiring is disabled Identify Accounts have not logged on for 30 or 90 days and accounts have never logged…

21/05/2020

Azure – Update Management

By Steve in Azure 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 in Batch 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…

11/10/2018

List Computers in Specific OU which are Enabled and Output to CSV

By Steve in Microsoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Powershell Tag export-csv, Get-ADComputer, PowerShell

# 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…

08/10/2018

List Members of a specific AD group

By Steve in Active Directory, Microsoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Powershell Tag AD group, Get-ADGroupMember, samAccountName

#List Members of a specific AD group – output Username and User Full Name Get-ADGroupMember -Identity "AD GROUP NAME" | Select samAccountName, Name

02/10/2018

Files Older Than 3 Months Combined Total File Size

By Steve in Microsoft, 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…

20/09/2018

vSphere ESXi 6.7 Unable to talk between subnets between hosts

By Steve in ASA, CISCO, ESXi, ESXi 6.7, Microsoft, Microsoft Server 2016, VMware Tag 6.7, ASA, CISCO, Code 0, Denied ICMP, ESXi, Firewall, interfaces, Port Groups, Security Levels, Type 8, VLANS, VMware, vSphere

Configuration was : ESXi 6.7 - vSphere handling all the port groups tagged with VLANs Firewall - CISCO ASA Problem : New ESXi 6.7 hosts. A virtual machine if…

11/09/2018

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

By Steve in Active 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…

14/08/2018

Robocopy Mirror Files and Folders

By Steve in Batch Scripts and PowerShell, Microsoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows 10 Tag /Mir, Mirror, Robocopy

Map network drives to the correct locations Run CMD as Administrator Mirror file & directories and output detail to text file robocopy E:\..... z:\.... /MIR /S >c:\temp\detail.txt

14/08/2018

List all users in the domain and email addresses

By Steve in Microsoft, Microsoft Server 2016, Microsoft Windows 10, Powershell Tag Active Directory, export-csv, Get-ADUser, List Email Addresses, List Users, PowerShell

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