To demonstrate this process, I will show you how I export all the PowerShell help and convert it to PDF files that I use instead of looking at the help files in the PowerShell Console. I realize you can view the PowerShell help files in the console and online....
Windows
Hey PowerShell… Text me if my Domain Admins Group changes
This is why I Love PowerShell… It’s simple, yet functional. From an Administrative perspective, I think we can all agree that any changes in your Domain Admins group without your knowledge would be of interest to you. If you’re in a large organization with access to enterprise management tools...
PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) How-To for Beginners (Pull Mode)
This script will accomplish 3 things; configure a pull server, create a basic configuration to be pulled by a target node, and create a Local Configuration Manager configuration for the target node. Execute the following code on the Pull Server: # Step 1 Install xPSDesiredStateConfiguration Install-Module -Name xPSDesiredStateConfiguration #...
PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) How-To for Beginners (Push Model)
In this video, I cover only a few very basic PowerShell Desired State Configuration Manager (DSC) concepts. 1. The terminology 2. How to create a Local Configuration Manager (LCM) configuration 3. How to push the LCM configuration to the target node 4. How to create a basic DSC configuration...
Group Policy Management Tips
Create an HTML report of Active Directory Forest Information with PowerShell
The intent of this script is to quickly get some basic information about an Active Directory infrastructure. I have used it when I’m doing some work on an environment I’m not familiar with, it gives you a quick look at what you’re dealing with without a whole lot of...
SignalWarrant is on Youtube
Greetings Interweb people, I have decided to start a YouTube channel. Why do I want to voluntarily expose myself to the interweb trolls? Problem Solving – As an Instructor I see it every day, many of my students are always looking for me to give them the answer. I’m...
Dell Precision M6500 (nVidia Quadro FX 2800M) screen turns off (solved)
UPDATE: 4/27/2017 If you install the Windows 10 Creators update you will need to reapply the powermizer registry settings. I recently started using a Dell Precision M6500 with Windows 10 at work. It’s equipped with an Intel i7 CPU x940 @ 2.13Ghz and 8GBs of Ram. It’s a pretty decent...
Removing Bitlocker Volume (BDEDrive) from Windows Server 2008R2
**** THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK **** I recently ran into a situation where I needed to add more Harddrive space to one of my Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines. Seemed simple enough, add some GBs to the drive in VMWare, get...
Create Active Directory Groups input from CSV (Powershell)
$csv = Import-Csv -Path "c:\inputfile\bulk_groups.csv" ForEach ($item In $csv) { $create = New-ADGroup -Name $item.GroupName -GroupCategory $item.GroupCategory -groupScope $item.GroupScope -Path "OU=TestOU,DC=mydomain,DC=com" Write-Host "Group $($item.GroupName) created!" }