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...
Windows Server 2016
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. Create the mof to configure the target node. Execute...
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 terminology2. How to create a Local Configuration Manager (LCM) configuration3. How to push the LCM configuration to the target node4. How to create a basic DSC configuration to maintain the MSExchangeTransport...
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...