Since my two previous Desired State Configuration Manager videos, I have gotten more than a few questions asking how to view a specific DSC resources properties. Unlike your typical PowerShell CMDlet, you can’t view properties of a DSC resource using Get-Member. To view DSC resource properties you have to use …

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 this code on the …

In this video, I cover only a few very basic PowerShell Desired State Configuration Manager (DSC) concepts. The terminology How to create a Local Configuration Manager (LCM) configuration How to push the LCM configuration to the target node How to create a basic DSC configuration to maintain the MSExchangeTransport …

There is very little PowerShell goodness in this video, just some Group Policy management tips and tricks I picked up over the years.

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 effort. NOTE: I tested this code exclusively on a …

This is a simple script that will read the contents of a CSV file and create a new Active Directory User as well as a new Exchange Mailboxes for each object (row in the spreadsheet). You can select which Organizational Unit you want to put the Users in as well as which Exchange Database each users mailbox is created …

This script uses WMI CMDlets for the most part, to gather some client hardware and software information remotely over the network. Click the link below to see the contents of the CSV file. I use it to collect the following information: Computer Name Manufacturer Model Processor Type System Type Operating system …

As an Administrator, I have been asked more than once to find out where a computer is on the network. This question is usually asked by someone that needs to inventory or lifecycle the equipment. If your IT department is well organized or you have some sort of 3rd party software running that does this for you, you …

Today we’re talking a little more about Active Directory reconnaissance, for lack of a better term. If I start a new job, the first thing I want to do is find out how my infrastructure is configured. This script will search through Active Directory, or a subset of Active Directory, and look for Organizational Units …

More Active Directory PowerShell goodness… this time, creating Active Directory User objects in bulk using a CSV file. You will see 2 different code blocks below. The first, is as simple as you can get using minimal parameters and code. The second code block includes more parameters and addresses the issue of storing …