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Very Simple Powershell Ping test or IP scanner script

By Tom Kitching

This simple Powershell script will carry out a quick check against each IP in a 24 bit subnet and return a value of true or false dependent on whether or not it receives a reply. It’s similar to using an IP scanner or a ping script.

[cc lang="powershell"]$subnet = "10.20.6."
1..254 | Foreach-Object {write-host "$Subnet$_…" (Test-Connection -ComputerName "$Subnet$_" -Quiet -Count 1 ) }[/cc]

1 2	[cc lang="powershell"]$subnet = "10.20.6." 1..254 \| Foreach-Object {write-host "$Subnet$_…" (Test-Connection -ComputerName "$Subnet$_" -Quiet -Count 1 ) }[/cc]

It’s simple and does the job as it…

O365 – reverting hard matching migration using ImmutableID

By Tom Kitching

This is a very obscure problem, so I’m recording this more for my own reference in future rather than expecting anyone else to have the same issue! The issue occurs when a migration from a hybrid exchange domain to another domain which uses AD Sync has been completed in the following manner: filter/delete user in…

SCCM Task Sequence Windows 10, with Dell CCTK, UEFI, BitLocker, powershell renaming script

By Tom Kitching

BIOS-to-UEFI group – this group will only run if the machine has booted from BIOS rather than UEFI I’ve then added a message specific for a certain model of laptops that require a BIOS downgrade for reasons I’ll not go into. The selection criteria as a WMI query and the message box is displayed underneath.…

Powershell script in SCCM task sequence to name device based on asset/service tag no.

By admin

This script is used within the SCCM task sequence and performs two functions. Firstly it determines whether or not the machine is a Hyper-V VM, and if it is, it assigns a task sequence variable called “PSisVM”. This is useful to hold in the TS as there are certain things that only need to be…

Microsoft’s Windows 10 update options explained

By admin

Microsoft’s naming changes for Windows 10 updates can be a little confusing. Here’s a little guide to describe the latest terminology and a mapping between the old and new terms. As you will likely already know, Microsoft has shifted from a new release of Windows every few years to a ‘windows as a service’ model. …

Send daily HTML email with outstanding Hyper-V checkpoints with encrypted password information

By admin

Here’s a script I’ve written that can be added as a scheduled task on the SCVMM server to send a daily report to selected people containing all the currently outstanding checkpoints on the Hyper-V hosts. This is done without having to store any plain text passwords (they are stored but in an encrypted format). It…

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Very Simple Powershell Ping test or IP scanner script

O365 – reverting hard matching migration using ImmutableID

SCCM Task Sequence Windows 10, with Dell CCTK, UEFI, BitLocker, powershell renaming script

Powershell script in SCCM task sequence to name device based on asset/service tag no.

Microsoft’s Windows 10 update options explained

Send daily HTML email with outstanding Hyper-V checkpoints with encrypted password information

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