First off lets get all the set up variables out of the way. A lot of these are the same variables I use in every script and I just copy them in each time so you may not want to use them all. [cc lang=”powershell”]$Transpath = $env:LOCALAPPDATA + “\Cloudwyse\Logs\scheduled_task_Report_” + $(get-date –Format ddMMyy_HHmmss) + “.log”…
This script enables you to generate a set of random complex passwords for a list of users which is imported as a CSV file. The password will contain upper and lowercase letters, symbols, numbers and will always be between 8-16 characters in length (meeting the O365 requirements). Obviously the functions can be tweaked to make…
In a recent post I described how I used Powershell to configure a dual-homed Radius server where I wanted to firewall everything on the DMZ interface but not affect the production interface. I did this using a Windows feature known as NLA – Network Location Awareness – which has been around in one form or…
This simple Powershell script will carry out a quick check against each IP in a 24 bit subnet and return a value of true or false dependent on whether or not it receives a reply. It’s similar to using an IP scanner or a ping script. [cc lang=”powershell”]$subnet = “10.20.6.” 1..254 | Foreach-Object {write-host “$Subnet$_…”…
First connect to the remote server with powershell [cc lang=”powershell”]Enter-PSSession -ComputerName contoso\hv01[/cc] Next run the command to add the group: [cc lang=”powershell”]Add-LocalGroupMember -Group “Administrators” -Member “CONTOSO\Hyper-V Admins”[/cc] If you’re paranoid (like me) and want to check this worked you can use: [cc lang=”powershell”]Get-LocalGroupMember “Administrators”[/cc]