Hi Guys, For my current project at the office I needed to had some logs into a script with runspace that will run over at least 15 000 (15k, fifteen thousands, ….) PowerShell Objects. And as all knows, all good log need to store the DateTime when the event append. Before today I was using […]
Hi Guy, To dynamicly select properties of an input object regarding the PowerShell cmdlet that he will be used in. I needed a way to list cmdlet properties. Therefor I started looking in the Microsoft Get-Command cmdlet, and I found some intersting properties. [ps](Get-Command -Name $Cmdlet).Parameters.Keys[/ps] It gave me the entire list of parameters available […]
Hi guys, Some time you may want to use PowerShell splating instead of PipeLine input. Splating, is the action to add some parameters to a cmdlet directly by giving the cmdlet a hashtable with properties and values. Here, as an example, the creation of an MsolUser using splating for my cat: Sometime, when you use […]
Hi guys, I am working on a personnal project using Windows IoT, a Raspberry Pi 2, an extension board, couple of colored wires and an LCD 800×480 7″ Touch Screen connected using HDMI. Only thing that I had to fix was the screen resolution. I was looking my way into the configuration files and found […]
Hello, If, like a colleague, you forget frequently the passwords you stored in your RDG file. There is a way to decrypt the secured string using the RDCMan.exe file. First you need to copy the RDCMan.exe and change the extension to “dll” (“RDCMan.dll”). [ps]Copy-Item ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Remote Desktop Connection Manager\RDCMan.exe’ ‘C:\temp\RDCMan.dll’ Import-Module ‘C:\temp\RDCMan.dll’ $EncryptionSettings = […]
Hello, For a script purpose I needed to have the date of the last password set of the Krbtgt account. To do so I wrote this PowerShell function: [ps] Function Get-ADKrbtgtPwdLastSet{ [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage=’Name of the domain.’, Position=0)] [ValidateScript({Test-Connection -ComputerName $_ -Count 2 -Quiet})] [String]$DomainName = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain().Name ) Begin{ } Process{ $RodcKrbtgtSearcher […]
Hello, To import PowerShell Credentials stored in a XML File like I showed you previsouly proceed as follow: [ps]$Credential = (Import-Clixml -Path "$Path\Credentials.xml")[/ps] The $Credentials can now be used like credentials for any cmdlets requiring authentication.
Hello, Here is the fastest and easiest way to store, “as secure as possible”, Credentials in a XML File. Get-Credential | Export-Clixml -Path "$Path\Credentials.xml" Alternativly, you can also use Read-Host to prompt for input. $UserName = Read-Host 'Enter Username' $Password = Read-Host 'Enter Password' -AsSecureString New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($UserName, $Password) | Export-Clixml -Path "$Path\Credentials.xml" The stored […]
Hello, Here is a cmdlet I to start a selected Management Agent with a specific Run Profil. (Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $FIMSyncServer -NameSpace 'root/MicrosoftIdentityIntegrationServer' -Class 'MIIS_ManagementAgent' | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $ManagementAgent }).Execute($RunProfile)
Hello, Here is the cmdlet to list FIM Sync Management Agents. Get-WmiObject -ComputerName 'FIMSyncServer' -NameSpace 'root/MicrosoftIdentityIntegrationServer' -Class 'MIIS_ManagementAgent'
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