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PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 1)
SID WalkerFirst things first:If Chuck Norris wrote a PowerShell script it would be a one-liner, because Chuck Norris can do anything in one strike.Chuck Norris does not have SID history, because there...
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PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 2)
More bad Chuck Norris one liners:You don't get access unless Chuck Norris says you get access.The Chuck Norris array starts and ends on 1, because Chuck Norris is never a zero.Chuck Norris' PowerShell...
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Active Directory OU Permissions Report: Free PowerShell Script Download
Who owns your OUs?Have you ever lost your keys? It is a scary feeling. Someone out there could have keys to your house and your car. Your personal safety could be at risk. The same is true in Active...
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PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 1)
SID WalkerFirst things first:If Chuck Norris wrote a PowerShell script it would be a one-liner, because Chuck Norris can do anything in one strike.Chuck Norris does not have SID history, because there...
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PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 2)
More bad Chuck Norris one liners:You don't get access unless Chuck Norris says you get access.The Chuck Norris array starts and ends on 1, because Chuck Norris is never a zero.Chuck Norris' PowerShell...
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Active Directory OU Permissions Report: Free PowerShell Script Download
Who owns your OUs?Have you ever lost your keys? It is a scary feeling. Someone out there could have keys to your house and your car. Your personal safety could be at risk. The same is true in Active...
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PowerShell to Find Where Your Active Directory Groups Are Used On File Shares
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Enjoy some PowerShell limericks here. Download today’s script from the TechNet Script Gallery.Where are my AD groups used?Today's post gives you a script to crawl your file...
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PowerShell Video Training from Microsoft
People frequently ask me, “Where can I learn more about PowerShell?” Today’s post will highlight popular video training options available directly from Microsoft. Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) There...
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Quick and easy Active Directory test lab using PowerShell DSC and AzureRM
That Active Directory Test Lab You Have Always Wanted As a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer I have visited countless customers to assess and assist their Active Directory environment. Sadly, the...
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Who’s afraid of PowerShell security?
Is PowerShell a vulnerability? Does your organization forbid the use of PowerShell remoting? Has InfoSec blocked remote server administration with PowerShell? Do you want to understand PowerShell...
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PowerShell DSC 101: Using the Script Resource to Enable the Windows Firewall
Learning PowerShell Desired State Configuration PowerShell DSC is one of my favorite topics to teach, because the technology is simply amazing. Usually I do not have enough time with a customer to...
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PowerShell Remoting Kerberos Double Hop Solved Securely
The struggle is real. Are you facing issues with PowerShell remoting and credentials? You remote into your jump box, but then any remoting beyond there gets a big red ACCESS DENIED. Maybe you’ve tried...
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Use the new PowerShell cmdlet Convert-String to parse email addresses
Tired of hacking away at RegEx and string functions to parse text? This post is for you! New toys PowerShell 5.x includes a number of new features. One of the lesser-known and incredibly powerful is...
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Use the new PowerShell cmdlet ConvertFrom-String to parse KLIST Kerberos...
Tired of hacking away at RegEx and string functions to parse text? This post is for you! ConvertFrom-String In yesterday’s post we reviewed a simple example of the new PowerShell 5.x Convert-String...
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Gnarly Innards: How to live debug PowerShell DSC configurations without using...
The Problem Have you ever needed to debug a PowerShell Desired State Configuration that appeared to be hanging when it was applying? At that point it’s a little too late to run Enable-DscDebug. Here’s...
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How to run a PowerShell script against multiple Active Directory domains with...
I was working with a customer recently who needed to execute the same script against servers in different Active Directory domains. They had administrative privileges in each domain, but each domain...
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2017 New Years PowerShell DevOps Study List
Microsoft: from “know-it-all” to “learn-it-all” In a recent interview Satya Nadella mentioned the learn-it-all mindset. This is certainly true in the world of PowerShell. We are so far beyond “just a...
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Pro Tip: PowerShell DSC Events to Monitor
The Problem I need to monitor PowerShell DSC health on all of my nodes. But I do not want to wait for every possible event to happen in production to catch it and add it to my monitoring event list....
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Compare Group Policy (GPO) and PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
What is the difference between Group Policy (GPO) and PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)? Why would I use one over the other? I hear these questions frequently. Today we are going to fully...
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Practical PowerShell Security: Enable Auditing and Logging with DSC
PowerShell Security Almost two years ago Lee Holmes released his famous PowerShell ♥ the Blue Team whitepaper. This is required reading for anyone who works with PowerShell at all in their job or who...
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