PowerShell Scripts
A list of common PowerShell commands for AD. Retrieve AD user(s) # get AD user – basic attributes Get-ADUser “JohnDo” # get AD user – all attributes Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties * # get AD user – additional attribute(s) Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties PasswordLastSet Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties whenChanged,whenCreated # get AD user – output specific attribute Get-ADUser …
Getting your public IP address programmatically can be very useful. Especially if you need to know when your internet service provider (ISP) has changed your dynamic IP address. Here is how to get your public IP address using PowerShell: (Invoke-WebRequest myexternalip.com/raw).content. Read on for more background and details…
Sometimes you may need to know a server’s last patch date. There can be many reasons why. One of which is when you are patching servers and want to get a general idea of whether or not the patching actually took place on each server. In this example we are are going to use a …