Tutorials on PowerShell Scripting
Overview In the ever-evolving landscape of Microsoft Graph PowerShell Modules, it can be difficult to decide on what tool to use when bulk managing or configuring objects in Intune. In hybrid environments, it’s common for technologists to use Group Policy…
Overview Permutations are arrangements of elements in a specific order. In permutations, each element appears exactly once, and the order matters. For instance, given a set of elements, different permutations arise by rearranging these elements in distinct sequences, resulting in…
Overview I often try to find ways to script a redundant task, and PowerShell has made this more realistic with its robust library of Modules. Using Add-Type, you can even import .NET classes to a PowerShell session. Yet I never…
Overview of Script The purpose of this PowerShell script is to recursively query Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADObjects in an Active Directory security group. This can be useful when you have nested security groups, but you want to extract the user object at all…
I’m sure you had situations where you have file explorer windows open, and you drag a file or folder from one window to the other. You can certainly use drag and drop method in many scenarios, but if you have…
Common Scenarios to use this Cmdlet When I’m working, issues commonly arise that require locating and manipulating files and folders. This can include finding and removing certain objects or generating a report. Given a root folder and a problem, we…
Inactive AD Accounts? Why are they a Problem? I have not found many consistent ways to offboard users into an Organizational Unit, then persistently check to see if the accounts are disabled. Sometimes an account slips by into an OU…
My experience in a systems administrator role has taught me that logs are critical to debug and troubleshoot technical situations. Most endpoint management systems such as Intune or Configuration Manager output to logs files on the client that log the…
Using the Invoke-WebRequest PowerShell command has become an excellent tool to use in scripts. For example, as long as you have the download link to the file, you can use this command in an Intune proactive remediation script to install…
There have been recent reports of the new MSTeams upgrade failing to install the Microsoft Teams Addin for Outlook. Users in This Microsoft forum discuss a solution by simply uninstalling the add-in, then closing and reopening MSTeams and Outlook. This…