Various bits of PowerShell that may be handy to others.
- Generate-Password.ps1
Generate pseudo-random password(s) based on XKCD's Correct-Horse-Battery-Staple. Optionally set the password in AD
and share via OneTimeSecret.
- Process-InactiveUsers.ps1
Iterate domain(s) for users who have not signed in over a period of time. Provide warnings up until
a disable date. Manager notification via email is also performed.
- Licensed-DisabledUsers.ps1
Flag users who are disabled in AD, but still have M365 licenses.
- Add-RSAT.ps1
Install all missing Remote Server Administration Tools.
- Find-Process.ps1
For all online endpoints in a domain or domains, audit for a currently running process.
- Find-Service.ps1
Find installed services by checking all online endpoints from Active Directory
- Load-UserHives.ps1
Load/unload all discovered user registry hives on the local system.
Useful for complete AV scanning, etc.
- Ping-http.ps1
For all entries in a hosts.txt file, repeatedly "ping" each site via https, recording some stats to the screen and
a logfile:
Loaded 1 hosts to "ping" from C:\Users\me\Documents\hosts.txt
Web hit timeout: 5 seconds.
Delay between pings: 30
Logging to C:\Users\me\Documents\Pinglog-me-2022-10-05.log
10/5/2022 11:45:25 AM https://www.google.com: 464.1654ms Status OK 52603 bytes
- Remove-StaleProfiles.ps1
Based on last-used date, remove stale user profiles from the local or a remote system.
- Watch-Presence.ps1
Watch for MS Teams Presence information and relay that to Home Assistant via a webhook.
This enables automations such as changing the color of a WLED-driven light to let your family know if you are in a meeting.
The MS Teams log is monitored here, making this suitable for environments where the MS Graph API is restricted.
- functions.ps1
Various functions that can be dot-sourced from your PowerShell profile. The functions are aliased with a preceeding
moniker for easy identification and a "Show-Aliases" function is included as well to provide a synopsis.
- Send-vSphereAlarms.ps1
Grab any active vSphere alarms and post as cards to a Microsoft Teams channel. Designed to be run periodically as a
scheduled task.
- Set-Syslog.ps1
Quickly set the syslog server on all of your vSphere hosts.