GoateePFE - Archived
Archived blog of former Microsoft Premier Field Engineer Ashley McGlone featuring PowerShell scripts for the real world.
Career Tip: The Power of a Niche
Editorial Today as I often do when on the road I listened to a podcast during my morning routine...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 05/14/2014
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...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 03/17/2014
PowerShell Saturday 007 Charlotte: From Cmdlets to Scripts to PowerShell Hero
PowerShell Saturday 007 Today I am spending time with passionate PowerShell people in Charlotte....
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 02/08/2014
Use PowerShell to Find Windows XP Computers Still Alive in Your Active Directory Domain
PS PSA – PowerShell Public Service Announcement Usually I like to offer deep technical content...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 01/29/2014
DogFoodCon 2013: From Cmdlets to Scripts to PowerShell Hero: An essential session on the scripting process
Session Description Tired of copying and pasting scripts from the internet? Want to write your own...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 11/25/2013
PowerShell Saturday 005 Atlanta: It's Time To Part With Blankie: Moving from command line tools to PowerShell for Active Directory
Atlanta-bound I am drafting this post from the airplane as I make my way to Atlanta, Georgia USA for...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 10/26/2013
PowerShell Active Directory Schema Report
Last year I published a script on the Hey Scripting Guy blog to review the AD schema. This comes in...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 09/20/2013
Active Directory PowerShell SIDHistory Module Update 1.5
To see all of the articles in this series visit https://aka.ms/SIDHistory. I would like to thank...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 07/09/2013
How To Use The 2012 Active Directory PowerShell Cmdlets From Windows 7
Antique Tools? The Windows Server 2012 Active Directory PowerShell module has some handy new...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 06/27/2013
Dude, where’s my GPO? Using PowerShell to find all of your Group Policy links.
Stratego I only played Stratego once as a kid when I was over at a friend’s house. Strategy,...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 05/29/2013
Touch-Free PowerShell DCPROMO in Windows Server 2012
DCPROMO Keeping You Up At Night? Do you schedule DCPROMO activities for the weekend? After hours?...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 04/18/2013
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...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 03/25/2013
How to do PowerShell on your phone
Even Spiderman would envy this web action. Today we're going to walk through setting up a portable...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 02/05/2013
Called Out: From 2012 to 2013
Called Out Departing from the usual scripting today's post is a reflection on 2012 and a look ahead...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 01/30/2013
TIP: 2 Ways userAccountControl Is Easier In AD PowerShell
Background Anyone who wants to write scripts for Active Directory will eventually run into the...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 12/13/2012
AD PowerShell Password Reset Shortcut for Helpdesk
Introduction Back in May I released a post on the Hey Scripting Guy blog showing how to create a...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 11/26/2012
DogfoodCon 2012 - Columbus, Ohio
Today I have the privilege of speaking at DogfoodCon 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. My topic is...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 11/09/2012
AD Group History Mystery: PowerShell v3 REPADMIN
I remember back in high school the janitor had this massive ring of keys on his belt. The keys...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 10/17/2012
Active Directory PowerShell Notes From The Field
PowerShell Saturday 002 Today I have the privilege of speaking at the second-ever PowerShell...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 09/14/2012
What's New In PowerShell v3: Demos to Download
Summer of Speaking This summer has been a busy time for me speaking at events. In July I spoke at...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 08/21/2012
Free Downloads: Windows PowerShell 3.0 Quick Reference Guides
Hey folks. In case you missed it PowerShell Magazine created some handy guides for getting started...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 07/03/2012
New Microsoft Download: Active Directory Replication Status Tool
Our Microsoft Customer Service and Support experts have released a new tool for diagnosing AD...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 06/25/2012
PowerShell Module for Working with AD SID History Updated
TechReady At Microsoft we have an internal event called TechReady that happens twice each year. It...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 06/15/2012
Surprise! Windows 8 & Server 2012 Release Preview Is Here!
Fresh off the press today! Here are the links you need: Server announced...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 05/31/2012
PowerShell Tip: Active Directory Account Unlock Shortcut for Help Desk
Today I posted over on the Hey Scripting Guy blog with a quick tip to unlock Active Directory user...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 05/05/2012
How to close helpdesk tickets faster with PowerShell
I was grocery shopping the other day and had to take a picture of this. What exactly differentiates...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 04/18/2012
PowerShell Limericks for St. Patrick's Day
In honor of all things St. Patrick's Day what could be more appropriate than a PowerShell limerick?...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 03/16/2012
Five free ways to script Active Directory in PowerShell: Part 2
The PowerShell Tool Belt For Active Directory This is huge. Today's post includes demo scripts for...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 03/14/2012
Five free ways to script Active Directory in PowerShell: Part 1
Free. Double your money back. Cheap at twice the price. Today IT budgets are tighter than packets on...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 02/28/2012
Don't miss the first PowerShell Saturday event
On March 10th the Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is coming to Columbus, Ohio to kick off the...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 02/01/2012
Everything you need to get started with Group Policy
My last post on getting started with Active Directory was so popular that I thought I would do one...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 01/09/2012
How to find AD schema update history using PowerShell
This article is for all of the IT Pros who have inherited an Active Directory environment which they...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 01/05/2012
Everything you need to get started with Active Directory
As a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer I frequently get asked for more information on Active...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 01/03/2012
PowerShell Module for Working With AD SID History
This weekend I'll be celebrating Christmas in the US. Today Santa brought me a 1500VA 865W UPS for...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 12/22/2011
How To Remove SID History With PowerShell
Update: To see all articles in this series click here. In the United States we celebrate...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 11/23/2011
PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 3): Exporting Domain SIDs and Trusts
This post is part three in a series on documenting and remediating SID history in your AD forest. Go...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 10/12/2011
PowerShell v3 preview download available
Here is your chance to preview the next release of PowerShell and offer feedback before it gets...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 09/20/2011
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...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 09/16/2011
COPUG – Central Ohio PowerShell User Group – September 29 – Special guest Matt Hester
Join us on September 29th as we welcome Matt Hester. About Matt: Microsoft Senior IT Pro Evangelist...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 09/15/2011
PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 1)
SID Walker First things first: If Chuck Norris wrote a PowerShell script it would be a one-liner,...
Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 08/29/2011