PoSh Chap
Musings on the splendour of PowerShell...
Find, Disable and Move 'Stale' User or Computer Accounts
Ho! Ho! Ho! A gift from me to you! Well, it's not much of a gift, but it's the gesture that...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 12/25/2014
Strict Replication Consistency On New Domain Controllers
Last time out I talked about Content Freshness and likened it to Strict Replication Consistency....
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2014
Use PowerShell to Check and Configure DFSR Content Freshness
Every morning I have a PoSh shower - I like to feel fresh - but did you know that DFSR servers like...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 12/11/2014
Scripting Tips and Tricks: Param()
Param() - the next instalment in the exciting Scripting Tips and Tricks series! I'm a tidy...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 11/28/2014
Use PowerShell to Check for High Privilege Group Membership
Here's my latest 'Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog' outing: Use PowerShell to Search Active Directory for...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2014
One-Liner: Change Account Lockout Threshold
What's the optimal Account Lockout Threshold value? A question that continues to generate a lot...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 11/14/2014
Verify Active Directory Group Naming Standards
I love the stuff customers ask me! This week one of the chaps relatively new to PowerShell wanted...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 11/07/2014
One-Liner: Active Directory Protected Objects
This week I was asked how to get a list of Active Directory protected objects with PowerShell....
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2014
Scripting Tips and Tricks: CmdletBinding()
It's been a little while since we've had a Scripting Tips and Tricks post... and, boy, what a topic...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2014
Help, I Need Connectivity!
Help, not just any connectivity, Help, you know, I need a proxy... Won't you please, please help...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 10/17/2014
Introducing Scriptify!
A bit of a departure this week... One of my colleagues in the UK has put together...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 10/10/2014
One-Liner: My Take On Finding Stale User and Computer Accounts
Using PowerShell and information in Active Directory to identify 'stale' user or computer...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 10/03/2014
One-Liner: Delegate Group Policy Management
Here's a quick and easy way to delegate the management of existing Group Policy Objects in your...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 09/26/2014
Scripting Tips and Tricks: Write-Verbose
A couple of weeks ago I reminisced about message boxes. In that post I mentioned that I use the...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 09/18/2014
Managing Azure VMs with PS Remoting
I'm a BIG fan of Microsoft Azure. I'm also a BIG fan of dystopian novels. What have the two...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 09/11/2014
Scripting Tips and Tricks: Message Boxes
I used to write a lot of VBScript scripts* and a high percentage of them employed a dialogue box or...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 09/04/2014
Scripting Tips and Tricks: Strict Mode
Dealing with the PoSh progeny, it is important to possess a Strict Mode to compliment the now famous...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 08/29/2014
Scripting Tips and Tricks: Requires
The PoSh family require lots of things. Food, warmth and shelter seem to be at the top of their...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 08/22/2014
NEW & IMPROVED FORMULA: PowerShell and Chuck Norris Wallpaper
Back - by popular demand! An old acquaintance, Mr. Rupert Torquil-Smythe Esq., has emailed (several...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 08/15/2014
Creating a Windows Server 2012 DHCP Failover Relationship
Here's my quick and simple recipe for creating a Windows Server 2012 DHCP failover relationship....
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2014
Authentication Policy Silos
A short one this week. Here's my latest 'Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog' posts: Weekend Scripter:...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 08/01/2014
Scripting Tips and Tricks: Script Development with Splatting
Advice can be given, ignored or taken. Over the next few weeks I'll write about some scripting...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 07/24/2014
Security Focus: Find User Accounts Configured for DES Encryption
Once more, with feeling: extended support for Windows Server 2003 ends on July 14, 2015......
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 07/18/2014
One-Liner: PS Remoting - Connected Clients
They say "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". Who 'they' are remains a...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 07/11/2014
PS Remoting Considerations
I'm winding my way through the glorious English countryside on an early morning train. The...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 07/03/2014
Useful Windows Feature Commands
There are a number of cmdlets from the ServerManager module that I find myself using on a regular...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 06/26/2014
One-Liner: Windows Server 2012 DHCP - Failover Mode Switching
"...Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) failover in Windows Server 2012 is a new method...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 06/20/2014
One-Liner: Get Windows Server 2003 Server Count
Extended support for Windows Server 2003 ends on July 14, 2015... In Search of Lost Time Hopefully,...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 06/13/2014
Active Directory Replication Cmdlets vs. Repadmin
Repadmin is legend. I mean, who hasn't impressed their friends, family and pets with the...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2014
Active Directory Replication Cmdlets - Site Creation
To create an Active Directory site with VBScript took about 30 lines of code and it took a few less...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/29/2014
One-Liner: Find Manually Created Replication Connection Objects
Replication connections between domain controllers are created by the Knowledge Consistency Checker...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2014
Remote Group Policy Update - 'Under the Bonnet'
Windows Server 2012 introduced the ability to perform remote Group Policy updates, kicked-off from...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2014
One-Liner: Targeted Remote Group Policy Updates
Windows 2012 added one additional cmdlet to the PowerShell GroupPolicy module - Invoke-GPUpdate When...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2014
Using PowerShell to create a BPA Problem Report
In Microsoft Global Business Support we have a number of proactive health and risk assessments...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/19/2014
Tracing the Source of Account Lockouts
As an Active Directory administrator, you have no doubt experienced re-occurring account lockouts....
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2014
Active Directory Bulk User Modification
An old favourite! This is what automation is all about: making the tedious and the long-winded...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2014
One-Liner: Collect AD LDS Lingering Object 1946 Events
Lingering Objects... what are they? Here's the essence of LOs: "...Lingering objects are...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2014
PowerShell ISE Script Browser Add-On
Still not using v3 or v 4 of the PowerShell Integrated Scripting EnvironmentnI (ISE) for script...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2014
One-Liner: Specific GPO and DC Information from a Forest
Man, I love PowerShell one-liners. The efficiency, the elegance, the challenge! Here's one to...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2014
'Retire' Active Directory Non-LVR Group Members
Here's my latest 'Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog' outing. I talk about using the AD...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2014
Comprehensive GPO Backup Script
Obtaining a comprehensive, automated backup of your domain Group Policy Objects has always been a...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 04/25/2014
Prepopulate Passwords to RODCs with PowerShell
Hello! The sun is shining, spring has sprung and it's nearly the weekend... life is sweet! Today,...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 04/18/2014
Prompt Delivery
Chatting to a punctual acquaintance, I was directed towards a ‘sweet hack’ to...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 04/04/2014
To and Fro, Back and Forward Links
I seem to have acquired a post sack. It has the initials NP on it... Hmmm, what's inside? This...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 03/21/2014
Logging, On
Below is an excerpt from one of the ‘Inside Track’ pieces I wrote for the Microsoft...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2014
One-Liner: Active Directory Schema Version
Rules rule! What's a directory service without schema? This week I was asked about the Active...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2014
PowerShell, DHCP and Star Wars
Like PowerShell? Like Star Wars? Like PowerShell AND Star Wars? Then, my friend, these are the...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2014
PowerShell and Executable Output (with Boats)
What floats your boat? For me, it’s usually a body of water, but I also like being asked stuff...
Author: Ian Farr [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2014