Authenticate to Azure Active Directory using PowerShell
I recently had the need to authenticate as an Azure AD (AAD) application to the oAuth endpoint to return an oAuth token. As this procedure was »
Check AD ExtentionAttribute Usage with PowerShell
The following script will summarise the ExtentionAttributes in use within an Active Directory Domain. This script uses the ActiveDirectory CMDlets included in the Active Directory Module »
PowerShell Function to export a user's thumbnail photo from AD
The following function is used to export a user's thumbnail photo from Active Directory (AD) to a JPG file on disk. This function uses the ActiveDirectory »
Remotely Enable PowerShell Remoting
In order to remotely enable PS remoting we can leverage PSEXEC (http://live.sysinternals.com.au/psexec.exe). psexec \\[computer name] -u [admin account name] -p »
Script to check DNS records that are eligible for scavenging
The following is a script leveraging PowerShell and WMI to check DNS entries that are eligible for DNS scavenging: $TotalAgingInterval = 10 #No-Refresh period + Refresh period (in »
Checking Changed Block Tracking on VMs with VMware PowerCLI
I recently had the need to check all VMs in a client's environment for Changed Block Tracking (CBT). To perform this check I used the following »
Transfer or Seize AD FSMO roles using PowerShell
This procedure requires the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module to be installed and loaded. These commands can be run from either the current or future role holder, or »
Check AD Schema Version with PowerShell
The following command requires the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module to be installed (and loaded if using PowerShell 2 or earlier). Get-ADObject -Identity "cn=Schema,cn=Configuration,dc= »