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Looking for a one liner that will work from the client?

{{{
Get-ADUser -filter {enabled -eq $true} -Properties * | Select-Object Name,@{N='LastLogon';E={[DateTime]::FromFileTime($_.LastLogon)}}|Sort-Object LastLogon -Descending
}}}

Here is a list of Power Shell Scripts that are too cool to ignore

Contents

  1. Here is a list of Power Shell Scripts that are too cool to ignore
  2. Windows
    1. Basic filtering of services
    2. Expand all zip files into directories with zip name
    3. List of Listening Ports with their owning programs
    4. List Memory Installed
    5. List object from Registry - namely version of .NET installed
    6. Remote Session / Shell
    7. Remote commands
    8. Replace a string in a file using a regular expression
    9. Windows Backup Setup
    10. Getting Rid of Pesky Service Not Running Errors
  3. AD Scripts
    1. Add RSAT tools to Windows 10
    2. Install App Compatibility on Server Core
    3. Add User to the Active Directory as a batch
    4. List of AD accounts and the last time they logged in and created date
    5. Delete AD User accounts that have not been used in X days
    6. Delete AD Computer accounts that have not been used in X days
    7. List AD Computer accounts and the last time they have been logged in
    8. Adding DNS records to Windows DNS - For CPTR 446 class
    9. Setting up a Group Managed Service Account
    10. Setting up a Storage Pool & Virtual Disk
  4. SCVMM Powershell scripts
    1. Get a list of Virtual Machines that have a DVD attached
    2. List VMs at the end of the semester to be deleted
    3. Get a list of VM Mac Addresses for CPTR 427
    4. Add DHCP Reservations to Ruth
    5. Get a list of IP address for SCVMM
    6. List SCVMM VMs/Templates and their Ownership - Change Ownership
    7. List SCVMM VMs/Templates LimitCPUForMigration and Set to allow migration
    8. List SCVMM VMs that are not associated with the cloud and associate them
    9. Setting up a Windows 2019 Server for the first time
    10. Power shell to list of VM hard drives sizes
    11. List the amount of memory used by virtual machines
    12. Power Shell Scripts to create a NAT network (without DHCP) on Windows 10
    13. Power Shell Script to List Network Adapters on a VM
    14. List VLANs for all CPTR 427 Virtual Machines in System Center
    15. List All disconnected Adapters
    16. Revoke all MAC addresses Back to the Pool
    17. Change all VMs to use Dynamic Memory and reduce memory usage

For the uninitiated:

Symbol

Meaning

%

shortcut for foreach object

$_

current object in the pipeline

Get-Member

Will list the fields of the object you send it

Sort-Object -Property [property name]

Will sort the objects you send in by the property name(s) which can be a comma separated list

Where-Object {$_.property -like '*string*'}

Will filter the objects. Also short cut notation: ? {$_.property -like '*string*'}

Get-Command -Module PSWindowsUpdate

Lists all the commands in the PSWindowsUpdate module

Windows

Basic filtering of services

   1 Get-Service | ? { ($_.Status -eq "Running") -and ($_.StartType -eq "Manual") }

Expand all zip files into directories with zip name

   1 $list = Get-ChildItem | ? { $_.Name -like "*.zip" } | select Name
   2 foreach ($line in $list) {
   3     $parts = $line.Name.Split(".")
   4     $outDir = ".\" + $parts[0]
   5     $inFile = $line.Name
   6     mkdir $outDir
   7     Expand-Archive $inFile -DestinationPath $outDir 
   8 }

List of Listening Ports with their owning programs

   1 $listening = (Get-NetTCPConnection | ? {($_.State -eq "Listen") -and ($_.RemoteAddress -eq "0.0.0.0")})
   2 foreach ($l in $listening) {
   3     $procid = $l.OwningProcess
   4     $proc = Get-Process -PID $procid | SELECT ID,ProcessName
   5     Write-Host $($l.LocalPort) "||" $($procid) "||" $proc.ProcessName
   6 }
   7 
   8 $udp = Get-NetUDPEndpoint
   9 foreach ($u in $udp) {
  10     $procid = $u.OwningProcess
  11     $proc = Get-Process -PID $procid | SELECT ID,ProcessName
  12     Write-Host "||" $($u.LocalAddress) "||" $($u.LocalPort) "||" $($procid) "||" $proc.ProcessName "||"
  13 }

List Memory Installed

   1 Get-WmiObject win32_physicalmemory | Format-Table Manufacturer,Banklabel,Configuredclockspeed,Devicelocator,Capacity,Serialnumber -autosize

List object from Registry - namely version of .NET installed

   1 gci 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP' | sort pschildname -des | foreach-object {$_.name; $_.GetValue("Version");}

Remote Session / Shell

   1 Enter-PSSession -Computer [ComputerName]

Remote commands

   1 Invoke-Command -ComputerName eve -ScriptBlock { date }

Replace a string in a file using a regular expression

So I downloaded a bunch of files from "the way back machine" site and I needed to update the hard-coded links to be relative site links. The following little script did it for me.

   1 $files = ls Level*.html
   2 foreach ($item in $files) {
   3     (Get-Content -path $item) | % { $_ -Replace '(https://web.archive.org/nebula/level)([0123456789]{2})/', 'Level$2.html' } | Set-Content $item
   4 } 

Windows Backup Setup

Suppose that we have added a new disk for local backup purposes and that it is Disk 1.

   1 Add-WindowsFeature -Name Windows-Server-Backup
   2 $policy = New-WBPolicy #Note that this is the backup policy, its like a job, but you can only have one of these daily backups weird huh? Yeah, I'll show you a different way later!
   3 Add-WBSystemState -Policy $policy
   4 $volumes = Get-WBVolume -CriticalVolumes
   5 Add-WBVolume -Policy $policy -Volume $volumes
   6 $disks = GEt-WBDisk
   7 $target = New-WBBackupTarget -Disk $disks[1]
   8 Add-WBBackupTarget -Policy $policy -Target $target
   9 Set-WBSchedule -Policy $policy -Schedule "01:30" #Daily at 1:30 AM
  10 Set-WBPolicy -Policy $policy #save this as the default policy, and answer Y to the format backup storage disk.

Getting Rid of Pesky Service Not Running Errors

Did you ever look at your server dashboard and see a big fat red mark next to services only to find out that it is a service that will just quit again if you run it. You look into it and, no you don't need it!!! Two such services are:

Here is how to turn them off:

   1 Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OneSyncSvc*" -Name "Start" -Value 4
   2 Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WpnUserService*" -Name "Start" -Value 4

If you just want these to be "Manual" instead of "Disabled" use a value of 3 instead of 4.

AD Scripts

Add RSAT tools to Windows 10

   1 Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability -Online

OR Use Choco: https://chocolatey.org

   1 c:\> choco install -y rsat

Install App Compatibility on Server Core

  1. Download the ISO (or if you are using my VM infrastructure, its already available, just load it into your DVD drive)

   1 Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name ServerCore.AppCompatibility -Source D:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures -LimitAccess

OR If you are lucky, you can try this one:

   1 Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name ServerCore.AppCompatibility~~~~0.0.1.0

Don't forget to eject the DVD.

Add User to the Active Directory as a batch

   1 New-ADUser -Name "A a" -GivenName "A" -Surname "a" -SamAccountName "ab" -Path "OU=OU_Students,DC=cs,DC=southern,DC=edu" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "z36Hynyghg" -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $true

See: Excel Example

List of AD accounts and the last time they logged in and created date

   1 # This method looks like it should work, but LastLogon is stored at each domain controller, and the domain controller you are 
   2 # using, may not have ever been logged into by the user
   3 #Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "dc=home,dc=scotnpatti,dc=com" -ResultPageSize 0 -Prop CN,samaccountname,lastLogonTimestamp | 
   4 #     select CN, samaccountname,@{n="lastLogonDate";e={[datetime]::FromFileTime($_.LastLogonTimestamp)}} 
   5 
   6 # INSTEAD USE THIS METHOD 
   7 # NOTE: if run on a domain controller, it must be run as an elevated user. It appears to run fine from a client without elevated privileges
   8 #To get the correct created dates, you must run this script from an elevated prompt or NOT ON A DOMAIN CONTROLLER
   9 Import-Module ActiveDirectory
  10 function Get-LastLogonEvents
  11 {
  12     $UserList = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
  13     $dcs = Get-ADDomainController -Filter {Name -like "*"}
  14     $users = Get-ADUser -Filter *
  15     foreach($user in $users)
  16     {
  17         $time = 0
  18         $created = Get-Date -Date "8/10/2000 12:00:00 AM"
  19         foreach($dc in $dcs)
  20         {
  21             $hostname = $dc.HostName
  22             $aduser = Get-ADUser $user.SamAccountName -Properties whenCreated
  23             $currentUser = $aduser | Get-ADObject -Server $hostname -Properties lastLogon, lastLogonTimestamp
  24             if($currentUser.LastLogon -gt $time)
  25             {
  26                 $time = $currentUser.LastLogon
  27             }
  28             if($currentUser.LastLogonTimeStamp -gt $time)
  29             {
  30                 $time = $currentUser.LastLogonTimeStamp
  31             }
  32             if($aduser.whenCreated -gt $created)
  33             {
  34                 $created = $aduser.whenCreated
  35             }
  36         }
  37         
  38         $dt = [DateTime]::FromFileTime($time)
  39         $temp = New-Object System.Object
  40         $temp | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "SamAccountName" -Value $user.SamAccountName
  41         $temp | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "LastLogon" -Value $dt
  42         $temp | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Created" -Value $created
  43         $UserList.Add($temp) | Out-Null
  44         $time = 0
  45     }
  46     return $UserList
  47 }
  48 $myList = Get-LastLogonEvents | Sort-Object Created,LastLogon | Select SamAccountName, LastLogon, Created
  49 #Write-Output $myList 
  50 $myList | Export-Csv -Path "C:\Users\scot\Desktop\Users12-14-2021.csv"

Delete AD User accounts that have not been used in X days

   1 $DaysAgo = (Get-Date).AddDays(-180)
   2 #Get-ADUser -Filter {Enabled -eq $True} -Properties LastLogonDate | ? {($_.LastLogonDate -le $DaysAgo)  } | FT Name, SamAccountName, DistinguishedName, LastLogonDate
   3 Get-ADUser -Filter {Enabled -eq $True} -Properties LastLogonDate | ? {($_.LastLogonDate -le $DaysAgo)  } | Remove-ADUser -Confirm

Delete AD Computer accounts that have not been used in X days

   1 $YearAgo = (Get-Date).AddDays(-370)
   2 Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Properties * | ? {$_.LastLogonDate -le $YearAgo } | Remove-ADObject -Recursive -Confirm 
   3 #Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Properties * | ? {$_.LastLogonDate -le $YearAgo } | FT Name, LastLogonDate -AutoSize

List AD Computer accounts and the last time they have been logged in

   1 # This method looks like it should work, but LastLogon is stored at each domain controller, and the domain controller you are 
   2 # using, may not have ever been logged into by the user
   3 #Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "dc=home,dc=scotnpatti,dc=com" -ResultPageSize 0 -Prop CN,samaccountname,lastLogonTimestamp | 
   4 #     select CN, samaccountname,@{n="lastLogonDate";e={[datetime]::FromFileTime($_.LastLogonTimestamp)}} 
   5 
   6 # INSTEAD USE THIS METHOD
   7 Import-Module ActiveDirectory
   8 function Get-LastComputerLogonEvents
   9 {
  10     $ComputerList = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
  11     $dcs = Get-ADDomainController -Filter {Name -like "*"}
  12     Write-Output $dcs
  13     $computers = Get-AdComputer -Filter *
  14     $time = 0
  15     foreach($computer in $computers)
  16     {
  17         foreach($dc in $dcs)
  18         {
  19             $hostname = $dc.HostName
  20             $currentComputer = Get-ADComputer $computer.SamAccountName | Get-ADObject -Server $hostname -Properties lastLogon
  21             if($currentComputer.LastLogon -gt $time)
  22             {
  23                 $time = $currentComputer.LastLogon
  24             }
  25         }
  26         
  27         $dt = [DateTime]::FromFileTime($time)
  28         $temp = New-Object System.Object
  29         $temp | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "SamAccountName" -Value $computer.SamAccountName
  30         $temp | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "LastLogon" -Value $dt
  31         $ComputerList.Add($temp) | Out-Null
  32         $time = 0
  33     }
  34     return $ComputerList
  35 }
  36 $myList = Get-LastComputerLogonEvents | Sort-Object LastLogon | FT SamAccountName, LastLogon
  37 Write-Output $myList

Adding DNS records to Windows DNS - For CPTR 446 class

   1 Import-Csv googleips.csv | ForEach-Object {
   2     Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name $_.DNSName -ComputerName dc1.cs.southern.edu  -ZoneName cs.southern.edu $_.IP
   3 }

Setting up a Group Managed Service Account

An account that is automatically managed (e.g. password updates) by the domain. See get-help New-AdServiceAccount

   1 # Adds the required root key to the key distribution service
   2 Add-KdsRootKey -EffectiveTime ((get-date).AddHours(-10))
   3 #Create an account:
   4 New-ADServiceAccount Sql-Srv-Acct -DNSHostName Sql-Srv-Acct.home.scotpatti.com -PrincipalsAllowedToRetrieveManagedPassword "Domain Controllers"
   5 #Install account on rita.home.scotnpatti.com
   6 Install-ADServiceAccount -Identity 'Sql-Srv-Acct'

Setting up a Storage Pool & Virtual Disk

   1 $PhysicalDisk=(Get-PhysicalDisk -CanPool $True
   2 New-StoragePool -FriendlyName Carribean -StorageSubSystemFriendlyName "Windows Storage*" -ResiliencySettingNameDefault Parity -ProvisioningTypeDefault Thin -PhysicalDisks $PhysicalDisks -Verbose
   3 New-VirtualDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName Carribean -FriendlyName StarFish -ResiliencySettingName Parity -Size 2GB
   4 Get-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName StarFish | Initialize-Disk -PartitionStyle GPT -PassThru
   5 #Get-Disk #will list the number of the StarFish disk if you don't see it from the command above
   6 New-Partition -DiskNumber [X] -DriveLetter '[Y]' -UseMaximumSize
   7 Format-Volume -DriveLetter '[Y]' -FileSystem NTFS

Looking for a one liner that will work from the client?

Get-ADUser -filter {enabled -eq $true} -Properties * | Select-Object Name,@{N='LastLogon';E={[DateTime]::FromFileTime($_.LastLogon)}}|Sort-Object LastLogon -Descending

SCVMM Powershell scripts

I needed this once when I was trying to refresh the Library share. It failed on refresh with an error saying that a DVD was in use and wouldn't refresh until it was no longer in use. The following commands allowed me to identify the machines.

In general all of these need:

   1 Import-Module VirtualMachineManager

Get a list of Virtual Machines that have a DVD attached

   1 Get-SCVMMServer -ComputerName Samuel
   2 Get-SCVirtualMachine | Get-SCVirtualDVDDrive | Where-Object {$_.Connection -eq "ISOImage"} | Select Name, Connection, ISO

List VMs at the end of the semester to be deleted

   1 Get-SCVirtualMachine | Select Name, MarkedAsTemplate, Owner | Sort-Object -Property Owner, Name | Export-Csv -Path .\vms2019w.csv

Get a list of VM Mac Addresses for CPTR 427

   1 Get-SCVirtualMachine | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "*427*" } | select -ExpandProperty VirtualNetworkAdapters | select MacAddress

Add DHCP Reservations to Ruth

   1 Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation -ScopeId 10.10.4.0 -IPAddress 10.10.4.10 -ClientId "00-1D-D8-C0-00-01" -ComputerName "ruth" -Description "00-1D-D8-C0-00-01"

Get a list of IP address for SCVMM

   1 Get-SCMACAddress -Assigned | Format-Table -Property `
   2 @{label="MAC address"; expression={$_.Name};                  width=18},
   3 @{label="Name";        expression={$_.Description};           width=30},
   4 @{label="IP address";  expression={$a = $_.Address -replace ":", "";
   5                                    $l = Get-DhcpServerv4Lease -ScopeId 10.10.4.0 -ComputerName "ruth" -ClientId $a;
   6                                    $l.IPAddress};             width=16}
   7 
   8 #Get-DhcpServerv4Lease -ScopeId 216.249.119.0 -ComputerName 'csdc01' -ClientId '001DD8B71C28'

List SCVMM VMs/Templates and their Ownership - Change Ownership

   1 Get-SCVMTemplate | ? { $_.Owner -eq "DOMAIN\X" } | Set-SCVMTemplate -Owner "DOMAIN\Y"
   2 Get-SCVirtualMachine | ? { $_.Owner -eq "DOMAIN\X" } | Set-SCVirtualMachine -Owner "X\Y"

List SCVMM VMs/Templates LimitCPUForMigration and Set to allow migration

Note: Setting LimitCPUForMigration = $true means that we are limiting the CPU so that it can migrate to different versions of the same CPU.

   1 Get-SCVMTemplate | ? { $_.LimitCPUForMigration -eq $false } | Set-SCVMTemplate -LimitCPUForMigration $true
   2 Get-SCVirtualMachine | ? { $_.LimitCPUForMigration -eq $false } | Set-SCVirtualMachine -LimitCPUForMigration $true

List SCVMM VMs that are not associated with the cloud and associate them

   1 $Cloud = $Cloud = Get-SCCloud -VMMServer samuel | ? {$_.Name -eq "Nimbus"}
   2 Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMMServer samuel | ? {  $_.Cloud -ne $Cloud  } | Set-SCVirtualMachine -Cloud $Cloud

Setting up a Windows 2019 Server for the first time

  1. Install the server - follow prompts.
  2. Setup the AVMA key as shown below OR use sconfig in the next step.

   1 # Install the AVMA key.
   2 slmgr /ipk TNK62-RXVTB-4P47B-2D623-4GF74
   3 
   4  1. 
   5 
   6 #First run sconfig and setup the name, timezone and network, remote management and remote desktop. You can also setup windows update from here. 
   7 
   8 # Next we need to install Windows update and get it started.
   9 # This will install nuget package too.
  10 Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate
  11 
  12 # Now start the update process
  13 #   First we'll look at what updates are there
  14 Get-WUInstall 
  15 #   Now install them
  16 Install-WindowsUpdate

See the NAT setup near the bottom! That appears to have negated the need to change firewall rules. Also, I was not able to connect to the system via Server Manager right away. But a few minutes later, I could. No changes were made. But for posterity, they are here:

   1 # To turn on or off the firewall 
   2 Get-NetFirewallProfile
   3 # to set firewall on or off
   4 Set-NetFirewallProfile -Name Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
   5 
   6 #Te get/set the firewall rule for private networks to allow any machine on a private network.
   7 Get-NetFirewallRule | ? {$_.DisplayGroup -like "Windows Remote Management*" -and $_.Profile -like "*Private*"} | Get-NetFirewallAddressFilter #Shows the address filter
   8 Get-NetFirewallRule | ? {$_.DisplayGroup -like "Windows Remote Management*" -and $_.Profile -like "*Private*"} | Set-NetFirewallRule -RemoteAddress 192.168.1.0/24

Using Server Manager, install AD DS

Power shell to list of VM hard drives sizes

   1 $vms = Get-SCVirtualDiskDrive -all
   2 foreach ($v in $vms)
   3 {
   4     $d = $v | select -ExpandProperty VirtualHardDisk
   5     Write-Output "$($v.Name), $($d.Size)"
   6 }

List the amount of memory used by virtual machines

   1 Get-SCVirtualMachine | ForEach-Object { $size += $_.Memory }

Resources:

Power Shell Scripts to create a NAT network (without DHCP) on Windows 10

   1 New-VMSwitch -SwitchName "CPTE230" -SwitchType Internal
   2 Get-VMSwitch #just for show
   3 Get-NetAdapter #get the ifIndex of your vEthernet adapter e.g. 67
   4 New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 192.168.1.1 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceIndex 67 #Using the network ifIndex found above, e.g. 67
   5 New-NetNat -Name CPTE230NAT -InternalIPInterfaceAddressPrefix 192.168.1.0/24 #create the NAT 

Power Shell Script to List Network Adapters on a VM

Note: When looking at the VirtualNetworkAdapterType value, "Emulated" means that it is "legacy" network adapter and "Synthetic" means its a non-legacy adapter.

   1 Get-SCVirtualMachine | ? { $_.Name -like "*pfsense*" } | Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter

List VLANs for all CPTR 427 Virtual Machines in System Center

   1 Get-SCVirtualMachine | 
   2     ? { $_.Name -like "*427*" } | 
   3     SELECT Name,@{label="VlanID";expression={($_.VirtualNetworkAdapters).VlanID}} | 
   4     Sort-Object Name | Export-Csv -Path .\VlanData.csv

List All disconnected Adapters

   1 $vms = Get-SCVirtualMachine
   2 foreach ($vm in $vms) {
   3     $adapters = Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter -VM $vm
   4     foreach ($adapter in $adapters) {
   5         if ($adapter.VMNetwork -eq $null -or $adapter.VMNetwork -eq "" ) {
   6             Write-Host $vm.Name "missing connection on'" $adapter.MACAddress "'"
   7         }
   8     }
   9 }

Revoke all MAC addresses Back to the Pool

This came up as a maintenance issue when we lost some VMs, but not the configurations

   1 $HostGroup = Get-SCVMHostGroup | where { $_.Path -eq "All Hosts\Server2016" }
   2 $MACAddressPool = Get-SCMACAddressPool -VMHostGroup $HostGroup
   3 $MACAddress = Get-SCMACAddress -MACAddressPool $MACAddressPool[0] 
   4 ForEach ($item in $MACAddress) {
   5     Revoke-SCMACAddress $item 
   6 }

Change all VMs to use Dynamic Memory and reduce memory usage

   1 $list = Get-SCVirtualMachine | ? { ($_.Name -like "*427*") -and ($_.DynamicMemoryEnabled -eq $False) }
   2 foreach ($vm in $list) {
   3     if ($vm.Status -ne "PowerOff") {Stop-SCVirtualMachine -VM $vm}
   4     Set-SCVirtualMachine -VM $vm -DynamicMemoryEnabled $True -MemoryMB 1024 -DynamicMemoryMinimumMB 1024 -DynamicMemoryMaximumMB 6144
   5 }

WindowsAdministration/PowerShellScripts (last edited 2024-02-06 23:03:14 by scot)