Category: PowerShell 3.0

• PowerShell Script to Bulk Update UPN (UserPrincipalName) Suffix in a Single Non-Routable Domain.

  As part of the Office 365 Configuration and migration project, we’ve had to define and create an alternate upn (UserPrincipalName) suffix for an internal Active Directory domain that is not publicly routable. Updating the upn for every user in the Active Directory Domain could be a tedious task if done manually. Following is a screen…

  jbernec

  December 9, 2015

  Active Directory Domain Services, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Script, Scripts, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Active Directory Domain, Active Directory PowerShell Module, Bulk Update, Non-Routable Domain, PowerShell 4.0, Scripts, Suffix, UserPrincipalName, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

• Create a UPN Suffix using PowerShell for Office 365 Migration.

  In preparation for Office 365 migration, we had to match the current on premise users’ logon name (UserPrincipalName) with their email addresses to eliminate any user confusion and ease the outlook authentication process .As an example, The on premise logon name is : TobeGray@contosolabs.com Email Address is : Tobe.Gray@contosoconsults.com To match the On premise logon…

  jbernec

  November 18, 2015

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Windows PowerShell, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0

  Domain controller, Domain Name, Email Address, Office 365 Migration, On Premise Logon, Outlook Authentication Issues

• Raising Active Directory Forest and Domain Functional Levels Using PowerShell.

  As part of the infrastructure clean up and upgrade plans, we have decided to raise the DFL and FFL of our domain to take advantage of new Windows Server features. The first step in the process is making sure all new DCs in the domain are running the same version of Windows Server. To meet…

  jbernec

  November 10, 2015

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Active Directory Replication, AD Forest, Domain Controller, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup

  Active Directory PowerShell Module, Domain controller, Domain Functional Level, DomainMode, Forest Functional Level, ForestMode

• Simple PowerShell Script displays Total and Available Memory .

  This script is an update to a previous post. In addition to displaying total and available disk space, it will also show the available memory at any given time for a server within a domain infrastructure. It has come in handy for me when I need to quickly spin up a standalone virtual machine on…

  jbernec

  November 10, 2015

  Active Directory Domain Services, AD Forest, Hyper-v, Hyper-v 2012 R2, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Script, Scripts, Windows Server 2012 R2

  FreePhysicalMemory, NumberOfLogicalProcessors, PowerShell Math Class, TotalVisibleMemory, Win32_ComputerSystem, Win32_OperatingSystem, WMIObject Class

• Configuring AD Group Filtering with Microsoft Azure AD Connect Tool.

  Microsoft has finally introduced Active Directory group filtering with the release of Azure AD Connect. The one tool to replace AADSync and include ADFS functionality.In this post, I will outline my steps for setting up AAD Connect with Single sign-on, password sync, group filtering and the exchange online attributes sync. 1) Download the Microsoft Azure…

  jbernec

  August 12, 2015

  Azure AD Sync, Azure Windows PowerShell, Directory Synchronization, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Azure AD Connect Office 365

• Generate Office 365 User License Report with PowerShell.

  As we continue expanding our Office 365 deployment from OfficeProPlus to include Exchange Online and Archiving, it’s become increasingly necessary to reconcile and report on current AD Synced and cloud users with their specific subscription and licenses quickly and efficiently. I want to post a quick PowerShell one-liner that generates a report on current Office…

  jbernec

  May 27, 2015

  Azure Windows PowerShell, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0

  Azure AD Windows PowerShell, Office 365, OfficeProPlus, PowerShell 4.0, Scripts

• PowerShell Script Monitors Security Logs and Sends Email Alerts.

  I wrote this PowerShell script to send email alerts when Active Directory User Account, Security and Distribution Group Management events occur in the Security logs.A few parameters will need to be edited to adapt the script to any Active Directory domain environment.Also, the script will not work on Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain Controllers…

  jbernec

  November 12, 2014

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Audit Logs, Domain Controller, Event Logs, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Audits, Eventviewer, Log Source, Security Logs

• Uninstalling Software with Powershell.

  I have a number of Hyper-v Windows Server 2012 R2 core host machines in my environment. Once in a while, I have to check for installed software and uninstall software for maintenance. The following WMIObject class helped me achieve the task in PowerShell. Check for installed software: Filter by Software to be Uninstalled: Locate the…

  jbernec

  June 9, 2014

  Hyper-v, Hyper-v 2012 R2, Microsoft Hyper-v, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Powershell 3.0, Windows PowerShell, WMIObject

• Starting a saved virtual machine–with a missing virtual hard disk

  Reblogged from Ben Armstrong’s Virtualization Blog . I came across a person with this problem on our forums recently: If you have a virtual machine that is in a saved state, but one of the virtual machines disks is now missing for some reason, you cannot start the virtual machine and you cannot remove the…

  jbernec

  May 30, 2014

  Hyper-v, Hyper-v 2012 R2, Hyper-v Manager, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0

  Hyper-v 2012 R2, Hyper-v Manager, Saved State, Virtual Machine, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

• Configuring NIC Teaming on Windows Server 2012 R2 using PowerShell.

  I want to quickly write about creating NIC teams on Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster hosts for virtual machine access to the public network. There are a number of parameters to consider when creating a NIC team on this platform, but the two primary parameters for me are : 1) Teaming Mode: I selected the…

  jbernec

  February 25, 2014

  Hyper-v 2012 R2, Network Load Balancing, NIC Teaming, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2012 R2

  LoadBalancing, NIC Team, PowerShell, Powershell 3.0, Teaming Mode