Power Off listed VM’s
Connect to Vcenter Connect-VIServer jeevanbobba.uk/ -WarningAction 0 ####### Shutdown all VMs from the list "C:\temp\vm.txt“########### foreach($vmlist in (Get-Content -Path C:\TEMP\vm.txt)) { $vm = Get-VM -Name […]
Finding Inactive or Unused Computers
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Adding name servers to multiple DNS zones with PowerShell
Add multiple DNS servers as name servers to multiple DNS zones all in once. So this is essentially adding NS resource records to a zone, […]
Get Password Policye for all domains in a forest.
Get Password Policy for all domains in a forest.. (Get-ADForest).domains | %{Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy -Identity $_ } | Select-Object * | Export-Csv -Path C:\Reports\DefaultPasswordPolicy-All.csv -NoTypeInformation Having […]
KMS activation
How do I manually connect my Windows or Windows Server device to the KMS activation server? Right Click on the Start menu and select Command Prompt (Admin) Run […]
Backup GPOs basing on GPO DisplayName
$invalidChars = ‘:\\/’ + [RegEx]::Escape(-join [IO.Path]::InvalidPathChars) $backupDir = ‘C:\temp\backup’ Get-GPO -All -Domain <DOmain Name>| ForEach-Object { $name = $_.DisplayName -replace “[$invalidChars]”, ‘_’ $gpoDir = Join-Path […]
Activate Windows with KMS server
Activate Windows with KMS Server Step 1: KMS Client Setup Key Before activating your Microsoft product (Windows or Office) on the KMS server, you must change […]
Function Name: Get-LoggedIn
Function Name: Get-LoggedIn # ——————————————- # Function Name: Get-LoggedIn # Return the current logged-in user of a remote machine. # ——————————————- function Get-LoggedIn { […]
Function Name: Get-Uptime
Function Name: Get-Uptime # ——————————————- # Function Name: Get-Uptime # Calculate and display system uptime on a local machine or remote machine. # ——————————————- function […]
VM inventory using Powershell
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -DefaultVIServerMode Multiple -Scope User -Confirm:$false Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Scope User -Confirm:$false #$cred = Get-Credential Domain\username Connect-VIServer VCenter-Name -Credential $cred -force & { foreach ($vCenterServer […]