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Use Powershell to download the latest offline definition updates for Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 and Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection

Andrew Armstrong1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

This post will show you how to download the latest anti-malware definition updates for Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 and Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection using Powershell commands. Step by Step Guide Windows x86 (32-bit) To download the definition updates files for 32-bit (x86-based) versions of Windows, run the following…

Export Powershell to CSV

Export Powershell to CSV

Andrew Armstrong1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

To export PowerShell to CSV file, you can use the Export-Csv cmdlet. Here’s an example: This command gets a list of all running processes, selects the process name, ID, and CPU usage, and sorts the list by CPU usage in descending order. This command exports the data to a CSV file named “processes.csv” in the…

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How to Disable IPv6 on all Network Connections

Andrew Armstrong2 years ago1 year ago01 mins

Depending on your environment, you may want to disable IPv6 on all networking connections, including wired and wireless connections. To do this, you can use a simple PowerShell script: Once you have run this script, you can go ahead and check the IPv6 settings on the target machine and you should see that it is…

How to add or remove multiple sccm application deployments

Add or Remove Multiple Application Deployments in SCCM using Powershell

Andrew Armstrong3 years ago1 year ago09 mins

Problem Scenario When using SCCM, you may find that you want to either add or remove application deployments based on what administrative categories each application has assigned. As an example, we had a number of applications for the Marketing department that were only distributed to a Marketing collection we had set up with only Marketing…

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Remove Windows Server Disabled Roles and Features Payload Files

Andrew Armstrong5 years ago1 year ago03 mins

If you are running a Windows Server environment and you are becoming increasing low on system drive space, then you may want to consider removing the built in payload files for Windows Features. Windows Server comes with the payload files readily available if you want to add any additional Features or Roles to your server….

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Exchange Shell – All Permissions on all Mailboxes

Andrew Armstrong5 years ago1 year ago03 mins

We carried out a project recently which was to migrate around 150 mailboxes to the Office 365 (Exchange Online) platform. Part of scope of works that was required was to provide the team leaders within the business a list of all the mailboxes and what permissions they had on them. This was mostly a housekeeping…

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Get OU Distinguished Name

Andrew Armstrong5 years ago1 year ago03 mins

There are many reasons as to why you would need to identify an Active Directory Organisational Unit’s Distinguished Name. Most techies out there will use an AD distinguished name when writing or using PowerShell scripts. However, quickly finding what the Distinguished name of a particular OU is not immediately clear. You can click on the…

Invalid Management Group Removal

System Center Operations Manager Invalid Management Group Removal

Andrew Armstrong5 years ago1 year ago05 mins

We recently carried out some work for a client who had a completely ruined installation of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). Who had done what to it, we may never know, but it was clear that the only fix was to start again. This was not such a bad thing as they did want to…

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Get folders and sizes for all mailboxes using Exchange Shell

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago05 mins

We recently had a request to provide to our Project Management team, a full list of all Exchange mailboxes with all folders within each mailbox and also the total sizes of each folder for each mailbox. This came as a bit of a shock to us and we still have no idea why they wanted…

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Exchange Shell – Get all Shared Mailboxes Information

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago03 mins

Following on from our previous post about how IT professionals can use the tools available to them to make their lives easier, we have another Exchange Management Shell (EMS) script which will get all the information available from all Shared Mailboxes including the sizes of each mailbox. Guide Open up the Exchange Management Script tool…

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Exchange Shell – Export all shared mailbox permissions to CSV

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago04 mins

Sometimes as IT professionals, we get asked to supply a lot of data to company bosses. This can be extremely frustrating especially when what you want to do is fix stuff, but IT is becoming more and more like an admin role all the time. It doesn’t mean you stop fixing stuff, it just means…

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Powershell – Export Active Directory User Last logged on information to CSV

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago4 months ago12 mins

If you want to export all your Active Directory users last logged on information, you can carry this out using Powershell and then exporting to CSV format. Guide First of all, you will need to import the ActiveDirectory module if you have not already done so. To do this, just open up a Powershell command…

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Powershell – Export all members of all AD Security Groups to CSV

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago03 mins

Powershell is an awesome tool and can help IT professionals in gathering information in a split second whereas otherwise it could take hours manually. We were recently asked to carry out a number of tasks for information gathering for annual housekeeping. The tasks were varied but were made up of information from Active Directory and…

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Exchange Shell – Get all shared mailboxes with primary SMTP

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago92 mins

We recently received a request to provide a project manager with a full list of all shared mailboxes with their primary SMTP addresses that were in Microsoft Exchange. To do this is a pretty straight forward task using Exchange Management Shell (EMS). Just go ahead and open your EMS and run the following command: This…

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Import Active Directory Powershell Module

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you want to use Active Directory modules for Powershell then you can will need to run the commands to import the required module and then install the RSAT tools. To do this, open up an elevated Powershell command box and run the following command to import the Server Manager module: Import-Module ServerManager Once that…

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Start a stopped service on multiple devices using Powershell

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago03 mins

Following on from our recent guide about restarting a service on multiple devices, we were also asked about starting a stopped service using a similar method. This is pretty simple and can be carried out in almost exactly the same way. Powershell Script So to carry this out, you should create a txt file with…

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Restart a service on multiple devices using Powershell

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago13 mins

We recently had a requirement to restart a single service on multiple devices across a single network. At first, it was going to be the job of the helpdesk to logon to each device and manually restart this service. However, as usual, there is always a way of using Powershell to speed up such tasks….

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Enable Windows Remote Desktop Protocol and Set Firewall Rules using PowerShell

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago121 mins

If you are using Windows Server 2012 or newer, or if you are just using Windows Server Core, then this Powershell script will help you out by enabling Remote Desktop and setting the correct firewall inbound rules. Simply open up an elevated Powershell command box, or use Powershell ISE and use the two scripts below,…

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SCSM – Deleting Individual Items

Andrew Armstrong6 years ago1 year ago03 mins

When using System Center Service Manager (SCSM) you can sometimes end up with Incidents, Change Management items or Service Requests that need to be deleted individually. You an carry this out by using a combination of SMLets and PowerShell. INSTRUCTIONS The first thing you will need to do is to download and install SMLets on your…

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WSUS – Cleanup using Powershell with email notification output

Andrew Armstrong7 years ago1 year ago05 mins

lntroduction If you are using WSUS in your environment, you may want to run a scheduled task to cleanup old updates and compress some of the larger updates to free up space on your server. A good way of doing this is to run a Powershell script which will take care of all your cleanup…

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WSUS Powershell Cleanup Tool

Andrew Armstrong7 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Download To download, simply scroll down towards the bottom of this page and you will see the options for this download. Ensure you select the correct one and click the blue Download button as detailed below:

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Bulk Remove SCOM Management Packs

Andrew Armstrong7 years ago1 year ago03 mins

If you are using System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) then you may have Management Packs in your system that you may longer want – especially if, like me, you go and add as many as you can in blissful ignorance expecting to get lots of tasty data. Then realising that this is a terrible idea…

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Inject Windows Updates into WIM Image Files Using PowerShell

Andrew Armstrong7 years ago10 months ago710 mins

To inject Windows Updates into custom-built images that you are using in your Configuration Manager OSD environment, you may find that keeping them up to date is a real problem. If you are happy with the image itself and do not want to make any changes to it, why should you need to rebuild and…

Windows Update Injection Powershell Script

Andrew Armstrong7 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Download To download, simply scroll down towards the bottom of this page and you will see the options for this download. Ensure you select the correct one and click the blue Download button as detailed below:

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SCCM Distribution Point Pre-Requisite Powershell Script

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you are setting up some distribution points for Configuration Manager (SCCM) then you will need to ensure that you have all the correct server features installed and also the correct firewall ports opened. To do this, we have created a quick PowerShell script to carry this all out for us. To download this script…

WSUS Cleanup Powershell Script

WSUS Cleanup Powershell Script

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago2 months ago11 mins

Download To download, simply scroll down towards the bottom of this page and you will see the options for this download. Ensure you select the correct one and click the blue Download button as detailed below:

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How do I type a Powershell “Pipe”?

Andrew Armstrong9 years ago1 year ago02 mins

This may seem like a very simple thing to most techies out there, but we have had this question asked to us a number of times with people using the incorrect keys to type a Powershell pipe. So, how do you type a Powershell “Pipe”? A Powershell pipe can be seen below in the example…

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Powershell – Install Server Core GUI Features

Andrew Armstrong10 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you have Windows Server 2012 R2 Core installed but you want to be able to use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) then you can use the following Powershell command to enable it: Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell –Source d:sourcessxs NOTE: you should ensure that your source location is correct and up to date with your Windows Updates….

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Powershell Commands

Andrew Armstrong10 years ago1 year ago02 mins

Powershell is becoming more and more important these days and the possibilities for using it are endless. However, there are also a large amount of very basic easy-to-use commands that you should add to your knowledge collection. We all pick up new Powershell commands that help us to do our jobs all the time so…

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How to enable Remote Desktop using Powershell

Andrew Armstrong10 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you are using Windows 2012 R2 Core or if you just like using Powershell, then you may want to know how to enable Remote Desktop. To do this, you should go into your Core server where you should see a command box. In here, type in Powershell and press enter. This will open up…

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Powershell error when running scripts – scripts disabled

Andrew Armstrong10 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you are trying to run a Powershell script, you may find sometimes that you get this following error message: Cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. There is a very simple fix for this, all you have to do is ensure that you run your Powershell program as…