2023 Jan 9
By Andrii Dykhlin - PowerShell
We might need to be able to locate files, and PowerShell might be rather helpful in that regard. Here we also use all the matches where the string is specified between two asterisks, but we can also limit it to whatever we only like.
2023 Jan 8
By Andrii Dykhlin - ActiveDirectory
In case you have an audit, and being asked to provide all the members of the group(s), and have a very specific pattern (like ending with "RW" as a random example), and you are not removing the users from the groups when they leave the company (anything if not everything is possible), you can use the following function (as it is, or add it to your $profile).
2021 Dec 21
By Andrii Dykhlin - ActiveDirectory
In the world of audit and escalated accounts, you will need to have an overview of the privileged groups and members there, this could be a regulator requirement, too. This small script will show how to do this, and have just one file per check with all the groups you need. Of course, it could be applied to any set of groups, no need to limit yourself.
2021 Dec 19
By Andrii Dykhlin - Windows Server
At some point you might want to have the overview of the drives on your Wintel servers, and of course, there are some monitoring tools like Zabbix or SCOM, but in case you don't have them, there is still a room for maneuver.
2021 Sep 17
By Andrii Dykhlin - PowerShell
Extending PowerShell possibilities is a great step beyond the regular usage. For that, we can create the $profile file, which will load every time you start the PowerShell session. You can have a separate profile for each user account, or a generic system one.
2021 Jun 20
By Andrii Dykhlin - ActiveDirectory
If you ever happened to have used ADAC for the users to set up their password policy to be different from the default for your domain, then you might have noticed the net user %username% /domain command will return not the expected value, as it checks the information quite differently. The script below will actually help to determine the real expiry date.
2021 Jun 13
By Andrii Dykhlin - ActiveDirectory
If you need to remove the user from a particular group based on the membership of another, you can do that super easy, barely an inconvenience.
By Andrii Dykhlin - Azure/M365
This example is used for the cases when you have made some changes to Intune, and want to send the "Sync" signal to all machines in mind. The example is using Windows, as it is the most common OS. You can select any OS you want, just replace Windows with macOS, Android or iOS. Also, you can remove filter at all - that will sync all the devices regardless of the OS.
By Andrii Dykhlin - ActiveDirectory
Imagine the situation when someone (probably, from Audit) comes to you and asks to provide the list of users (if any) without a particular group (or groups by imaginary pattern). It could happen, so you need to be more or less prepared.
2021 Jan 4
By Andrii Dykhlin - PowerShell
You might have a magic opportunity to delegate some stuff to the L1, Junior colleagues etc., also you may need to automate it for yourself. In my current company we are using the on-premise Bitbucket for the VPN repositories, as regardless of the year (2020-2021) you are still expected to have the VPN, and git is a good tool to monitor activities and changes. Also, we are having the DFS servers for people to share their files.
2020 Sep 28
By Andrii Dykhlin - Python
Gaming is a great part of a life. Diving into the virtual competition against enemies, puzzles, time is a good way to spend your evening in a cozy environment with a cup of a favorite beverage. Back in 2014 I was keen to learn new stuff, I was younger and more naïve. I could have tried to learn some programming languages ending up with a basic knowledge, zero practice and no real outcome. Python is still pretty good for the sysadmin job, but anyway this post is about the way of having the simple game in your command line.
By Andrii Dykhlin - ActiveDirectory
Sometimes you will need to change the UPNs for the users. Either to have the sync with Azure AD or for something else – it's good to be compliant with the 21st century.
2020 Sep 27
By Andrii Dykhlin - General
Please read a personal appeal or whatever.