Getting the nearest Domain Controller when the AD module is present, is fairly simple, all you would need to do is running the following: Get-ADDomainController -DomainName “itdroplets.com” -Discover -NextClosestSite But what if you want to achieve the same result on a client/server that doesn’t have the Powershell Active Directory modules installed? Well, in cmd you […]
Category: PowerShell
How to run a powershell script in the background
This article is meant to give a quick and simple example on how to run a powershell script in the background (hide the console) without using a 3rd party script (VBS scripts is what you see a lot on the internet). Now, consider that the method I will show you will still show the Powershell […]
Breaking a nested ForEach in Powershell
Breaking a nested ForEach in Powershell might be challanging if you don’t know that you can use labels to point the script to another location. Normally, you will require to stop a loop when you’re comparing objects from different arrays and want to terminate the loop when they match. There’s a command called “break” which […]
Migrate DHCP Reservations with Powershell
In order to Migrate DHCP Reservations with Powershell, you just need one simple line of code. It works also with different OS, for instance I managed to migrate the DHCP Reservations I had on a Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 server over to a Windows Server 2012 R2. I suggest to run the command from the […]
Reset Password Expiration
Resetting the password expiration in Active Directory might come in handy when a user’s password has expired and don’t have the chance to change it yet (perhaps due to network restrictions). The Help Desk team, rather than resetting the user’s password, can reset the password expiration time without compromising security by knowing the temporary password. […]
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