Powershell – DomJin

Scripting

Install Vmware PowerCLI

PowerCLI is really easy to install now. From an Administrative Powershell window just enter:

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

1	Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

Minimum Powershell Version must be v3. Offline Install of PowerCLI Accessing the PowerCLI Modules We’re now ready to download the PowerCLI modules. This task will require a system with internet access. This section has …

Scripting

Pass credentials with Powershell – 3 Ways

Interactive Here’s your typical scenario. You have a script that requires credentials internally. So to provide those credentials you would do something like $MyCredentials=GET-CREDENTIAL –credential “CONTOSO\Username” and you of course see a box like this normally on the screen Then you would type in the password and life would go …

Deployment

MDT – Joining a Computer to a Domain Using PowerShell

Using PowerShell scripts within a task sequence provides more flexibility than using the CustomSettings.ini file to join a computer to a domain. The parameters of the CustomSettings.ini file are common to any deployment you perform. That’s why creating a custom PowerShell script to join your domain will be customize to …

Scripting

Windows Event Forwarding for Active Directory Security Logs with DSC

In this post, I will be teaching you how to configure Windows Event Logs Forwarding for Active Directory Security Logs that are stored on Domain Controllers. This is a real world example of how to use DSC in your environments and showcases the benefits of using DSC. If you are …

Scripting

Run Local Functions Remotely in PowerShell

Run Local Functions Remotely in PowerShell Have you ever had functions loaded into your local PowerShell session and needed to run them on a remote system? The typical solution to this problem is to copy the code to the remote system and then load the functions on the remote system …

Scripting

Install .net 3.5 Using powershell Server 2012 R2

Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs

1	Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs

Scripting

Powershell Alias

Familiar looking commands like Dir or Ls are in fact Powershell aliases of Get-Childitem. There are many built-in aliases in Powershell and you can even create your own, using the New-Alias cmdlet eg.

New-Alias -Name "exp" explorer

1	New-Alias -Name "exp" explorer

To get a list of aliases on your system run:

Get-Alias | Select name, resolvedcommand | Export-Csv -Path c:\temp\alias3.csv -NoTypeInformation

1	Get-Alias \| Select name, resolvedcommand \| Export-Csv -Path c:\temp\alias3.csv -NoTypeInformation

The default Aliases …

Scripting

List Windows Server Roles and Features with PowerShell

I’m sure for anyone who administers Microsoft Windows Server the Server Manager console is an all too familiar place. It does make it easy to add/remove roles and features however PowerShell is another great option that can really speed things up at times. So – what can we do with …

Amazon Web Services

Copy All files from an S3 Bucket to your PC

This powershell script copies the contents of an S3 bucket to your pc.

# Your account access key - must have read access to your S3 Bucket
$accessKey = "YOUR-ACCESS-KEY"
# Your account secret access key
$secretKey = "YOUR-SECRET-KEY"
# The region associated with your bucket e.g. eu-west-1, us-east-1 etc. (see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html#concepts-regions)
$region = "eu-west-1"
# The name of your S3 Bucket
$bucket = "my-test-bucket"
# The folder in your bucket to copy, including trailing slash. Leave blank to copy the entire bucket
$keyPrefix = "my-folder/"
# The local file path where files should be copied
$localPath = "C:\s3-downloads\"

$objects = Get-S3Object -BucketName $bucket -KeyPrefix $keyPrefix -AccessKey $accessKey -SecretKey $secretKey -Region $region

foreach($object in $objects) {
	$localFileName = $object.Key -replace $keyPrefix, ''
	if ($localFileName -ne '') {
		$localFilePath = Join-Path $localPath $localFileName
		Copy-S3Object -BucketName $bucket -Key $object.Key -LocalFile $localFilePath -AccessKey $accessKey -SecretKey $secretKey -Region $region
	}
}

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# Your account access key - must have read access to your S3 Bucket

$accessKey = "YOUR-ACCESS-KEY"

# Your account secret access key

$secretKey = "YOUR-SECRET-KEY"

# The region associated with your bucket e.g. eu-west-1, us-east-1 etc. (see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html#concepts-regions)

$region = "eu-west-1"

# The name of your S3 Bucket

$bucket = "my-test-bucket"

# The folder in your bucket to copy, including trailing slash. Leave blank to copy the entire bucket

$keyPrefix = "my-folder/"

# The local file path where files should be copied

$localPath = "C:\s3-downloads\"

$objects = Get-S3Object -BucketName $bucket -KeyPrefix $keyPrefix -AccessKey $accessKey -SecretKey $secretKey -Region $region

foreach($object in $objects) {

$localFileName = $object.Key -replace $keyPrefix, ''

if ($localFileName -ne '') {

$localFilePath = Join-Path $localPath $localFileName

Copy-S3Object -BucketName $bucket -Key $object.Key -LocalFile $localFilePath -AccessKey $accessKey -SecretKey $secretKey -Region $region

}

Source

Office 365

Import Contacts to Office 365 Global Address List

Office 365 doesn’t offer you a way to easily import a list of contacts into your company’s Global Address List (GAL). But it can be done quite easily with Powershell and a csv file of the contacts to import. First of all the csv file. There are some mandatory fields …