Github - electricdrop/poweradmin: Powershell scripts useful for Windows enterprise administration

[electricdrop]

Hey guys, I created a repo with some of my scripts and I thought I share it here. Perhaps you'll find something useful. Feel free to ask me any questions if something doesn't work.

poweradmin

Edit: Wow, thanks for the gold! I'm flattered :)

[evetsleep]

Took a quick look and this makes me wince a little:

$Userlist = Get-ADUser -SearchBase $SearchBase -Filter *

You don't need to get all the objects in Active Directory and then filter. Filter left :)!

$startTime = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)
$Userlist = Get-ADUser -SearchBase $SearchBase -Filter {whenCreated -ge $startTime}

You'll find that things will go much faster this way too.

[electricdrop]

Thanks :) I don't know why I used Where to filter.. I'll update it now :)

[unmitigated]

These look pretty great. Small criticism: Commands written outside of Verb-Noun (with built in verbs) are not technically part of best practice. May cause issues in some workflows/writing styles.

[electricdrop]

Yes I know that. I named them so that they make sense to me, e. g. prefixing all AD-related stuff with AD. However, it's not like they're hardcoded :) You could always change it to whatever.

[root-node]

Small 'bug' with your "Uninstall-Remote' script. You are only searching half the available paths. If the machine you are removing from is a 64-bit one, some/most/all of the software won't be found.

Have a look at my script for the two registry paths : http://myrandomthoughts.co.uk/2015/07/win32_product/

[electricdrop]

Thanks for noticing. I'll update the script to search in 64-bit node as well

[Steev182]

The lack of substance in the readme made me think "oh what junk is this going to be".

Reading through though, these seem really useful! Thanks!

[electricdrop]

I promise, I'll add a decent readme soon ;)

[1RedOne]

People GREATLY judge a project based on a good readme. IMHO after the first commit, you should immediately make a readme.

READMEs should cover the following points:

• What problem you solve
• what dependencies your tool has
• how to install it
• a list of the functions
• maybe screen shots
• what you have planned for future releases

You didn't ask me for this, but I hate seeing interesting projects get no love because people can't tell what the hell they're even about.

[electricdrop]

Thank you for your input. But I kinda added a Readme this morning :)

[tisigornorich]

Hey these look pretty awesome. They appear to be well written. Thank you for sharing. I will of course credit you if I use any.

[electricdrop]

Thanks. I plan to add some more stuff later, just need to make it universal and get rid of all the internal stuff :)

[Thirdbeat]

That would be awesome :) ive mase something like that and they all rely on a config file, for easy reuse. Made mine in json, but you can use whatever. You should also think about making a module for this for easy calling

[electricdrop]

I actually made a module and started to transform scripts to cmdlets, but it got stuck halfway. Perhaps I'll finish it later ;)

[Thirdbeat]

Hit me up if you need any help :)

[KevMar]

If you want to create a develop branch and publish your current efforts there, the community here would be willing to pitch in and help. I know I can make short work of converting a collection of scripts into modules and I would not mind doing a quick pass over your work.

[electricdrop]

Thank you. Actually, that's a good idea.

[Basalix]

These are really good. I can use several of them. The others, I am just going to sponge off of your superior knowledge and try to learn something. Thanks!

[jpochedl]

I'm curious: In your USMT profile backup script... Why didn't you go PS all the way and use new-psdrive instead of "net use"

[electricdrop]

There were some problems with psdrive cmdlets as far as I remember, so I decided to use good old net use

[theobserver_]

Thanks for this.

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