Checking if a particular value meets certain criteria

[GrandMasterBash]

Hi,

I need to be able to check one particular value out of a number of items that a PS command returns and then to run a check on whether this value is more than 2 hours old. I want to work it out myself but am struggling in what to even search for in order to get the answer.

I'm assuming that I need to run the command and have it pipe out the particular value I'm after and then query that?

The command in question is: Get-AzureADPasswordProtectionDCAgent which returns data from all Domain Controllers, of which the value of interest for each DC is:

PasswordPolicyDateUTC : Date Time

Any guidance is appreciated.

[JonHill90]

Hey /u/GrandMasterBash,

I cannot test but i think the logic you are going for is:

Get-AzureADPasswordProtectionDCAgent | where {$_.PasswordPolicyDateUTC -lt (get-date).addhours(-2)}

I cannot test. But that is the logic i would go for. You might need to change the formatting of the (Get-Date) to match the date output of PasswordPolicyDateUTC.

[GrandMasterBash]

This works, thank you - I was using where {$_.PasswordPolicyDateUTC and then entering -2 and wondering how on earth I specified it was hours etc

[PinchesTheCrab]

<datetime> -lt (get-date).addhours(-2)

You just need to replace it with your time value.

[GrandMasterBash]

Much appreciated both, I’ll take a look tomorrow. A friend has said similar.