title = "Continue?"
$message = "If the settings are correct, Press Y to Continue?"
$yes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&Yes", "Yes"
$no = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&No", "No"
$options = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]]($yes, $no)
$choice=$host.ui.PromptForChoice($title, $message, $options, 1)
if ($choice -eq 1){Write-Warning "You pressed no. Exiting script routine.";break}
Else { 'Do something Special }
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Use User Credentials in MDT 2013 to Run Powershell Script
#UserName $tmpuser=$tsenv:UserID $tmpuser=[System.Text.Encoding]::Default.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($tmpuser)) #DomainName $tmpdomain=$tsenv:UserDomain $tmpdomain=[System.Text.Encoding]::Default.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($tmpdomain)) #set password to variable $tmppassword=$tsenv:UserPassword #Decode Password [string]$tmppassword=[System.Text.Encoding]::Default.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($tmppassword)) #Convert to secure string $mypassword=ConvertTo-SecureString -String $tmppassword -AsPlainText -Force #format domainname\username for PSCredential object [string]$tmpFQusername=$tmpdomain + "\" + $tmpuser $creds = new-object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($tmpFQusername,$mypassword)
Place the above code into your custom scripts to use PScredentials
Monday, April 13, 2015
Living List of Hotfixes for various components at Microsoft.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
All about kerberos the three headed dog with respect to iis and sql
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chiranth/archive/2013/09/20/all-about-kerberos-the-three-headed-dog-with-respect-to-iis-and-sql.aspx
Friday, March 13, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Using PSEXEC to execute powershell scripts remotely
I ran into an issue where I found myself having to hit the any key to complete a psexec call to a batch file that launches powershell.
The workaround was to add -inputformat none to my launch parameters for powershell.
example: powershell -inputformat none -file C:\scripts\StampBackups.ps1 -executionpolicy bypass
ref http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4238192/running-powershell-from-msdeploy-runcommand-does-not-exit/4239192#4239192
ref https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/572313/powershell-exe-can-hang-if-stdin-is-redirected
example: powershell -inputformat none -file C:\scripts\StampBackups.ps1 -executionpolicy bypass
ref http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4238192/running-powershell-from-msdeploy-runcommand-does-not-exit/4239192#4239192
ref https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/572313/powershell-exe-can-hang-if-stdin-is-redirected
Monday, February 9, 2015
Migrate tons of groups and users
So I had to create a bunch of local groups and populate them with accounts from active directory as determined by a query on the server I was migrating from. There was probably a hundred groups defined, with tons of users in each. 2 scripts to get this done, sure I could spend more time to consolidate into one but time was of the essence. Please test, I'm not responsible for your environment.
Script 1. I used this to collect the info. I found this out on the web, I forgot who created it otherwise I'd give them credit. I did modify it further suit my needs.
Trap {"Error: $_"; Break;}
Function EnumLocalGroup($LocalGroup)
{
$Group = [ADSI]"WinNT://$strComputer/$LocalGroup,group"
"Group: $LocalGroup"
# Invoke the Members method and convert to an array of member objects.
if (($LocalGroup -ne "HelpServicesGroup" -or $localgroup -ne "Guests")){
$Members= @($Group.psbase.Invoke("Members"))
$Collection = @()
ForEach ($Member In $Members)
{
$path = $Member.GetType().InvokeMember("Parent", 'GetProperty', $Null, $Member, $Null)
$Name = $Member.GetType().InvokeMember("Name", 'GetProperty', $Null, $Member, $Null)
$collection += "$LocalGroup;$path/$Name"
}
$collection|Out-File -FilePath $filepath -Append
}
}
# Specify the computer.
$strComputer = (Read-Host "What Computer")
"Computer: $strComputer"
#specify the file path
$filepath = (Read-Host "File path to export results to"
$computer = [adsi]"WinNT://$strComputer"
$objCount = ($computer.psbase.children | measure-object).count
$i=0
foreach($adsiObj in $computer.psbase.children)
{
switch -regex($adsiObj.psbase.SchemaClassName)
{
"group"
{ $group = $adsiObj.name
EnumLocalGroup $group }
} #end switch
$i++
} #end foreach
Script 2. Reads CSV and breaks it out
$PATH = (read-host "Please type the file path to your semi-colon delimited file")
$groupsNusers = Import-Csv -Path $PATH -Delimiter ';'
$remotecomputer = (read-host "Please enter the computername"")
foreach ($strCollection in ($groupsNusers)){
$localgroup = $strCollection.group
$aduser=$strCollection.user.ToString().Replace("\","/")
try {
$user = [ADSI]("WinNT://$aduser")
$New = [ADSI]"WinNT://$remotecomputer"
#create groups
$NEWgroup = $NEW.Create("Group","$LocalGroup")
$NEWgroup.setinfo()
$objGroup = [ADSI]"WinNT://$remotecomputer/$LocalGroup,group"
$objGroup.PSBase.Invoke("Add",$User.PSBase.Path)
}
Catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException] {
if ($_.Exception.HResult -eq "-2146233087") {write-host "$aduser is already in $localgroup";continue}
else {Write-Error "Unhandled error:" + $_.exception;Break}
}
Catch {Write-Error $_}
}
$PATH = ""
$groupsNusers = ""
$aduser=""
$localgroup=""
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