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Find Users with Passwords X Days Old

Joseph Moody — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:23:00 +0000

This script will list out all users with passwords older than X days. The day value is stored in the second line. Note: You can copy the DistinguishedName of an OU easily in Active Directory Administrative Center. Navigate to the OU – click on the OU name at the very top. The DN should now

Search DHCP Scopes for a MAC – PowerShell Script

Joseph Moody — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 19:25:12 +0000

Just a quick script that will prompt you for a MAC address and then search all DHCP server scopes for that value. You can input the MAC in any common format. Enjoy!

Freezing Processes in Task Manager – Quick Tip

Joseph Moody — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:10:26 +0000

You open Task Manager to kill a stuck process. You try to right click and it dodges up. You try to highlight it, and it dives down. It’s is fully aware of what you are trying to do and will use all 5 D’s to stay alive. Did you know that holding CTRL freezes all

Automating Printer Setup with PowerShell: Everything Except Plugging It In

Joseph Moody — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:57:00 +0000

Deploying printers in a Windows environment used to be tedious. It isn’t hard, especially if you are using Group Policy Preferences to make the connections. But it does involve a lot of separate consoles. In our environment, we have to reserve the IP, create the printer on a print server, create a group policy printer

KList Purge and GPUpdate Security Group Members

Joseph Moody — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 22:53:00 +0000

Security Group membership changes require a reboot before a computer can apply them. This prevents any newly filtered and scoped GPOs from applying as well. A past article showed how to use the built-in Klist tool to refresh the machine ticket and avoid that reboot. But what if you need to KList Purge a bunch

What port am I connected to? CDP / LLDP for Windows.

Joseph Moody — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:17:00 +0000

You are fixing a flakey network connection and you suspect the switch port is messing up. How do you find the port that it is plugged into? Trace the cable? Use exquisitely detailed network maps? Be blessed enough to have properly labeled wall jacks? If you are still reading this, those options are not available

Syncing AD Security Groups to Office 365 Groups and Teams

Joseph Moody — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:29:00 +0000

By using PowerShell, you can keep on-premise Active Directory groups (security or distribution) synced to Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams. Microsoft has been working on a native group syncing tool for a few years. As of the current date, circa 1 AC[note]After Covid[/note], this tool is still in development. You can check the status

How to Make Teams Silently Install and Auto Login

Joseph Moody — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 11:25:00 +0000

Installing Microsoft Teams is easy. Getting Teams to silently install, auto login, and customized for your environment is a bit more work. By using Group Policy or SCCM, you can have Teams auto starting, running in the background, and visible in the notification areas for all users. Let’s start with deployment. Deploying Microsoft Teams Silently

The Best Trick I’ve Learned This Year

Joseph Moody — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:21:00 +0000

Like everyone of you, this year has been filled with some challenging projects! We’ve migrated redirected folders to OneDrive, converted old Exchange groups to Teams that still sync from AD, set Teams to install and silently login, configured a new helpdesk and asset program, deployed a whole lot of new equipment, and countless other smaller

Choosing a Computer for a Device Refresh

Joseph Moody — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:44:00 +0000

Device refreshes make me so nervous! In our school system, we rarely have funding to replace in bulk or to replace devices often. Choosing a computer today means working with it for 5+ years. This choice is never easy. You have to balance future proofing what you are getting with the equipment that you already