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List the Active Directory deleted objects

With the cmdlet Get-ADObject you will be able to list the deleted objects in your Active Directory domain Pre-requesite : import-module activedirectory Script : Get-ADObject -Filter ‘isdeleted -eq $TRUE -and name -ne “Deleted Objects”‘ -IncludeDeletedObjects -Properties * | ` Format-List

Dump the user object DACL permissions

You will find below two methods to dump the user object DACL permissions in an Active Directory domain. Script (with Microsoft Active Directory module loaded : import-module activedirectory) : import-module activedirectory $pw = read-host “Enter password” -AsSecureString $cred = New-Object

Get all DCs in a forest and resolve hostname to IP address

With this script, you will be able to get all DCs in a forest and resolve the hostnames to IP addresses. Update 11.22.2016 The DNS Shell cmdlet is not necessary in a Windows 2012R2 environment. We can use the cmdlet

Active Directory backup check

This script will allow you to check the Active Directory backup date on all the domains of your forest. Each domain is checked by selecting a domain controller that is running the service ADWS (Active Directory Web Services). You can

Get all cluster groups in an AD domain and their current owners

The purpose of this article is to show you how to get all cluster groups in an AD domain and their current owners. This script has been tested on Windows 2008 clusters in an Active Directory domain. Script : Get-Cluster

List the active databases in an Exchange organization

This script will give you a simple way to list the active databases in an Exchange organization Script : Get-MailboxDatabase | % { Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus $_.name} | Out-GridView References Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus This cmdlet is available only in on-premises Exchange Server 2013. Use

Get a service status on remote servers

With the following powershell script, you can get a service status on remote servers Script : $ErrorActionPreference = “SilentlyContinue” $strCategory = “computer” $objDomain = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry $objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher $objSearcher.SearchRoot = $objDomain $objSearcher.Filter = (“(objectCategory=$strCategory)”) $colProplist = “name” ,

Search an object forest wide

This script will search an object forest wide. The search is based on a LDAP filter. In my script, the result show the mail user attributes like “toto”. Script : #Get Domain List $objForest = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest() $DomainList = @($objForest.Domains |

Manage the file retention on a folder

With this script, you will be able to manage the file retention on a specific folder. The file removal is based on age (LastWriteTime file property / source ) #Powershell Script to delete files older than a certain age $intFileAge

Change a value in a remote registry

With this script, you will be able to change a value in a remote registry (remote computer names listed in a host file). The registry value type can be the following (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registryvaluekind.aspx) : String ExpandString Binary DWord MultiString QWord $file