Find Empty Organizational Unit in Active Directory
Empty organizational units in the Active Directory can be retrieved using Get-AdOrganizationalUnit with a filter switch where it checks if OU doesn’t contain any users, …
PowerShell
Find What Domain Controller Am I Using?
Use the windows command echo %logonserver% in cmd and $env:logonserver in the PowerShell, terminal to find the domain controller you are connected to. These commands …
Check Password Policy in the Active Directory
Use the Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy cmdlet in PowerShell to check password policy in the Active Directory. This command gets details like MaxPasswordAge, MinPasswordAge, Password length, etc… Use …
What Active Directory Groups Am I In?
Use commands whoami /groups and gpresult /r to find out what active directory groups am i in. ADUC snap-in tool provides user groups membership it …
Command to Open Active Directory Users and Computers
Use the dsa.msc command to open Active Directory Users and Computers graphical user interface. You can use the command dsa in the PowerShell terminal. Active …
Find Inactive Users in Active Directory
Active directory user has an attribute “lastLogonTimeStamp” that stores the user last login timestamp. This attribute helps to find inactive users in Active Directory. Inactive …
PowerShell Ping Sweep Script
A ping sweep is a network discovery technique used by network administrators to check the active IP addresses on the network. Use the PowerShell Test-Connection …
Run PowerShell As System
Run PowerShell as System is important for several reasons such as higher permissions to perform the actions that user accounts can not, and access to …
PowerShell – Recursively Set Permission on Files
Use the Set-Acl cmdlet in PowerShell to change the security descriptor for the file, folders, or registry key. It applies security descriptors recursively on multiple …
Copy Files From Windows to Linux using PowerShell
Use the SCP (Secure Copy) command is used to copy files from Windows to Linux, it uses the SSH protocol for encryption and authentication to …