This PowerShell script is designed to monitor a specified folder for the creation of new files. It utilizes the FileSystemWatcher class to trigger actions based on file events and logs important information to a custom event log. Let’s break down

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In part 1, we encrypted our credentials using an AES.key to allow it to be portable for use in multiple environments and user sessions. In part 2 we’ll look at utilising these encrypted files in another script, but file lets

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Sometimes there is a requirement to run a PowerShell script that may use credentials, whilst it’s always bad to embed these credentials in your script, there are a number of ways to tackle this, one being the use of an

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Sometime you just need to generate random passwords, this function does that, it can be configured for different lengths and the number of alpha numeric characters.

Sometimes for whatever reason you need to find the date of the next day, like patch Tuesday. This script does that As always this and many more script are available on my GitHub page. https://github.com/richeaston/Powershell/tree/main/findnextdateofday

If you don’t have SCCM/ WSUS or another patch management solution and have to manually update the server in your estate, it can be a mundane task. Why not take the pain away with this script, it will grab a

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Keeping control of members in the local admins group can be a chore, especially if you inherit multiple domains who’ve done their own thing for years. This proactive remediation from intune can help weed out the staff who aren’t supposed

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Just a simple one liner to find all domain users with expired passwords

Who logged on last.? When diagnosing problems, finding out who logged on last just help, this function does exactly that. As always this is available on my GitHub page. https://github.com/richeaston/Powershell/tree/main/Get-Dulastlogon

Sometimes you just need to know how many members are in a group (or groups), this function does exactly that. As always this is available on my GitHub page. https://github.com/richeaston/Powershell/tree/main/Get-GroupMembers (inc Count)