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• 16 min read

Writing Your Own PowerShell Functions / Cmdlets

This article is an attempt at describing some of my thought process when building functions. By functions I mean a command that you can execute after importing a module. I am not referring to running a script that accepts parameters and input. Having a task to complete for a function is of course the first objective. Once an idea is in mind I like to write as much as the Help section first as possible as this helps me outline and plan what I am going to do.

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PowerShell for Admins
• 4 min read

Not So Intutive PowerShell Behavior

The below link leads to the module I am writing about in this blog post.
LINK TO POWERSHELL MODULE
At my place of work a task needed to be completed that would allow us IT administrators to set the default lock screen image for our devices. Group Policy was my first thought however it was to broad of a solution. The rules basically became, set the default lock screen on some of the newer laptops and if a default lock screen has been manually chosen by a user; don’t change it.
I figured great that is an easy module to write. I wanted to add the option to execute the command on remote computers as well which is what brought up a couple great unexpected behaviors.
The cmdlets these include are New-PsDrive being executed on a remote machine and Copy-Item from a network location to a local location.

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Tips and Tricks
• 11 min read

A Better Way To Search Events

I have put together a security script to use as an alerting system. Using a CSV file containing information on which users are assigned which computer, the event logs are searched to discover when a user signs into a device outside their normal assignments. The final result of that script can be viewed HERE if interested. I will do my best to provide unique real world search queries for my examples.

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PowerShell for Admins