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bentaylorwork / Get-AzAccessToken.ps1

Created November 26, 2019 09:34

	$currentContext = Get-AzContext
	$azureRmProfile = [Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Abstractions.AzureRmProfileProvider]::Instance.Profile
	$azureRmProfileClient = [Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Common.RMProfileClient]::new($azureRmProfile)
	$azureRmProfileClient.AcquireAccessToken($currentContext.Subscription.TenantId)

bentaylorwork / vstsVariable.tests.ps1

Created April 5, 2018 20:50

	$vstsTasks = @(
	"##vso[task.setvariable variable=foo]bar"
	"##vso[task.setvariable variable=for ]bar"
	"##vso[task.setvariable variable=for] bar"
	"##vso[ task.setvariable variable=for]bar"
	"##vso [task.setvariable variable=for]bar"
	)

	Describe "VSTS" {
	Context "Fake Lint" {

bentaylorwork / azureAlert.azuredeploy.json

Created January 23, 2018 12:01

Adds an Azure alert to existing VMs to monitor Processor Queue Length with the threshold based on the VM core count and a multiplier.

	{
	"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
	"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
	"parameters": {
	"vmNames": {
	"type": "array",
	"defaultValue": [
	"vm1",
	"vm2"
	],

bentaylorwork / Test-AzureARMTemplateDeployment.ps1

Last active October 13, 2017 16:57

The below code takes the idea from the Azure Quick Start GitHub repo which allows you to specify place holders for ARM template parameters. The Pester test below replaces these place holders so the template can be tested without any user input.

	$templatesFolderPath = Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace('tests\unit', 'src') \| Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -eq $true }

	Describe "Test Template Againsts Endpoint" -Tags 'unit' {
	foreach($templateFolderPath in $templatesFolderPath)
	{
	Context "Does The Template Deploy Correctly" {
	$hashReturn = @{}

	$ParametersObject = Get-Content -Path (Join-Path $templateFolderPath.FullName 'azuredeploy.parameters.json') \| ConvertFrom-Json

bentaylorwork / Split-AdUsersByDepartmentIntoSeperateVariables.ps1

Last active October 12, 2017 12:19

	$adUsers = Get-AdUser -Filter * -Properties name, department

	$uniqueDepartments = $adUsers \| Where-Object { $_.department -ne $null } \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty department -Unique

	foreach ($uniqueDepartment in $uniqueDepartments) {
	$variableSplat = @{
	'Name' = ($uniqueDepartment -replace ' ', '')
	'Value' = $adUsers \| Where-Object { $_.department -eq $uniqueDepartment }
	}

bentaylorwork / Get-EventLogLoginIp.ps1

Created September 29, 2017 14:49

Gets the IP of a user login from the event log. Filters out entries where the IP isn't recorded.

	Get-WinEvent -Logname Security -FilterXPath "*[System[EventID=4624]]" \| Where-Object { $_.Properties[18].Value -ne '-' } \| Select-Object MachineName,
	@{
	Name = 'UserName'
	Expression = { $_.Properties[5].Value }
	},
	@{
	Name ='IP'
	Expression = { $_.Properties[18].Value }
	},
	TimeCreated \| Sort-Object -Descending UserName

bentaylorwork / Get-MailboxFolderStatistics.ps1

Created August 18, 2017 10:21

Converts the string output of Get-MailboxFolderStatistics into MB that can be sorted.Not the easiest to read but functional. Only needed when running the CmdLet remotely.

	Get-MailboxFolderStatistics [email protected] \| Select-Object name, @{
	Name="FolderSize";
	Expression={
	[math]::Round(([regex]::matches($_.FolderSize,'$([^\}]+)$').value -replace 'bytes', '' -replace '$', '' -replace '$', '' -replace ',', '') / 1MB, 2)
	}
	} \| Sort-Object FolderSize -Descending

bentaylorwork / vmExtension.azuredeploy.json

Created July 4, 2017 16:04

Deploys the Microsoft IaaS Anti-malware VM extension to a previously deployed VM in Azure using an ARM template.

	{
	"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
	"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
	"parameters": {
	"vmName": {
	"type": "string",
	"metadata": {
	"description": "Name of the VM"
	}
	}

bentaylorwork / Get-VMIdFromJobId.ps1

Created January 24, 2017 21:08

	workflow Get-VMIdFromJobId {
	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[STRING]$VMMJobId
	)

	#Get VMM Connection Object
	$vmmcon = Get-AutomationConnection -Name "SCVMM"

	#Construct the VMM Credential

	Get-MailboxFolderStatistics [email protected] \| Select-Object name, @{
	Name="FolderSize";
	Expression={
	[math]::Round(([regex]::matches($_.FolderSize,'\(([^\}]+)\)').value -replace 'bytes', '' -replace '\(', '' -replace '\)', '' -replace ',', '') / 1MB, 2)
	}
	} \| Sort-Object FolderSize -Descending

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