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# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
"""active_directory - a lightweight wrapper around COM support
 for Microsoft's Active Directory

Active Directory is Microsoft's answer to LDAP, the industry-standard
 directory service holding information about users, computers and
 other resources in a tree structure, arranged by departments or
 geographical location, and optimized for searching.

There are several ways of attaching to Active Directory. This

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.DESCRIPTION 
Uses some WMI and reading some Registry keys to get the version numbers for 
McAfee Security Center, DAT, HIP, Plash Player, Java, Adobe Acrobat, Reader and AIR. 
All of the results are put into a CSV file with the computername, IP Address, MAC Address and Serial Number 

.NOTES 
    File Name: get-3rdPartySoftware.ps1 
    Author: David Hall 
    Contact Info: 

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# *** THIS SCRIPT IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK *** 
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.DESCRIPTION 
    Starts the Windows Update service (wuauserv) if it is stopped and forces a checkin with the WSUS Server. 
    This function uses the Invoke-Command CMDlet which will require PSRemoting to be enabled on the target machine. 

.NOTES 
    File Name: force-WSUScheckin.ps1 
    Author: David Hall 
    Contact Info: 

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# ms_ad_connect.py
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# Code to query microsoft active directory
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import sys
import ldap3

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# Update all of the helpfiles 
Update-Help 

# Find all the modules that accept updated help 
Get-Module -ListAvailable | Where-Object HelpInfoUri 

# Save the help files to the local machine 
Save-help -Force -DestinationPath 'D:\SaveHelp' 

# Use either command below to access helpfiles 

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# Get all Modules, Functions, Alias' ...etc available on your computer
Get-Command -all

# Search for all cmdlets that contain Service in the noun portion.
Get-command –noun Service

# Search for all cmdlets that contain Stop in the verb portion
Get-Command -Verb Stop

# You can also use the * character as a wildcard

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# You must have Chocolately installed first

# Usage example
# Install-MySoftware -Computers dc1,dc2,svr12,svr16 -Packages 'powershell.portable','microsoft-edge','microsoft-windows-terminal'
Function Install-MySoftware {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter()]
        [string[]]$Computers,

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# Install Chocolatey
Invoke-Command -ComputerName DC -ScriptBlock {
    Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
    choco feature enable -y allowGlobalConfirmation
    }

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TechNet Contribution: Active Directory User Lookup Form
Previous link: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Active-Directory-User-d8ee6a0c
Downloaded: 1,034 times (as of 05/21/2020)

This PowerShell script creates a PowerShell form to search for users in Active Directory by Username (SamAccountName).
The form returns a user's Name, Distinguished Name, Email, Title, and Office Phone. You can read more about the form's
development at http://tommymaynard.com/script-sharing-active-directory-user-lookup-form-2015.

Update to 2.1: 2015-07-23 (see code for changes).

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Function Get-Inventory {
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.SYNOPSIS
Gets a variety of computer information remotely and exports it to 
a CSV file.

.PARAMETER Computers
Specifies the Computer names of devices to query

.INPUTS