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laymanstake / Get-WSUSReport.ps1
Last active July 25, 2023 07:53
Gets WSUS Inventory, how many updates are pending on which clients
#Requires -Version 3.0
<#
Author : Nitish Kumar
Gets WSUS Inventory
version 1.0 | 18/07/2023 Initial version
The script is kept as much modular as possible so that functions can be modified or added without altering the entire script
It should be run as administrator and preferably Enterprise Administrator to get complete data. Its advised to run in demonstration environment to be sure first
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laymanstake / MapDriveQueries.ps1
Last active July 15, 2023 14:42
Required was to find out all the queries for mapped drive in GPO preference. Not a general purpose script
<#
.SYNOPSIS
MapDriveQueries.ps1 - Perform Active Directory assessment and generate a report.
.DESCRIPTION
This script find group policy preference queries for mapped drive
.NOTES
Not a general purpose script but was made for specific purpose, but in case more settings need to be picked from GPO preference then can be used as template
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laymanstake / Start-ADAssessment-nocred.ps1
Last active September 10, 2023 11:09
AD Assessment script for CyberArk like cases without asking cred
#Requires -Version 3.0
#Requires -Modules ActiveDirectory, GroupPolicy, DnsServer
<#
Author : Nitish Kumar
Performs Active Directory Forest Assessment
version 1.0 | 06/06/2023 Initial version
version 1.1 | 15/06/2023 Covered most areas though error proofing and dependency over wsman still remains
version 1.2 | 16/06/2023 Number of small fixes included wrong calulations on empty groups
version 1.3 | 21/06/2023 PowerShell jobs for AD health checks and Domain Summary details, Also chosing least latency DC
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laymanstake / Test-ADHealth.ps1
Last active July 15, 2023 14:43
Function to test AD health. It utilizes dcdiag and produces tabular output
function Test-ADHealth {
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, mandatory = $true)]$DomainName,
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, mandatory = $true)][pscredential]$Credential
)
$Report = @()
$dcs = Get-ADDomainController -Filter * -Server $DomainName -Credential $Credential
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laymanstake / Get-DHCPInventory.ps1
Last active July 25, 2023 07:54
The function to get DHCP Inventory along with reservations. It uses PS jobs so even if you have many DHCP servers in org or many scopes, it should be done within mins
$logpath = "c:\temp\logfile.txt"
function Write-Log {
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, mandatory = $true)]$logtext,
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, mandatory = $true)]$logpath
)
$Stamp = (Get-Date).toString("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss")
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laymanstake / Get-DFSInventory.ps1
Last active July 14, 2024 17:23
This function creates DFS inventory for the given domain. It uses PS jobs to process multiple DFS shares in parallel so report should be available within mins
Import-module ActiveDirectory
if ((Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name DFSN) -AND (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name DFSR)) {
Import-Module DFSN
Import-Module DFSR
}
else {
Exit
Write-Output "Either of DFSN or DFSR is not available"
}
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laymanstake / install-remotepatch.Ps1
Last active July 21, 2023 07:49
To patch a server remotely, if you have admin access and PS remoting on, then all it needs the machine name
#Requires -Version 3.0
<#
Author : Nitish Kumar
Performs Remote patching
version 1.0 | 25/06/2023 Initial version
The script is kept as much modular as possible so that functions can be modified or added without altering the entire script
Disclaimer: This script is designed for illustration purposes only and the author do not claim to be responsible for any issues if caused by the script in production usages. Do due dilligence before running in the production environment
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laymanstake / Start-ADAssessment.ps1
Last active July 10, 2025 06:25
The script to perform AD assessment including ADFS, ADSync checks
#Requires -Version 3.0
#Requires -Modules ActiveDirectory, GroupPolicy, DnsServer
<#
Author : Nitish Kumar
Performs Active Directory Forest Assessment
version 1.0 | 06/06/2023 Initial version
version 1.1 | 15/06/2023 Covered most areas though error proofing and dependency over wsman still remains
version 1.2 | 16/06/2023 Number of small fixes included wrong calulations on empty groups
version 1.3 | 21/06/2023 PowerShell jobs for AD health checks and Domain Summary details, Also chosing least latency DC
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laymanstake / PowerShellGUI.ps1
Last active November 26, 2022 15:20
Collection of PS functions for UI Elements
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization
function New-SplashFromImage{
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true,mandatory=$true)][String]$imageFilePath
)
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
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laymanstake / PrometheusGrafanaSetup.sh
Last active October 30, 2022 16:41
Bash script, which can download almost all the latest packages for Prometheus, Grafana and node Exporter and then proceed to configure them
#!/bin/bash
# Author : Nitish Kumar
# Download and Install Prometheus, Grafana and Node Exporter
# version 1.0 | 24/10/2022 Initial version
# version 1.1 | 25/10/2022 Removed sudo from inside the script, added remove-services function
PROMETHEUS_VERSION=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus/prometheus/master/VERSION)
NODE_VERSION=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus/node_exporter/master/VERSION)