Finding Old Snapshots with PowerShell
Do you need to find Old Snapshots on a hyper-v server? It's super easy. So, today we will go through how to get some basic information that allows us to make judgment calls. The Script - Find Old Snapshots $Date = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) $Vms = Get-VM | where-object {...
Install Perch with PowerShell
Perch is an event log tracker that can catch a lot of useful information. I like perch because it captures failed login information. It's easy to sort and exportable. This is why many companies use the software. There are some gatchya's with perch installs though. If...
Wait for service to appear – PowerShell
This past week I had to install a piece of software that took 30 minutes to install. The software had multiple levels of processes that made the -wait feature completely useless. The best way to know the software was installed is to detect the service names. Thus you...
Microsoft Graph API – Powershell, Download user Images
In my previous post, we went over how to Grab user information from a client. Today we will be going over how to Download User Images with Graph API. This piece is very straightforward until you get to the graph link. There is a unique limitation to PowerShell quotes...
Microsoft Graph API PowerShell
In the last blog, We talked about how to create a registered app with Graph API permissions. This app's main purpose is to become the base for an employee directory through Powershell. If you haven't read it yet, you can here. Today's blog is about how to interact...
Microsoft Graph API
Back in November Microsoft released v1.0 of graph API. Along with it is a large library of documentation. I have been hesitant about making a blog post about Graph for a while because the community seemed to be split on how PowerShell should interact with it. Now the...
Powershell – Open File Dialog
I was building a script for my manager the other day and inside the script, he wanted us to triple check the naming of a file path. He went as far as to have us copy the file path from the browser. Paste it, Then click rename on the file itself and copy that and paste...
Fact Prank with Powershell
I love a good prank. Sometimes pranks need to challenge us. I coded a good prank and it requires a scheduled task and a little bit of PowerShell. The idea behind the prank is the computer will alert you with a beep, then read a random fact to you. Then it closes off...
Batch – Chrome and Self-built URLs
A previous job of mine had a unique issue. Unstandardized google chromes and self-generated icons. Both of these issues caused a lot of heartaches. Today I will show you how I solved the issue of unstandardized google chromes with batch. At the time the company's...
