Enable WinRM with Group Policy, but use PowerShell to Create the Policy

This past weekend I finished my chapter on Group Policy for the PowerShell Bible.  One of my coauthors asked me if I was going to include a script that configures WinRM (PowerShell remoting) via group policy in my chapter.  Truth be told, I hadn’t thought of it, but I love a challenge! Unfortunately, when all [...]

Enable CredSSP from a Windows 7 Home Client

While I do have a Win 7 Pro license, pure laziness has kept me from installing it on my Alienware laptop. This is fine for most things, but I ran into a bit of a problem while writing the Active Directory chapter for the PowerShell Bible. In order to use the ActiveDirectory module via remoting [...]

Attack the AD! – All computers in the domain that have been logged in during the last 60 days

I’ve been scripting for a while.  From batch to VBS to Perl, I’ve often found a need to automate things.  When I was learning Perl, ADSI was the new hotness.  It gave a real way to query and use AD through automation.  Sure there were caveats: You can hit it via LDAP or WINNT, but [...]