In this guide, I’m going to show you how to edit the AD description field using Powershell. This script is very simple and only a few lines long. If you find yourself googling things like “how do I change the description in AD”, “how do I change user attributes in AD”, or “how do I…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to enable bitlocker remotely using Powershell/PDQ Deploy. This PDQ Deploy sequence I’m using consists of several “steps” and will enable bitlocker, set a randomized pin code, copy the pincode and recovery key to an IT network share, and wait/reboot the computer several times. If you don’t…
Are you trying to update the Azure Active Directory “CompanyName” field using Powershell? Perhaps you already have a script for user creation and need to start adding your companies name to that field in AzureAD. In my case, we have a group called “Company1” that is used for our dynamic mailing list. If the user…
In this guide, I will show you how to run your Vmware Workstation VM in the background and automatically after reboot, using either a batch file in the Startup folder or Windows Task Scheduler. This means that after your host computer or server restarts, your VM will automatically startup without you needing to launch the…
After spending a few hours migrating Home Assistant from a raspberry pi to VMware Workstation, and passing the my Nortek GoControl USB dongle successfully from my Windows 10 PC to the VM, I quickly realized that if I close the VM Player window or my Windows PC reboots – it doesn’t automatically reconnect the USB…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to install HASS Workstation Service in Home Assistant. HASS Workstation Service is an application that lets you use use Home Assistant to control your computer, such as locking your PC, rebooting it, or detecting when your webcam is in use. It also provides useful sensors within…
If you’ve been looking for a Powershell script to find the most recent computers that have been joined to your Active Directory domain, then you’re in luck. This Powershell script is super simple and is only a few lines of code long. I’ve also paired it with my Next In Line Computer Name Script. We…
In the IT world, it’s common practice to name all of the computers you join to the domain with the same naming convention. For example, we use company abbreviations-operating system-next in line number. The computers we join to the domain look like hsbw10p611, hsbw10p612, etc. Every new computer object gets the next incremented number. Typically,…
If you work in the IT department, chances are that you loan out laptops to your users every once in a while. They may need something temporary to use when giving a presentation, if their work computer breaks, or simply for testing something. In our case, we had to loan out a lot of laptops…
Whenever a new employee starts at your organization, chances are that you typically send out an email template with all the necessary info they’ll need. These include things like how to submit an IT ticket, connect to the VPN, map a printer, or how to setup various accounts and tools. On my quest to automate…
