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#Powershell and Send-MailMessage cmdlet

December 9, 2009 by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead, MsExchange, Powershell, Scripting

#Exchange2010 – Found this and it’s damm handy and what’s cool is that its a Windows Powershell v2 thing and you don’t need Exchange :-|

Source: http://www.howexchangeworks.com/2009/11/send-emails-easily-using-powershell-v2.html

-and-

Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd347693.aspx

The Send-MailMessage cmdlet sends an e-mail message from within Windows PowerShell.

Send-MailMessage –From Rajith@chakka.local –To Deepak@chakka.local –Subject “Test Email” –Body “Testing the cmdlet” –SmtpServer exch07.chakka.local

Powershell Cmdlets for SCOM 2007 R2 (beta)

May 12, 2009 by ucinfo, posted in Flaphead, Powershell, Scripting

PsSnapin is called: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client

get-help * | where {$_.pssnapin -like “*Enter*”} | sort name | select name,synopsis | ft –auto

Name	Synopis
Add-ConnectorToTier	Configures an Operations Manager Connector Framework connector for a specified tier.
Add-RemotelyManagedComputer	Adds a remotely-managed computer to an agent.
Add-RemotelyManagedDevice	Adds a remotely managed device to an agent.
Add-UserToUserRole	Adds the specified user to an Operations Manager role.
Approve-AgentPendingAction	Approves the specified agent pending action.
Disable-NotificationSubscription	Disables a notification subscription.
Disable-Rule	Disables a rule.
Enable-NotificationSubscription	Enables a notification subscription.
Enable-Rule	Enables a rule.
Export-ManagementPack	Exports a management pack to a file.
Get-Agent	Gets the agents associated with the specified management server.
Get-AgentPendingAction	Gets agent-pending actions.
Get-Alert	Gets the specified alerts.
Get-AlertDestinatin	Gets the connector to which the alert is forwarded.
Get-AlertHistory	Get the history for the specified alerts.
Get-Connector	Get the connectors for a management group.
Get-DefaultSetting	Gets the default settings for a management group.
Get-Diagnostic	Returns the available diagnostics.
Get-Discovery	Returns available discoveries.
Get-Event	Gets events.
Get-FailoverManagementServer	Returns the failover management servers.
Get-GatewayManagementServer	Returns the gateway management servers.
Get-MaintenanceWindow	Gets maintenance window information.
Get-ManagementGroupConnection	Gets all open Management Group connections.
Get-ManagementPack	Gets imported management packs
Get-ManagementServer	Gets management servers.
Get-Monitor	Gets management pack monitors.
Get-MonitorHierarchy	Retrieves the hierarchy of monitors for a particular monitoring object.
Get-MonitoringClass	Gets monitoring classes.
Get-MonitoringClassProperty	Gets the properties of a specified monitoring class.
Get-MonitoringObject	Gets monitoring objects.
Get-MonitoringObjectGroup	Returns the list of monitoring object groups.
Get-MonitoringObjectPath	Gets path to a monitoring object.
Get-MonitoringObjectProperty	Gets properties and associated values of monitoring objects.
Get-NotificationAction	Gets notification actions.
Get-NotificationEndpoint	Gets notification end points.
Get-NotificationRecipient	Gets notification recipients.
Get-NotificationSubscription	Gets notification subscriptions.
Get-OperationsManagerCommand	Returns all cmdlets that are provided by Operations Manager.
Get-Override	Gets management pack overrides.
Get-PerformanceCounter	Gets performance counters.
Get-PerformanceCounterValue	Gets data associated with a specified performance counter.
Get-PrimaryManagementServer	Returns the primary management server.
Get-Recovery	Returns available recovery objects.
Get-RelationshipClass	Gets monito ring relationship classes.
Get-RelationshipObject	Gets monitoring relationship objects.
Get-RemotelyManagedComputer	Gets remotely managed computers.
Get-RemotelyManagedDevice	Gets remotely managed devices.
Get-ResultantCategoryOverride	Gets resultant category overrides.
Get-ResultantRuleOverride	Gets resultant rule overrides.
Get-ResultantUnitMonitorOverride	Gets resultant monitor overrides.
Get-RootManagementServer	Returns the root management server.
Get-Rule	Gets monitoring rules.
Get-RunAsAccount	Gets run as accounts.
Get-State	Gets monitoring state for specified monitoring objects.
Get-Task	Gets monitoring tasks.
Get-TaskResult	Gets monitoring task results.
Get-Tier	Gets tiered management groups.
Get-UserRole	Gets user roles.
Install-Agent	Installs agents.
Install-AgentByName	Installs an Operations Manager agent on the specified computer.
Install-ManagementPack	Installs a management pack.
New-CustomMonitoringObject	Creates a custom monitoring object.
New-DeviceDiscoveryConfiguration	Creates an object that represents settings to use to discover devices.
New-LdapQueryDiscoveryCriteria	Creates a new LdapQueryDiscoveryCriteria object used to discover computers.
New-MaintenanceWindow	Puts the specified monitoring object into maintenance mode.
New-ManagementGroupConnection	Creates a new connection to a management group or tiered management group.
New-MonitoringPropertyValuePair	Creates a new monitoring property-value pair object.
New-Tier	Creates a new tier connection.
New-WindowsDiscoveryConfiguration	Creates an object that describes computers to discover.
Reject-AgentPendingAction	Rejects the specified agent pending action.
Remove-ConnectorFromTier	Removes an Operations Manager Connector Framework connector from a specified tier.
Remove-DisabledMonitoringObject	Removes all monitoring objects for which discovery is disabled.
Remove-ManagementGroupConnection	Removes a connection to a management group.
Remove-RemotelyManagedComputer	Removes a remotely managed computer from an agent.
Remove-RemotelyManagedDevice	Removes a remotely managed device from an agent.
Remove-Tier	Removes a tier.
Resolve-Alert	Resolves an alert.
Set-AlertDestination	Sets the Operations Manager Connector Framework connector to which the specified alert will be forwarded.
Set-DefaultSetting	Sets default settings.
Set-MaintenanceWindow	Sets properties of a maintenance window.
Set-ManagementServer	Sets the management server of an agent.
Set-ProxyAgent	Sets the proxy agent for a remotely managed computer or device.
Start-Discovery	Starts a discovery task for discovering devices or computers.
Start-Task	Starts a task.
Uninstall-Agent	Uninstalls the Operations Manager agent from managed computers.
Uninstall-ManagementPack	Uninstalls a management pack.

Export non expiry password accounts

April 17, 2009 by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead, MsExchange, Powershell, Scripting

I’m doing requests now ;-)

This script will dump a list of user accounts that have “Password never expires” checked

$CurrentDomain = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::getcurrentdomain()
$Forest = $CurrentDomain.Forest.ToString()
$Forest = “dc=” + $Forest
$Forest = $Forest.Replace(“.”,”,dc=”)
$Root = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry $Dom
$selector = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher
$selector.PageSize = 1000
$selector.SearchRoot = $root
$selector.Filter= “(&(objectClass=user)(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=65536))”
$objs= $selector.findall()
$objs

Setting Exchange mailbox size limits on a group

October 20, 2008 by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead, MsExchange, Powershell, Scripting

WHAT! I hear you say, you can’t do that! .. Very true, but you can automate it ;-) using the wonders of Powershell

Exchange 200x

First you will need to use adsiedit.msc and get the groups distinguishedName. Once you have that, using an account that has access to over the users AD objects you run this code:
$mygroup = “
$grp = [adsi](“LDAP://$mygroup“)

Now type:
$grp | FL *
This will list out properties of the group ** just to make sure its’ the right one **

What you can do here is type:
$grp.member
This will list the group membership.

Now choose a quota size in KB
$QuotaSize = 5242880

Then if you happy, run this code to set the quota size
forEach($xMem in $Grp.Member){Write-Host $xMem;$user = [adsi](“LDAP://$xMem“); $user.mDBUseDefaults = $False; $user.mDBStorageQuota = $QuotaSize; $user.setinfo()}

Exchange 2007

Exchange 2007 is a lot easier.

Now choose a quota size in KB
$QuotaSize = 5242880

$Grp = get-group ; forEach($xMem in $Grp.Members){Write-Host $xMem; set-mailbox $xMem -IssueWarningQuota $QuotaSize}

Get a list of scheduled tasks running on your exchange servers

September 15, 2008 by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead, MsExchange, Powershell, Scripting

This is a handy little check. If you want to see what scheduled tasks are running on your Exchange 2007 servers try this:

Get-ExchangeServer | foreach-object{$srv=$_.Name.ToString(); write-host “`n`n$srv”; schtasks /s \$srv /query}

Enjoy

Add a user to the local administrators group

August 28, 2008 by ucinfo, posted in Flaphead, Powershell, Scripting

How cool is this ;-)

$srv=hostname;([ADSI]”WinNT://$srv/Administrators,group”).Add(“WinNT:///”)

Exchange 2007 / Outlook 2003 / Blackberry & OoO

March 28, 2008 by ucinfo, posted in Flaphead, MsExchange, Powershell, Scripting

I saw Andy posted this (http://telnetport25.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/quick-ish-tip-exchange-2007-setting-oof-for-users-via-powershell-2/) today and wanted to share my script.

It uses the same dll from Glen(EWSOofUtil.dll) to open the specified users mailbox and Enable/Disable a users Out Off Office Setting. This in theory fixes an Issue with Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2003/Blackberry Enterprise Server

The script also checks to see if a user has a legacy account set as Associated External. If it has it removes it and writes to a log. It does this as the “Super Account” I was using could open the OoO if this was set!

EWSOofUtil.dll is provided by Glen Scales (http://gsexdev.blogspot.com)

The script can also be used in a pipeline.

##########################################################################################
Param ($Username)
##########################################################################################
$AppName = “Fix-OoO.ps1”
$AppVer = “v1.1 [6 March 2008]”
#
#v1.0 2 March 2008     : A script it born
#v1.1 6 March 2008     : Updated to remove legacy account and added more logging
#
# This script uses EWSOofUtil.dll to open the specified users mailbox and Enable/Disable
# a users Out Off Office Setting. This in theory fixes an Issue with Exchange 2007
# and Outlook 2003/Blackberry Enterprise Server
#
# The script also checks to see if a user has a legacy account set as Associated External
# If it has it removes it and writes to a log
#
#Written By Paul Flaherty
#blogs.flaphead.com
#
#Syntax
#Fix-OoO.ps1
#
#Can be in the pipeline
#get-mailbox -database M03VASG03-M03VASG03-DB01-M03VA -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#
#Other samples
#
#$Server = “M01VA”
#get-mailbox -database $ServerSG01-$ServerSG01-DB01-$Server -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#get-mailbox -database $ServerSG02-$ServerSG02-DB01-$Server -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#get-mailbox -database $ServerSG03-$ServerSG03-DB01-$Server -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#get-mailbox -database $ServerSG04-$ServerSG04-DB01-$Server -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#get-mailbox -database $ServerSG05-$ServerSG05-DB01-$Server -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#get-mailbox -database $ServerSG06-$ServerSG06-DB01-$Server -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#get-mailbox -database $ServerSG07-$ServerSG07-DB01-$Server -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#get-mailbox -database $ServerSG08-$ServerSG08-DB01-$Server -resultsize unlimited | where {$_.islinked -eq $False} | foreach-object {c:psFix-OoO.ps1 $_.Name}
#
##########################################################################################

IF ($Username -eq $Null)
{
Write-Host “Enter UserName: ” -NoNewLine
$Username = Read-Host
}

IF ($username -ne $null)
{
    #Check Permissions
    $xPerms = get-mailboxPermission -Identity $Username -user corebus1$Username
    ForEach ($xPerm in $xPerms)
    {
        $xAccess = $xPerm.AccessRights | Out-String
        $xAccess = $xAccess.Trim()
        If ($xAccess.Contains(“ExternalAccount”))
        {
            write-host $xPerm.User -NoNewLine -foregroundcolor Yellow
            write-host ” : ” -NoNewLine
            write-host $xPerm.AccessRights

Add-content c:tempOoO-Fail-AccessRights.txt “$UserName,corebus1$Username,$xAccess “
Remove-MailboxPermission -Identity $Username -user $xPerm.User -AccessRight ExternalAccount -Confirm:$False

}
}

    $Username += “@flaphead.local”
    Write-host $Username -foregroundcolor Green
    $MsxServer = https://cas01.flaphead.local/EWS/Exchange.asmx

    [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile(“c:psEWSOofUtil.dll”)
    $oofutil = new-object EWSOofUtil.OofUtil
    $oofutil.getoof($Username ,””,””,””,$MsxServer)

$xOoOInternal = $oofutil.InternalMessage
$xOoOExternal = $oofutil.ExternalMessage

$xOoOStatus = $oofutil.OofStatus

IF ($xOoOStatus.Length -eq 0) {Add-content c:tempOoO-Fail.txt $UserName}

IF ($xOoOStatus.Length -gt 0)
{

Write-Host “OoO Status: $xOoOStatus”
Add-content c:tempOoO-Success.txt “$UserName,$xOoOStatus”

        If ($xOoOStatus -eq “Enabled”)
        {
            Write-Host $xOoOInternal
            $oofutil.setoof($Username ,”Disabled”,””,””,””,””,””,$MsxServer)
            $oofutil.setoof($Username ,”Enabled”,””,””,””,””,””,$MsxServer)
        }
        ELSE
        {
            $oofutil.setoof($Username ,”Enabled”,””,””,””,””,””,$MsxServer)
            $oofutil.setoof($Username ,”Disabled”,””,””,””,””,””,$MsxServer)
        }
    }
}
&nb
sp; ELSE
{
    Write-Host “No Username specified”
}

##########################################################################################
#End
##########################################################################################

.. omatic

October 9, 2007 by ucinfo, posted in Flaphead, Scripting

Been surfing today and found a whole load of Microsoft .. omatic utilities

Tweakomatic
The Tweakomatic is a nifty new utility that writes scripts that allow you to retrieve and/or configure Windows and Internet Explorer settings. So what, you might ask. Well, think about it. Because these are WMI scripts, they can be used to configure settings on remote computers. Need to change something on a remote machine? Then haul out the Tweakomatic. And think about this: because the Tweakomatic writes scripts, you could do something like run these scripts as logon or logoff scripts. In other words, you could quickly, easily, and automatically configure settings on any or all the computers in your organization. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=bd328d1e-6c01-4447-bd7c-c09646d722c8&displaylang=en

ADSI Scriptomatic
The ADSI Scriptomatic is designed to help you write ADSI scripts; that is, scripts that can be used to manage Active Directory. The ADSI Scriptomatic also teaches you an important point about ADSI scripting: like WMI, there are consistent patterns to ADSI scripts. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39044e17-2490-487d-9a92-ce5dcd311228&DisplayLang=en

HTA Helpomatic
The HTA Helpomatic is a utility that helps script writers create HTML Applications (HTAs). HTAs enable you to provide a graphical user interface for your scripts, an interface that can include anything from list boxes to radio buttons to checkboxes. The HTA Helpomatic includes sample VBScript code and sample HTML code showing you how to do things like add a button to an HTA. Equally important, the Helpomatic also shows you how you can run a script any time that button is clicked. As an added bonus, the Helpomatic enables you to modify the scripts and HTML code and test those modifications in the utility itself. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=231D8143-F21B-4707-B583-AE7B9152E6D9&displaylang=en

Scriptomatic 2.0
A completely new version of the famous Scriptomatic, the utility that writes WMI scripts for you. (And, in the process, teaches you the fundamental concepts behind writing WMI scripts for yourself.) Unlike its predecessor, Scriptomatic 2.0 isn’t limited to writing just VBScript scripts; instead, Scriptomatic 2.0 can write scripts in Perl, Python, or JScript as well. In addition, Scriptomatic 2.0 gives you a host of new output formats to use when running scripts, including saving data as plain-text, as a stand-alone Web page, or even as XML. Scriptomatic 2.0 handles arrays, it converts dates to a more readable format, and it works with all the WMI classes on your computer; on top of all that, it also writes scripts that can be run against multiple machines. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=09dfc342-648b-4119-b7eb-783b0f7d1178&DisplayLang=en