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- ‘Twas the Night of Before Scripting: Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n
- ‘Twas the Night of Before Scripting: Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n
- ‘Twas the Night of Before Scripting: Part 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Take it away, Sean…<\/p>\n
When we last were within our reading, the good Dr. Scripto showed our former non-scripter how to find cmdlets within a module—and furthermore, how to obtain the necessary Help for basic use. The weight of the pressure had begun to ease off our happy admin. He actually foresaw being home with his family for the holidays.<\/p>\n
But now, let the rhyming begin anew!<\/p>\n
When last we did see<\/p>\n
Our new Admin guy,<\/p>\n
He was feeling his scripting<\/p>\n
Would be very fly.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He learned how to find<\/p>\n
Cmdlets with ease.<\/p>\n
These PowerShell things<\/p>\n
Just working with ease.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“So my good friend,”<\/p>\n
Said Scripto the Doc,<\/p>\n
“What’s the next thing here,<\/p>\n
Upon our time clock?”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Admin looked,<\/p>\n
And saw on his task list,<\/p>\n
A nasty wee thing<\/p>\n
He almost had missed.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He had to migrate<\/p>\n
Some accounts for PC<\/p>\n
Memberships of groups<\/p>\n
That needed to be.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Carried over from an<\/p>\n
Old system now,<\/p>\n
If he didn’t, the boss<\/p>\n
Just might have a cow.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But he realized and thought<\/p>\n
An answer quite quick,<\/p>\n
A solution presented<\/p>\n
Itself in a tic!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“Why, all of the names<\/p>\n
For computers to be<\/p>\n
Are sitting right here<\/p>\n
In computer.csv.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I wonder if can use<\/p>\n
The feature from last<\/p>\n
Import-CSV,<\/p>\n
From the script from the past.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The good doctor nodded<\/p>\n
And said, “Give it a try.<\/p>\n
You’ve nothing to lose,<\/p>\n
And I’ll bet you’ll get by.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But even more, I suspect<\/p>\n
If you try this and get done,<\/p>\n
You’ll be able to access<\/p>\n
It, and get yourself done.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Admin sat down<\/p>\n
And examined his stuff,<\/p>\n
The data from old<\/p>\n
Computers and fluff. <\/p>\n
OLDNAME NEWNAME<\/p>\n
EOT-DABOSS STATION001<\/p>\n
EOT-PICKLE STATION002<\/p>\n
EOT-SURFACE STATION003<\/p>\n
EOT-99 STATION004<\/p>\n
EOT-JERRY STATION005<\/p>\n
$list=IMPORT-CSV computers.csv<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“Now my next challenge<\/p>\n
With this imported list<\/p>\n
Is to migrate groups,<\/p>\n
Make sure none are missed.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He wondered if a<\/p>\n
Cmdlet was there,<\/p>\n
To show group memberships,<\/p>\n
All without care.<\/p>\n
GET-COMMAND –module ActiveDirectory *group*<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He look and blinked<\/p>\n
At the answers outlaid,<\/p>\n
Wondering if they would<\/p>\n
Solve and provide aid.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nHe tried the one out,<\/p>\n
It seemed obvious to he,<\/p>\n
GET-ADGROUPMember,<\/p>\n
It would probably be.<\/p>\n
GET-ADGroupmember MicrosoftWord<\/p>\n
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<\/a> <\/p>\nHe smiled at the result,<\/p>\n
It seemed quite a tease,<\/p>\n
“But I need to know<\/p>\n
The groups for PCs.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“I think I can show you<\/p>\n
Just what you need,<\/p>\n
You need the property<\/p>\n
Of the PC indeed.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dr. Scripto pulled up<\/p>\n
The info at hand,<\/p>\n
Of a computer within<\/p>\n
The old AD land.<\/p>\n
GET-ADComputer EOT-SURFACE –properties memberof<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n“See how MemberOf<\/b><\/p>\n
From the object AD,<\/p>\n
Contains the groups<\/p>\n
Joined by PC?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
To get this list out<\/p>\n
And useful to you,<\/p>\n
We can simply extract it,<\/p>\n
So easy to do.”<\/p>\n
(GET-ADComputer EOT-SURFACE –properties memberof).memberof<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Admin blinked and saw<\/p>\n
Victory in sight,<\/p>\n
“Perhaps I’ll be done with<\/p>\n
All this tonight!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Pop in tomorrow for more silly holiday rhymes and a little more Windows PowerShell goodness!<\/p>\n
I invite you to follow the Scripting Guys on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>. If you have any questions, send email to scripter@microsoft.com<\/a>, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum<\/a>. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.<\/p>\n
Sean Kearney<\/b>, Honorary Scripting Guy and Windows PowerShell MVP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- ‘Twas the Night of Before Scripting: Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n