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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<\/ul>\n
Yesterday we saw how Dr. Scripto aided our good Administrator friend, a person who had never scripted, modify multiple users in Active Directory. Yet there was still much left to do on this project, including deployment of workstations, oh my!<\/p>\n
And so we continue with our third badly rhyme-filled session…<\/p>\n
And so it continued<\/p>\n
Yet not deep in the night,<\/p>\n
For PowerShell scripting<\/p>\n
Deleted the fright.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
With the good Dr. Scripto<\/p>\n
And our new Admin friend<\/p>\n
Learning to automate,<\/p>\n
His aid he would lend.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He then looked at the list<\/p>\n
Of things left to do.<\/p>\n
Instead of a panic,<\/p>\n
A thought came anew.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“Dr. Scripto, a question,<\/p>\n
A query for you<\/p>\n
I wonder if PowerShell<\/p>\n
Could make this happen to?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
New accounts for computers<\/p>\n
I must create now.<\/p>\n
Is there a cmdlet or<\/p>\n
Some easy way how?”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The good Doctor smiled<\/p>\n
(Which was tricky, ya know,<\/p>\n
Since he is made of<\/p>\n
Plaster, not snow).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He pulled a list of cmdlets<\/p>\n
From a module so keen,<\/p>\n
Active Directory it was called,<\/p>\n
Listed them all on the screen.<\/p>\n
Get-Command –module ActiveDirectory<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“Hmm, perhaps I should show<\/p>\n
(Yes, that would make more sense)<\/p>\n
Only those for the computer,<\/p>\n
Would make it less dense”<\/p>\n
Get-Command –name *Computer* –module ActiveDirectory<\/p>\n
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<\/a> <\/p>\n“Looking on screen<\/p>\n
At the list, oh so small,<\/p>\n
I see one that makes sense,<\/p>\n
Filling the call.”<\/p>\n
New-ADComputer<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“Dr. Scripto, but how…<\/p>\n
How can I know?<\/p>\n
To learn how to use<\/p>\n
The cmdlet below?”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
With his bobbly head<\/p>\n
He bounced left and right,<\/p>\n
“We use Get-Help<\/b><\/p>\n
And –examples<\/b> for sight.”<\/p>\n
Get-Help New-ADComputer -examples<\/p>\n
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<\/a> <\/p>\nOur Admin smiled at the<\/p>\n
Sample he saw now,<\/p>\n
“This seems all too simple!”<\/p>\n
As he blinked and said, “Wow!”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So then he typed<\/p>\n
Just for fun, in a way,<\/p>\n
A sample cmdlet<\/p>\n
To try it today.<\/p>\n
New-ADComputer –name “JohnnyTestPC” –SamAccountName “JohnnyTestPC”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And checking the results<\/p>\n
Within the MMC,<\/p>\n
Our Admin could view<\/p>\n
His success for to see.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n“Creating accounts<\/p>\n
For over 500 PCs<\/p>\n
Might not be so hard<\/p>\n
With this cmdlet for me!”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dr. Scripto bobbed Yes<\/p>\n
And jumped up and down,<\/p>\n
Our Admin now had a smile<\/p>\n
Instead of a frown.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And tomorrow we’ll<\/p>\n
See how he’ll fare,<\/p>\n
On setting up systems<\/p>\n
With security to fare!<\/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<\/ul>\n