NOTE: See also working with passwords in powershell part 1 and working with passwords in powershell prolog After you created these two files there is of course a possibility to get your password to plain text again. First you need to convert your files to secure string, so powershell can work with it. >>DOWNLOAD password …
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Encrypt passwords with AES256 key NOTE: before we dive in, make sure you have read my prolog about basics in powershell password encryption. LINK working with passwords in powershell part 2 Because I love automating things with powershell, I also want to create a script which creates a new aeskey file and also a text …
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Link part 1 powershell script to create aes encypted password stringLink part 2 powershell script to reconvert to plain password Once a customer asked me how to store a password on local server and use it inside a powershell script to authenticate. Storing passwords in plain text is not the best solution, so I thought …
In my daily work I often see lots of different active directory and exchange environments, so I need a short method to determine witch exchange schema version is installed. Also it is important to check the schema version after schema upgrade or Cumulative Update. Yes there are some links you ‘ll find, but every website …
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Some days ago microsoft launched the brand new windows admin center v1903 preview (IMPORTANT!). It’s only a preview but today I’ll have a look at some really cool extensions. One great improvement is the AD query to add some servers or workstations. Works in my testing enviroment. You can search with wildcards 😉 What I …
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