working with passwords in powershell part 1 – the encryption

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 …

working with passwords in PowerShell prolog

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 …

Checking exchange schema version with powershell

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 …

TOP 50 PowerShell Blogs Award

Thank you Feedspot.com for raising my blog to the “TOP 50 PowerShell Blogs”. This is amazing and I just can’t believe this has become true. Another surprise is the position in this ranking, really awesome.