Exchange: Receive Connector Tango! – Part 1

Exchange receive connectors are often configured incorrectly or worse, insecurely. This is the first of a two part series about Exchange receive connectors and what to look out for when setting them up.

Gather Remote Event Logs With Powershell

2013-10-16 1 min read Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

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Gather the remote event log information for one or more systems using wmi, alternate credentials, and multiple runspaces. Function supports custom timeout parameters in case of wmi problems and returns Event Log information for the specified number of past hours. You can view verbose information on each runspace thread in realtime with the -Verbose option.

Version History

1.0.0 – 10/16/2013

Initial release

Notes

By default 24 hours is what we filter against for the results. I’m retroactively releasing this function individually from the new-assetreport project I’ve released a little while ago.

Gather Remote Command Results With Powershell

2013-09-19 3 min read Microsoft Networking Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

Send a remote command using wmi, alternate credentials, and multiple runspaces then retrieve the results serially using mapped secure channels to the remote host. The remote command execution function supports custom timeout parameters in case of wmi problems and returns the remote tmp file information containing the command results. You can view verbose information on each runspace thread in realtime with the -Verbose option.

Gather Local Group Membership With Powershell

2013-09-11 1 min read Microsoft Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

Gather system local groups and their members for one or more systems using wmi, alternate credentials, and multiple runspaces. Function supports custom timeout parameters in case of wmi problems, a switch for inclusion of empty groups in the results, and returns group names with their members. You can view verbose information on each runspace thread in realtime with the -Verbose option.

Version History

1.0.0 – 09/11/2013

Initial release

Notes

None, this is an independent release of a function I’ve recently included in a larger project.

Excel and HTML Asset Reports With Powershell

2013-09-08 4 min read Active Directory Microsoft Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

This set of powershell functions collates and generates reports upon system information it gathers. Information gathered includes hardware health, system information, networking information and much much more. Multiple types of html reports can be generated and all data can be exported directly to an excel workbook, saved as individual reports, and emailed.

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