Powershell Scripts

The below PowerShell script can be used to Join Windows Server to Active Directory Domain #!powershell# Setup Key Values###################################$AD_DEPLOYMENT_ID = "YourLogin"$AD_DEPLOYMENT_PASSWORD = "YourPassword"$AD_DOMAIN_TO_JOIN = "knowledgeascent.com"$AD_DOMAIN_OU = "OU=trainingscripts,DC=knowledgeacent,DC=com"$HOSTNAME = $env:computername# Join SERVER to AD Domain###################################$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential("$AD_DEPLOYMENT_ID", (ConvertTo-SecureString "$AD_DEPLOYMENT_PASSWORD" -AsPlainText -Force))write-host " " write-host "Join Server $HOSTNAME to domain $AD_DOMAIN_TO_JOIN" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "Add-Computer [...]

The Below Powershell script will Add DNS Records to Server Network. #!powershell ##################################################### # Set DNS on Server # ##################################################### Example: $DNS1="10.220.13.10" $DNS2="10.220.13.11" Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias '*' -ServerAddresses($DNS1, $DNS2)

The below PowerShell script will Add an Active Directory Domain Group to Computer Local Administrators Group. #!powershell# Setup Key Values###################################$GrouptoAdd = "YourGroupName"# Adding Domain Group to Local Administrator Group##################################################write-host " " write-host "Adding Domain Group $GrouptoAdd to Local Administrator Group" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "$GroupObj = [ADSI]”WinNT://localhost/Administrators”$GroupObj.Add(“WinNT://knowledgeascent.com/$GrouptoAdd”) 

The Below Powershell script will download your McAfee Antivirus Agent from your local server and execute a silent install for the agent. #!powershell# Setup Key Values###################################$URL="http://yourmcafeeserver//PROD_WIN_ePO_Agent_FramePkg.exe"$downloadtargetpath= "C:\temp\PROD_WIN_ePO_Agent_FramePkg.exe"# Forece TLS 1.2 ###################################[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12write-host " " write-host "Download McAfee Binaries from: $URL" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "try {   Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing $URL -OutFile $downloadtargetpath -ErrorAction [...]