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Active Directory: Export all group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA)

03.03.201722.12.2017 TobyU Leave a comment

This one-liner exports all group managed Service Accounts (gMSA) from an Active Directory Domain into a .csv file.

As follows, you will find the command as I used it to export certain information about those gMSA in my Domain. You might have to adjust it to your specific needs.

Get-ADServiceAccount -Filter * -Properties * | `
    Select -Property Name, `
        @{name="Owner"; expression={(Get-Acl "AD:\$($_.DistinguishedName)").Owner}}, `
        Enabled, LockedOut, Description,
        @{name="LastLogonDate"; expression={ $_.LastLogonDate.toString("dd.MM.yyyy") }}, `
        @{name="PasswordLastSet"; expression={ $_.PasswordLastSet.toString("dd.MM.yyyy") }}, `
        DistinguishedName | `
        Export-Csv -Path ".\GroupManagedServiceAccounts_$((Get-ADDomain).Name).csv" `
         -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8

Splitting a String into an Array of Strings with equal length

10.02.201715.12.2017 TobyU Leave a comment

Let’s say you have to split a string equally every 6 characters.

PowerShell’s split function and some regular expressions will do just that:

1 2	$str = "NB7962NB1248NB6587NB9426" $arr = $str -split "(\w{6})"

This will return an array with the following elements:

NB7962
NB1248
NB6587
NB9426

Check if a Folder exists and create it if not

28.01.201710.01.2018 TobyU Leave a comment

The following PowerShell code verifies if a specific single directory or even a whole directory path exists and creates it if not.

$myPath = "C:\temp\myPath"
 
if(!(Test-Path $myPath)){
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $myPath
}

Get-Mailbox not returning all Exchange Mailboxes

15.01.201715.12.2017 TobyU Leave a comment

By default, Exchange PowerShell commands such as Get-Mailbox or Get-Recipient, are not returning all Exchange Mailboxes of the whole Active Directory Forest.

Moreover, they just return Mailboxes or Recipients located in the same Domain as the Exchange Organization.

The following command tells your current Exchange Management Shell session to return Mailboxes from the whole Forest:

1	Set-ADServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $true