Re-using computer account with Add-Computer
I am having an issue getting computers to rejoin the domain after they are reimaged. It has been working up until Windows 11 22H2. I found that KB5020276 changed re-using computer names, I have done all the required changes and the script still will not work but I am able to add the computer back to the domain if I use the GUI. Use the same network account in both. The account is a member of the Domain Admins. $domain= '<domain>' $password= "<password>" | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force #enter user account that will be used to join domain $user= '$domain\<user>' $cred= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($user,$password) #edit for OU path $oupath = '<path>' #add computer to OU Add-Computer -domainname $domain -oupath $oupath -Credential $cred -ErrorAction silentlycontinue #add computer to domain Add-Computer -DomainName $domain -Credential $cred Script output Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1635] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Administrator>powershell -nologo -executionpolicy bypass -noprofile -file C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1 Add-Computer : Computer 'TEST' failed to join domain '<domain>' from its current workgroup 'WORKGROUP' with following error message: The group name could not be found. At C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1:17 char:1 + Add-Computer -domainname $domain -oupath $oupath -Credential $cred + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (TEST:String) [Add-Computer], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToJoinDomainFromWorkgroup,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddComputerCommand Add-Computer : Computer 'TEST' failed to join domain '<domain>' from its current workgroup 'WORKGROUP' with following error message: An account with the same name exists in Active Directory. Re-using the account was blocked by security policy. At C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1:21 char:1 + Add-Computer -DomainName $domain -Credential $cred + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (TEST:String) [Add-Computer], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToJoinDomainFromWorkgroup,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddComputerCommand NetSetup.log using script 05/09/2023 09:18:50:880 IsLegacyAccountReuseSetInRegistry returning: 'FALSE''. 05/09/2023 09:18:50:880 NetpManageMachineAccountWithSid: The computer account already exists in Active Directory.Re-using the account was blocked by security policy. NetSetup.log using GUI 05/09/2023 09:22:15:333 IsLegacyAccountReuseSetInRegistry returning: 'FALSE''. 05/09/2023 09:22:15:333 NetpCheckIfAccountShouldBeReused: Matching Owner and current user SIDs. Allowing re-use of account.
Assigning a Manager with PowerShell Graph – Manager Not Found
Hi everyone, We are currently refactoring our PowerShell scripts to align with Microsoft's recommended standards. In our script that creates new users in Azure Active Directory (AAD) via Microsoft Graph, we’re having trouble assigning a manager to a new user. Whether we try using the manager’s object ID or email address, the manager is not found, and the assignment fails. Has anyone encountered this issue before? Is there something we might be doing wrong in how we’re referencing or assigning the manager? Thanks in advance for your help.
Ad-Hoc Entra MFA using SMS
Error : Get MFA Client Access TokenDone. Send MFA challenge to the user Done. OTP sent to your phone. Please enter the OTP: Enter the OTP sent via SMS: 696632 Invoke-RestMethod: C:\Git_Repo\MFA_Test\MFATestWIthKyle\sms.ps1:54:28 Line | 54 | … ionResult = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://strongauthenticationservi … | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Service BODY { color: #000000; background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; | } #content { margin-left: 30px; font-size: .70em; padding-bottom: 2em; } A:link { color: #336699; font-weight: bold; | text-decoration: underline; } A:visited { color: #6699cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; } A:active { color: | #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; } .heading1 { background-color: #003366; border-bottom: #336699 6px | solid; color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 26px; font-weight: normal;margin: 0em 0em 10px -20px; padding-bottom: | 8px; padding-left: 30px;padding-top: 16px;} pre { font-size:small; background-color: #e5e5cc; padding: 5px; font-family: | Courier New; margin-top: 0px; border: 1px #f0f0e0 solid; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word; | } table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Verdana;} table th { border-right: 2px white solid; | border-bottom: 2px white solid; font-weight: bold; background-color: #cecf9c;} table td { border-right: 2px white solid; | border-bottom: 2px white solid; background-color: #e5e5cc;} Service Endpoint not found. WARNING: Invalid OTP or validation failed. Below line causing the error $mfaValidationResult = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://strongauthenticationservice.auth.microsoft.com/StrongAuthenticationService.svc/Connector//ValidatePin' -Method POST -Headers $Headers -Body $XML -ContentType 'application/xml'
find the azure vm status in multiple subscription
We have multiple subscription (more than 10) in our environment and MFA enabled , I was trying to find one vm status using the name but its not working , setting azcontext with tenant ID also not working , I need command to set all subscription as context and find the vm status or any other way to find the vm status , this is needed for daily work, appreciate someone help on this .
Export Enterprise apps and signin count
I need to export all the configured enterprise apps and login count for each. This script does the job, but it truncates the application name (see example screen shot) and I can't figure out how to export the results to csv. Can anyone help? #To enable verbose [CmdletBinding()] Param() #Retrieve list of applications $Apps = Get-AzureADApplication #Loop through each application ForEach($App in $Apps){ Write-Verbose "Processing $($App.DisplayName)" #Retrieve logs filtered on AppID $Log = Get-AzureADAuditSignInLogs -All $true -filter "appid eq '$($App.AppID)'" #Create a custom object for output [PSCustomObject]@{ ApplicationName = $App.DisplayName ApplicationID = $App.AppID SignIns = $Log.count } #To prevent throttling on Sign-in Log querying, insert a sleep Start-Sleep 1 }Powershell Script to extract Azure VM Metrics data
Hi Community, hope you are doing well. I am currently playing around with powershell scripting and trying to extract Azure VM utilization data using Get-AzMetric powershell module. I am trying to extract VM metrics through my script for all VMs in my current subscription (free trial) and outputting the same to a csv file. I can see the data getting extracted when I run in console but when I run the script I am unable to see the data getting outputted to my csv file. Please find below my script: # Modules importation #$modules = 'Az.Accounts','Az.Compute', 'Az.Reservations' , 'Az.Storage' , 'Az.Billing' ,'Az.BillingBenefits' ,'Az.Monitor','Az.ResourceGraph', 'Join-Object' ,'PSExcel' ,'Az.Resources', 'Az.CostManagement','ImportExcel' # PS Module required #Install-Module -Name $modules -Scope CurrentUser -Force #Powershell-5.1 # Suppress breaking changes Set-Item Env:\SuppressAzurePowerShellBreakingChangeWarnings "true" # Connect to Azure Connect-AzAccount # Name of the analyze [void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.VisualBasic') $title = ' Azure VM Usage' $msg = 'Please enter the name of the analyze:' $checklistname = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox($msg, $title) # Subscription(s) selection - CTRL & click to select more than 1 subscription $subquery = (Get-AzSubscription | Out-GridView -Title "Select an Azure Subscription" -PassThru) $sub = $subquery.Id Write-Host "Subscription(s) selected: $sub" -ForegroundColor Green # Creation of the directroy New-Item -Path "c:\" -Name "Azurecost\$checklistname" -ItemType "directory" -force set-location c:\azurecost\$checklistname #$csvFileVM = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter("c:\azurecost\$checklistname\VM-Usage.csv") #$csvFileVM.WriteLine("Name, Id, ResourceGroup, MaxCPU") foreach ($subscription in $sub) { # Set the subscription context Set-AzContext -Subscription $subscription $vms = Get-AzVM $vmUtilizationData = @() # Loop through each VM to get utilization metrics foreach ($vm in $vms) { $vmName = $vm.Name $resourceId = $vm.Id $Resourcegroup = $vm.ResourceGroupName # Get metrics for the VM (e.g., CPU Percentage) $metric = Get-AzMetric -ResourceId $resourceId -MetricName "Percentage CPU" -TimeGrain 12:00:00 -StartTime (Get-Date).AddDays(-3) -EndTime (Get-Date) $MaxCPU = $metric.data.maximum | Measure-Object -Maximum | Select-Object -property Maximum #$csvFileVM.WriteLine(" $MaxCPU") $vmUtilizationData += [PSCustomObject]@{ VMName = $vmName ResourceGroup = $Resourcegroup MaxCPU = $MaxCPU } } } $vmUtilizationData | Export-Csv -Path "c:\Azurecost\$checklistname\VMUsage.csv" -NoTypeInformation Write-Host "Your script has finished running." pause Please help me understand what am I missing here since other details like VM name, Resource group name are getting outputted to my csv file through this script except the metric values.[resolved] Variables are not consistent
Hello internet. My mind is completely blown by this! I have a PowerAutomate that sets some 'compose' actions and then uses them to start a job. It is a PowerShell 7.2 script running in a Runbook extension-based hybrid worker on a Debian 11 Azure VM. I've reduced the script to just printing the inputted variable values. That's all, yet it provides them transposed! param ( [string] $siteNAME, [string] $OMd, [string] $userNAME, [string] $templateNAME ) $scriptVERSION = "x.y.z" function WO { write-output $wriOU } write-output "----------------------------------" $wriOU = "siteNAME: "+$($siteNAME);WO $wriOU = "OMd: "+$($OMd);WO $wriOU = "userNAME: "+$($userNAME);WO $wriOU = "templateNAME: "+$($templateNAME);WO write-output "----------------------------------" $wriOU = "Script Version: [ "+$scriptVERSION+" ]";WO write-output "-end of line-" #EOF As you can see 'siteNAME' retains the value correctly. But then 'OMd', 'username', and 'templateNAME' goes sideways so hard... Why? What am I doing wrong, this seems super odd... Any insight is greaaaatly appreciated. TY!Using powershell to create folders within users onedrive
Hi all, I'm experiencing several issues with different PowerShell versions when trying to create folders in OneDrive for users in bulk. PowerShell 5.1 does not recognize Connect-PnPOnline. PowerShell 7 does not recognize Connect-SPOService. I have been following the instructions from this guide, which worked on my previous device. However, I’m unable to get it to work on my new device. My goal is to create folders within specific users' OneDrive accounts. Could you please assist me in resolving this? Thank you!
