In the ever-evolving world of IT, efficiency and automation are key to managing complex systems and networks. PowerShell, with its powerful scripting capabilities, is the go-to tool for IT administrators to automate routine tasks, improve productivity, and maintain system health. To help you get started, I’ve created a public GitHub repo with a collection of PowerShell scripts for everyone to use.
About the Repository
The repo is designed to address help IT professionals, offering scripts that cover a wide range of use cases. Whether you’re managing Active Directory, monitoring servers, or improving security compliance, this collection has you covered.
Key Scripts Included:
- Active Directory Management:
- User Creation Script: Automates the creation of new Active Directory users with specified attributes.
- Group Membership Management: Manages user group memberships, including adding and removing users from groups.
- Monitoring:
- Disk Space Monitoring: Checks disk space usage across servers and generates reports or alerts when thresholds are exceeded.
- Service Health Check: Monitors the status of critical services and restarts them if they are found to be stopped.
- Security:
- Password Policy Enforcement: Ensures that user passwords comply with organisational policies and prompts users to update weak passwords.
- Audit Log Cleanup: Automates the cleanup of old audit logs to maintain system performance and compliance.
- System Management:
- Software Deployment: Automates the installation of software packages across multiple machines.
- System Inventory Report: Generates detailed reports of system hardware and software configurations.
- Generators:
- Report Generation: Creates comprehensive reports on various system metrics and statuses.
- Configuration File Generator: Generates standardised configuration files based on predefined templates.
- SMTP:
- Email Notification Script: Sends email alerts for various system events, such as failed backups or security breaches.
- Bulk Email Sender: Automates the sending of bulk emails to users, useful for announcements or notifications.
Each script is designed to be easily customisable to fit different IT environments, and I will keep adding to the repo, but if there’s something you’d like me to include, please comment below.
Feel free to explore and adapt these scripts to enhance your IT automation processes, and if you’d like to contribute to the repo, I’d love that.