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Create Policies for Sharepoint and Powershell 1.0

steve schofield — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:50:00 GMT

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Sharepoint")
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Sharepoint.Publishing")

$SiteURL = "http://www.example.com"
$site = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($siteURL)
$web = $site.OpenWeb()
$list = $web.Lists["Cache Profiles"]
$newitem = $list.items.Add()
$newitem["Title"]= "AnonCachePolicy"
$newitem["Display Name"]= "AnonCachePolicy"
$newitem["Display Description"]= "AnonCachePolicy"
$newitem["Perform ACL Check"] = $false
$newitem["Enabled"] = $true
$newitem["Duration"] = 60
$newitem["Check for Changes"] = $false
$newitem["Vary by HTTP Header"] = "User-Agent"
$newitem["Vary by User Rights"] = $false
$newitem["Cacheability"] = "ServerAndPrivate"
$newitem["Safe for Authenticated Use"] = $false
$newitem["Allow writers to view cached content"] = $false
$newitem.update()

$anonID = ($list.items | where {$_.Name -eq "AnonCachePolicy"}).ID

$newitem = $list.items.Add()
$newitem["Title"]= "AuthCachePolicy"
$newitem["Display Name"]= "AuthCachePolicy"
$newitem["Display Description"]= "AuthCachePolicy"
$newitem["Perform ACL Check"] = $true
$newitem["Enabled"] = $true
$newitem["Duration"] = 60
$newitem["Check for Changes"] = $true
$newitem["Vary by HTTP Header"] = "HTTP_USER"
$newitem["Vary by User Rights"] = $false
$newitem["Cacheability"] = "ServerAndNoCache"
$newitem["Safe for Authenticated Use"] = $true
$newitem["Allow writers to view cached content"] = $false
$newitem.update()

$authID = ($list.items | where {$_.Name -eq "AuthCachePolicy"}).ID

$cacheSettings = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.SiteCacheSettingsWriter($site)
$cacheSettings.EnableCache = $true
$cacheSettings.ObjectCacheSize = 200
$cacheSettings.SetAnonymousPageCacheProfileId($site, $anonID)
$cacheSettings.SetAuthenticatedPageCacheProfileId($site, $authID)
$cacheSettings.Update()

$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()

Use Powershell, WMI to retrieve DNS search order, Use Active Directory for list of computers.

steve schofield — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:09:00 GMT

# ********************* Global variables *********************
$sb = new-object System.Text.StringBuilder
$sbErrors = new-object System.Text.StringBuilder

# ********************* Defining functions *********************
function GetListOfComputer
{
$strCategory = "computer"
$objDomain = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
$objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher

$objSearcher.SearchRoot = $objDomain
$objSearcher.Filter = ("(objectCategory=$strCategory)")

$colProplist = "name"
foreach ($i in $colPropList){$objSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add($i)}

$colResults = $objSearcher.FindAll()

foreach ($objResult in $colResults)
{
  $objComputer = $objResult.Properties; $objComputer.name
  [string]$CN = $objComputer.name
  $ipaddress = Ping-Address $objComputer.name
  FOREACH-OBJECT {LogInfo $CN $ipaddress}
}
}

function Ping-Address ([string]$strComputerName)
{
$ipaddress = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostbyName("$strComputerName") | select AddressList
$strGetIPAddress = $ipaddress.AddressList[0].IpAddressToString
Return $strGetIPAddress
}

function LogInfo ([string]$strServerName, [string]$strIPAddress)
{
Write-Host $strServerName + "," + $strIPAddress
$pingresult = Get-WmiObject win32_pingstatus -Filter "address='$strIPAddress'"
$error.Clear()
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

if($pingresult.statuscode -eq 0)
   {
    trap [Exception] {continue}
    $colItems = get-wmiobject -query "Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where IPEnabled = 1" -namespace "root\cimv2" -computername $strIPAddress
    foreach ($objItem in $colItems)
    {
         $strCaption = $objItem.Caption
         write-host $strCaption

$strDescription = $objItem.Description
write-host $strDescription

$strDNSServerSearchOrder = $objItem.DNSServerSearchOrder
write-host $strDNSServerSearchOrder

         $result = $strServerName + "," + $strIPAddress + "," + $strDNSServerSearchOrder + "," + $strCaption + "," + $strDescription + "`r"
         $sb.Append($result)
    }
   }
else
   {
    Write-Host "Cannot connect:" + $strServerName + "," + $strIPAddress
    $sbErrors.AppendLine($strServerName + "," + $strIPAddress + "`r")
    }
}

# ********************* Get list of Computers and call function to get data *********************
GetListOfComputer

# ********************* Write out data *********************
write-output $sb.ToString() >E:\Temp\ComputerList.txt
write-output $sbErrors.ToString() >E:\Temp\ComputerListNotFound.txt

Powershell, Sharepoint and granting SPBasePermissions

steve schofield — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:10:00 GMT

Over the last few months, I've been learning how to automate Sharepoint installs and perform base configurations. Between psconfig , stsadm and stsadm extension by Gary LaPoint, I've been able to achieve pretty much a scripted install. Most of the configuration...(read more)

Powershell script to collect certain operating system versions and pipe out computer name

steve schofield — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:20:00 GMT

One of the things I struggle is 'syntax' when it comes to scripting. This Powershell script is a combo of things I found to help filter which results are exported from Active Directory. Hope this helps. $strCategory = "computer" $objDomain = New-Object...(read more)

List Local administrators on a machine using Powershell, ADSI

steve schofield — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:25:00 GMT

I need to audit our local administrators group. I wanted to convert my script to Powershell that I've used for years. I found the magic post here that shows the core syntax. I wouldn't have guessed the syntax in a dozen years. Here is the VBScript. Set...(read more)

Writing out computer list retrieved from Active Directory and output to a text file using Add-Content

steve schofield — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:45:00 GMT

Hope this helps someone, it took me a bit to get the syntax down and understand why. (Yes, I'm still a PoSh newbie) I discovered when I was trying to write out a computer list retrieved from Active Directory, the output in the file was System.DirectoryServices...(read more)

Powershell 1.0 script to update Active Directory FTP User isolation attributes (msIIS-FTPDir, msIIS-FTPRoot)

steve schofield — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:18:00 GMT

I recently posted an article how to setup FTP User Isolation and Active Directory together. Here is the article . In the post, I mentioned you'll need to engage your AD administrator to update the two attributes. Here is a script using Powershell 1.0...(read more)

Use Appcmd to set IIS compression level

steve schofield — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:55:00 GMT

Here are a few commands to set properties on IIS compression. 'This was run from cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:urlCompression /doDynamicCompression:true c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.webServer...(read more)

Using Powershell 1.0 to execute remote processes that need PacketPrivacy authentication

steve schofield — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:52:00 GMT

I was using Powershell to do some work remotely with a DCOM component and ran into a requirement to use PacketPrivacy AuthenticationLevel . I've found sometimes having commands to copy files from a unc path to a remote machine, then executing them is...(read more)

Grant NTFS security to a remote folder using WMI, Powershell.

steve schofield — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:15:00 GMT

I needed to adjust NTFS folder security using powershell on a remote folder. The user was 'LOCAL Service'. The command contains the ` character, it's a escape key for having double quotes inside a string. Interesting way of powershell handling that. Better...(read more)

Create domain groups with Powershell and ADSI / LDAP provider

steve schofield — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:49:00 GMT

Handy little script to create Active Directory groups with Powershell. The script assumes it's run on a domain controller. It could also be run remotely and just adjust the script with a DC name. There are a few different examples, it took me a few tries...(read more)

Powershell version of On Error Resume next.....Maybe

steve schofield — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:37:00 GMT

I'm sure powershell people will correct me, but coming from a VBScript background, ON ERROR RESUME NEXT had it's uses. I worked on a script and needed to execute a command even though an error might happen. I needed a quick a dirty execution statement...(read more)

Path, CommandLine and ExecutablePath not exposed in Powershell using WMI as a regular user.

steve schofield — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:18:00 GMT

This post is more a question and a on-going research. Thought I would share my findings so far. If you know the answer, please do share. :) I've been trying understand why the three properties (Path, CommandLine, Executable) not exposed to non-Administrators...(read more)

Execute a command with Powershell using Win32_Process

steve schofield — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:51:00 GMT

$cmd = "xcopy c:\1.txt c:\temp\1.txt /A" $server = "." $user = "domain\userName" $pass = "p@ssw0rd" $process = [ WMIClass ] "\\$server\ROOT\cimv2:Win32_Process" #$process.psbase.Scope.Options.userName=$user #$process.psbase.Scope.Options.Password=$pass...(read more)

IIS Powershell Provider info and articles

steve schofield — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:56:00 GMT

I've been recently trying to get more in-depth regarding Powershell and the IIS provider. Here are some articles along with the download link. 'Over 10 articles on Powershell and the IIS Provider. http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/447/managing-iis-with-the...(read more)