Documenting with PowerShell: Chapter 2 – Documenting Bitlocker keys
Our RMM system currently does not have support to securely store the bitlocker key inside of the RMM system itself. I’ve subscribed to the school of bitlocking everything that passes through my...
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Monitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring log on of specific users.
Hi Guys, This’ll be the last blog before I go on holidays, So enjoy it and see you all in two weeks. This time we’re going to talk about montoring the logon of specific users. We use named accounts...
View ArticleDocumenting with PowerShell Chapter 3: Local Administrator Passwords solution
As a good administrator does we always try to change the local administrator password on computers that we hand-out to clients, and disable it, so we only have to enable it when it’s required....
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: UPS Status (APC, Generic, and Dell)
So we’re using several types of UPS’s at our clients, and sometimes bump into generic USB UPS systems too. To monitor these we use a couple of methods that all have benefits and downsides. Let’s get...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Office C2R updates
This blog might be a little shorter than normally, I’ve been a bit swamped with work so if you have any questions, let me know! This time we’re going to monitor the update status of Microsoft Office...
View ArticleDocumenting with PowerShell Chapter 5: File share permissions
A lot of our clients struggle with permission management. Some of our clients practically want a daily permissions report to see if anything has changed. To make sure that our client can be sure we...
View ArticleFunctional PowerShell for MSPs (Beginner course)
Hi guys, I’m organising another PowerShell event. Joining the event can be done here. It’ll be a webinar about PowerShell. The session is mostly oriented for beginners, We’ll have a public Q&A and...
View ArticleUsing the Secure Application Model with PartnerCenter 2.0 for Office365.
I was recently informed that my scripts for the secure application model no longer worked. This is due to Microsoft updating the PartnerCenter module with some breaking changes. To make sure you can...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: The Windows Firewall
In a lot of situations where we take over server management from clients we often see bad security practices, where the client does not understand the inherent risk and just wants everything to work....
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: External port scanning
So I like knowing exactly what ports are open on my clients network, and have the ability to alert on specific ports that are opened. The problem with most port-scan utilities, and the PowerShell...
View ArticleDocumenting with PowerShell: Bulk edit configurations in IT-Glue
I know last week I said I’d take a break from the monitoring blogs, but a MSP recently requested if I knew a way to mass-edit specific configuration items in IT-Glue. In his case, he was going to...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Office365 admin password changes
So when I was at Dattocon I was approached by an MSP that was using his RMM system to alert on changes of the local admin password, as he wanted to be updated every time a local admin got a new...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring RRAS status.
So for my clients I’ve always relied completely on the Microsoft stack – I do not like most VPN appliances but still want to offer a stable SSL VPN for all clients. Enter SSTP, I’ve blogged about SSTP...
View ArticleFunctional PowerShell for MSPs webinar
Hi all, I hope you’ve enjoyed the webinar. The recording can be found here. I have to admit I was a little nervous due to over 600 attendees! The scripts used during the presentation can be found...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring RDS UPD size
So our clients have RDS deployment, WVD deployments, and just in general VDI-like environments. To make sure their profile can be loaded on each machine without having to set everything up again we...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Active Directory replication
I’ve often deployed domain controllers in environments that weren’t the most stable due to connectivity issues. To make sure that the domain controllers keep replicating correctly and we detect issues...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring Event log size
Lately I’ve been getting some questions about how to handle event logs when you do not have a SIEM or log collector in place. I like thinking about these situations as I know a lot of MSPs struggle...
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Connect to Exchange Online automated when MFA is enabled (Using the SecureApp...
So in the past months Microsoft has been forcing CSPs and MSPs to use MFA, something I strongly encourage and am glad with. The only issue with this was that Microsoft made this move without...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: Monitoring disk speed
Sometimes we get complaints from clients reporting “my machine is slow” and not really get any leads to work with. The client just experiences slowness. In most cases this is due to disk speeds – the...
View ArticleMonitoring with PowerShell: User Recycle bin Remediation
I deploy a lot of environments where there is some form of folder redirection – be it classical folder redirection using a GPO or UPD on Windows Virtual Desktop, or even Known Folder Redirection using...
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