PowerShell Script: Get AD Domain and Forest functional level

Simple script to show Active Directory domain and forest functional level, FSMO roles, all sites in the forest, Global Catalog servers.

Link for download
.\Get-ADInfo.ps1

Example of usage:

[PS].\Get-ADInfo.ps1

Automate WSUS Server Cleanup on Windows Server 2016 with PowerShell

I had a task to automate wsus server cleanup on windows server 2016.

For this task I used one windows server 2016 powershell command

Invoke-WsusServerCleanup

Invoke-WsusServerCleanup performs the process of cleanup on a specified WSUS server. This process has the same impact as running the Cleanup Wizard from the WSUS Console and allows the specification of the same options as Cleanup Wizard.

In my case I added tasks in Task Scheduler on WSUS Server to run powershell with command:

Task 1. 

Name: WSUS-Cleanup

Task running: Weekly

Description: Cleanup obsolete computers and obsolete updates, delete unneeded updates and obsolete revisions to updates, declines expired updates, declines superseded updates

Command:

[PS]Get-WsusServer | Invoke-WsusServerCleanup -CleanupObsoleteComputers -CleanupObsoleteUpdates -CleanupUnneededContentFiles -CompressUpdates -DeclineExpiredUpdates -DeclineSupersededUpdates

Task 2.

Name: WSUS-Cleanup-Computers 

Task running: Daily

Description: Cleanup for obsolete computers

Command:

[PS]Get-WsusServer | Invoke-WsusServerCleanup -CleanupObsoleteComputers

Install VMware Tools On Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016 Core

 

Open the Virtual Machine Console -> VM -> Guest -> Install/Upgrade VMware Tools

 

 

Example 1.

In Command prompt type PowerShell

 

Check where the Vmware Tools are mounted on

[PS] Get-Psdrive

 

Go to the Drive with Vmware Tools

 

[PS] D:

 

[PS] .\setup64.exe

 

 

 

Follow the steps and restart when completed.

 

When install VMTools done - restart the server:

[PS] Restart-Computer

 

Example 2.

Enter the following command:     

D:\>setup64.exe /S /v "/qn REBOOT=Y"

 

 

Command prompt will return to D:\>. For a minute or two the installation is done than server will reboot.