Clear a Dell Hard Drive Password with PowerShell and ConfigMgr
Remove the internal drive password from Dell PCs with Dell's PowerShell provider, without ever writing the password into a script or package.
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Newest first · 7 / 7Set Extension Attributes on Entra ID Users with PowerShell
Write extensionAttribute1-15 on cloud-only Entra ID users from a CSV, with a clear note for every synced account it can't touch.
Defender for Endpoint vs. Intune: Who Actually Manages the Device?
Onboarding to Defender for Endpoint and enrolling in Intune are two different things, and you almost never have to offboard one to get the other.
Rotate Local Admin Passwords Across the Fleet with Windows LAPS and ConfigMgr
Force an immediate local admin password rotation on every machine in a collection, with Windows LAPS doing the password part so no script ever sees one.
Forcing a Group Policy Refresh with PowerShell and SCCM
A gpupdate wrapper that checks the domain trust first, never bounces anyone's session, and reports a real success or failure back to ConfigMgr.
Deleting Stale Computer Accounts from Active Directory, Safely, with a CSV Log
Feed it a list or an OU, and it deletes (or disables) only the computers that are genuinely stale, logs every decision to CSV, and shows you the plan first with -WhatIf.
Audit a Windows Service Across Many Computers with PowerShell
Feed it a list of computers and a service name, get back one row per machine saying whether it's installed, running, and how it starts.
What Get-WindowsAutopilotInfo Actually Does (and How to Use It Today)
The hardware hash script behind Windows Autopilot, explained. Upload straight to Intune with -Online, or export a CSV when the device can't reach the tenant.
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