Complete Housekeeping by using Powershell
Although housekeeping refers to the management of a house and home affairs, we are treating the AD, and its daily operations, as our house. As we are dealing with repetitive tasks, we do want to automate as much as we can. Here is where Powershell will come handy… Complete Housekeeping by using Powershell.
Anyone who has ever administered a server, knows that there are quite few repetitive tasks. Well, AD is not an exception. All those tasks go from event review, to storage monitoring, up to reviewing account lockouts (just to name some).
As there many subjects to cover under this title, we will try to extend accordingly. Bear in mind that the automation tasks, as well as the code provided, are just a suggestion. Feel free to add and improve the ideas we are giving.
"Delegation Model" housekeeping scripts
As part of the delegation model, there are some housekeeping tasks that can be automated.
- Semi-Privileged user provisioning
- Privileged User Management
- Privileged Group Management
- Privileged Computer Management
- Semi-Privileged User Group Management
- Privileged and Semi-Privileged Account Lifecycle
- Service Account Management
"Operational" housekeeping scripts
As part of the operational tasks, there are some housekeeping tasks that can be automated.
"Miscellaneous" scripts
There are some other housekeeping tasks that can be automated. Here are some of them: