PowerShell

Conditional Access Policy Exporter

by dougsbaker
I perform best practice audits of customers’ Conditional Access (CA) policies on a regular basis. If you have ever done this, you will quickly notice that it can be a very intensive exercise due to Azure AD’s portal design. When customers only have a handful of CA policies it can be very easy and quick. ... Read More

Defender for Identity Audit Deleted Objects

by dougsbaker
So recently I noticed in my new Server 2019 DFI lab I was not getting auditing when an object was deleted. This was curious to me as I have always in the past gotten this type of info from the product. Turns out there is one line I missed on pre-reqs that I have never ... Read More

Audit All Mailbox Activity

by dougsbaker
Note: Updated 11/12/2021 to include SearchQueryInitiated Ever wanted to make sure you are auditing all available activities in Exchange Online? Me too! So I wrote a PowerShell to turn on logging for every possible item EXO can audit. Adjust to your liking and license level! So why would you want this? Isn’t logging enabled by ... Read More

Deploy MDATP Tags with Intune

by dougsbaker
Do you feel its a little funny that Microsoft doesn’t have a built-in way to deploy MDATP tags Via Intune? Well, so do I! To get around this weakness I went and wrote a little Powershell script to help take care of it. Deploy it via intune script policy and you should be set/manage any ... Read More

Export Azure backups in VHD format

by dougsbaker
Have you ever run into an issue where you need to export a backup of an Azure vm? No? Just me? Okay, well It can be a pain because there is no native way to just get the VHD of the backup file. If you want to restore a backup point, it’s no problem. If ... Read More

Powershell admin tool launcher

by dougsbaker
I Often find my self needing to open tools such as AD or DNS as a different user account. This is because as a security best practices I usually recommend organizations run dual account security. Where an IT team member uses a separate account for admin activity vs their day to day account that has ... Read More