AD cmdlets in PowerScripting Podcast

As weird as it might sound there’s another option on getting PowerShell onto your iPod (the first one is of course PowerGUI read-output) – through Jonathan’s PowerScripting podcasts.

He has just published his episode 3 in which he talks about AD cmdlets. Get it here.

How PowerShell can manage Longhorn Core

It turns out that there actually is a way to manage Longhorn Core with PowerShell.

While I was preparing for my Longhorn Airlift session I kept thinking of the Microsoft’s decision to not allow PowerShell on Longhorn Core, and whether there could be any workaround to that. And it turned out that a workaround exists and is actually pretty straight-forward.

The answer is… using PowerShell remotely! While this answer is not applicable for managing operating system stuff (processes, services, registry, files and so on) AD cmdlets work just fine when installed to any computer in the network – not necessarily a DC.

By default they would pick some DC in the network and run against it with your current credentials, or you can use Connect-QADService to specify a specific DC and/or credentials. And in either case they work just fine even if your DCs are in the “headless” mode.

So to maximize your security in the Longhorn world:

1. Use Server Core installation option.

2. Use PowerShell to manage your AD.

Tags: AD cmdlets, Server Core, cmdlets, Airlift, PowerShell, Longhorn, AD, Active Directory, Conferences