PowerShell+ 2019 - Automating Active Directory Health Checks by Mike Kanakos

Ah, the life of a sysadmin; we balance our time between building new services for our corporate users and troubleshooting the existing services that those same corporate users rely on day after day. We’re involved with so many core pieces of the network that we’re pulled in many directions on any given day. One day it’s troubleshooting servers and applications, the next it could be assisting the help desk figure out why logins aren’t working for a subset of laptops. There is never a shortage of work that demands our attention. The truth is most of us don’t have the time to keep an eye on every detail of our IT infrastructure. Automating tasks is the only way we can focus on the priorities and still keep a watchful eye on all the things that need to be checked regularly. Automation frees you from the mundane, day-to-day tasks that need to be done but are not the best use of your time. PowerShell Summit videos are recorded on a "best effort" basis. We use a room mic to capture as much room audio as possible, with an emphasis on capturing the speaker. Our recordings are made in a way that minimizes overhead for our speakers and interruptions to our live audience. These recordings are meant to preserve the presentations' information for posterity, and are not intended to be a substitute for attending the Summit in person. These recordings are not intended as professional video training products. We hope you find these videos useful - the equipment used to record these was purchased using generous donations from members of the PowerShell community.