https://griff.systems/PowerShell and automation articles for click-free IT pros from another systems engineer. 2026-03-06T15:38:12-08:00 Griffeth Barker https://griff.systems/ Jekyll © 2026 Griffeth Barker /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-03-06T00:00:00-08:00 2026-03-06T00:00:00-08:00 https://griff.systems/posts/hybrID-helps-with-hybrid-hell/ Griffeth Barker

Many of us have worked in organizations that have been in a halfway state between their on-premesis Active Directory/Exchange Server infrastructure and Entra ID/Exchange Online. I’d wager there are probably more companies in this hybrid in-between situation than there are fully-cloud organizations at this point. Having worked for several of such companies myself, I’ve often had coworkers ask me...

2026-01-22T00:00:00-08:00 2026-01-22T00:00:00-08:00 https://griff.systems/posts/getting-started-ssh-in-windows-powershell/ Griffeth Barker

A common activity that non-Windows folks are used to daily-driving is Secure Shell (SSH) for remote management of servers. Then suddenly, they have a need to SSH from a Windows machine and aren’t entirely certain how getting started works. So let’s get you set up in this short and sweet post! Generate SSH Key You might have your OpenSSH-compatible private key you want to use (if you do, skip ...

2026-01-12T00:00:00-08:00 2026-01-12T09:47:04-08:00 https://griff.systems/posts/psadminlauncher-0-1-0-release/ Griffeth Barker

If you administer hardened Windows servers, you know the drill. Every time you go to open a built-in tool you need (Active Directory tools, certificate tools, make firewall modifications, etc.), you’re prompted to re-enter your password again, and again, and again. After about the third time you get frustrated! Introducing PSAdminLauncher. What is it? PSAdminLauncher is a standalone launcher ...

2026-01-09T00:00:00-08:00 2026-01-09T00:00:00-08:00 https://griff.systems/posts/creating-entraid-sso-enterprise-apps/ Griffeth Barker

The Need Over the last 6 or so years and across multiple organizations, I’ve had the need to create Enterprise Apps in Microsoft EntraID, create some security groups, assign them to the application, set an owner of each of the groups, etc. If you just do this once, it’s not a huge deal to use the EntraID portal. But when you have a batch of them you need to do, repeatedly, PowerShell and the Mi...

2026-01-05T00:00:00-08:00 2026-01-05T00:00:00-08:00 https://griff.systems/posts/pssm-v0-1-1-release/ Griffeth Barker

PowerShell Service Manager v0.1.1 is now available! PSSM is another service manager for Microsoft Windows. You can find the project on GitHub. Why PSSM Windows already has services.msc, so why even bother writing another service manager in PowerShell? In my career, I’ve often had peers who were vehemently married to “ClickOps” and simply would not learn how to do anything from the command lin...