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Monitoring AntiVirus status with PowerShell

· 2 min read
Mikey O'Toole
Mikey O'Toole

Background information​

Ninja doesn't currently support native AV monitoring via Windows Security Center, integrated AV packages are monitored but what if you need more?

Creating Fields​

Creating custom fields in NinjaOne
To create a custom field in NinjaOne go to Administration > Devices and select either Role Custom Fields or Global Custom Fields then select Add.

  • Role Custom Fields are custom fields that are specific to a device role.
  • Global Custom Fields are custom fields that are applicable to all devices and/or to a location and/or organisation
Make sure you add the fields to the roles you want to use them in at Administration > Devices > Roles (for role custom fields).

When you create your custom field you need to make sure that you set the Scripts permission to ensure that you can read or write to the field from your scripts - as appropriate for the script you're using.

We're going to create one role custom field for devices with the Windows Desktop or Windows Laptop role:

Field NameField TypeDescription
Detailed AV StatusMulti-LineOutput for each configured AV on the system including name and status information.

Exchange Online Automation with PowerShell for Microsoft Partners

· 4 min read
Mikey O'Toole
Mikey O'Toole

Secure Application Model

For this post you'll want a secure application model Azure AD application configured. Use these instructions from Gavin Stone's Gavsto.com blog.

Read Instructions

CIPP Inspired

The code in this script was inspired by functionality in the CyberDrain Improved Partner Portal (CIPP). Need to manage M365 tenants - CIPP is a fantastic open-source solution for M365 management for single tenants and Microsoft CSP Partners alike.

Check Out CIPP

Finding duplicate devices in NinjaOne

· One min read
Mikey O'Toole
Mikey O'Toole

I'm the author of the NinjaOne PowerShell module so when I was looking for a quick way to identify duplicate devices I turned to that module and the NinjaOne API to find a solution.

About this script​

This script is a quick way to identify duplicate devices in your NinjaOne instance. It can return a full listing of all devices grouped by serial number, it can also just return the ID, last contact date and serial number for the device with the oldest last contact date.

Recursively remove a folder from OneDrive with PowerShell

· 2 min read
Mikey O'Toole
Mikey O'Toole

Did you know, when you have a retention policy configured for OneDrive in Microsoft 365 you lose the ability to recursively delete folders. The OneDrive client often handles this by recursing through the folder tree to remove the online copies but sometimes that doesn't work and in those cases you can end up stuck with a folder tree that you would have to manually recurse to remove the offending folders by first emptying them entirely before OneDrive will let you delete them.

Well that's never going to happen ;-)

Enter PowerShell.

Required Modules

You'll need the PnP.PowerShell module for this script. Install with Install-Module 'PnP.PowerShell'