You can use PowerShell to manage your local certificate store.
The default PowerShell Get-ChildItem cmdlet allows for accessing the local certificate store. But you should start your PowerShell shell windows as administrator, as access might be restricted by GPO settings.
Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine Name : TrustedPublisher Name : ClientAuthIssuer Name : Remote Desktop Name : Root Name : TrustedDevices Name : SPC Name : CA Name : REQUEST Name : AuthRoot Name : WebHosting Name : TrustedPeople Name : My Name : SmartCardRoot Name : Trust Name : Disallowed
Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine\My Directory: Microsoft.PowerShell.Security\Certificate::LocalMachine\My Thumbprint Subject ---------- ------- EC225A0183DC64D864C8BEA1477822858FCEC767 CN=WMSvc-EXSRV02 E2BC29B1445FD267E5A2823591A5221D67D0D94F CN=Microsoft Exchange Server Auth Certificate D8EE794A39A8E04BE32A1E8BED93A3C46D15E0EF CN=EXSRV02 60246A87C12BEB365E7B4044C926587590A3D7B6 CN=mobile.mcmemail.de, O=mcmemail, C=DE 5F103D6C61BF57D86DB4AAA05597B0D1E8155884 CN=EXSRV02.mcmemail.de, CN=EXSRV02, CN=127.0.0.1, CN=localhost, O=Trend Micro.
The example shows a self-signed certificate of a Trend Micro ScanMail for Exchange setup.
$cert = Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine\My\5F103D6C61BF57D86DB4AAA05597B0D1E8155884 $cert | fl Subject : CN=EXSRV02.mcmemail.de, CN=EXSRV02, CN=127.0.0.1, CN=localhost, O=Trend Micro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange Issuer : CN=EXSRV02.mcmemail.de, CN=EXSRV02, CN=127.0.0.1, CN=localhost, O=Trend Micro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange Thumbprint : 5F103D6C61BF57D86DB4AAA05597B0D1E8155884 FriendlyName : NotBefore : 17.11.2014 00:00:00 NotAfter : 16.11.2017 00:00:00 Extensions : {System.Security.Cryptography.Oid, System.Security.Cryptography.Oid}
A certificate issued by an Enterprise CA looks like this
$cert = Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine\My\60246A87C12BEB365E7B4044C926587590A3D7B6 $cert | fl Subject : CN=mobile.mcmemail.de, O=mcmemail, C=DE Issuer : CN=mcmemail-DC01-CA, DC=mcmemail, DC=de Thumbprint : 60246A87C12BEB365E7B4044C926587590A3D7B6 FriendlyName : mcmemail Exchange Server 2013 Certificate NotBefore : 28.08.2014 15:14:04 NotAfter : 28.08.2015 15:24:04 Extensions : {System.Security.Cryptography.Oid, System.Security.Cryptography.Oid, System.Security.Cryptography.Oid, System.Security.Cryptography.Oid...}
$cert | Export-Certificate -FilePath C:\tmp\cert1.p7b -Type p7b Directory: C:\tmp Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 23.12.2014 11:56 1380 cert1.p7b
$certarray = @() $certarray += $cert $cert = Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine\My\D8EE794A39A8E04BE32A1E8BED93A3C46D15E0EF $certarray += $cert $certarray Directory: Microsoft.PowerShell.Security\Certificate::LocalMachine\My Thumbprint Subject ---------- ------- 60246A87C12BEB365E7B4044C926587590A3D7B6 CN=mobile.mcmemail.de, O=mcmemail, C=DE D8EE794A39A8E04BE32A1E8BED93A3C46D15E0EF CN=EXSRV02 $certarray | Export-Certificate -FilePath c:\tmp\certs.sst -Type SST Directory: C:\tmp Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 23.12.2014 11:58 3056 certs.sst
Enjoy working with certificates.
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This was the last part of our small Series about Agile Project Management
The whole Series contains 4 pieces:
Agile Project Management – Basics (Part1) Agile Project Management – What is SCRUM (Part2) Agile Project Management – Agile Project Management in real Life (Part3) Agile Project Management – Agile on the next Level – Program Management (Part4)
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Update 2019-05-07: Export mailbox delegates and SMTP forwarding information added Update 2018-09-04: Add remote IP-address ranges to a receive connector added Update 2018-06-16: Manage Master Category List for Shared Mailboxes and Teams added Update 2018-04-29: Convert Word documents using PowerShell and Set Mailbox Item Private Flag added Update 2018-01-24: Create a new Room Mailbox with Security Groups added Update 2017-11-11: Export all user mailbox permissions added Update 2017-09-22: Remove Out-Of-Office rules from user mailbox added Update 2017-05-20: Parse email messages content for further processing and Update OWA vDir config across multiple servers added Update 2017-03-18: Fetch recently created public folders and Clear Private Flag on Mailbox Messages added Update 2017-02-22: Remove Orphaned HealthMailbox and SystemMailbox Accounts from MESO Container added Update 2017-02-17: Test Office 365 Domain Availability added Update 2017-02-13: Connect to Exchange Server 2013+ using remote PowerShell added Update 2017-02-07: Create Exchange internal/external Url based certificate requests, Create a scheduled task for Exchange Server 2013 added Update 2017-01-24: Gather Exchange Configuration Data added Update 2017-01-05: Export Messages from Transport Queue added Update 2016-11-29: Clean legacy public folder ACL added, Scripts categorized Update 2016-11-28: Add multiple legacy public folder replicas added Update 2016-08-18: Simple import of multiple PST files for a single user added Update 2016-07-28: Change IIS Log File settings Github Url added, Create a new Team Mailbox with Security Groups added Update 2016-06-04: GlobalFunctions added Update 2015-06-18: Copy-ReceiveConnector updated Update 2015-06-01: Exchange 2010 Public Folder Replication Report (UTF8 support) Update 2015-05-21: Copy anti-virus pattern to Exchange 2010/Exchange 2013 servers added Update 2014-12-10: Copy a receive connector from one Exchange Server to multiple Exchange Servers added
Despite the difficulties especially at the beginning of the project, it is still very well in time. This is caused by the fact that the team always kept working and the project was never unable to go on. Due to the agile nature of the project in time communication and transparency were possible!
This was the third part of our small Series about Agile Project Management. Look out for the next part which we are going to publish soon called "Agile Project Management – Agile on the next Level - Program Management"
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Today we start with our short series about agile Project Management with this first article.
Nowadays almost everyone (at least in IT environments) talks about agile project management methods. Some already checked them out, but often enough there are some counter positions to these methods which are related to some unclear things within the methodology.
This small series will try to describe in detail what agile project management is and what are the success factors. First of all: agile project management is a methodology and a mindset! It is NOT a strictly designed process, which will solve problems magically. Key points of "agile" are:
Agile Project management works iterative, the product AND the process will be reviewed and optimized after each iteration
The highly collaborative structure focuses on teamwork and end user transparency as in showing actual project progress or problems which slowed down the progress
At the end of each iteration there will be a product increment which can be used by the customer, this creates actual value and ROI even before the end of the project
Agile Project management can be used in nearly all custom development projects.
If your project has 100% fixed requirements, which will surely not change during the project (by the way...just because they are written down, it does not mean they are fixed!)…
If you roll out "commercial off-the-shelf" software, which is already packaged and automatically distributed (think about MS Office for example)... If your project deals with upgrading or patching a system… … then agile might not be the right approach. If you are thinking about doing your own agile project it is highly recommended to involve an already agile-experienced colleague as an "Agile-Coach". He can help you to set up the process and working mode and help to get a clear understanding what agile is about. Here are some doubts which are quite common regarding agile methods:
This was the first part of our small Series about Agile Project Management. Look out for the next part which we are going to publish soon called "Agile Project Management – What is SCRUM"
Viele Administratoren verzichten auf die digitale Signierung von eigene PowerShell-Skripten. Um solche PowerShell-Skripte in der lokalen IT-Infrastruktur ausführen zu können wird daher die PowerShell-Ausführungsrichtlinie auf Unrestricted konfiguriert. Diese Konfiguration ist ein großes Sicherheitsrisiko für das gesamte Unternehmen.
Unrestricted
Wenn das digitale Zertifikat zur Code-Signierung in Ihrem persönlichen Zertifikatsspeicher hinterlegt ist, ist die Signierung besonders einfach.
Wechseln Sie in einer PowerShell_Session in das Verzeichnis, das die zu signierende PowerShell-Datei enthält und signieren Sie die Datei mit den folgenden Befehlen. In diesem Beispiel wird die Datei MyPowerShellScript.ps1 signiert.
MyPowerShellScript.ps1
# Lesen des Signatur-Zertifikates aus dem persönlichen Zertifikatspeicher # des Anwenders, der die Signierung durchführt $cert=Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\CurrentUser\My -CodeSigningCert # Lesen eines exportierten Signatur-Zertifikates aus einer PFX-Datei # Wenn der Export mit einem Kennwort geschützt ist, werden Sie nach # dem Kennwort gefragt $cert = Get-PfxCertificate -FilePath C:\SCRIPTS\CERTS\CodeSigningVarunagroup.pfx # Digitale Signierung der Datei MyPowerShellScript.ps1 Set-AuthenticodeSignature -FilePath MyPowerShellScript.ps1 -Certificate $cert
Wissenswert ist, dass das Cmdlet Get-PfxCertificate, im Gegensatz zur Dokumentation bei Microsoft Docs, keinen Parameter -Password verfügt, um das Kennwort als SecureString zu übergeben.
Get-PfxCertificate
-Password
Konfigurieren Sie nach der Signierung Ihrer PowerShell-Skripte die Ausführungsrichtlinie für Ihre Systeme mit Hilfe einer Gruppenrichtlinie.
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