Hi all,

I am still getting to grips with PowerShell and still learning my way around the various options in PowerShell. 

I am working on a script that search for expired accounts in AD and there will be some where my script will take an action, for example if an expired AD user account has not been disabled my script will disable it. Then further down it will check to see if there are more AD groups than Domain Users and remove it there are.

What i would like to know is how do i collate the info from each "action" and and the end of my script if i want to send 1 large email to the IT helpdesk informing of all changes instead of an email per action? I am guessing a need to add things into an array or something and then in my Send-MailMessage command when i define the -Body that i can use a variable like $actionResults that contain all the actions?

If you can guide me to where i need to go search i would really appreciate it. Looking for various options and methods so i can work out which one is better in my situation.

Best regards

Ronnie

If an account is set to expire it will automatically be disabled.

I recommend that you start by  getting the basics of PowerShell worked out.  You will have a hard time building any complex script without the basics.

You can start here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd793612.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

There are many basic videos on YouTube that cover most f the fundamentals in small bites.

Thank you very much for your reply, i have been watching videos from CBT Nuggets website but i guess i have not yet quite worked out how to accomplish my goal.

Thank you though for the reply.

"Nuggets" are only useful after you have learned the basics.  Before you learn they can be very misleading.

A colleague of mine helped me out in the end. We ending up adding to a string and when sending the email we used that string as part of the body in the mail sent

We used this:
$strActionsTaken += "<tr><td>" + $leaver.Name +" ("+ $leaver.SamAccountName+") Disabled</td></tr>"

• Marked as answer by ronniejorgensen82 23 hours 43 minutes ago

A colleague of mine helped me out in the end. We ending up adding to a string and when sending the email we used that string as part of the body in the mail sent

We used this:
$strActionsTaken += "<tr><td>" + $leaver.Name +" ("+ $leaver.SamAccountName+") Disabled</td></tr>"

I am sorry you see it that way, but I thought the same with your answer. telling people to go learn the basics when all they asked was to be pointed in the right direction seems unhelpful to me.

Although I do agree that people should learn the basics before starting any complex scripting but still I felt not very not helped or guided by your answer.

If it makes it any better here is a snippet from the script.

    # Hide from Exchange address list.
    $leaveracc = Get-ADUser -Identity $leaver.SamAccountName -Properties Name,SamAccountName,EmailAddress,msExchHideFromAddressLists
    if ($leaver.EmailAddress -like "*@*" -AND $leaver.msExchHideFromAddressLists -ne "True") {
        Set-ADUser -Identity $leaver.SamAccountName -Add @{msExchHideFromAddressLists=$TRUE} #-WhatIf
        $strActionsTaken += "<tr><td>" + $leaver.Name +" ("+ $leaver.SamAccountName+") Hidden from GAL</td></tr>"
    }

.........

# Email sending part looks like this

If an account is set to expire it will automatically be disabled.

I recommend that you start by  getting the basics of PowerShell worked out.  You will have a hard time building any complex script without the basics.

You can start here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd793612.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

There are many basic videos on YouTube that cover most f the fundamentals in small

A colleague of mine helped me out in the end. We ending up adding to a string and when sending the email we used that string as part of the body in the mail sent

We used this:
$strActionsTaken += "<tr><td>" + $leaver.Name +" ("+ $leaver.SamAccountName+") Disabled</td></tr>"

• Marked as answer by ronniejorgensen82 Tuesday, August 04, 2015 7:27 AM