PowerShell Automation Starter Kit for Windows Sysadmins
20 production-ready PowerShell scripts for the Windows sysadmin who automates everything.
A curated bundle of 20 production-grade PowerShell scripts for Windows sysadmins, covering Active Directory user and computer management, patch and update automation, monitoring and alerting, and reporting. Every script is annotated, uses proper parameter handling, supports -WhatIf where relevant, and is safe to adapt to your environment. Includes a 56-page usage guide PDF and a one-page quick-reference card.
## key-features
- ✓20 production-grade scripts covering AD users, AD computers, patching, monitoring, and reporting
- ✓Every script is annotated, uses proper parameter handling, and supports -WhatIf where it matters
- ✓56-page usage guide walks through every script with real examples
- ✓One-page quick-reference card for the commands you run weekly
- ✓Dead code and risky patterns stripped in Maven review — 9/10 quality score
- ✓Safe starter picks called out for your first lab run (Get-ADUserStatus, Get-ADComputerReport, Disable-InactiveADUsers -WhatIf)
- ▸20 annotated PowerShell scripts organized by category
- ▸Full bundle as a single zip (powershell-automation-starter-kit.zip)
- ▸PowerShell Automation Guide (PDF + MD, ~56 pages, ~6200 words)
- ▸Quick Reference Card (PDF + MD, one page)
- ▸README with quickstart and script index
- ▸AD user management (7 scripts), AD computer and group management (4), patching (4), monitoring (5), reporting (5)
## goes-well-with
From the same shelf
Active Directory Security Audit Kit for Solo IT Teams
A fillable AD audit checklist covering privileged access, stale accounts, GPO hygiene, MFA gaps, and event log review — everything an auditor expects, packaged for the sysadmin who has no security team.
Windows Event Log Analysis Field Guide for Sysadmins
A practical reference guide covering the 20 most critical Windows Event IDs every sysadmin must monitor — with detection logic, triage steps, and copy-paste PowerShell queries for each.
Microsoft Entra ID Migration Starter Kit for Sysadmins
A practical guide + checklist bundle for IT admins migrating on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID in 2026 — covering Cloud Sync, legacy auth deprecation, Intune join strategy, and a phased migration checklist sysadmins can actually execute.
## not-ready-to-buy
Take the field notes instead
One practical write-up a week from the same workbench these kits come from — plus reader pricing when new kits ship.