# Automate & Operate

> Free PowerShell scripts for sysadmins and ops teams. One ready-to-run automation script every Wednesday — copy, paste, and run it in minutes.

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## Posts
- [Somebody Shared a Folder to Everyone — Find It Before an Auditor Does](https://automateandoperate.com/p/somebody-shared-a-folder-to-everyone-find-it-before-an-auditor-does): Overly permissive file shares are the quietest data leak in most environments. Here's how to audit them weekly.
- [Attackers Love Scheduled Tasks — Audit Yours Automatically](https://automateandoperate.com/p/attackers-love-scheduled-tasks-audit-yours-automatically): Persistence hides in Task Scheduler. Here's how to inventory every task across every server weekly.
- [Kill Your Password Reset Tickets — Email Users Before They Expire](https://automateandoperate.com/p/kill-your-password-reset-tickets-email-users-before-they-expire): Users never notice the expiry warning. Automate the email and watch your helpdesk queue shrink.
- [Who Has Local Admin on Your Servers? Find Out Automatically](https://automateandoperate.com/p/who-has-local-admin-on-your-servers-find-out-automatically): Unauthorized local admin rights are how attackers move laterally. Here's how to audit every server weekly.
- [Your AD Is Full of Ghost Accounts — Find Them Automatically](https://automateandoperate.com/p/your-ad-is-full-of-ghost-accounts-find-them-automatically): Stale accounts are free entry points for attackers. Here's how to find every one of them this week.
- [DNS Failures Kill Everything — Monitor Yours Automatically](https://automateandoperate.com/p/dns-failures-kill-everything-monitor-yours-automatically): When DNS breaks, nothing works. Here's how to catch DNS failures before your users do.
- [Your Firewall Has Holes You Don't Know About — Audit It Automatically](https://automateandoperate.com/p/your-firewall-has-holes-you-don-t-know-about-audit-it-automatically): Rogue firewall rules are a breach waiting to happen. Here's how to audit them every week automatically.
- [SSL Certificates Don't Warn You — So Automate the Warning Yourself](https://automateandoperate.com/p/ssl-certificates-don-t-warn-you-so-automate-the-warning-yourself): One expired cert can take down your entire site. Here's how to never miss another expiry date.
- [Stop Chasing Lockouts — Detect and Alert on AD Account Lockouts Automatically](https://automateandoperate.com/p/stop-chasing-lockouts-detect-and-alert-on-ad-account-lockouts-automatically): Know who got locked out, why, and from which machine — before they call the helpdesk.
- [Never Fail a Patch Audit Again — Automate Your Windows Update Reports](https://automateandoperate.com/p/never-fail-a-patch-audit-again-automate-your-windows-update-reports): Know exactly which servers are patched and which aren't — before your auditor does.
- [Stop Managing AD Users Manually — Automate It with PowerShell](https://automateandoperate.com/p/stop-managing-ad-users-manually-automate-it-with-powershell): One CSV file. One script. Zero manual AD work every Monday.
- [Stop Flying Blind — Monitor Windows Event Logs Automatically](https://automateandoperate.com/p/stop-flying-blind-monitor-windows-event-logs-automatically): Monitor Windows Event Logs Automatically with PowerShell
- [Automate Windows Disk Space Alerts Before They Kill Your Server](https://automateandoperate.com/p/automate-windows-disk-space-alerts-before-they-kill-your-server): Disk Space Alerts
- [Automate Windows Service Recovery Today](https://automateandoperate.com/p/automate-windows-service-recovery-today-e4a3): Windows Services
- [Automate Windows Service Recovery Today!](https://automateandoperate.com/p/automate-windows-service-recovery-today): Use Recovery Services
- [Automate Your Windows Service Remediation](https://automateandoperate.com/p/automate-your-windows-service-remediation): Windows Services

## Pages
- [](https://automateandoperate.com/)
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## Authors
- [Automate Operate](https://automateandoperate.com/authors/automate-operate)

## Categories
- [Compliance](https://automateandoperate.com/t/Compliance)
- [Active Directory](https://automateandoperate.com/t/Active Directory)
- [Automation](https://automateandoperate.com/t/Automation)
- [SysAdmin](https://automateandoperate.com/t/SysAdmin)
- [Windows](https://automateandoperate.com/t/Windows)
- [PowerShell](https://automateandoperate.com/t/PowerShell)