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Practical, reusable material for people who run lean IT operations. Newest first.

• Automating new-hire onboarding in a one-person IT shop

  Jul 1, 2026·7 min read

  How I replaced a manual, error-prone new-hire checklist with a web form and a PowerShell provisioning script, plus the gotchas that made me keep a human in the loop.

  • powershell
  • active-directory
  • automation
  • onboarding