Category Archives: Active Directory

Unable to Grant Domain Local Groups Full Access Permission to a Exchange 2010 Mailbox using the GUI

John Doe is a user in your Active Directory environment (Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest Function Level) with a mailbox on the email server (Exchange Server 2010 with SP2): You want to grant a domain local group named “Test Group” … Continue reading

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Oh Where, Oh Where Have My Group Policy Options Gone?

You are unable to find specific GPO options such as “Compatibility View” settings for Internet Explorer. One of the first things to look at is: Where are the policy definitions being retrieved from? The default for an Active Directory environment is … Continue reading

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Find AD User Account Lockout Events with PowerShell

A few weeks ago a user contacted me and stated they were constantly being locked out throughout the day. This could have been caused by a number of things from someone else trying to log in as them to being … Continue reading

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Create AD Group and Copy a Group’s Members with PowerShell

This week, I was asked if I could export a list of users who were members of a specific group in Active Directory. My Question: What’s this list for? Answer: We’re working on a project that requires us to create … Continue reading

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Create an Active Directory User Account with PowerShell

I’m in the process of installing SQL Denali and need a couple of users accounts created. If you are creating the Active Directory user on a machine other than a domain controller, you’ll need to install the Active Directory module … Continue reading

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