Active Directory

Use PowerShell to Install a DHCP Server on a Windows Server 2019 (Server Core) Active Directory Domain Controller

Dec 6, 2018 · Active Directory DHCP Server PowerShell Windows Server 2019 ·

You need to have an Active Directory domain in place. I'm picking up where I left off in my previous blog article Use PowerShell to Create a New Active Directory Forest on Windows 2019 Server Core Installation (no-GUI). The procedure shown in this blog article is for demonstration purposes only. Install the DHCP server …

Use PowerShell to Create a New Active Directory Forest on Windows 2019 Server Core Installation (no-GUI)

Nov 29, 2018 · Active Directory PowerShell Windows Server 2019 ·

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You have a fresh installation of Windows Server 2019 that was installed using the default installation type of server core installation (no-GUI). This server will be the first domain controller in a brand new Active Directory forest. You've completed the following configuration prior to attempting to turn this server …

Determine the Default Password Policy for an Active Directory Domain with PowerShell

Apr 20, 2017 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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I've been working with PowerShell since the version 1.0 days and I'm still amazed that I find cmdlets that I didn't know existed. Back in 2003, I had written some PowerShell code to query group policy for the lockout policy of an Active Directory domain. It used code similar to what's shown in the following example …

Test Active Directory User Accounts for a Default Password with PowerShell

Apr 13, 2017 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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How do you control password resets in your environment? I've worked for numerous companies where their forgotten password reset process was all over the board. Hopefully you have a process in place that allows you to sleep at night. Even with the best policies and procedures in place, what happens when someone on your …

PowerShell One-Liner to Disable Active Directory Accounts and Log the Results to a SQL Server Database

Feb 16, 2017 · Active Directory PowerShell SQL Server ·

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The new PowerShell cmdlets that are part of the SQLServer PowerShell module that's distributed as part of SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) 2016 make it super easy to write the output of PowerShell commands to a SQL Server database. The ActiveDirectory PowerShell module that's part of the RSAT (Remote Server …

Use PowerShell to Add Active Directory Users to Specific Groups based on a CSV file

Feb 25, 2016 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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I recently responded to a post in a forum about adding Active Directory users to groups with PowerShell based on information contained in a CSV (Comma Separated Values file format). I thought I would not only share the scenario and solution that I came up with but also elaborate on adding additional functionality that …

Building logic into PowerShell functions to nag users before their Active Directory password expires

Jan 7, 2016 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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This week I'm sharing a couple of PowerShell functions that are a work in progress to nag those users who seem to never want to change their passwords. I can't tell you how many times the help desk staff at one of the companies that I provide support for receives a call from a user who is unable to access email or …

Video: Demystifying Active Directory User Account Lockouts with PowerShell

Dec 31, 2015 · Active Directory PowerShell Video ·

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A few months ago I created an audition video for Pluralsight on "Demystifying Active Directory User Account Lockouts with PowerShell" and I thought I would share that video with you, the readers of my blog site: You can also find this video on my YouTube channel. µ

PowerShell: Filter by User when Querying the Security Event Log with Get-WinEvent and the FilterHashTable Parameter

Oct 1, 2015 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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I recently ran across something interesting that I thought I would share. The help for the FilterHashTable parameter of Get-WinEvent says that you can filter by UserID using an Active Directory user account's SID or domain account name: 1help Get-WinEvent -Parameter filterhashtable Notice that the help also says the …

Using PowerShell Desired State Configuration to build the first domain controller in your Active Directory forest

Feb 12, 2015 · Active Directory Desired State Configuration DSC PowerShell ·

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If you're a frequent reader of the blog articles on this site, then you know that I've been working on using Desired State Configuration to build my test lab environment that runs as Hyper-V VM's on my Windows 8.1 computer. If you would like to know the current state of my test environment, see the previous blog …