Active Directory

Use PowerShell to Install Active Directory Certificate Services

Nov 20, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

In this blog article, I'll use PowerShell to install Active Directory Certificate Services in my test environment. The domain controller that's being used is running Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core Installation (no-GUI). The workstation that I'm using is running Windows 8.1 and it is a member of the same Active …

PowerShell: When Best Practices and Accurate Results Collide

Nov 6, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell SQL Server ·

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I'm a big believer in trying to write my PowerShell code to what the industry considers to be the best practices as most are common sense anyway, although as one person once told me: "Common sense isn't all that common anymore". I would hope that even the most diehard best practices person would realize that …

Use PowerShell to Determine the Differences in Group Membership between Active Directory Users

Oct 16, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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I recently saw a post on Reddit where someone was trying to create a function that takes an Active Directory user name as input for a manager who has direct reports (subordinates) specified in Active Directory. They wanted to determine if the Active Directory group membership of any of those subordinates is different …

Set a Users Active Directory Display Name with PowerShell

Aug 7, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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I recently saw an article on how to set a users Active Directory display name based on the values of their given name, initials, and surname. I came up with my own unique solution for this task and thought I would share it with you, the readers of my blog. As you can see in the following example, there are a mixture of …

Find and Disable Active Directory Users with PowerShell Faster than You can Open the GUI

Jul 17, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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In this scenario, a support request has been escalated to you because the help desk is unable to find a user account in Active Directory that needs to be disabled. The help desk included a screenshot where they attempted to search for the user who is named "William Doe": The request you received also stated …

Extract the Name from an Active Directory Distinguished Name with PowerShell and a Regular Expression

Jul 10, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell Regular Expressions ·

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This is actually something I had a small blurb about in my previous blog article, but I wanted to go back, revisit it, and write a dedicated blog article about it. Sometimes there are properties in Active Directory like the one in the following example where the Manager property is being returned as a distinguished …

Create Active Directory Users Home Folder and Assign Permissions with PowerShell

Jun 26, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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The following function is a work in progress, but I thought I would go ahead and share it. This function requires a module named PowerShellAccessControl that was created by Rohn Edwards which is downloadable from the TechNet Script Repository. The version 3.0 beta revision of his module which is also downloadable on …

Using PowerShell to Search for Specific Users in Active Directory without Knowing their Exact Information

Jun 24, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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You're looking for a user in your Active Directory environment who goes by the nickname of JW. You know that's the user's initials and you need to find their AD user account. Typically you'd use the Identity parameter, but that parameter doesn't allow wildcards: 1Get-ADUser -Identity jw Verifying wildcard's are not …

Helping Others at Microsoft TechEd with PowerShell 911

May 22, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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While at Microsoft TechEd last week, I met a gentleman from Europe who was experiencing a particular issue with the Get-ADUser PowerShell cmdlet. When Get-ADUser is used with a hard coded value such as name as shown in the following example, it returns the expected information without issue: 1Get-ADUser -Filter {Name …

Run a local PowerShell Function against a Remote Computer with PowerShell Remoting

Mar 27, 2014 · Active Directory PowerShell ·

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Did you know that it's super easy to run a function that exists only on your local computer against a remote computer even when no remoting capabilities have been added to the function itself? It does however require that PowerShell remoting be enabled on the remote system, but if you're running Windows Server 2012 or …