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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell and the Active Directory cmdlets to find and replace missing email addresses. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am hoping you can help me. We recently decommissioned a domain and moved all the users from that domain into an organizational unit (OU) under our corporate...

Summary: Search Active Directory for user and office locations by using Windows PowerShell and no scripting. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am looking for an easy way to search Active Directory. For example, I need to find information out about users. We are moving offices in our city, and I need to find...

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to clean up extended user attributes following a stalled Active Directory migration. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today I am proud to announce the return of Microsoft MVP Nicolas Blank to the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Nicolas has more than 14 years’...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to query Microsoft Active Directory without having to write a script. Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to use cmdlets to work with Active Directory. Are there any Windows PowerShell cmdlets in Windows Server 2008 R2 that can be used? -- BW Hello...

Summary: Learn how to query Active Directory by using Windows PowerShell without writing a script. Hey, Scripting Guy! Occasionally I have to perform a quick query of Active Directory, but I do not want to write a complicated VBScript or Windows PowerShell script. Is there a way to use Windows...

Summary: Learn how to handle errors in Windows PowerShell and how to export user information from Microsoft Active Directory to a CSV file. In this post: Exporting Active Directory Users to CSV Adding Comments to a Script File Error Handling in Windows PowerShell Exporting...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell and the Active Directory cmdlets to update user objects in Active Directory. Hey, Scripting Guy! Watching you write a custom function to search Active Directory is about as much fun as watching paint dry. One reason we upgraded to Windows Server 2008...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to search Microsoft Active Directory for users that have missing values, and automatically add default values. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have several network administrators where I work. Unfortunately, all of them have complete rights to Active Directory...

In this post : Shuffling Values Around in an Active Directory Organizational Unit How Can I Be Notified by Email of Specific Words Being Found in the Event Log? Shuffling Values Around in an Active Directory Organizational Unit Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to shuffle values...

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to Query Active Directory for computers and then run WMI commands on the remote machines. The Scripting Guys show you how.   Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a major problem at my company. We have a standard corporate desktop we are deploying by using the Windows Deployment...

Summary : Query Active Directory and ping each computer in the domain by using Windows PowerShell. The Scripting Guys show you how. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am THE IT person at my company. I am also a chemical engineer who has daily production responsibilities in our process plant. You see, I am...

Summary : Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell [adsiSearcher] type accelerator to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to get in touch with my inner programmer. The problem is that our company has cut head count in the past two years, and the remaining...

Summary : Learn how to search Active Directory Domain Services from Windows PowerShell by using the DirectorySearcher .NET class. Hey Scripting Guy! I am curious about searching Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) from Windows PowerShell. I have seen lots of things on the Internet, but...

Summary : By using Windows PowerShell splatting, domain users can be added to a local group. This script includes a function to convert a CSV file to a hash table. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell to add domain users to local user groups. I have been able to find...

Summary : Sorting lists of data in VBScript often involved writing complex code. The Sort cmdlet in Windows PowerShell makes that task easier. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell to list the members of a group in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in alphabetical...

Summary : The Scripting Guys discuss using Windows PowerShell to change a user's Active Directory password in this how-to article. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to change a user’s password by using Windows PowerShell. In the VBScript days, I had a script that I had essentially copied...

Summary : The Scripting Guys discuss three different approaches to finding disabled user accounts in Active Directory Domain Services by using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to use Windows PowerShell to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) for user accounts that...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to retrieve information about my Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers. I am specifically interested in determining the holders of the special FSMO roles in AD DS. Is...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Why does today's article title sound so familiar? I do want to know how to search Active Directory, but I'm experiencing some deja vu here. - RR Hi RR, Scripting Guy Craig Liebendorfer here. The rough part about getting older is that part about getting older. Ed Wilson and...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Windows PowerShell to query Active Directory. We have deployed Windows Server 2008 R2 on our domain, and upgraded one of our domain controllers. I would like to be able to query for a list of all users whose passwords do not expire. When I did a Bing search...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I often need to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to find information about various computers. I may need to identify all of the computers in a particular organizational unit or all the computers who happen to reside in a particular office. Whatever the reason, using...

In this post : Using the Active Directory DirectoryEntry Class How Can I Run a Script Whenever a New USB Drive Is Attached to a Computer? Making a Specific Windows PowerShell 2.0 Script Work with Windows PowerShell 1.0 Can I Use VBScript to Distinguish Between Versions of Windows Server...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to get a list of all the groups of which a user is a member. I do not mean the groups of which the user is a direct member, but I need to know all of the groups. You know that groups can be members of other groups, and other groups can be member of still further groups. There...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to get a list of all the users that have set their manager in Active Directory. We have this Web application that allows users to populate information such as their phone number, their office location, and their manager. We actually paid a decent amount of money for this application...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to obtain a listing of the domain controllers in my domain. I am thinking about using Windows PowerShell to query the Domain Controllers Organizational Unit, but I am not sure this is the right approach. Will this work? If it does work, will you write a Windows PowerShell script...