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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about how to use the Windows PowerShell provider to find user information in Active Directory. Hey, Scripting Guy! I often need to find information in Active Directory, but I do not like having to write LDAP queries. To me, it is soooo last century—I...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the AD: drive to explore Active Directory Domain Services. Hey, Scripting Guy! I will confess that I love using the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell. I love the way I can use Windows PowerShell to create new users or to...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to obtain operating system version information from domain controllers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The weather in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been a bit strange of late. There were tornados in Georgia...

Summary: Guest bloggers Microsoft PFEs Adam Haynes and Shubert Somer talk about using .NET Framework enumerations with Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is part 3 of a 5-part series by guest blogger Adam Haynes with help along the way from his friend Shubert Somer...

Summary: Two Microsoft PFEs discuss the basics of .NET Framework language elements as they relate to Windows PowerShell with examples from Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is part 2 of a 5-part series written by guest blogger Adam Haynes with some help from his...

Summary: Microsoft Active Directory PFE Adam Haynes talks about a Windows PowerShell script he wrote to find Active Directory backup status without using repadmin. Ed Wilson is here. Today is the first of five guest blogs written by Microsoft PFE Adam Haynes with some help along the way from his friend...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to query the Active Directory configuration context to return DHCP servers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 is the numerous cmdlets and functions...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, creates a bunch of test users in a test AD DS environment by using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem at work. It seems that the people who fill out titles and descriptions for the users in Active Directory do not follow a standard...

Summary : Learn how to use the Filter parameter and the Windows PowerShell Expression Language on the Active Directory module cmdlets. Hey, Scripting Guy! I do not know why you like ADSI so much. The syntax is obscure, and it makes things hard to read. Yesterday’s blog that used Get-ADComputer...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about querying the AD DS module via PowerShell and using the results to find hotfixes. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 that is acting as one of our domain controllers. I do not have access to install the Remote...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using DSQuery to return results for use in Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I like using the DSQuery tool to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Can I use that tool with Windows PowerShell? —WS Hello WS, Microsoft...

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...