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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Windows PowerShell Active Directory module provider to modify user attributes in AD DS. Hey, Scripting Guy! Just searching for users, or filtering for them, is not entirely all that useful. For me, I need to be able to make changes...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to force a domain-wide update of Group Policy by using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, tomorrow, the Scripting Wife and I leave for a three-week European Windows PowerShell tour. We will be doing five Windows...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to update address information in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday, at the Charlotte Windows PowerShell user group meeting, one of the members was talking...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to standardize user titles and descriptions in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the weather in Charlotte, North Carolina, has certainly turned—it’s...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to modify existing user accounts in Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, I recorded a TechNet Radio podcast with Blain Barton and Matt Hester named, “The 10 non-scary things...

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 : Today’s post is a quick Windows PowerShell tip to save time for the Help Desk to unlock Active Directory accounts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I was talking to Ashley the other day, and he was telling me about a cool tip he came up with that many of his customers had...

Summary : Microsoft PFE, Norman Drews, shows how to use the Active Directory cmdlets and the Exchange cmdlets to clean up distribution groups. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome our guest blogger, Norman Drews. Norman is a Microsoft PFE, and I had the privilege to meet with him when...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to audit account creation in Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Now, with the exciting conclusion to Windows PowerShell Blueville, here is Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney. So...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to read a CSV file and to create new user accounts in Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Once again we return to Windows PowerShell Blueville with guest blogger Sean Kearney. Mr. Finch was just smiling, a man full of glee...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney, shows how to use Windows PowerShell string techniques to create user names for Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is time for PowerShell in Blueville Part 3 with Honorary Scripting Guy and Windows PowerShell MVP, Sean...

Summary : Windows PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney, shows how to use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to search Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Honorary Scripting Guy and Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney, is back today with Part 2 of PowerShell in Blueville. Take it away...

Summary : PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to find and unlock users in AD DS. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am happy to announce that Honorary Scripting Guy and Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney, is back. This week will be Windows PowerShell...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell remoting to manage user objects without installing software on the client. Hey, Scripting Guy! I was reading your article about using the Microsoft Active Directory Windows PowerShell cmdlets, and it looks really cool. The problem is that I do not want...

Summary : BATCHman shows how to use Windows PowerShell to locate and unlock user accounts in Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. In the continuing saga of the world’s first Windows PowerShell superhero, BATCHman , and his faithful sidekick, Cmdlet, I once again present...

Summary : Use a one-line Windows PowerShell command to find and unlock user accounts. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to find users who are locked out. For example, I have a number of users who log on only occasionally. They constantly lock themselves out. I have seen some VBScripts to search for...

Summary : In today’s gripping episode, BATCHman squares off with the Distractful Poker and recovers items deleted from Active Directory Domain Services using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Windows PowerShell MVP Sean Kearney is with us again today with part 3...

Summary: A Windows PowerShell Carol in which Ebenezer Script learns how to use PowerShell to manage users in Active Directory. Hey, Scripting Guy! Can you tell me if Ebenezer Script will learn how to work with Active Directory users from within Windows PowerShell? -- JC Hello JC, Microsoft...

Summary : Guest Blogger Oliver Lipkau shows us how to create exact copies of Active Directory security groups in a new forest. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. We have a guest blogger today: Oliver Lipkau. Here is Oliver’s scripting biography. I have been scripting for more than...

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...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to translate a user's SID to an Active Directory Domain Services account name. Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that whenever I search for Windows PowerShell scripts to translate a user name into a SID, all I can find is...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell and WMI to translate a SID to a user name, or a user name to a SID.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I do a lot of work with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and quite often I need to find the security identifier (SID...

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...