Active Directory Round Up 3/12/2010

by JeffHicks on Fri 12 Mar 2010

The end of another week means another round up of Active Directory and Identity related news.First up, several AD bloggers re... continue reading "Active Directory Round Up 3/12/2010"

Get AD User Password Expiration

by JeffHicks on Wed 10 Mar 2010

Last week I came across a post on the Microsoft Active Directory team blog about finding when a user password expires. ... continue reading "Get AD User Password Expiration"

Computer Account Passwords

by Anonymous on Wed 03 Mar 2010 · 1 reply

How often are computer account passwords changed in Active Directory? We have some computers that have been out of touch for ... continue reading "Computer Account Passwords"

Search AD users in SBS

by Anonymous on Tue 02 Mar 2010 · 1 reply

I need to search an active directory for objects created recently, Is there such a way? SBS 2003... continue reading "Search AD users in SBS"

ABC CLI DNS

by JeffHicks on Tue 02 Mar 2010

It is a well-known truism that a happy and healthy DNS means a happy and healthy Active Directory. However, managing DNS can ... continue reading "ABC CLI DNS"

Users in AD

by Anonymous on Mon 01 Mar 2010 · 2 replies

Hi, Can you please help me... Is their away of getting a list of users from Active Directory into a text file using a batch f... continue reading "Users in AD"

Brian Desmond

by JeffHicks on Mon 01 Mar 2010

Brian Desmond is senior consultant with Moran Technologies. He has been a Microsoft MVP for Directory Services since 2003 an... continue reading "Brian Desmond"

Take Note of User Management

by JeffHicks on Wed 24 Feb 2010 · 1 reply

I'm an old-school kind of admin. I believe in documenting changes. Let me share a PowerShell 2.0 function that makes it easy.... continue reading "Take Note of User Management"

Report on AD Accounts?

by Anonymous on Wed 24 Feb 2010 · 2 replies

Is there a way of running a report in Active Directory to see all the User Accounts created for 2008? I can't seem to find a... continue reading "Report on AD Accounts?"

Linking GPOs in a Script

by Anonymous on Tue 23 Feb 2010 · 1 reply

Is there ANY way to use a VBScript - or anything else I could run automoatically - to make and remove GPO links? E.g., the GP... continue reading "Linking GPOs in a Script"

Get GPO Links

by JeffHicks on Tue 23 Feb 2010

I've been exploring the new Windows Server 2008 R2 PowerShell modules over the last few weeks, specifically the ones for... continue reading "Get GPO Links"

Two domains, related, but not.

by Anonymous on Mon 22 Feb 2010 · 1 reply

We have a domain I'll call company.com. We're looking to create a brand-new domain which will not be connected to it in any w... continue reading "Two domains, related, but not."

Active Directory Roundup 2/19/2010

by JeffHicks on Fri 19 Feb 2010

I've been at the Microsoft MVP Summit this week which is always a great time to catch up with people and meet new people. Now... continue reading "Active Directory Roundup 2/19/2010"

Mac login to AD

by Anonymous on Thu 18 Feb 2010 · Liked by 1 person · 1 reply

Is there any guidance on configuring a Mac (10.6) to log into AD? I've run across some guides but I'm not having much luck, a... continue reading "Mac login to AD"

Security vs. Distribution Groups

by Anonymous on Wed 17 Feb 2010 · 3 replies

Is there a particular reason NOT to make every DISTRIBUTION group (e.g., mailing list) in our domain into a security group? I... continue reading "Security vs. Distribution Groups"

PSH ADS BPA - Or How I Learned to Love Cryptic TLAs

by JeffHicks on Tue 16 Feb 2010

In my ongoing pursuit of mastering Active Directory with Windows PowerShell, it would be shameful not to discuss the Best Pra... continue reading "PSH ADS BPA - Or How I Learned to Love Cryptic TLAs"

Merging domains?

by Anonymous on Mon 15 Feb 2010 · 2 replies

Short story: Our company bought another one. We both have a single AD domain. We want to merge them into one domain, not two.... continue reading "Merging domains?"

Active Directory Roundup 2/14/2010

by JeffHicks on Sun 14 Feb 2010

Let's see what everyone has been up to this past week.The Directory Services Team offers up some very useful information rega... continue reading "Active Directory Roundup 2/14/2010"

REALLY stale DC - problem?

by Anonymous on Thu 11 Feb 2010 · 2 replies

So, I've got this virtual machine that was set up as a DC about six months ago. About four months ago, it was shut down and n... continue reading "REALLY stale DC - problem?"

Moving FSMO Roles

by Anonymous on Wed 10 Feb 2010 · 1 reply

I've got a DC that's going to be going away soon. Problem is it holds almost all our FSMO roles. Am I better off moving these... continue reading "Moving FSMO Roles"