Managing Users with the PSCX AD Provider

by JeffHicks on Thu 20 May 2010

Last time I introduced the DirectoryServices provider that ships with the PowerShell Community Extensioins 2.0. The provider... continue reading "Managing Users with the PSCX AD Provider"

Get Local Account Password Expiration

by JeffHicks on Tue 16 Mar 2010

Last week I posted a revision to a PowerShell script from the Microsoft AD team on discovering when a user's password wa... continue reading "Get Local Account Password Expiration"

How do I check Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime with PowerShell ?

by Rick on Wed 10 Feb 2010 · 1 reply

What is Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime (TSL) ? The tombstone lifetime in an Active Directory forest determine... continue reading "How do I check Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime with PowerShell ?"

LDAP vs Web Services

by JeffHicks on Tue 26 Jan 2010

If you've  been around the site for awhile you know I blog a lot about PowerShell; specifically managing Active D... continue reading "LDAP vs Web Services"

Local Account Password Manager

by JeffHicks on Mon 21 Dec 2009

PWDMan is a VBScript based HTA that uses ADSI to remotely manage local account passwords. ... continue reading "Local Account Password Manager"

User Passwords 3 Ways

by JeffHicks on Thu 29 Oct 2009

I’m a big time foodie and watch a lot of food TV. I especially like chefs who take an ingredient and prepare it u... continue reading "User Passwords 3 Ways"

I'd Like to Order 500 Computers to Go.

by JeffHicks on Thu 08 Oct 2009

I’m assuming that if you have any sort of Active Directory responsibilities that you have a test environment. Per... continue reading "I'd Like to Order 500 Computers to Go."

Active Directory Browsing in Windows Server 2008 R2

by JeffHicks on Thu 24 Sep 2009 · Liked by 1 person · 1 reply

Active Directory support with PowerShell in Window Server 2008 R2, is pretty cool stuff. One feature I especially like t... continue reading "Active Directory Browsing in Windows Server 2008 R2"

Keeping Tabs on Local Administrators

by JeffHicks on Thu 10 Sep 2009 · Liked by 1 person

Once again, the forum members at ScriptingAnswers.com keep me busy and on my toes. The latest challenge was to create do... continue reading "Keeping Tabs on Local Administrators"

Local User Reporting

by JeffHicks on Thu 03 Sep 2009 · Liked by 1 person

The other day I was helping out in the PowerShell forum at ScriptingAnswers.com. A member needed to query member compute... continue reading "Local User Reporting"

More Fun with the Active Directory Searcher

by JeffHicks on Thu 13 Aug 2009

Last week I mentioned some sneak behavior when using the .NET Active Directory searcher object. Perhaps it piqued your i... continue reading "More Fun with the Active Directory Searcher"

ADSI Searcher Sneakiness

by JeffHicks on Thu 06 Aug 2009

During a recent class I was leading on managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell, I was demonstrating how to use... continue reading "ADSI Searcher Sneakiness"