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"

Print Queue Power

by JeffHicks on Tue 22 Dec 2009

From the earliest incarnations of Active Directory, administrators have been able to store print queue information in Active... continue reading "Print Queue Power"

Pipelining AD - one object at a time

by tshell on Mon 21 Dec 2009

Pipelining AD - one object at a time A blog dedicated to the Powershell cmdlets provided with Win7 and 2008 R2... continue reading "Pipelining AD - one object at a time"

Active Directory PowerShell Team

by JeffHicks on Mon 21 Dec 2009

If you are at all interested in managing Active Directory with the PowerShell module that ships with Windows Server 2008 R2... continue reading "Active Directory PowerShell Team"

Where we can find FIM 2010 Audit and reporting PowerShell cmdlets?

by Anonymous on Sat 14 Nov 2009 · 2 replies

I installed and configured FIM 2010 RC1 and it is working good. I need to produce some reports. While browsing the inte... continue reading "Where we can find FIM 2010 Audit and reporting PowerShell cmdlets?"

Heads up on an upcoming codeplex project.

by tshell on Tue 22 Sep 2009

Active Directory Replication Module Purpose: Provide administrators with simple task-based set of cmdlets to manage and... continue reading "Heads up on an upcoming codeplex project."

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by Rick on Thu 17 Sep 2009

You are absolutely right about the need of learning new parameters for those who are hooked to QAD cmdlets. For instanc... continue reading "item"

Active Directory Management Gateway Service is RTW

by Rick on Wed 16 Sep 2009

ADMGS aka AD Web Services aka Powershell Native AD cmdlets for downlevel OSs (Windows Server 2003 DCs) is out of beta a... continue reading "Active Directory Management Gateway Service is RTW"

Discovery options with R2 AD Cmdlets

by tshell on Mon 22 Jun 2009

Last week I talked about how to "discover" information using the built in .NET classes for ActiveDirectory. This week I ... continue reading "Discovery options with R2 AD Cmdlets"

More details on Select-Object

by tshell on Wed 10 Jun 2009 · 2 replies

I often to get asked what I mean by "Select-Object changes the object type." I believe this one of those things that is ... continue reading "More details on Select-Object"

Quest Access Manager PowerShell cmdlets now available!

by AB on Tue 12 May 2009

Quest Access Manager 1.1 will be generally available from the Quest website later on the week. For this release it wil... continue reading "Quest Access Manager PowerShell cmdlets now available!"

AD cmdlets - wildcard in search criteria?

by DonJones on Mon 04 May 2009 · 1 reply

I have a colleague who is using queries like this: Import-Csv c:\address.csv | ForEach-Object {Get-QADUser -searchro... continue reading "AD cmdlets - wildcard in search criteria?"

Thoughts on cmdlet design

by tshell on Mon 20 Apr 2009 · Liked by 2 people · 6 replies

This weekend I did a Powershell session at a codecamp in Philly. During my session I was reminded of a old blog post of ... continue reading "Thoughts on cmdlet design"

QAD cmdlets or AD Cmdlets ?

by Rick on Fri 27 Mar 2009

With Microsoft following the Quest's path and introducing its own set AD Cmdlets in Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7,(O... continue reading "QAD cmdlets or AD Cmdlets ?"

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "New-QADObject"

by tshell on Fri 13 Mar 2009

This week we cover New-QADObject. The purpose of this cmdlet is simple. To create an Active Directory object... specific... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "New-QADObject""

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Get-QADObject"

by tshell on Fri 13 Mar 2009 · Liked by 1 person

Following New-QADObject from last week we continue this week with Get-QADObject. Basically Get-QADObject is generic cmdl... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Get-QADObject""

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Set-QADObject"

by tshell on Fri 13 Mar 2009 · Liked by 1 person

This week we finish up the *-QADObject series with Set-QADObject. The benefit of Set-QADObject is that it is generic. Th... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Set-QADObject""

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "New-QADGroup"

by tshell on Fri 13 Mar 2009

This week we start the *-QADGroup series with New-QADObject. As you would expect, New-QADGroup is used to create new gro... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "New-QADGroup""

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Holiday Special"

by tshell on Wed 11 Mar 2009

Due to the holidays we are doing only one "cmdlet of the week" in the month of December so I decided to make it a specia... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Holiday Special""

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Connect-QADService"

by tshell on Tue 10 Mar 2009

This week we cover Connect-QADService. We start here because it allows you set up your environment to use a specific ser... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Connect-QADService""