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"

Deploying Read Only Domain Controls using Hyper-V and Powershell

by Lautza on Tue 16 Mar 2010

In this session we will discuss how to use Windows 2008/2008 R2 to deploy Read only Domain controllers using Powershell. This... continue reading "Deploying Read Only Domain Controls using Hyper-V and Powershell"

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"

Active Directory Round Up 3/5/2010

by JeffHicks on Fri 05 Mar 2010

I've realized I don't spend nearly enough time on Microsoft Technet related sites.  This week I came across some useful ... continue reading "Active Directory Round Up 3/5/2010"

Danny Kim

by JeffHicks on Mon 01 Mar 2010

Danny Kim is a Microsoft MVP and recognized industry expert on Windows Group Policy, Active Directory, and PowerShell. ... continue reading "Danny Kim"

Brandon Shell

by JeffHicks on Mon 01 Mar 2010

Brandon Shell has been in the IT industry since 1994. He spent his early years as a PC technician and general fix-it guy for... continue reading "Brandon Shell"

Actice Directory Round 2/26/2010

by JeffHicks on Fri 26 Feb 2010 · 1 reply

Here's what has been happening in the AD world the last week.First up, MVP Sean Deuby has contributed an important blog post ... continue reading "Actice Directory Round 2/26/2010"

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"

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"

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"

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"

PowerShell Logon Scripts

by JeffHicks on Wed 10 Feb 2010 · 2 replies

The other day I posted an article about running PowerShell scripts via Group Policy on WIndows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2... continue reading "PowerShell Logon Scripts"

PowerShell Group Policy Scripts

by JeffHicks on Mon 08 Feb 2010 · Liked by 1 person · 4 replies

Recently I was adding some finishing touches to a chapter I worked up for Jeremy Moskowitz on PowerShell and Group Policy.... continue reading "PowerShell Group Policy Scripts"

Active Directory Round Up 2/4/2010

by JeffHicks on Thu 04 Feb 2010

Here's what's been happening in the AD/Identity space over the last week.First up the Directory Services team has a nice arti... continue reading "Active Directory Round Up 2/4/2010"

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"

Active Directory Round Up 1/21/2010

by JeffHicks on Thu 21 Jan 2010

Up first in this week's rodeo of AD lil' doggies is a post from the AD team at Microsoft on managing group membership for mem... continue reading "Active Directory Round Up 1/21/2010"

Finding Domain Controllers the PowerShell Way

by JeffHicks on Wed 20 Jan 2010

Recently someone posted a question about the best way to identify domain controllers and specifically whether a domain contro... continue reading "Finding Domain Controllers the PowerShell Way"

Automate DHCP?

by Anonymous on Wed 20 Jan 2010 · Liked by 1 person · 1 reply

Is there any way to query DHCP information from Windows DHCP using PowerShell?... continue reading "Automate DHCP?"

Active Directory Round Up 1/14/2010

by JeffHicks on Thu 14 Jan 2010

Welcome to this week's roundup of the latest and greatest in Active Directory news and topics that I think you might find int... continue reading "Active Directory Round Up 1/14/2010"