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"

Dmitry Kazantsev

by JeffHicks on Mon 01 Mar 2010

Dmitry Kazantsev, a Program Manager at Schakra Inc, is responsible for the planning, design and implementation of Directory ... continue reading "Dmitry Kazantsev"

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"

The Experts Conference

by CommunityAdmin on Tue 26 Jan 2010

For the 9th consecutive year, the TEC team will deliver expert-led 400-level training on vital Microsoft technologies.... continue reading "The Experts Conference"

Find Obsolete User Accounts

by Anonymous on Wed 23 Dec 2009 · 3 replies

What is the best way to find obsolete user accounts, or accounts that aren't being used anymore?... continue reading "Find Obsolete User Accounts"

Populated AD Attributes are not visible in LDAP browser...please help.

by Gena on Wed 25 Nov 2009 · Liked by 1 person · 1 reply

I am using a script to pull data from and oracle table and push it into active directory attribute fields. I have done... continue reading "Populated AD Attributes are not visible in LDAP browser...please help."

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"

Can you help me with Active Directory under Windows Server 2008?

by Anonymous on Tue 29 Sep 2009 · Liked by 2 people · 5 replies

Hi everyone. I have the following sceneraio: a LAN with a normal ADSL router and 6 PC’s with Windows XP. I̵... continue reading "Can you help me with Active Directory under Windows Server 2008?"

I'm Ready for 2008 R2 - RU?

by JeffHicks on Wed 16 Sep 2009 · Liked by 1 person · 2 replies

PowerShell v2.0 is just around the corner as is Windows Server 2008 R2. One R2 feature that I'm eagerly looking forward ... continue reading "I'm Ready for 2008 R2 - RU?"

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"

Managed Active Directory Objects

by JeffHicks on Thu 27 Aug 2009 · 1 reply

Several Active Directory objects support a property to hold management information. Objects such as organizational units... continue reading "Managed Active Directory Objects"

Fine Tuning the Directory Searcher

by JeffHicks on Thu 20 Aug 2009

Last week I wrote about using the AD Searcher object in PowerShell. We left off with a discussion of searchscope.  ... continue reading "Fine Tuning the Directory Searcher"

Managing Disabled User Accounts

by JeffHicks on Thu 16 Jul 2009

More than likely you have a one or more disabled user accounts in your domain. Some of them like the krbtgt account are ... continue reading "Managing Disabled User Accounts"

You Don't Look a Minute Over 42 Days

by JeffHicks on Thu 09 Jul 2009 · Liked by 1 person · 1 reply

Last week I posted a PowerShell one-liner that uses the Quest Get-QADUser cmdlet to build a quick password age report.Â... continue reading "You Don't Look a Minute Over 42 Days"

Are you lonely? I'm here to help.

by JeffHicks on Thu 02 Jul 2009 · 2 replies

Welcome to my new blog series, The Lonely Active Directory Administrator. My aim is to share scripts, tips, tricks, tech... continue reading "Are you lonely? I'm here to help."

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""

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Get-QADPSSnapinSettings"

by tshell on Tue 10 Mar 2009

This week we cover Get-QADPSSnapinSettings. I personally consider making the default behavior of their cmdlets customiza... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Get-QADPSSnapinSettings""

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Set-QADPSSnapinSettings"

by tshell on Tue 10 Mar 2009

Last week we covered Get-ADPSSnapinSettings. This week we cover Set-QADPSSnapinSettings. This is the cmdlet we use to mo... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Set-QADPSSnapinSettings""

Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Get-QADuser"

by tshell on Tue 10 Mar 2009 · 1 reply

This week we get in the meat of the Quest tools and cover Get-QADUser. As I am sure you can gather from the name this cm... continue reading "Active Directory cmdlet of the week "Get-QADuser""