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Understanding Get-ACL and AD Drive Output

September 30, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 09/30/21
Faris Malaeb
Understanding Active Directory ACL using PowerShell can be a bit tricky. There are no out-of-the-box cmdlets with ActiveDirectory PowerShell module to help in settings the permission quickly. While there are no cmdlets, you can nevertheless manage AD permissions using the AD PowerShell drive. In this post, I will try to simplify Active ...

Testing the connection to computers in the Active Directory

April 2, 2021 Apr 2, 2021 04/2/21
@DoctorDNS
Q: As an administrator, I often have to do a lot of reporting on the servers in my domain. Is there a simple way to test the connection to every server in my domain or every server or client host in a specific OU? A: Of course you can do this with PowerShell! You can use the Active Directory cmdlets and Test-Connection, although it is not as ...