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July 2009 - Scripting Blog

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Move a Group from One Organizational Unit to Another?

July 30, 2009 Jul 30, 2009 07/30/09
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<?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Hey Scripting Guy! I need to be able to move a group from one organizational unit to another. The problem is that our network has thousands of groups and organizational units. What I ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Add a User to Multiple Groups?

July 29, 2009 Jul 29, 2009 07/29/09
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Hey Scripting Guy! It seems that I can never find what I need anymore. I am looking for a Windows PowerShell script that will add a user to multiple groups. The user and the group are in the same organizational unit, and I do not want to have to run the same script multiple times to add a user to multiple groups. It should be easy to do, right...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Remove All Group Members in Active Directory?

July 28, 2009 Jul 28, 2009 07/28/09
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Hey Scripting Guy! I have several groups created in Active Directory whose membership has changed dramatically. Rather than go through a long list of users and try to manually clean up the list, I would like to just delete all the users from the group so that I can later add the newly approved members to the group. I have checked around, and ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create Organizational Units with Windows PowerShell?

July 27, 2009 Jul 27, 2009 07/27/09
ScriptingGuy1
(Note  Today’s response is taken from Ed Wilson’s book, Windows PowerShell Step by Step, which is available on Microsoft Press.)Hey, Scripting Guy! At my company, we are often called upon to create objects in Active Directory. I do not mind using the Active Directory Users and Computers tool. It’s kind of fun to use. We ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Test the Efficacy of My Script Modifications?

July 23, 2009 Jul 23, 2009 07/23/09
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 Hey Scripting Guy! I have a script that I wrote, and I am interested in modifying it to try and make it run faster. I know I can use the Measure-Object Windows PowerShell cmdlet, but I want to run the script several times and get the average time it takes for each script to run. This task sounds like it might be a bit more complicated ...