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January 2010 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Dandelions, VCR Clocks, and Last Logon Times: These Are a Few of Our Least Favorite Things

January 27, 2010 Jan 27, 2010 01/27/10
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  (Note: This blog post appeared originally as an article on the old Microsoft Script Center. It was originally published in December 2005. We are resurrecting it here by popular demand.) Sometimes the things that should be so easy turn out to be incredibly difficult. For example, have you ever tried to get rid of dandelions? (One of the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Manage AD DS Security Groups?

January 27, 2010 Jan 27, 2010 01/27/10
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(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a MCSE and I still remember my instructor at the training center running around the room shouting, “Users go into groups, and groups get assigned rights and permissions.” Over and over again in different manners and in different language, but always with the same intent, he kept ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create Users and Organizational Units with Active Directory Domain Services Cmdlets?

January 26, 2010 Jan 26, 2010 01/26/10
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(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) cmdlets to create users and organizational units. Is this a hard thing to do? I only ask this because I am an extremely busy network administrator who has barely had time to begin looking at Windows PowerShell. I do not have a lot of ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! What’s Up with Active Directory Domain Services Cmdlets?

January 25, 2010 Jan 25, 2010 01/25/10
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 (image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have heard that Windows PowerShell 2.0 includes cmdlets to work with Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). However, when I use the Get-Command cmdlet to list the available cmdlets in my Windows PowerShell session, I do not see any AD DS cmdlets. What gives? Is this more of the ...