Showing archive results for July 2013

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to create first and last names in Active Directory for test users.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a test environment set up, and I created a bunch of users in an organizational unit in Active Directory. But I only created the user name—I did not create the firs...

Summary: Easily find the number of elements in a Windows PowerShell array.  How can I find how many elements are in a Windows PowerShell array?  You can find the number of elements in a Windows PowerShell array in the following ways: [array]$a = 1,2,3,4,5 $a.Count $a.Length $a.GetUpperBound(0)

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to set the users’ display names in Active Directory Domain Services.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of user names that were hastily created. I thought at first they were going to be temporary workers, but it seems that temporary is hanging around a lot...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to return random computer names from Active Directory.  How can I easily obtain random computer names in Active Directory for audit purposes?  Use the Get-ADComputer cmdlet and pipe the results to the Get-Random cmdlet. The following script selects two random computer names ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to set office telephone numbers for all users in an organizational unit.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. We just moved our offices to a new location, and now the phone numbers stored in Active Directory are wrong. I need to at least update the phone number...