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Summary: Learn about how to clean up stale Active Directory accounts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we continue our series about Active Directory PowerShell by Ashley McGlone. Before you begin, you might enjoy reading his first two posts: Here's Ashley... In the United States, this week we celebrate Thanksgiving. I&rsq...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find if a user is a nested member of a particular group.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to quickly find if a user is a nested member of a particular group,            for example, Domain Admins?  Use the -RecursiveMatch LDAP filter operator: Get-ADUser -Filter '...

Summary: Learn about the nuances involved in reporting group memberships with Active Directory PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we continue our series about Active Directory PowerShell by Ashley McGlone. If you missed it, you may enjoy reading Get Started with Active Directory PowerShell first. Now, here's Ashley....

Summary: Find the Windows PowerShell help_about topics for Active Directory.  Where are the Windows PowerShell help_about topics for Active Directory? If you have Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Active Directory Remote Server Administration Tools            (RSAT) installed, you also have t...

Summary: Microsoft premier field engineer (PFE), Ashley McGlone, discusses the Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we start a series about Active Directory PowerShell, written by Ashley McGlone... Ashley is a Microsoft premier field engineer (PFE) and a frequent speaker at events like PowerSh...