PowerTip: Determine What Character a String Starts With

Doctor ScriptoJune 30, 2015Jun 30, 201506/30/15

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine what character a string starts with.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to show me if a string starts with a particular letter (this also needs to be           case sensitive)?  Use the StartsWith method from the String class, and supply the

Working with Users in Active Directory

Doctor ScriptoJune 30, 2015Jun 30, 201506/30/15

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to work with users in Active Directory Domain Services.  Hey, Scripting Guy! We are a rather diversified IT shop, but we have a heavy investment in Microsoft, and particularly in Active Directory. We use it for everything. I need to be able to update user in

PowerTip: Convert All Uppercase String to Lowercase

Doctor ScriptoJune 29, 2015Jun 29, 201506/29/15

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to convert a string to all lowercase characters.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to convert a string that is in all uppercase to all lowercase characters?  Use the ToLower method from the String class: "STRING".ToLower()

Create Users in Active Directory Without Using Module

Doctor ScriptoJune 29, 2015Jun 29, 201506/29/15

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about creating users in Active Directory Domain Services without using a module. Hey, Scripting Guy! In my company, we do a lot of work with Active Directory, and my team is responsible for this. But not all of the administrators have the Active Directory module, so I cannot assume that it wil