Showing archive results for July 2015

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find changes to Active Directory.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have this problem. It seems our company has undergone a lot of changes recently, and I need to find what changes have impacted Active Directory. Basically, I do not even know where to start. I would like...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to compare two objects to see differences.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to see if a particular property from two objects is the same?  Use the Compare-Object cmdlet, specify the reference object, the object to compare, and            the property you...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to check the lockout threshold for several domains.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have several domains in our forest, and it seems that some weasel got in and changed the lockout threshold in some of the child domains. I know we should have turned on auditing, but we di...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get the domain password policy.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to retrieve the default password policy for my domain?  Use the Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy cmdlet.

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get the domain password policy.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to retrieve the default password policy for my domain?  Use the Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy cmdlet.