The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Using Set-ADUser with multi-valued attributes

October 23, 2019 Oct 23, 2019 10/23/19

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Using the -Replace parameter with Set-ADUser to take an array to populate multi-valued attributes (image) Question: Hey Doctor Scripto, how can I use Set-ADUser to populate multivalued attributes in Active Directory? (image) Answer: You can use an array with the -Replace parameter to do it. Set-ADUser -Identity "...

Copy multi-valued Active Directory attributes from one user to another with PowerShell

October 23, 2019 Oct 23, 2019 10/23/19

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Using -Replace parameter with Set-ADUser to copy Active Directory multi-valued attributes Q: Hey, Doctor Scripto! We are in the middle of an Active Directory migration and need to copy the multi-valued attribute “ProxyAddresses” from old user accounts to new ones. Can you do with a few lines of code? —ND A: Hello ND...

Clean up Domain Controller DNS Records with Powershell

July 17, 2019 Jul 17, 2019 07/17/19

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Using Windows PowerShell to remove Stale / Dead Domain Controller records. Q: Hey, Doctor Scripto! How can I quickly clean up all my dead Domain Controller’s DNS records? A: That’s a great question. The good Doctor also knows the very person to answer it best. My good friend Patrick Mercier, An Active Directory PFE who...

Use PowerShell to Find Changes to Active Directory

July 3, 2015 Jul 3, 2015 07/3/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find changes to Active Directory. (image) 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...

Using PowerShell to Check Lockout Threshold for Domains

July 2, 2015 Jul 2, 2015 07/2/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to check the lockout threshold for several domains. (image) 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 ...

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