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Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Manage AD DS Security Groups?

January 27, 2010 Jan 27, 2010 01/27/10
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(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a MCSE and I still remember my instructor at the training center running around the room shouting, “Users go into groups, and groups get assigned rights and permissions.” Over and over again in different manners and in different language, but always with the same intent, he kept ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create Users and Organizational Units with Active Directory Domain Services Cmdlets?

January 26, 2010 Jan 26, 2010 01/26/10
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(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) cmdlets to create users and organizational units. Is this a hard thing to do? I only ask this because I am an extremely busy network administrator who has barely had time to begin looking at Windows PowerShell. I do not have a lot of ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! What's Up with Active Directory Domain Services Cmdlets?

January 25, 2010 Jan 25, 2010 01/25/10
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 (image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have heard that Windows PowerShell 2.0 includes cmdlets to work with Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). However, when I use the Get-Command cmdlet to list the available cmdlets in my Windows PowerShell session, I do not see any AD DS cmdlets. What gives? Is this more of the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! What’s Up with Active Directory Domain Services Cmdlets?

January 25, 2010 Jan 25, 2010 01/25/10
ScriptingGuy1
 (image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have heard that Windows PowerShell 2.0 includes cmdlets to work with Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). However, when I use the Get-Command cmdlet to list the available cmdlets in my Windows PowerShell session, I do not see any AD DS cmdlets. What gives? Is this more of the ...