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Active Directory Week: Get Started with Active Directory PowerShell

November 24, 2014 Nov 24, 2014 11/24/14
Doctor Scripto
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 ...

Weekend Scripter: Using Try, Catch, Finally Blocks for PowerShell Error Handling

July 5, 2014 Jul 5, 2014 07/5/14
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Ashley McGlone, talks about using Try, Catch, Finally blocks for error handling in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today’s guest blogger is Ashley McGlone, a Microsoft premier field engineer. Ashley is a popular speaker at our Windows PowerShell Saturday events. He regularly blogs ...

Weekend Scripter: Active Directory Account Unlock Shortcut for Help Desk

May 5, 2012 May 5, 2012 05/5/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Today’s post is a quick Windows PowerShell tip to save time for the Help Desk to unlock Active Directory accounts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I was talking to Ashley the other day, and he was telling me about a cool tip he came up with that many of his customers had been using on a regular basis. Although the ...

How to Find Active Directory Schema Update History by Using PowerShell

January 5, 2012 Jan 5, 2012 01/5/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to discover what schema updates have been applied to your Active Directory environment. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have as our guest blogger, Ashley McGlone. Ashley is a premier field engineer for Microsoft. He started writing code on a Commodore VIC20 back in 1982, and he’s been...