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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
ScriptingGuy1
 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 repeating the same ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Add a User to Multiple Groups?

July 29, 2009 Jul 29, 2009 07/29/09
ScriptingGuy1
Hey Scripting Guy! It seems that I can never find what I need anymore. I am looking for a Windows PowerShell script that will add a user to multiple groups. The user and the group are in the same organizational unit, and I do not want to have to run the same script multiple times to add a user to multiple groups. It should be easy to do, right...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Remove All Group Members in Active Directory?

July 28, 2009 Jul 28, 2009 07/28/09
ScriptingGuy1
Hey Scripting Guy! I have several groups created in Active Directory whose membership has changed dramatically. Rather than go through a long list of users and try to manually clean up the list, I would like to just delete all the users from the group so that I can later add the newly approved members to the group. I have checked around, and ...