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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

How Can I Get a List of All the Users in an OU and Its Sub-OUs?

October 13, 2005 Oct 13, 2005 10/13/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the users in an OU and its sub-OUs?-- MN(image) (image) (image) Hey, MN. Thanks to either faulty wiring or a neighbor’s fireworks (the investigation was inconclusive), one of the Scripting Guys had the delightful experience of watching his garage burn down this summer. Because the ...

How Can I List All the Groups in an OU?

September 21, 2005 Sep 21, 2005 09/21/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the groups in an OU?-- MK(image) (image) (image) Hey, MK. You know, sometimes people ask us a question and then immediately apologize for having asked it, believing that the question is “way too easy for you guys.” In turn, that seems to imply that the Scripting Guys aren’t really guys ...

How Can I Retrieve a List of OUs that have a Specific Word in Their Name?

June 27, 2005 Jun 27, 2005 06/27/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a number of OUs in our domain that have the word Servers in the OU name. How can I retrieve a list of those OUs?-- AM(image) (image) (image) Hey, AM. One of the Scripting Guys has a 15-year-old son who, whenever he hears his father tell a story about the good old days, rolls his eyes and says, “You’...

How Can I Tell If an OU Has Any User Accounts In It?

November 12, 2004 Nov 12, 2004 11/12/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if an OU has any user accounts in it?-- RL(image) (image) (image) Hey, RL. As a matter of fact, there is a way to determine whether or not an OU contains any user accounts: all you have to do is search just that OU for nothing but user accounts. When you perform a search, any “hits” (in this ...

How Can I Determine the OU a User Account Belongs To?

October 21, 2004 Oct 21, 2004 10/21/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I determine the OU a user account belongs to?-- CO(image) (image) (image) Hey, CO. Ah, yes: the OU a user belongs to. No doubt a lot of you are thinking, “Well, there’s probably an OU property of some kind in Active Directory that gives you that information. All you have to do is locate the user ...

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