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How Can I Get a List of All the Objects that have been Added to Active Directory Since a Specified Date?

January 25, 2006 Jan 25, 2006 01/25/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the objects that have been added to Active Directory since a specified date?-- KR(image) (image) (image) Hey, KR. First of all we’d like to apologize if our answer here is still a little soggy. No doubt you’ve seen cartoons where someone receives a package in the mail, they hear ...

How Can I Add a User to a Group, but Only if that User is a Member of the IT Department?

January 23, 2006 Jan 23, 2006 01/23/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a user to a group, but only if that user is a member of the IT department?-- JV(image) (image) (image) Hey, JV. You know, this is your lucky day: not only are we going to show you how you can add a specified user to a group (assuming, of course, that this user is a member of the IT department), but...

How Can I List All the Sub-OUs in an OU?

January 13, 2006 Jan 13, 2006 01/13/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the sub-OUs in an OU? That includes any OUs that might be in those sub-OUs.-- JE(image) (image) (image) Hey, JE. If you’re the least bit familiar with this column then you know that we Scripting Guys love to answer questions that involve searching Active Directory. That’s because we never ...

How Can I Use Alternate Credentials When Searching Active Directory?

December 9, 2005 Dec 9, 2005 12/9/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use alternate credentials when searching Active Directory?-- PT (image) (image) (image) Hey, PT. So what’s the big idea here? Devoted readers of this column (both of them) know that we usually love tackling questions where the answer involves searching Active Directory. Why? That’s easy: ...

How Can I Get a List of All the Groups Whose Name Starts with G-S-Group?

November 23, 2005 Nov 23, 2005 11/23/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use wildcards to get a list of all the groups whose name starts with G-S-Group?-- JD (image) (image) (image) Hey, JD. It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and one of the Scripting Guys is headed out of town as soon as he finishes his Hey, Scripting Guy! column. And what a coincidence: he happened to ...