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Use PowerShell to Standardize Titles in Active Directory

November 1, 2012 Nov 1, 2012 11/1/12
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to standardize user titles and descriptions in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the weather in Charlotte, North Carolina, has certainly turned—it’s cold outside, gray, and our friends ...

Use PowerShell to Modify Existing User Accounts in Active Directory

October 31, 2012 Oct 31, 2012 10/31/12
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to modify existing user accounts in Active Directory.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, I recorded a TechNet Radio podcast with Blain Barton and Matt Hester named, “The 10 non-scary things about Windows PowerShell 3.0.” It ...

Create Test Users in a Test Active Directory Environment by Using PowerShell

October 30, 2012 Oct 30, 2012 10/30/12
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, creates a bunch of test users in a test AD DS environment by using Windows PowerShell.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem at work. It seems that the people who fill out titles and descriptions for the users in Active Directory do not follow a standard naming convention—heck, they ...

Weekend Scripter: Active Directory Account Unlock Shortcut for Help Desk

May 5, 2012 May 5, 2012 05/5/12
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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 ...

Use PowerShell to Fix Those Annoying NDR Emails

January 27, 2012 Jan 27, 2012 01/27/12
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Summary: Microsoft PFE, Norman Drews, shows how to use the Active Directory cmdlets and the Exchange cmdlets to clean up distribution groups. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome our guest blogger, Norman Drews. Norman is a Microsoft PFE, and I had the privilege to meet with him when I was speaking at Geek Ready last year in ...