Summary: Learn how to get the number of items in a Windows PowerShell hash table. How can I find the number of key/value pairs that a Windows PowerShell hash table contains? Use the Count property: PS C:\> $hash = @{'a' = 1; 'b' = 2; 'c' = 3; 'd' = 4} PS C:\> $hash Name &nb...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to create first and last names in Active Directory for test users. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a test environment set up, and I created a bunch of users in an organizational unit in Active Directory. But I only created the user name—I did not create the firs...
Summary: Easily find the number of elements in a Windows PowerShell array. How can I find how many elements are in a Windows PowerShell array? You can find the number of elements in a Windows PowerShell array in the following ways: [array]$a = 1,2,3,4,5 $a.Count $a.Length $a.GetUpperBound(0)
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to set the users’ display names in Active Directory Domain Services. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of user names that were hastily created. I thought at first they were going to be temporary workers, but it seems that temporary is hanging around a lot...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to return random computer names from Active Directory. How can I easily obtain random computer names in Active Directory for audit purposes? Use the Get-ADComputer cmdlet and pipe the results to the Get-Random cmdlet. The following script selects two random computer names ...
