Aug 11 2017
Microsoft provided several Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets with Windows Server 2008 R2 (and newer) which greatly simplify tasks which previously required putting together lengthy lines of code involving ADSI. On a Windows client, install the Remote Sever Administration Tools (RSAT) and ensure the Active Directory PowerShell module is installed. On a Windows server (2008 R2 …
Nov 16 2014
Today I Learned (TIL) that the best way to find all users in Active Directory via LDAP query is to search for: (samAccountType=805306368) and NOT: (&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person)) Reference: http://www.selfadsi.org/extended-ad/search-user-accounts.htm
Nov 03 2014
Convert Domain Distinguished Name to Fully Qualified Domain Name: $ADObjectDN = “CN=Object1,OU=OrgUnit1,DC=child,DC=domain,DC=com” [array]$ADObjectDNArray = $ADObjectDN -Split(“,DC=”) [int]$DomainNameFECount = 0 ForEach ($ADObjectDNArrayItem in $ADObjectDNArray) { IF ($DomainNameFECount -gt 0) …