This post includes an example of how we can use ADSI to list nested members of an AD group. In other words, if the group contains nested groups, it will iteratively search all the members of those nested groups too. … Continue reading
This post provides a simple example of how we can use PowerShell ADSI to modify an AD group. In this example, we modify the description attribute of an AD group. You can also use ADSI to clear the attributes for … Continue reading
This post provides a simple example of how we can use PowerShell ADSI to create an AD group. $adGroupType = @{ Global = 0x00000002 DomainLocal = 0x00000004 Universal = 0x00000008 Security = 0x80000000 } #OU containing the AD group $adGroupOU=”OU=Application,OU=Groups,DC=alkanesolutions,DC=co,DC=uk” … Continue reading
This post provides a simple example of how we can use PowerShell ADSI to delete an AD group. #OU containing the AD group $adGroupOU=”OU=Application,OU=Groups,DC=alkanesolutions,DC=co,DC=uk” #AD group name $addADGroup = “CN=alkane_ad_group” #Full distinguished name of AD group $distinguishedName = “$addADGroup,$adGroupOU” #check … Continue reading
This post will examine the difference between PowerShell ADSI and ADSISearcher when using PowerShell to query Active Directory. ADSI and ADSISearcher are used to query Active Directory (AD) using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). What is LDAP? LDAP, as the … Continue reading
UPDATE: I’ve updated this script because LDAP does not return all Active Directory group members if there are more than 1500 members in the group. This post provides a function which enables us to use PowerShell ADSI to migrate AD … Continue reading
This post provides an example of how we can use ADSI to find logon workstations in Active Directory. I recently needed to search through all users in Active Directory and find logon workstations for those accounts that had them. Logon … Continue reading
This post provides an example of how we can use ADSI to check if a computer is a member of an AD Group using the [ADSISearcher] type accelerator: #remember that this is used as a regular expression (using -match), so … Continue reading
This post will provides an example of how we can use ADSI to check if a user is a member of an AD Group using the [ADSISearcher] type accelerator: #remember that this is used as a regular expression (using -match), … Continue reading