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Use PowerShell and ADSI to Add, Update, Clear and Append Active Directory Attributes

This post provides an example of how we can use PowerShell and ADSI to add, update, clear and append Active Directory attributes. Use Put() to Set an Active Directory Attribute using PowerShell In its simplest form, we can use the...

February 27, 2021

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List AD Sites and Subnets using PowerShell

This is a simple script to list AD sites and subnets using PowerShell. $sites = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().Sites foreach ($site in $sites) { write-host "(site) $site" foreach ($subnet in $site.Subnets) { write-host "....(subnet) $subnet" foreach ($server in $site.Servers) { write-host "........(server) $server"...

February 26, 2021

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Use ADSI and FromFileTime to Convert Datetime Attributes in Active Directory

This post explains how we can use ADSI and FromFileTime to convert datetime attributes in Active Directory to a human-readable date and time. You’ll notice when you return attributes such as lastlogon, lastlogontimestamp and lastpwdset that the format of the...

February 26, 2021

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Use ADSI to List Nested Members of an AD Group (Updated)

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....

February 26, 2021

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Use ADSI to Modify an AD Group

This post provides a simple example of how we can use 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 an...

February 26, 2021

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Use ADSI to Create an AD Group

This post provides a simple example of how we can use 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" #AD...

February 26, 2021

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Use ADSI to Delete an AD Group

This post provides a simple example of how we can use 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 if...

February 26, 2021

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The Difference Between ADSI and ADSISearcher

This post will examine the difference between 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 name...

February 25, 2021

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Use ADSI to Migrate AD Group Members

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 ADSI to migrate AD group...

February 24, 2021

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PowerShell Combobox using a Custom DrawMode

This post provides an example of creating a pretty PowerShell combobox using a custom DrawMode. Instead of using the default fonts and colours, we can override this setting to conditionally highlight combobox entries in different colours, and even use an...

February 21, 2021

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Category: General Scripting and Coding

Use PowerShell and ADSI to Add, Update, Clear and Append Active Directory Attributes

List AD Sites and Subnets using PowerShell

Use ADSI and FromFileTime to Convert Datetime Attributes in Active Directory

Use ADSI to List Nested Members of an AD Group (Updated)

Use ADSI to Modify an AD Group

Use ADSI to Create an AD Group

Use ADSI to Delete an AD Group

The Difference Between ADSI and ADSISearcher

Use ADSI to Migrate AD Group Members

PowerShell Combobox using a Custom DrawMode

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