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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Reading direct reports
As stated last time the direct reports is a backlink created from the users who have this particular user as a manager Displaying this attribute is straight forward if (-not (Get-Module ActiveDirectory)){ Import-Module ActiveDirectory } $ou = “OU=England,DC=Manticore,DC=org” $manager = … Continue reading
User organisation details
The organization tab on the user properties can hold a number of items – job title, department, company, manager & direct reports The first four we can set directly. The direct reports attribute is a backlink meaning it is filled … Continue reading
Naming Contexts
Continuing our quick look at The ActiveDirectory name space lets have a look at the MSAD_NamingContext class Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\MicrosoftActiveDirectory -Class MSAD_NamingContext | Format-Table DistinguishedName, IsFullReplica –AutoSize DistinguishedName IsFullReplica—————– ————-DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=Manticore,DC=org TrueDC=ForestDnsZones,DC=Manticore,DC=org TrueCN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=Manticore,DC=org TrueCN=Configuration,DC=Manticore,DC=org TrueDC=Manticore,DC=org True This is equivalent … Continue reading
Active Directory and WMI
A lot of the Active Directory related functionality has been removed from WMI but there is a little bit left in the root\MicrosoftActiveDirectory namespace. This is on a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller – I don’t know if this is … Continue reading
Setting user address information
In AD Users & Computers the user’s properties dialog has a tab for setting address information if (-not (Get-Module ActiveDirectory)){ Import-Module ActiveDirectory } $ou = “OU=England,DC=Manticore,DC=org” $street = @” 123 Somewhere Place, A big suburb “@ $PObox = “PO … Continue reading
PowerShell Deep Dive 2012
The 2012 PowerShell Deep Dive has been announced – April 29 – May 2 in San Diego. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/01/27/it-s-time-for-another-powershell-deep-dive.aspx This time PowerShell is a full track so expect more of your favourite stuff. Hope to see you there.
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Restricting a user’s computers
On the Account tab of an AD user’s properties there is a button labelled “Logon to …” that can be used to restrict the computers a user can logon onto. The default is that users can log onto any machine. … Continue reading
Integer sizes
If you’ve used PowerShell for any time you will be away of [int] meaning integer. One common use is in functions to define a parameter’s data type function test1 { param ( [int]$a, [int]$b ) $a * … Continue reading
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Setting a users logon hours
By default a user can logon 24/7. Is this acceptable – should users be able to logon during the night or weekends. AD Users and Computers has a GUI to set the hours users can logon. But we don’t need … Continue reading
Creating an OU
Creating an OU is a fairly common activity. The GUI is quick enough for a single OU but we need PowerShell for bulk creation. Its a straight forward activity if (-not (Get-Module ActiveDirectory)){ Import-Module ActiveDirectory } $ou = “OU=BlogTests,DC=Manticore,DC=org” “`nMicrosoft” … Continue reading
