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PowerShell's support for .NET Remoting, WS-Management, CIM... 3 PowerShell 2 Design 2.1 Grammar 2.2 Named Commands 2.3... It integrates with the Active Script engine and allows scripts to...

ActiveDirectory Module

The Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell is a PowerShell module that consolidates a group of cmdlets. You can use these cmdlets to manage your Active Directory domains, Active...

Alternative PowerShell commands for Active Directory management

Learn about Quest and open source PowerShell cmdlets for Microsoft Active Directory, and move beyond only using the commands native to Windows PowerShell 2.0.

Hands-On PowerShell for Active Directory

Use PowerShell for Active Directory to eliminate manual labor with quick automation tasks and functions

Get-ADUser (ActiveDirectory)

The Filter parameter uses the PowerShell Expression Language to write query strings for Active Directory. PowerShell Expression Language syntax provides rich type-conversion support for...

How to Install and Import Active Directory PowerShell Module

The Active Directory PowerShell module is a powerful tool for managing Active Directory. Learn how to install and import the module in this detailed tutorial!

New-ADUser (ActiveDirectory)

The New-ADUser cmdlet creates an Active Directory user. You can set commonly used user property values by using the cmdlet parameters. ; You can set property values that are not associated with cmdlet parameters by using the OtherAttributes parameter. When using this parameter, be sure to place single quotes around the attribute name. ; You must specify the SamAccountName parameter to create a user. ; You can use the New-ADUser cmdlet to create different types of user accounts such as iNetOrgPerson accounts. To do this in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), set the Type parameter to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) display name for the type of account you want to create. This type can be any class in the Active Directory schema that is a subclass of user and that has an object category of person.

Active Directory

For example, LDAP underpins Active Directory. Also, X.500 directories and the Organizational Unit preceded the Active Directory concept that uses those methods. The LDAP concept began to...

PowerShell for Active Directory Administrators

Use PowerShell to manage Active Directory users, computer, groups, security settings and more on Windows Server

Windows Server with PowerShell: Active Directory

Managing Windows Server Active Directory (AD DS, DNS, Domain Controllers) with Powershell