We are taking a look at Web Active Directory’s new PowerShell-enabled platform this week in a series of blog posts. We introduced the series by discussing how many software companies like to squeeze every red cent from their customers by using proprietary technologies that require costly implementation services. This post introduces WebAD’s PeopleProvision tool to [...]
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Active Directory Provisioning with PowerShell: Extensibility and Power without Costly Implementation (Part 1 of 4)
Too often, software companies want absolute control of their black box of intellectual property (IP). These companies only want extensibility and customizability if it means more revenue from implementation services. A few companies in our space have even developed their own scripting languages to make customers pay for more services or training to learn yet [...]
Simple PowerShell Script to Bulk Update or Modify Active Directory User Attributes
I spoke at a conference a couple of months ago about Active Directory management and free tools available to help with AD management. One of the attendees from the presentation recently asked for some guidance using PowerShell to perform a bulk update of AD user information. The simple PowerShell snippet here uses the Get-ADUser cmdlet from [...]
PeopleProvision guide to setting up your organization for automated Active Directory Account Creation
This new PeopleProvision video provides a brief overview of PeopleProvision’s Organization Setup in the administration console. Web Active Directory’s new Active Directory automated provisioning and account creation tool. PeopleProvision empowers IT admins to delegate account creation via a simple and intuitive web-based form. Once submitted, the Active Directory account is created with the correct permissions, [...]
Presentation Links: Free Active Directory Tools and Tips
WebAD is presenting today at the 17th Annual Technology Planning Conference for Region 10 of the Texas Education Service Center (ESC) in Richardson, Texas. The presentation highlights free tools and technologies that can help K-12 school districts manage their Active Directory environment, especially the automated creation, moving and deletion of student user accounts. Check out [...]
Top 3 issues with Identity Management and Active Directory
Web Active Directory has been in the identity management business for over 6 years now and the one thing that we have learned in that time is that there are three critical areas that solutions such as ours need to adhere to, they are: Security Security Security We hear you loud and clear. That is [...]
Audit GPO Inheritance with Powershell
I’m working on my next Active Directory Health Check article and I came across this article which applies to one of the areas we review as part of an Active Directory Health Check. Check it out! http://daniellange.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/auditing-gpo-inheritance-with-powershell/ For more information contact us at www.webactivedirectory.com, or call us at (+1) 800-747-3565
Active Directory Cmdlets in Windows Powershell
I saw someone else post this on twitter and instead of making it a favorite in my browser I thought I would post it here in hopes that someone else would also find it useful. Here is a link to the Powershell cmdlets in Windows 2008 R2 for Active Directory. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617195.aspx For more information contact [...]
How to Backup and Restore Group Policy
This article includes a command line example of how to backup group policy, now you can schedule it using a powershell cmdlet too… http://www.xenappblog.com/2010/how-to-backup-and-restore-group-policy/
Yet another way to get Active Directory Password Expiration
I know we’ve posted a few times on this topic but I came across another script that retrieves the Active Directory password expiration. The main difference is that this script allows you to fileter, sort, export, or group the results of the query. If you are looking for a tool to send email reminders to [...]
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