List/Grid Tag Archives: Active Directory
#PSTip Verify Active Directory account credentials using System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
The System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace provides a nice way of testing if a set of Active Directory credentials are correct (also discussed in PSTip Validating Active Directory user credentials ). Another method…
#PSTip List all AD attributes currently in use for AD users
This question was asked on the forums recently, is it possible to list all the Active Directory attributes that are currently in use for Active Directory users. It turns out this…
#PSTip Extending the default output property set for Active Directory objects
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 3.0 or above. When you get user objects from Active Directory using the Active Directory module cmdlets, you get a ‘thin’ output object that includes just…
#PSTip List all Active Directory constructed attributes
Active Directory has a special kind of attributes called Constructed attributes. Constructed attributes are not “real” attributes, they are not stored in the directory. Instead, their values are calculated (by…
#PSTip Get the AD site name of a computer
There are a few ways to get the site a computer is a member of. In .NET we can use the ActiveDirectorySite class. This can be extremly usefull if you want to…
#PSTip Discovering Active Directory FSMO Role Holders using PowerShell
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. Active Directory defines five FSMO roles: Schema master Domain naming master RID master PDC master Infrastructure master The first two: schema master…
