Redmond Magazine

Creating Multiple Active Directory User Accounts Using a VB Script

There are several ways to create user accounts in Active Directory. If you have a single account to create, you can input the user data manually because that will probably be the quickest way. You can ...
MCPmag

5 Cool PowerShell Cmdlets for Speeding Up Active Directory Tasks

While I don't pretend to be an expert in Windows PowerShell scripting by any means, I use PowerShell whenever I can because I find it very useful to manage my servers. For network administrators who ...
MCPmag

Using PowerShell To Copy Active Directory Users

It's not always the best idea to create Active Directory users from scratch. Chances are, your company has a standard "template" of attributes that are set for every domain user. If so, why are you ...
Ars Technica

Adding AD users from a CSV AND creating a directory with permission?

I need to migrate about 5500 Netware 4.11 users to Active Directory. I've been testing Quests NDS Migrator, but it's not working out as well as I'd hoped for various reasons. I'm wondering if there's ...
Redmond Magazine

How To Use .CSV Files with PowerShell, Part 1

Windows PowerShell is probably best-known for its ability to allow Windows admins to operate at scale. For instance, it would take forever to create a thousand user accounts through the GUI, but ...
Computerworld

Performing five common administrative tasks using Windows PowerShell

Sometimes it’s easiest to learn something new simply by using it, and to my mind PowerShell is no exception. Often we discover new capabilities and features in looking at what tasks other people are ...
Network World

How-To Administer Active Directory Domain Services User Accounts Using Windows PowerShell

The Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, which is included with Windows Server 2008 R2, can be used to administer Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) objects, including user accounts.