Category: Active Directory

Active Directory · PowerShell

HotFix Available: "One or more properties are invalid" error when you run the Get-ADUser Cmdlet" error on Windows 8.1

Aman Dhally

Quote of the Day – “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. :- Henry Ford” You are an Administrator? And you also do use PowerShell, and also you are using Windows 8.1 with RSAT tool installed, and also using Active Directory module for manage Active Directory users and computers, then,… Continue reading HotFix Available: "One or more properties are invalid" error when you run the Get-ADUser Cmdlet" error on Windows 8.1

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Powershell and Active Directory : Find empty Active Directory Groups using Powershell.

Aman Dhally

Hi Everyone. Finally i come back to India and it is always love to be at home. My today’s task was to create a list of all empty active directory groups, all groups those are not having any members. As you know, i don’t like to do the manual tasks, so i decided to use… Continue reading Powershell and Active Directory : Find empty Active Directory Groups using Powershell.

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Powershell and Active Directory: Finding User whose password is Expired.

Aman Dhally2 Comments

Hi, Yesterday i have got a call from my remote user, she is  saying that she is not able to login to the Intranet System and Outlook, I asked her if she has got any notifications about password failed (Setting using Group Policies). and she denied. i said “OK”.. Somehow i feel this is related… Continue reading Powershell and Active Directory: Finding User whose password is Expired.

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Powershell and Active Directory: Get Your Active Directory Forest and Domain Information using Powershell.

Aman Dhally4 Comments

Hi, Sometime a situation comes when you want to know about your Active Directory Infrastructure.  That what is your AD Forest Name is, how many replica server do you have in your company,how many domain sites do you have  etc. etc. When you get Answers you want to document all the above things for your… Continue reading Powershell and Active Directory: Get Your Active Directory Forest and Domain Information using Powershell.

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Powershell & Active Directory : Active Directory Reports in Excel.

Aman Dhally6 Comments

Hi, Active Directory reporting, some time we thinks what should a Active Directory reports contains, should i need a tool to do that reporting job? or should i purchase a active Directory tool to do this task. One of my friend want an Active Directory Reporting tool and he was planning to buy it, i… Continue reading Powershell & Active Directory : Active Directory Reports in Excel.

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Powershell & Active Directory : Find all AD users account those are created between predefined period of time.

Aman Dhally3 Comments

Hi, Reporting,Monitoring and the Documentation are few of the major tasks which most of the IT admin does like me. If you know how to do scripting it saves lots of time. For all IT guys those primarily works on Windows Platform for them i think learning of Powershell is must, because if you know… Continue reading Powershell & Active Directory : Find all AD users account those are created between predefined period of time.

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Powershell & Active Directory : “Find all users Email ID’s in Active Directory Using Powershell”.

Aman Dhally6 Comments

Hi, My todays task was to create a list of our all of our “Active Directory” users email Id’s. Normally you can do this easily using download your global address list of exchange server and export in to the file. But remember Powershell is all about automation. Now imagine, your manager told you that every… Continue reading Powershell & Active Directory : “Find all users Email ID’s in Active Directory Using Powershell”.

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powershell & Active Directory: Find all users who have “Password Never Expires” enabled using Powershell.

Aman Dhally1 Comment

Hi, In domain controller environment we all have some password policies set. In some organizations the users password is expired in 60 days in some 90 or in 180 Days. User’s password must expired in the defined period, changing password often is a good security policy. But when we create a user account some time… Continue reading powershell & Active Directory: Find all users who have “Password Never Expires” enabled using Powershell.