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- 10 ways to benchmark your Active Directory environment
- Active Directory Services is the going standard for account provisioning, basic system management, and DNS authority in most environments. But having some accountability to determine what has changed over time can be a challenge. Here are some strategies for achieving accountability in your Active Directory environment. They'll help supplement your...
- Tags: Environment, Domain, Tool, CSVDE, Development Domain, DSGET, objectClass, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- SolutionBase: Using the DSGET command in Windows Server 2003
- DSget group limited to 1000 membersIt seems the dsget group command is limited to 1000 rows (or members). And there is no switch like "-limit" for this command. I tried increasing the LDAP policy MaxPageSize to 3000 (For example), in AD , http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315071&sd=tech(with NTDSUtil) but no luck.Any suggestions?Alastair
- Tags: LDAP, Servers, a.adkins@..., Microsoft Windows, Dsget, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- Using the DSGET command in Windows Server 2003
- In the article "Using the Dsquery commandin Windows Server 2003," I explained how the Dsquery command works andshowed you several examples of how to use it to reveal information that wouldbe a bit tricky to get out of GUI interface tools.In this article, I'll continue my examination of WindowsServer 2003's...
- Tags: Command Description Dsget, Dsget, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Technical articles 2005-01-05
- Getting started with Windows Server 2003?s directory service command-line tools
- TechRepublic Article TemplateIf youve been working with Active Directory for any lengthof time, chances are good that at some point youve wished there were a way toquickly and easily automate certain operations. Of course, you could tap intoActive Directory Services Interface (ADSI) via Windows Script Host and VBScriptand create or...
- Tags: Command Description Dsadd, Dsget, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server, server, tool, directory service
- Technical articles 2004-11-16
Additional Resources
- Outlook Signature Automation and Active Directory
- hello everyone so i want to automate this tedious task as a outlook trainer for new hires....im in charge of creating their outlook signatures... and was wondering if i could program a batch file to run that will create this using AD for the source of my info (Name, title...
- Tags: gmartinez@..., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Outlook
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- Reset user passwords with Windows Server 2003's DSMod command-line tool
- Windows Server 2003 features a command-line tool for modifying the properties of Active Directory (AD) objects called DSMod.exe. This is most useful for quick user password resets and other similar tasks. The GUI interface does the same thing, but being able to change these items from the command line...
- Tags: Windows Server 2003, Servers
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Mass Password Result
- I need to reset about 200 users passwords. How could I do it all at once instead of one by one.In a Win2K3 AD environment you can use dsquery user to find the users (e.g. in a specific OU) and pipe the results of that to a dsmod user command.dsquery...
- Tags: techrepublic@..., windows, password
- Q&A 2006-08-01
- List Users with LDAP
- I have a VBScript that uses LDAP to list users in security groups. It works fine as long as the users are a part of the "Doamin Users" group and the other group I'm looking for. I have many users not in the "Domain Users" group for security reasons. Anyone...
- Tags: Directory services, Microsoft Windows, LDAP
- Q&A 2006-04-18
- Tech Tip: Explore additions to the command shell in Windows Server 2003
- Take a look at Windows Server 2003's additions to the command shell. With Windows Server 2003, Microsoft breathed new life into the often overlooked command shell. There are dozens of new commands, and it's difficult to find a task that you can't accomplish...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows Server 2003 Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Technical articles 2004-07-30
- Using the Dsadd, Dsmod, Dsmove, and Dsrm Windows Server 2003 directory service command-line tools
- In the last article in this series, "Using the Dsgetcommand in Windows Server 2003," I explained how the Dsget commandworks and showed you several examples of how to use it to obtain informationthat would be a bit tricky to get out of GUI interface tools. In this article,I'll complete my...
- Tags: Adds, Command Description Dsadd, directory service, Dsadd, Dsmod, Greg Shultz, tool
- Technical articles 2005-01-13
- Stupid Active Directory Question
- How the heck do I get a list of the *active* users in Active Directory? It seems like the simplest of requests, but I can not find any information about how to do it (though I did read somewhere that you *can't* do it?!). Help!define activeDo you mean...
- Tags: active directory, domain, domain controller, Menace65, queries, server, software, Value at Risk, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-11
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