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- Create Windows 2000 Server user accounts with ADSI scripts
- Microsoft provides a special Active Directory Services Interface ADSI with Windows 2000 Server that allows administrators very easy interaction with Active Directory; with it, you can use simple scripts or complicated C programs to read from or write to the Directory Service. You can use ADSI to automate many administrative...
- Tags: ADSI, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, User Account, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Create Windows 2000 Server user accounts with ADSI scripts
- Easier with a pre-built componentWe use a COM object called JustLDAP. Works for admin and also personalization.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory services, KeReleaseSpinLock, ADSI, server
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- VBScript Adding Users to ADSI
- I am new to using VBScript. I have been teaching myselft for about 3 weeks. I am trying to create a script that will read from an excel spreadsheet and create the users, plug in their information into ADUC, mail enable them, add them to groups, create the home drive,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory services, ADSI, chrystal.nunnold@..., Microsoft VBScript, objExcel.Cells, Note intRow, strSam
- Discussion threads 2007-07-08
- Scripting windows, last PC /Workstation user logged onto
- Hi,Is there a way, ADSI or WMI, to find out what workstation a user last logged into?I know how to find out who was the last user who logged into a workstation by querying Win32_Computer but I cannot do the reverse.For example, all I have is the username jbloggs and...
- Tags: adsi, cdargent@..., PC, programming, scripting, software, vbs, windows, wmi, workstation
- Discussion threads 2007-01-20
- Automate Windows management with advanced ADSI-based scripts
- Active Directory Services Interface ASDI is one of the most powerful tools your scripts can use. It can interact with Active Directory, any LDAP directory, the Security Accounts Manager, and other services. Most administrators who have been scripting for a while have probably worked with ADSI to some extent while...
- Tags: ADSI, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2006-09-27
- Get up to speed on scripting tools and techniques
- This introductory chapter to Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book, Second Edition, lays a solid foundation for understanding scripting techniques and introduces the three major scripting tools that the book focuses on: shell scripting, KiXtart, and Windows Script Host. It begins with an overview of scripts and how they compare...
- Tags: ADSI, built-in, COM, essentials, Kixtart, logon, manipulation, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, network, registry, shell, technique, tool, window, Windows Script, WMI, WSH
- Download resources 2005-07-26
- Scripting Exchange Using VBScript and ADSI (Part 1)
- Scripting can be a powerful tool. There are a lot well written scripts for use with Exchange floating around the Internet that can be quite useful. Changing to fit person's needs is not too difficult, but writing his own scripts and making scripts work better for his needs requires some...
- Tags: ADSI, Microsoft VBScript, Script, TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Scripting Languages, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2005-06-21
- Scripting Exchange Using VBScript and ADSI (Part 3)
- The first two parts of this scripting series discussed Exchange users in almost every possible angle. This third part of the series will go over ways for accessing Exchange objects, such as servers, storage groups and databases. CDOEXM has corresponding objects to the main Exchange objects - Servers, Storage Groups,...
- Tags: ADSI, Microsoft VBScript, Object, TechGenix, CDOEXM, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Storage, Directory Services, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2005-06-21
- Hyena 5.7 not administering.
- Hyena 5.7 full unlimited enterprise.Have setup a windows 2000/2003 domain and configured the ADSI path with LDAP://ldap.pathand the ADSI server with the IP address of the first domain controller in the AD, the operations master server.When administering various objects in hyena for an AD domain, i get an error. One...
- Tags: ADSI, domain controller, Hyena 5.7, it management, rgagg
- Q&A 2004-11-04
- Automate Active Directory operations with ADSI
- This TechProGuild solution is being featured on TechRepublic until Aug. 26, 2004. After this date, only TechProGuild members will be able to access this article. Obtain full-time access to this and other time-saving resources and in-depth content by joining TechProGuild today.As most network administrators know, scripting is a powerful tool...
- Tags: Active Directory Service, ADSI, Allen V. Rouse MCSE, MCDBA, CCNA, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, WMI
- Technical articles 2004-08-19
- Automate Active Directory operations with ADSI
- As most network administrators know, scripting is a powerful tool that can significantly reduce the administrative workload by automating processes that would otherwise demand hours of manual effort. Building on Visual Basic Scripting Editing VBS, for instance, Windows Management Instrumentation WMI can automate literally thousands of operations related to the...
- Tags: ADSI, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, WMI, Allen V. Rouse MCSE, MCDBA, CCNA, Active Directory Service
- Technical articles 2004-04-01
- ADSI provides a powerful directory services interface tool
- Active Directory Services Interface ADSI offers system architects a powerful development interface for network services, including Novell, Active Directory, and LDAP. Read this article to learn how to integrate it into your applications.Microsoft introduced Active Directory Services Interface ADSI with Windows 2000 as the company prepared to release Active Directory....
- Tags: Directory services, directory service, ADSI, tool, Bruce Walton, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Active Directory Services Interface
- Technical articles 2002-04-30
- Get IT Done: Lay the groundwork for a successful server role change
- Learn how to plan for changing domain controllers operations master role, including verifying permissions and locating the operations master roles.Domain controllers in a Windows 2000 environment have certain roles to fulfill to make sure Active Directory AD functions properly. However, because of server failure or maintenance, you may someday be...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows, Directory services, PRODUCTIVITY, Advertising & Promotion, server, Get IT Done, Talainia Posey, ADSI Edit, ADSI, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Support Tools, permission
- Technical articles 2002-01-21
- ADSI user validation with COM+ reduces maintenance and ensures fresh data
- When you need to obtain user validation from an application, avoid maintaining a duplicate database. Use ADSI to go right for the Active Directory to be sure that you get valid user info. This example shows you how easy it really is.Active Directory is one of the core features of...
- Tags: Directory services, William Sempf MCP, CIBS, IWA, COM+, ADSI, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, database
- Technical articles 2001-09-17
- ADSI Open Interfaces for Managing and Using Directory Services
- One of the challenges of working within a large distributed computing environment is identifying and locating resources, such as users, groups, print queues, and documents. A directory service is part of a distributed computing environment that provides a way to locate and identify the users and resources available in the...
- Tags: ADSI, Directory Service, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
Additional Resources
- Save queries in Windows Server 2003's Active Directory Users and Computers tool
- ADSI Edit ToolAs a DBA I've had to configure Kerberos in our environment. To set the Service Principle Name SPN I use the ADSI Edit tool. The SPN setting is one of dozens listed, and I just wonder if anyone has a good reference that I can peruse...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Directory services, Kerberos, computer, Brandon_Forest@..., Microsoft Windows, ADSI Edit, tool, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- microsoft LDAP connection
- I have recently purchased a trend micro enforcer appliance. I am trying to get it to connect to the LDAP on my server 2000 DC. I cannot get it to connect for the life of me. I have used the ldp.exe program to ge the correct string...
- Tags: Directory services, katz45@..., Microsoft Corp., LDAP
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- Email display name change
- Currently, I have a mailbox for Sales with address of sales@company.com. I need to make a change of the display name to read Company instead of Sales. I'm running Win2k Exchange server. I've made a change to the display name in the AD under the Generic tab for the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory services, Sales, ADSI Edit
- Discussion threads 2005-08-17
- Create a WMI/ADSI script that gathers Windows system information across your domain
- This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI offers systems administrators a straightforward guide to scripting, including a ready-made example script accompanied by complete line-by-line explanations. This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI walks Windows administrators through the process of designing, writing,...
- Tags: Chapter, Microsoft VBScript, Domain, Microsoft Windows, WMI, Addison-Wesley, Scripting Languages, Network Administration, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Networking
- Book chapters 2006-05-11
- Create A WMI/ADSI Script That Gathers Windows System Information Across Your Domain
- This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI walks Windows administrators through the process of designing, writing, testing, and debugging a complete WMI/ADSI script from scratch. The example script is designed to accomplish three tasks: Query a list of computers from the domain. Query information...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, computer, domain, job, Microsoft VBScript, Microsoft Windows, window, WMI, WMI/ADSI, WMI/ADSI Script
- Download resources 2006-05-11
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