Active Directory – How to Restore a Deleted Object
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If you accidently deleted a user or computer object you can restore it. Logon to a Domain Controller Open Active Directory Administrative Center Click on Domain (local) > Deleted Objects…
Active Directory 101
How to Export AD user list with email addresses
If you have the need to export a user list from an Active Directory group along with the user’s email address, run the following command in PowerShell as an administrator.…
How to get all groups that a user is a member of?
Open PowerShell with administrator privileges and run: Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership username | select name name ---- Domain Users Domain Computers Workstation Admins Company Users Company Developers AutomatedProcessingTeam Example:
How to Copy Members of a Security Group in Active Directory
Ever ran into a task where you needed to copy all the members of a certain AD security group over to a new or existing security group? If so, you…
How To Find Nested Active Directory Group Memberships in PowerShell
Find the actual number of users in a group by locating those that may be hard to find in a hidden subgroup. As someone that manages Active Directory users and…
How to Create and Link a Group Policy Object in Active Directory
I’ll show you how to create a Group Policy Object (GPO) in Active Directory, and link it to a site, domain or Organizational Unit (OU). Group Policy was introduced in…
Export a list of members from an Active Directory group to a text file
I needed to export a list of all the members in an active directory group today. Here are two methods which work well. The first example uses the net group…
Managing Active Directory with PowerShell
Introduction There’s no question that PowerShell is here to stay as an automation tool for Windows. And with it, comes a variety of ways to automate management Windows infrastructure. For…
Crash Course in Active Directory Organizational Unit Design
In this article the author discusses Active Directory Organizational Unit design and gives tips on the design strategy and how they are best utilized. Introduction Active Directory has not changed…
[Exchange Tutorial] How to create mail enabled contact?
Contact is ideal when you want user to communicate with non-Microsoft mail system and external SMTP addresses. It is know as recipient in older exchange environment, now in Exchange 2003,…