Category Archives: Active Directory

Create a New Domain with PowerShell

If you’re standing up a new domain, this bit of PowerShell will get you there without the need to run through the wizard.

How to start/stop and Enum Services using ADSI

This post will show you sample code in VB6 to use ADSI to manage services.

Offline Machine Tracking with PowerShell

Here’s a simple little script that will track which computers are offline, and how long they have been offline. It even sends you a handy email summary.

Ping Active Directory Servers with PowerShell

Using the ping command to test for responses from network computers is a quick way to see if a network path is open between two hosts. Not in depth, but basic. Here is how to get a list of servers from Active Directory, and ping them with PowerShell.

Use PowerShell to Get the Email Address of a Users Manager

Sometimes, you need to tattle on a user to their manager. But how to find out who their manager is, and their email address? Here is how I did it with PowerShell. At my job, stale user accounts are not tolerated. Inactive accounts are disabled after a period of time, with no warning. However, I wanted to at… Read More »

Who Authenticated Me?

When you manage an Active Directory infrastructure that spans multiple sites, it is a good idea to test the ability of clients to successfully authenticate against domain controllers in other sites.

Zohno Z-Hire

Z-Hire from Zohno helps you to reduce the time and steps needed during the onboarding of new employees by allowing you to set up templates for user accounts. These templates can then be used to create not just an Active Directory account, but also an Exchange mailbox, Lync account, and even a Salesforce account.