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A list of common PowerShell commands for AD. Retrieve AD user(s) # get AD user – basic attributes Get-ADUser “JohnDo” # get AD user – all attributes Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties * # get AD user – additional attribute(s) Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties PasswordLastSet Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties whenChanged,whenCreated # get AD user – output specific attribute Get-ADUser …
Get-QADUser Retrieve all users in a domain or container that match the specified conditions. Syntax Examples Description Parameters SYNTAX Get-QADUser [[-Identity] <IdentityParameter>] [-AccountExpiresAfter <DateTime>] [-AccountExpiresBefore <DateTime>][-AccountNeverExpires] [-Activity <string>][-Anr <string>][-AttributeScopeQuery <string>] [-City <string[]>][-Company <string[]>] [-Connection <ArsConnection>] [-ConnectionAccount <string>][-ConnectionPassword <SecureString>] [-Control <hashtable>][-CreatedAfter <DateTime>][-CreatedBefore <DateTime>] [-CreatedOn <DateTime>][-Credential<PSCredential>][-Department <string[]>] [-Description <string[]>][-Disabled] [-DisplayName <string[]>] [-DontConvertValuesToFriendlyRepresentation][-DontUseDefaultIncludedProperties] [-Email <string[]>] …
Store Credentials in PowerShell From time to time, we have to perform actions in a PowerShell script for which the user account executing the script does not have sufficient privileges. We usually get around this by performing those specific actions using a different user’s credentials in our script. For example, we have an on-premises AD …
In another post, we demonstrated how to call PowerShell commands from VBScript. That method makes sense for simple one-line PowerShell commands. But what if we want to call long blocks of PowerShell code from within VBScript? Like an entire PowerShell script. Worry not…it’s just as simple, if not simpler! Instead of calling the PowerShell code …
Getting your public IP address programmatically can be very useful. Especially if you need to know when your internet service provider (ISP) has changed your dynamic IP address. Here is how to get your public IP address using PowerShell: (Invoke-WebRequest myexternalip.com/raw).content. Read on for more background and details…