Tag: PowerShell

Introduction to Microsoft Active Directory Overview of AD Microsoft Active Directory is a directory service for Windows domain networks. Active Directory serves as a centralized database which stores information about network resources, including users, computers, and services. It plays a...

Introduction In Windows system administration, one of the more advanced yet important tasks that can be accomplished using PowerShell is deleting registry keys and values. This operation requires careful handling to avoid unintended consequences. Registry keys and values in Windows are critical...

You may want to know the PowerShell version installed on your machine. While novice users may go to Programs in the Control Panel to check the PowerShell version, it’s often quite the disappointment when they don’t find PowerShell listed as a program there. Instead, you’ll need to resort to...

As a routine task, users move items, such as files and folders from one place to another on our computer, so that data is sorted and makes sense. While this can be accomplished with simple copy and paste options from within the File Explorer, advanced users may prefer PowerShell for efficiency and...

Tools like ADUC and ADAC enable Sysadmins to create a new user in an Active Directory quite easily, but they has certain limitations when it comes to bulk user creation. PowerShell is a powerful and flexible tool for creating Active Directory accounts, and much more at scale. This blog reviews...

What is the Rename-Item cmdlet? The Rename-Item cmdlet in PowerShell can be used to change the name of an item. This item can be a file, directory, or any object in a path. The cmdlet can also be used to rename items both locally and in a network environment. Users can also perform batch...

Brief overview of Remove-Item cmdlet Managing files and directories is a common task in computing, especially in the Windows PowerShell environment. The Remove-Item in PowerShell is a key cmdlet for deleting files and directories, as well as other types of items in PowerShell. Remove-Item can...

What is a Get-Mailbox Cmdlet? The Get-Mailbox cmdlet is a key command in the Exchange Management Shell (for Exchange Server) and in the Exchange Online PowerShell module (for Office 365). It is used to retrieve information about mailboxes in an Exchange environment. Whether you are dealing with...

What is PowerShell Copy-Item Cmdlet? Copy-Item cmdlet in Powershell is primarily used to copy files from source to destinataion. In terms of numbers of files, they could be individual or multiple along with their content. It can also work across different file systems such as local, network...

System administrators perform a variety of standard operations on their Windows servers every day, including creating, deleting, and moving files and folders. By becoming fluent with the core set of Active Directory (AD) PowerShell commands provided in this blog post, you can...