Almost all Active Directory actions that you typically carry out using tools like Active Directory Users and Computers and Active Directory Sites and Services can be carried out utilizing PowerShell. For example, you can use Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets that support specified parameters to query Active Directory data. In order to retrieve user information from…
Technically, Active Directory and LDAP are two different things. Active Directory is a database and set of services that runs on Microsoft Windows server. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a software protocol that allows users to locate an organization’s data. However, you might consider them very similar to each other because Active Directory is…
Group nesting in Active Directory simplifies network management for administrators. It enables them to assign access rights and permissions to resources within the domain and across domains with ease. However, due to the various types of groups and their scope in Active Directory, group nesting can get confusing at times. Therefore, it is important to…
Managing any Active Directory (AD) component using Windows PowerShell is simple. In addition to managing AD objects like users, computers, and groups, we can handle any AD functionality via PowerShell. This blog will concentrate on users and groups while explaining how you can use Windows PowerShell and the Active Directory module to obtain a user’s…
Hybrid environments are a fundamental reality for businesses of every size. What that environment looks like for any given company is unique to that company. One size does not fit all, and it shouldn’t – that’s the nature of hybrid. One challenge that is not unique, however, is the need for security. Data security in…
Get-ChildItem Powershell Cmdlet Get-ChildItem obtains objects from one or more locations specified. If the item is a container, it receives the child items contained within the container. The Recurse parameter can be used to get items from all child containers, while the Depth parameter can be used to limit how many levels to recurse to.…