A

 AccountsWithNoRequiredPassword.ps1 script, 74

Active Directory, 145–173.

See also ADSI (Active Directory Service Interfaces)

committing changes, 150, 154, 159

connecting to, 146

creating computer accounts, 155–156

creating groups, 155

creating objects, 145–146, 169–170

creating organizational units, 145–146, 169–170

creating users, 153–154

deleting users, 168–169

group policy settings, 75

overwriting fields in. See Put method

querying. See ADO (ActiveX Data Objects)

user account controls, 156, 157t

user properties, modifying, 157–167

Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT), 147

Active Directory Schema MMC, 188

Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI). See ADSI (Active Directory Service Interfaces)

address page, modifying, 159–161, 160, 160t, 161t

ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool), 147

ADO (ActiveX Data Objects)

alternative credentials, 180–183, 180t

attribute indexing, 188–189, 189

base search scope, using, 191

controlling script execution, 197–198

exercises, 193–198

LDAP dialect query syntax, 176–191, 176t

multiple attribute searches, 188

object types, limiting search to, 186–188

objects used to search Active Directory, 179–180, 179t

page size specification, 184–185

query specification methods, 176

querying, 175–179, 193–196

querying Global Catalog, 188–190

querying specific server, 190

querying specific server by IP address, 190–191

search properties, 183–185, 183t–184t

search scopes, 177

SQL query syntax, 176, 192–193, 192t

uses, 175

ADSI (Active Directory Service Interfaces)

binding, 149

connecting to Active Directory, 146

creating computer accounts, 155–156

creating groups, 155

creating objects, 145–146, 169–170

creating organizational units, 145–146

creating users, 153–154

deleting users, 168–169

identifying directory path, 147–148, 148

LDAP names, 148–149, 149t

providers, 146, 147, 147–148

user properties, modifying, 157–167

ADSI Edit

distinguished name verification, 149f

hierarchy exploration with, 147–148, 148

ADsPath, 146

alias provider, 46–47

aliases

build-in, 22

confirming lack of, 16, 38

data type, 83, 84t

Get-Alias cmdlet, 16, 27–28, 40

for Get-ChildItem cmdlet, 22

for Get-Help cmdlet, 15–16

for get-WmiObject cmdlet, 123

listing, 46–47

AllSigned execution policy, 75t

alternative credentials, for ADO, 180–183, 180t

arrays, turning text file into, 169

asterisk (*), wild card operator, 15

Asynchronous property, 183t

 AsynchronousQueryComputers.ps1 script, 184

attribute indexing, 188–189, 189