You can use the Import-CSV PowerShell cmdlet to read the contents of a CSV file. Once you load the contents of the CSV file, you get a PowerShell object in…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory provides several methods for determining when a user has logged on to the domain. The time of a user’s last successful authentication in Active Directory can be retrieved from…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we’ll look at how to create new users in an Active Directory domain. You can create new user accounts in your domain using the graphical MMC snap-ins (…| Windows OS Hub
The task of searching for objects in Active Directory (users, groups, or computers) by name using some pattern, regular expression, or wildcard is not as obvious as it seems. The…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC or DSA.msc) is one of the most commonly used tools for managing objects in an Active Directory domain. You can install ADUC on both…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we’ll show you how to track user account lockout events on Active Directory domain controllers, and find out from which computer, device, and program the account is…| Windows OS Hub
Every Windows system administrator should be able to use not only graphical AD snap-ins (usually it is ADUC, Active Directory Users and Computers), but also PowerShell cmdlets to perform everyday…| Windows OS Hub
The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) allow you to remotely manage roles and features on Windows Server hosts from a Windows workstation. RSAT includes graphical MMC snap-ins, command line tools,…| Windows OS Hub
The Get-ADUser is the most commonly used PowerShell cmdlet for retrieving Active Directory user information, including attributes like usernames, email addresses, account activity, group memberships, contact details, job titles, organizational…| Windows OS Hub
UserAccountControl is one of the most important attributes of the user and computer objects in Active Directory. This attribute determines the state of the account in the AD domain: whether…| Windows OS Hub
The Active Directory Attribute Editor is a built-in graphical tool to manage the properties of AD objects (users, computers, groups). It is the Attribute Editor where you can view and…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we’ll look at how to delegate administrative permissions in the Active Directory domain. Delegation allows you to grant the permissions to perform some AD management tasks to…| Windows OS Hub
To apply new local or domain Group Policy (GPO) settings to a Windows computer, the Group Policy Client (gpsvc) service must read the policy files and apply the setting to…| Windows OS Hub
The password policy in an Active Directory domain specifies basic security requirements for user account passwords, such as password complexity, length, frequency of password changes, and so on. A strong…| Windows OS Hub
Although Microsoft has removed the requirement to periodically change user passwords from its security baselines, most on-premises Active Directory domains have a policy that specifies the maximum age of a…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory Group Policies allow you to centrally apply the same settings for multiple computers and/or domain users and greatly simplify configuration management in an AD domain environment. The Group…| Windows OS Hub