By Mark Minasi, 05/20/2012
Use get-adgroupmember and its related cmdlets to retrieve sets of users based on group membership
By Mark Minasi, 04/26/2012
Beyond its quirks, Search-ADAccount is a terrific cmdlet for discovering troublesome accounts and cleaning up Active Directory.
By Mark Minasi, 04/23/2012
Wouldn't it be great if your Windows devices could be members of more than one domain, or even members of more than one forest?
By Mark Minasi, 03/23/2012
After you understand the capabilities of both Get-ADUser and search-adaccount, you’ll see that the best solution might be to piggyback these two AD PowerShell cmdlets.
By Mark Minasi, 03/23/2012
Maybe ARM will lead the way, and the future of enterprise Windows isn't a binary issue of whether a device is domain joined or not. Perhaps the answer isn't to raise the bridge, ...
By Mark Minasi, 02/28/2012
Why isn't Microsoft offering a version of the Windows Phone OS on low-cost, low-power tablets?
By Mark Minasi, 02/23/2012
Search-adaccount can tell you which users' accounts are inactive. Get to know its syntax, as well as an interesting idiosyncrasy Mark calls "the missing 15 days of ...
By Mark Minasi, 01/31/2012
SOPA and PIPA are well-intentioned but still very bad ideas. Read on for a couple of alternative solutions that make a lot more sense.
By Mark Minasi, 01/21/2012
An AD attribute called Lastlogontimestamp helps you search for people who haven't logged on to a domain in a while—but it’s got some quirks.
By Mark Minasi, 12/22/2011
When Apple made it clear that the company had no intention of letting the Adobe Flash conspiracy pollute the iPhone/iPad universe, I figured that a popular outcry would eventually ...
By Mark Minasi, 12/20/2011
It’s time to get serious with this useful PowerShell cmdlet. Here’s how to accomplish a rather tricky query. Can you feel your PowerShell skills improving?
By Mark Minasi, 11/22/2011
Microsoft has a new Windows OS on the way, and many long-time Windows users have some strong opinions about it. Now is the time to share your opinion of Windows 8 with Microsoft.
By Mark Minasi, 11/17/2011
Now that you know some Get-ADUser basics, let’s dive further into the tool and see how to get the most out of PowerShell AD queries.
By Mark Minasi, 10/25/2011
Metro is fun, but Mark isn't very optimistic about how competitive Windows 8 can really be.
By Mark Minasi, 10/24/2011
Learn how to use the OS's AD-related PowerShell cmdlets for remote administration.
By Mark Minasi, 09/27/2011
Before Microsoft's Windows Server 8 Reviewers Workshop, Mark Minasi had some definite ideas about what he wanted to see in the newest Windows OSs.
By Minasi, Mark, 09/23/2011
Get-ADUser is a helpful member of Windows Server 2008 R2’s 76-cmdlet PowerShell team that lets you retrieve AD user objects. Here’s how it works.
By Mark Minasi, 08/30/2011
Microsoft is about to release a beta of the next version of Windows, code-named Windows 8, which will have three different desktops.
By Minasi, Mark, 08/24/2011
In this useful application of previously covered power tools, you’ll combine the WAIK, ImageX, and Bcdedit to create a more fixable OS deployment.
By Mark Minasi, 07/26/2011
Cloud vendors tout two main advantages to their products: cost and agility. Let’s talk about the kind of agility that I want all cloud users to possess: the power to make a quick ...