http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5058173/rss/5058173en-USSun, 27 May 2012 05:31:26 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 05:31:26 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/searching-managing-ad-groups-powershell-142824
By Mark Minasi
Use get-adgroupmember and its related cmdlets to retrieve sets of users based on group membership]]>Mark MinasiSun, 20 May 2012 14:57:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/searching-managing-ad-groups-powershell-142824http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/searchadaccount-top-bottom-142481
By Mark Minasi
Beyond its quirks, Search-ADAccount is a terrific cmdlet for discovering troublesome accounts and cleaning up Active Directory.]]>Mark MinasiThu, 26 Apr 2012 12:57:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/searchadaccount-top-bottom-142481http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/domains/domain-membership-pass-142909
By Mark Minasi
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?]]>Mark MinasiMon, 23 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/domains/domain-membership-pass-142909http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/tale-cmdlets-142155
By Mark Minasi
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.]]>Mark MinasiFri, 23 Mar 2012 15:06:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/tale-cmdlets-142155http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/domains/domain-join-arm-tablets-142546
By Mark Minasi
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, but instead to lower the river.]]>Mark MinasiFri, 23 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/domains/domain-join-arm-tablets-142546http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/microsoft-windows-8-mango-tablet-142410
By Mark Minasi
Why isn’t Microsoft offering a version of the Windows Phone OS on low-cost, low-power tablets?]]>Mark MinasiTue, 28 Feb 2012 14:40:50 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/microsoft-windows-8-mango-tablet-142410http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/searchadaccount-missing-15-days-141849
By Mark Minasi
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 search-adaccount."]]>Mark MinasiThu, 23 Feb 2012 14:20:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/searchadaccount-missing-15-days-141849http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/sopa-pipa-alternative-solutions-142120
By Mark Minasi
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.]]>Mark MinasiTue, 31 Jan 2012 17:15:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/sopa-pipa-alternative-solutions-142120http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/getaduser-find-inactive-ad-users-141486
By Mark Minasi
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.]]>Mark MinasiSat, 21 Jan 2012 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/getaduser-find-inactive-ad-users-141486http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/web-administration/adobe-flash-141709
By Mark Minasi
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 force Cupertino to recant. But it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. ]]>Mark MinasiThu, 22 Dec 2011 17:11:29 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/web-administration/adobe-flash-141709http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/getaduser-determine-logged-141189
By Mark Minasi
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?]]>Mark MinasiTue, 20 Dec 2011 14:23:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/getaduser-determine-logged-141189http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/microsoft-windows-8-feedback-141384
By Mark Minasi
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.]]>Mark MinasiTue, 22 Nov 2011 13:19:53 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/microsoft-windows-8-feedback-141384http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/digging-deeper-getaduser-140932
By Mark Minasi
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.]]>Mark MinasiThu, 17 Nov 2011 14:01:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/digging-deeper-getaduser-140932http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-metro-141039
By Mark Minasi
Metro is fun, but Mark isn’t very optimistic about how competitive Windows 8 can really be.]]>Mark MinasiTue, 25 Oct 2011 14:31:06 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-metro-141039http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/utilities/remote-windows-server-2008-r2s-ad-cmdlets-140491
By Mark Minasi
Learn how to use the OS’s AD-related PowerShell cmdlets for remote administration.]]>Mark MinasiMon, 24 Oct 2011 14:47:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/utilities/remote-windows-server-2008-r2s-ad-cmdlets-140491http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-windows-great-140737
By Mark Minasi
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.]]>Mark MinasiTue, 27 Sep 2011 15:07:15 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-windows-great-140737http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/find-users-getaduser-140069
By Minasi, Mark
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.]]>Minasi, MarkFri, 23 Sep 2011 15:55:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/find-users-getaduser-140069http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8s-gui-tale-desktops-140402
By Mark Minasi
Microsoft is about to release a beta of the next version of Windows, code-named Windows 8, which will have three different desktops. ]]>Mark MinasiTue, 30 Aug 2011 12:34:04 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8s-gui-tale-desktops-140402http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/finishing-dualboot-windows-pe-system-139826
By Minasi, Mark
In this useful application of previously covered power tools, you’ll combine the WAIK, ImageX, and Bcdedit to create a more fixable OS deployment.]]>Minasi, MarkWed, 24 Aug 2011 13:53:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/finishing-dualboot-windows-pe-system-139826http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/cloud-computing2/Cloud-Agility-Eye-Exits-125120
By Mark Minasi
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 and graceful exit from the cloud and back on-premises, should that become necessary.]]>Mark MinasiTue, 26 Jul 2011 12:04:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/cloud-computing2/Cloud-Agility-Eye-Exits-125120