Management

Remove Stale Computer Accounts from Active Directory Using PowerShell

Search for and remove inactive users and computer accounts and query Active Directory – all by using PowerShell. Find out how in this handy post!

Last Update: Jul 21, 2023

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Why Learn the Active Directory Administrative Center?

Last Update: Nov 21, 2022

Are you still using the old Microsoft Management Console? Get on board and find out why the Active Directory Administrative Center is superior in this op-ed!

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Why You Need to Learn PowerShell

Last Update: Sep 07, 2022

Learn PowerShell to reduce the time it takes to deploy entire Windows Server environments, on site or in the cloud, from hours to mere minutes.

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Managing Teams Through the Teams and Skype for Business Online Admin Center

Last Update: Aug 17, 2022

Microsoft announced at Ignite that you can soon manage Teams through the Teams and Skype for Business Online Admin Center. Office 365 administrators will welcome this because it means that they can manage teams without being a member of those teams. And they can avoid PowerShell, which is a pity.

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3 Tips for Working with the Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC)

Last Update: Aug 12, 2022

In this Ask an Admin, learn a few tricks to work faster with the Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC).

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3 Ways to Create New Active Directory Users

Last Update: Aug 12, 2022

Russell Smith shows how to create new Active Directory users with three different administrative tools.

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PowerShell

PowerShell Remoting Basics

Last Update: Jul 23, 2022

Missy Januszko provides an overview of PowerShell remoting and explains the use of different cmdlets for managing multiple machines at once.

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PowerShell

How Can I Move a File or Folder from the Command Line Using Windows PowerShell?

Last Update: Jul 23, 2022

In this article, I’ll show you how to use Windows PowerShell to move one or multiple files or folders from the command line, using the Move-Item, Get-Item, and Get-ChildItem PowerShell cmdlets. If you would like to delete a file or folder using PowerShell, check out How Can I Delete a File or Folder from the…

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Security

How to Enable Windows Firewall in Windows 8.1

Last Update: Jul 23, 2022

Is your firewall enabled? Discover how to check on the status of your Windows Firewall and enable it in this Ask an Admin.

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How to Add Computers to a Domain Using PowerShell

Last Update: Jun 20, 2022

In this quick Ask an Admin, learn to use PowerShell to join one or more computers to an Active Directory domain.

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