Active directory snippets

ActiveDirectorySnippets.txt

# opens a GUI to manage users under the given account - fine for adding/upodate one or two accounts
runas /user:myDomain\myusername "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe dsquery, OpenQueryWindow"


##POWERSHELL – to load the users, done from a server so it has the AD PS modules
import-module activedirectory


# basic search using ps filters
Get-ADUser -filter {GivenName -like "rickie"}

# get all the users in a group in normal looking string
Get-ADGroupMember Role-Department-Application-Admin | %{ Get-ADUser -Identity $_ } |  %{ $_.GivenName + " " + $_.Surname}


##START – Bulk load the users
$userCsv = "C:\Users\myprofile\Documents\My_app_users.csv"
$adminCsv = "C:\Users\myprofile\Documents\My_app_admin.csv"

Import-Csv $userCsv | % { 
     Add-ADGroupMember -Identity Role-Department-Application-User -members $_.Username
}


Import-Csv $adminCsv  | % { 
     Add-ADGroupMember -Identity Role-Department-Application-Admin -members $_.Username
}

#SHOW USERS IN GROUPS
get-adgroupmember -Identity "Role-Department-Application-User"
get-adgroupmember -Identity "Role-Department-Application-Admin"

##END – Bulk load the users