Monthly Archives: February 2015

Redirecting Users and Computers Containers with Powershell

The default location for newly provisioned user and computer objects are (respectively) the Users and Computers containers.  Since Windows Server 2003 Active Directory the option has been available to redirect these to OUs that you specificy.  Why would you want to do this?  Well, the Users and Computers containers are just that – container objects… Read More: Redirecting Users and Computers Containers with Powershell »

Dump a list of all schemaIDGUIDs with Powershell

There are well known methods for setting Access Control Entries (ACEs) on Active Directory objects using Powershell. One example is the following:   http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adpowershell/archive/2009/10/13/add-object-specific-aces-using-active-directory-powershell.aspx   The method relies on you knowing the schemaIDGUID of the schema object classes you are working with (e.g. User, Computer, Group). Unless you know your way around AD it’s not… Read More: Dump a list of all schemaIDGUIDs with Powershell »