MCPmag

Manage Active Directory User Accounts with PowerShell

Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) is a popular service that many organizations use for identity management today. If you're just managing a few employees with user accounts, you could get by with the ...
MCPmag

Managing Local User Accounts with PowerShell

Creating local user accounts via the UI is pretty straightforward. You open up computer management and then go to the Users folder and can then just right click and create a new user. You can also go ...
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How to Manage File System ACLs With PowerShell

Managing permissions on files and folders can be an enormous time drain for IT professionals. Users have home folders, departments have proprietary folders, projects have unique folders — the list ...
Redmond Magazine

Azure Active Directory PowerShell Preview Adds Multifactor Authentication and Mobile Management

Microsoft today announced two new Azure Active Directory PowerShell module capabilities available at the preview testing stage. The first new capability is the addition of "multifactor authentication" ...
Redmond Magazine

PowerShell 3.0 Available in Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP

Microsoft last week released a community technology preview (CTP) version of Windows Management Framework 3.0. The CTP requires having Common Language Runtime 4.0 in ...
Bleeping Computer

Using PowerShell to manage password resets in Windows domains

Last month the White House issued a recommendation that everyone change their password as a way of preventing a potential breach. Although such a request sounds simple enough, enforcing password ...
TechRepublic

10 PowerShell commands to make remote management easier

These 10 PowerShell commands will come in handy when you need to remotely manage computers on a domain or workgroup. Doing more with less is a common mantra bandied about in the workforce these days ...