Active Directory Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

There are four ways to do it:

• Using Active Directory Users and Computers
• Using the Active Directory Administrative Center
• Using command-line tools
• Using Windows PowerShell

The two graphical tools are useful for configuring account expiration on individual accounts, although the Active Directory Administrative Center can be used to retrieve the Windows PowerShell cmdlets through the Windows PowerShell History feature.

The command-line tool is particularly useful when you want to configure a time frame (in days) for the account to live on, instead of defining an end date.