Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Practices

Chapter 4. User Management

• Examining the Examining the Active Directory Schema 99

• Querying Active Directory 110

• Performing Account Management 123

• Additional Resources 130

Examining the Active Directory Schema

Before you begin to perform user management in Active Directory, you must examine the Active Directory schema. There are several hundred classes defined within the Active Directory schema; some are rather esoteric, yet others are very useful and should be explored. The BrowseActiveDirectorySchema.ps1 script, seen here, allows you to browse the schema.

Example 4-1. BrowseActiveDirectorySchema.ps1

Param($action,$class, [switch]$help) Function GetHelp() { $helpText= ` @" DESCRIPTION: NAME: BrowseActiveDirectorySchema.ps1 Browse Active Directory Schema. ...