Chapter 36. Manipulating Active Directory with Visual Basic Scripts

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

• Connecting to Active Directory with a VB script

• Creating an OU with a VB script

• Creating a user account with a VB script

• Modifying the tombstone lifetime

Tip

You should be familiar with the concept of VB scripting when preparing for the 70-640, 70-642, and 70-647 exams.

Connecting to Active Directory with a VB Script

When working with Active Directory, the first step is to connect the instance of Active Directory. The basic syntax to connect with a Visual Basic (VB) script is

set objdom =getobject("LDAP://dn")

Note

LDAP, which is an acronym for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, must ...

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