Easily Create Multiple Test Accounts with Powershell

I was asked to create 400 test accounts for application testing. Not a problem...

1..400 | ForEach-Object {New-QADUser -ParentContainer Domain123.local/TestOU -Name "TestUser$_" -SamAccountName "TestUser$_" -UserPassword "Password1" | Enable-QADUser}

How do I find "null" attributes?

Ever wanted to search for empty AD attributes? Try using $null

For example, to show all users with no email details set, use the following:

Get-QADUser| where {$_.mail -eq $null}

The ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory is a set of predefined commands for Windows PowerShell. Best of all its FREE!

I will refer to these cmdlets extensively in this blog. Accept the agreement terms and you're away. 

http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx

Welcome to Powershell Goodies!

This blog was created as an "offshoot" of the popular Exchange Goodies site.

My hope is that Powershell Goodies becomes a helpful resource for everything Powershell.

Enjoy!