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Automate OU cleanup in AD with PowerShell (Expert Guide)

September 29, 2025
Automating OU cleanup in Active Directory with PowerShell: the expert’s comparison guide Active Directory · PowerShell automation Automating OU cleanup in Active Directory with PowerShell: the expert’s comparison guide A practical, production-oriented approach to discover, stage, delete, and prune—safely. Short definition for snippets: Automating OU cleanup means discovering…
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Auditing Nested Group Memberships: An Expert Guide

September 29, 2025
Auditing nested group memberships for security risks: the expert’s comparison guide Reading time: ~14–18 min • Last updated: 2025-09-29 Nested groups are convenient, flexible, and dangerously opaque. This guide shows how to audit them properly in Active Directory and Microsoft Entra, with path-aware reporting, Windows event alerts, and Graph transitive queries. …
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Managing AD metadata cleanup post-DC decommission: A Playbook

September 9, 2025
Active Directory behaves as if that DC never existed. This guide goes beyond “delete in ADUC” and covers DNS SRV/CNAME integrity, KCC recomputation, lingering objects, and RODC specifics. Focus: metadata cleanup Covers: ADUC/ADSS/ntdsutil Also: DNS SRV, KCC, DFSR, RODC Quick nav Why this matters now Definition & blind spots Under the hood Production-ready Runbook Inherent…
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Active Directory Objects

Active Directory User properties – General tab

April 9, 2021
In IT infrastructures, Active Directory (AD) plays a vital role in auditing and managing user accounts, groups, and permissions. AD groups streamline auditing, management, and permissions for users. The General tab of an AD group object encompasses essential features for effective management, making it crucial for administrators to understand its significance. This blog explores the importance and…
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Active Directory (AD) Computer Object

March 2, 2021
SAMAccountName: This is also a naming attribute that is used to uniquely identify a computer object in the network. It is the pre-Windows 2000 logon name of an object. ObjectCategory: It includes the distinguished name of the object class to which the computer object belongs or the name of one of its superclasses. ObjectClass: It contains the distinguished name of the object class to which…
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Active Directory Objects

Active Directory Computer Objects Tabs

March 2, 2021
The general tab Some properties are assigned to a computer automatically once it’s joined to a domain, such as DNS name, Computer name, and Role etc. Even the administrator himself cannot change these properties. In the description box you can add a brief description of the computer. The location tab You can save the physical location of the computer in this tab. The…
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Active Directory Computer Object Management

March 2, 2021
What you will learn from this article: Active Directory is a directory service that organizations can use to organize their resources. The Active Directory network is comprised of elements called Active Directory objects. These objects represent resources that are a part of the network. There are several types of objects such as a user, computer, printer, and more. In this…
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Active Directory Group Objects Management

March 2, 2021
To add objects to groups in AD Open ADUC and right click on the object you intend to add to the group From the shortcut menu that pops choose the option “add to a group” Type the name of the group in the “select groups” dialogue box that appears Click OK The object will hence be added to the group Managing group objects To manage objects of a group in AD Open ADUC…
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AD Group object properties – Security tab

March 2, 2021
The security tab of the group properties window is of high importance because it allows you to configure access permissions on the group object. The security tab allows you to grant or deny permissions to other groups and users over the group object. In the “group or user names” section you can choose the group or the user to whom you would like to deny or allow permission. You…
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Active Directory Objects

AD Group object properties

March 2, 2021
Members tab The Members tab displays the name of all users and groups that are members of the group. The add buttons and remove buttons can be used to add or remove users or groups from this list. MemberOf tab The MemberOf tab displays all the groups in which the group holds membership. ManagedBy tab The Managedby tab displays the contact details of the user who manages…
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