Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Active Directory with PowerShell

You're reading from   Active Directory with PowerShell Learn to configure and manage Active Directory using PowerShell in an efficient and smart way

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782175995
Length 230 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Concepts
Arrow right icon
Authors (2):
Arrow left icon
YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI
Author Profile Icon YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI
YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI
Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram
Author Profile Icon Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram
Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Let's Get Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing User and Computer Objects 3. Working with Active Directory Groups and Memberships 4. Configuring Group Policies 5. Managing Domains, Organizational Units, Sites, and Subnets 6. Advanced AD Operations Using PowerShell 7. Managing DFS-N and DFS-R Using PowerShell 8. Managing Active Directory DNS Using PowerShell 9. Miscellaneous Scripts and Resources for Further Learning Index

Finding all the disabled user accounts


Finding disabled user accounts in Active Directory is very simple. Each user object returned by the Get-ADuser cmdlet will have an Enabled property, which holds the value False when the user account is in the disabled state. Examining this value for all the user accounts in the domain will tell us how many accounts are currently in the disabled state.

The following script will query the current domain for disabled users and the exports to the CSV filename disabled-users.csv in the C:\temp folder. Make sure that the c:\temp folder exists, or you change the $OutputFilePath variable's value in the code to a folder path where you want the output to be placed:

Function Find-DisabledUsers {
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
)
$OutputFilePath = "c:\temp\Disabled-Users.csv"
Add-Content -Path $OutputFilePath -Value "UserName, DisplayName,  DistinguishedName"
$DisabledUsers = Get-ADUser -Filter { Enabled -eq $false } - Properties DisplayName
foreach($User in $disabledUsers...
lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at AU $24.99/month. Cancel anytime