Script needed to clear trailing spaces in sAMAccountName attribute.
I need a script that will clear three space ' ' characters from end of the sAMAccountName attribute of about 2000 groups in a test domain. I can use either VBScript or PowerShell but, if PowerShell,...
View ArticleMS Exchange versions in real life environment
Hi all, we (ARS team) gather information on Exchange Server versions that are still used in real life environment. Could you please share your ideas/thoughts on this.. And please spend one minute for...
View ArticleARS Publisher Failed
We have (had) two ARS servers, a publisher and a subscriber. The publisher failed and is not coming back online. I have follwed the instructions in Knowledge Article 64598...
View ArticleHow to change the Associated Exchange Administrative Group:
Hi All, I have a question that I hope someone can help me with. I want to change the Associated Exchange Administrative Group: that is used when creating things like distribution lists. I can't seem to...
View ArticleDistribution Groups during Exchange 2003/2010 coexistence
When we upgraded to ARS 6.7 from 6.5, we were just starting to roll out Exchange 2010, so ARS is still set up to create Exchange 2003-style mail-enabled groups. This is fine for the domains that still...
View ArticleRead Only Managed Unit
Hi all, Im having an issue trying to create Read Only access for our Service Desk to a specific Managed Unit. The problem i have is that it presents read only writes to every attribute, which is fine....
View ArticleCopy group memberships from one user to another
The following script allows you to specify a source user account and a destination user account to copy the group memberships from one to the other. Syntax:copyGroups.ps1 -sourceIdentity test.user1...
View ArticlePowershell Script Quest One Snap-in Slow When Not Logged Into Domain
I have a powershell script that uses the Quest One ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory snap-in. Scenario 1When I'm in the office, the script runs very quickly (1 min). No...
View ArticleHow to filter results returned to user in password self service (PWSS)
I am running version 4.7 for Quest Password Mgr in prod now. Currently, a user can enter their id, fname, or lname and receive account multiple results back. From the admin UI in PWSS, I see where I...
View ArticleChange Manage By groups of one user over to another user
This script will get all groups managed by the sourceIdentity user and change the managed by account to the newIdentity user for each group found. This is useful when a user is changing roles or is...
View ArticleUse ActiveRoles cmdlets to clear "comment" attribute (used by Password...
***USE AT YOUR OWN RISK*** The following script reads a CSV file list of usernames and clears their "comment" attribute in Active Directory. This can be useful when dealing with Quest One Password...
View ArticleMS Exchange versions in real life environment
Hi all, we (ARS team) gather information on Exchange Server versions that are still used in real life environment. Could you please share your ideas/thoughts on this.. And please spend one minute for...
View ArticleARS Publisher Failed
We have (had) two ARS servers, a publisher and a subscriber. The publisher failed and is not coming back online. I have follwed the instructions in Knowledge Article 64598...
View ArticleObject Picker Performance Enhancements
Working on an ARS implementation with a large number of sub organizational units (+1700) under a top level container. The actor in the ARS solution is likely to only have access to 3 - 4 of these sub...
View ArticleServer Hardware
I would like to inquire about some other setups that may be out there. Currently I have 3 ARS servers, 1 of the 3 hosts the webpage. All 3 of the servers host the administration service, the current...
View ArticleRead Only Managed Unit
Hi all, Im having an issue trying to create Read Only access for our Service Desk to a specific Managed Unit. The problem i have is that it presents read only writes to every attribute, which is fine....
View ArticleEnforce Password History
Hi , Is there anyway for Quest ARS to enforce password history when doing a password reset via either Poweshell or the ARS ADSI Provider? thanksChris
View ArticleScript for Powershell in order to pull data from AD
Hi All, im new to powershell and need to extract out some data. I need every employee that is ACTIVE along with this criteria... samAccountnameemployeeIDdepartmentstatusmailtitle I got the correct...
View ArticleScript or Report on accounts scheduled for deletion?
Hey Group, I am new here, but this is a great community! We have a need to notify some people when accounts will be deleted and this report has to include a couple of attributes of the user account....
View ArticleGet-QADComputer and serialNumber
I am having a problem with obtaining the serialNumber attribute for computer objects in Active Directory using the Get-QADComputer cmdlet. Using the following code, I get nothing back Get-QADComputer...
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