Comments on: New Script – Group Name and Member Count http://www.activedirectoryexpert.com/2008/04/30/new-script-group-name-and-member-count/ Active Directory: Management, Scripting, Best Practices, Resources Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:05:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John McIntyre http://www.activedirectoryexpert.com/2008/04/30/new-script-group-name-and-member-count/comment-page-1/#comment-139 John McIntyre Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:05:46 +0000 http://www.activedirectoryexpert.com/2008/04/30/new-script-group-name-and-member-count/#comment-139 Hi, Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts and suggestions - very cool and helpful indeed. In the spirit of sharing helpful information, thought I'd mention that one of my Microsoft colleagues informed us about a cool FREE tool from a Microsoft partner, that offers over 50 super-helpful Active Directory security reports, such as which accounts are locked out, which accounts are set to expire in the next few days, which security groups are nested, where all a user may have permissions etc. The tool is called <b>Gold Finger</b>, and it is developed by a company called Paramount Defenses. You can download it from <a href="http://www.paramountdefenses.com/goldfinger.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.paramountdefenses.com/goldfinger.php</a> Why bother writing complicated scripts or using unsupported command-line tools when you can use a 100% AUTOMATED, GUI based, FREE solution that is not only SUPPORTED but also ENDORSED by Microsoft?! If you're into Active Directory security, then this tool is a must-have. Thought I'd share this helpful tip with you! Sincerely, JohnM Hi,

Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts and suggestions – very cool and helpful indeed.

In the spirit of sharing helpful information, thought I’d mention that one of my Microsoft colleagues informed us about a cool FREE tool from a Microsoft partner, that offers over 50 super-helpful Active Directory security reports, such as which accounts are locked out, which accounts are set to expire in the next few days, which security groups are nested, where all a user may have permissions etc.

The tool is called Gold Finger, and it is developed by a company called Paramount Defenses. You can download it from http://www.paramountdefenses.com/goldfinger.php

Why bother writing complicated scripts or using unsupported command-line tools when you can use a 100% AUTOMATED, GUI based, FREE solution that is not only SUPPORTED but also ENDORSED by Microsoft?!

If you’re into Active Directory security, then this tool is a must-have. Thought I’d share this helpful tip with you!

Sincerely,
JohnM

]]> By: Scott Horsfield http://www.activedirectoryexpert.com/2008/04/30/new-script-group-name-and-member-count/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Scott Horsfield Fri, 15 May 2009 00:41:51 +0000 http://www.activedirectoryexpert.com/2008/04/30/new-script-group-name-and-member-count/#comment-136 Moving to a new OU was just an example of how to use the script to do it with VBScript, not necessarily the quickest or best way for every situation. ADFind is an awesome tool but sometimes it's fun to write your own scripts to accomplish the same thing. This could also be done in Powershell, Hyena, etc. Moving to a new OU was just an example of how to use the script to do it with VBScript, not necessarily the quickest or best way for every situation. ADFind is an awesome tool but sometimes it’s fun to write your own scripts to accomplish the same thing. This could also be done in Powershell, Hyena, etc.

]]> By: SteveG http://www.activedirectoryexpert.com/2008/04/30/new-script-group-name-and-member-count/comment-page-1/#comment-135 SteveG Thu, 14 May 2009 12:03:10 +0000 http://www.activedirectoryexpert.com/2008/04/30/new-script-group-name-and-member-count/#comment-135 If you can find the objects you're looking for with ADFind, why not pipe the results into ADMod to move the objects to a new OU? If you can find the objects you’re looking for with ADFind, why not pipe the results into ADMod to move the objects to a new OU?

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