Popular Topics in the SelfADSI tutorial
These are the topics which are most popular by pageviews in the SelfADSI tutorial over the last 4 weeks:
Attributes for ADS Users : lastLogonTimestamp
How to handle the lastLogonTimestamp user attribute, which is an Integer8 attribute which is rather difficult to convert to a date/time and vice versa. With this article, you can build easily LDAP filters like: "Which users didn't logon to the domain for the last 6 months?"
ADS user attributes
What are the LDAP attributes behind the dialog fields in "ADS Users and Computer"? A complete list explained on the basis of screenshots.
Exchange 2007 user attributes
What are the LDAP attributes behind the dialog fields in the Exchange 2007 management console? A complete list explained on the basis of screenshots.
Renaming directory objects
How to rename directory objects by script: A detailed description. Explanations for scripting in Active Directory, OpenLDAP, Sun iPlanet (Sun Java System Directory Server), Novell eDirectory.
The sAMAccountName attribute
A description for this important Active Directory attribute which represents the logon name for authentication in user objects.
Connecting to the directory
How to perform an LDAP bind operation to connect to a directory by script: A detailed description. Explanations for AD environments as well as other directory systems like Novell eDirectory or OpenLDAP.