ps c:\> get-content

 PowerShell and the Quest Active Directory cmdlets are a dream come true for any AD Administrator.  Methods that used to take more complicated means are now simple one-liners.  

One of the nice improvements of AD cmdlets 1.0.4 is the way you can get enable, disable, and unlock AD user accounts with simple one-liners.

Here are a few oneliners demonstrating the new functionality:

#Get all disabled accounts
Get-QADUser -Disabled $true

#Get all locked accounts in the accounting department
Get-QADUser -Locked $true -Department Accounting

#Enable all the disabled accounts
Get-QADUser -Disabled $true | Enable-QADUser

#Unlock a specific user account
Unlock-QADUser DSotnikov


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