Ever since I started getting into PowerShell a co-worker pointed me in the direction of Quest Software, which I spoke about in past posts ... they not only have, probably, the best PowerShell script editor; PowerGUI, they also have the best PowerShell commands for Active Directory management/automation.

Help make your job a little easier with PowerShell and ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory!

http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx

Many of the Active Directory related scripts I post on this site uses Quest Software's cmdlets ... it's truly miles ahead of having to do tasks within ADUC or through the clunky command prompt tools of the past :)

They just recently updated to version 1.3 that added a bunch of cmdlets like:

• new-qadcomputer
• set-qadcomputer
• disable-qadcomputer
• enable-qadcomputer
• reset-qadcomputer

These new cmdlets greatly helped reduce my workload, scripts I'll be sharing with my visitors in the near future!

Give it a look!