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I have this in a batch file and run it weekly or so. &nbsp;It gives their first name, last name, and logon (or samaccountname if you prefer). &nbsp;You'll obviously have to edit the OU line<br />
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dsquery user -name * &quot;OU=All Users,DC=domain,dc=net&quot; -limit 5000 | dsget user -fn -ln -samid &gt;&nbsp;\\server\share\users.txt<br />
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I have this in a batch file and run it weekly or so.  It gives their first name, last name, and logon (or samaccountname if you prefer).  You'll obviously have to edit the OU line

dsquery user -name * "OU=All Users,DC=domain,dc=net" -limit 5000 | dsget user -fn -ln -samid > \\server\share\users.txt



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I want to create a query using dsquery that outputs to a txt file the username and name of all users in AD.<br />
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Any help greatly appreciated.
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I want to create a query using dsquery that outputs to a txt file the username and name of all users in AD.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Querying AD for name

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