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AD description field question

Hi Experts,

How can I check if the Description field in my AD accounts [windows 2008 r2 forest/domain level] is linked to any other application such as Lync.

Going forward, I would like to use the Description field for special notes relating to the status of the user account

Please advise

coraxal

Well, not really sure what you mean by "linked to any other applications...", but I'll guess that you'd be looking for specific things in the description field such as "Lynch" or "Other app". If that's the case, you can check the Description field of AD accounts using PowerShell

# With the Win2k8 R2 Active-Directory module

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties Description -ResultSetSize $null | Select-Object Name,Description

# With Quest Active Roles cmdlets

Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 | Select-Object Name,Description

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

Jerry Seinfield

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Thanks Coraxal

Basically what i need is to find a way via script or powershell to identify if this field is being used by another MS application /non MS application such as Lync, SAP, etc

Any ideas?

David Johnson, CD

You can't unless you test every application as ANY application can query AD and use any value returned.

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