So for all those who still does not believe PowerShell is taking manageability to a new level 
here’s a quick test: can you get basic statistics from your environment using “legacy” technologies such as VBScrip, WMI, ADSI, etc.? Here’s the list of “stuff” you might want to get: number of users, number of locations your company has (and their list), number of departments (and the list), titles, groups, etc. – the list can go on and on – I think you get the idea. Anyone?
With PowerShell you can do that with literally one line commands! And I’ve got an email from one of AD cmdlets team members – Andrei Polevoi – today with some cool examples of how he was using PowerShell to get the info.
Number of users:
PS C:\> (get-QADUser).count
List all departments:
PS C:\> get-qaduser -department * -sl 50000 | select Department | sort -property Department | Get-Unique -asstring
Get number of departments:
PS C:\> $dpts = get-qaduser -department * -sl 50000 | select Department | sort -property Department | Get-Unique -asstring
PS C:\> $dpts.count
Locations:
PS C:\> $all_cities = get-qaduser -city * -sl 50000 | select City | sort -property City | Get-Unique -asstring
PS C:\> $all_cities.count
Titles:
PS C:\> $all_titles = get-qaduser -Title * -sl 5000 | select Title | sort -property Title | Get-Unique -asstring
PS C:\> $all_titles.count
Groups:
PS C:\> (get-qadgroup).count
I bet your VBScripts were slightly more complex?
PowerShell just brings AD manageability to the whole new level!
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