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Getting password complexity requirements with VBScript and Powershell

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I was helping with a method to check a user’s password against the domain via a program called UMRA. The idea was to use basic JavaScript validation for some of the password checks, but then to send the validation to the server for true verification. There currently is no process for checking a password without first creating the account and checking the error code from Active Directory. I did some searching and found various different methods from Microsoft, but nothing that hit the nail on the head. Then doing one final Google search for “vbscript domain policy” lead me to this website.

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Integrating Real-Time SQL Triggers to manage Active Directory Accounts with UMRA

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Triggers allow a set of SQL code to run on several types of SQL actions, such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE. For instance, upon an INSERT, the SQL engine will call the trigger configured for the INSERT action. The trigger specified will have programming logic to perform actions on other systems. With OLE Automation enabled in SQL, the trigger will have the ability to perform actions using COM objects.

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Displaying user accounts in an AD Domain using PHP and UMRA

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This article describes how to configure a UMRA project to query an Active Directory domain for all users and return the list with additional information to a PHP website. The website will read the table of user information and display the results.
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Integrating Real-Time SQL Triggers to manage Active Directory Accounts with UMRA

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Triggers allow a set of SQL code to run on several types of SQL actions, such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE. For instance, upon an INSERT, the SQL engine will call the trigger configured for the INSERT action. The trigger specified will have programming logic to perform actions on other systems. With OLE Automation enabled in SQL, the trigger will have the ability to perform actions using COM objects. Continue reading →