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Hi All i have some commands to move and delete in Active users in AD i will make a .bat file and schedule task to run it my question is do i need to create more than one .bat file or a file for every command like file for move users and another one to delete users?Tarek Khairy

If the commands you have run properly at a command prompt, they can be combined in one bat file. Each line of the bat file is executed in order, as if you entered them at a command prompt. I would only add that you cannot assume the current directory when a bat file is run as a scheduled task, so it is best to specify full paths. Also, if anything requires administrator privileges, like deleting or moving users, you must specify administrator privileges. Richard Mueller - MVP Directory Services

You can use a single butt depends on the commands. Please the post the command here. Here is an example. You change replace DSQUERY Computer with DSQUERY User command: http://portal.sivarajan.com/2011/03/computer-cleanup-script-batch-file.html Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX Blogs - http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ Articles - http://www.sivarajan.com/publications.html Twitter: @santhosh_sivara - http://twitter.com/santhosh_sivara This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties,and confers no rights.

Thanks For your reply all my Commands as follow <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style></style> <![endif]-->for /f "Tokens=*" %%s in ('dsquery computer -inactive 13 -limit 1000') do ( DSMOVE %%s -newparent "OU=Computers,OU=Quarantine,OU=MyOu,DC=MyDomain,DC=local" ) <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style></style> <![endif]-->for /f "Tokens=*" %%s in ('dsquery user -inactive 13 -limit 1000') do ( DSMOVE %%s -newparent "OU=users,OU=Quarantine,OU=MyOu,DC=MyDomain,DC=local" ) dsrm -subtree -exclude -noprompt -c "OU=delete-user,DC=domain,DC=Com" Thanks Tarek Tarek Khairy

A possible issue I didn't think about was timing, where the results of the first command had not yet replicated to all other DC's, and the second command depended on the first, but contacted a DC where replication had not completed. However, there is no such timing issue possible with your commands. I see no problem combining the three statements in one batch. Richard Mueller - MVP Directory Services

thanks alotTarek Khairy

You are welcome! Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX Blogs - http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ Articles - http://www.sivarajan.com/publications.html Twitter: @santhosh_sivara - http://twitter.com/santhosh_sivara This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties,and confers no rights.

Hi in the command the limit refer to the number of users to be moved? ThanksTarek Khairy

The -Limit parameter is the maximum number of objects returned by the dsquery command. If no limit is provided, the limit is 100 DN's. More common is to use -Limit 0, which means no limit at all. Richard Mueller - MVP Directory Services

Hi Thanks for the reply i have another question can i exclude some users from this command because i have some generic users they never login to any system ? Thanks TarekTarek Khairy