PowerShell, Automation & DevOps

TW16 Tactical and Functional PowerShell for the AD Administrator

August 5th, 2026

2:30pm - 3:45pm

Level: Intermediate Advanced

Derek Melber

21X Microsoft MVP in Active Directory, Group Policy, and Security

Strategic Advisor

Enterprise Identity

Not everyone is built to code! However, if you are in charge of or work with Active Directory, PowerShell can make you super efficient and help secure your environment. In this session, 21X Microsoft MVP Derek Melber will give you tips, tricks, use cases, and help you leverage the power of PowerShell, from his own collection of work and PowerShell scripts. The session will cover PowerShell use cases for user/group/computer objects, object attributes, security control gathering, scripting using files of data, bulk modifications of objects, Group Policy, and much more. Bring your laptop and work along with Derek in your own test environment (if you have one)!

You will learn:

  • How to use PowerShell in areas you have not worked with before
  • How to build PowerShell scripts and longer code
  • Work with files of data, especially for bulk modifications