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June 04, 2008 Use ADO for Easy AD Searches Script large-scale AD account searches using ActiveX Data Objects and LDAP or SQL queries A Web Exclusive from Windows IT Pro Bill Stewart Feature InstantDoc #98914 Windows IT Pro	Email this Article Printer Friendly Reader Comments Digg This Del.icio.us RSS
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Executive Summary:

ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is a complex topic but it's not difficult to use from a Windows Script Host (WSH) script to query Active Directory (AD). This article explains the basics of querying AD using ADO scripting and LDAP and SQL queries.

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