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Get the ‘Location’ Property of a Computer Object in Active Directory

By Scott | Published: May 19, 2022

Recently someone asked us how he could import the ‘Location’ property value on computer objects from Active Directory for a group of computers in a BatchPatch grid. BatchPatch enables you to run a script and view the output of the script, which is how we’ll accomplish this task. And while there is more than one […]

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Using the Task Scheduler to Synchronize a BatchPatch Grid with Active Directory OUs and Groups

By Scott | Published: April 10, 2018

If you want to have BatchPatch automatically synchronize a grid with certain Active Directory organizational units (OUs) and groups at a scheduled time, you can do this now using the Task Scheduler in BatchPatch. The idea here is that instead of manually adding and/or removing computers from your BatchPatch grid, you can link a grid […]

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Adding Hosts to BatchPatch from Active Directory

By Scott | Published: December 7, 2016

Even if you have been using BatchPatch for a while, you might have realized that you can import host names into a BatchPatch grid directly from Active Directory, if you desire. In BatchPatch use the ‘File > Add hosts from directory’ option. In most cases BatchPatch will automatically detect and retrieve the defaultNamingContext so that […]

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