How to Remove or Replace or Add a Entry in a Attribute in Bulk using ADmodify Tool

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Lets say I want to Clear or modify or set a attribute in Active Directory for more objects in Bulk

ADModify is the best tool to do it , I would say

Let us see how to Add a Entry in a attribute

For Example – I may have to set or clear the value of this attribute “msExchQueryBaseDN” in Exchange 2010

Clearing for some users might be simple to do it , But in Bulk Admodify is one of the best tool to do it

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Download Admodify

Extract in – Use it on a DC or Exchange Server

I prefer it on a DC

Run Admodify.exe

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3 Tasks on this Page

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1. Choose “Domain Partition”

2. Choose “Domain Controllers List”

3. Uncheck “Show Containers only”

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Choose the Whole OU or Specific Users

and Add to List

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Now Choose “Select All”

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You can choose any tab and Customize in Bulk

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In our Case its – attribute “msExchQueryBaseDN”

Choose “Custom” tab

5 Tasks

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1. Have Checked “Make a customized attribute modification”

2. Entered the attribute Name – Where I need to modify

3. Attribute Value

4. Check “MultiValued Append”

— Why yo Choose “MultiValued Append”

If there is Entry already available – Where some attributes have multiple entries – It does not going to remove the Existing ones.

Instead adds an Extra entry to the same attribute

– Check or Uncheck – Depends on your situation –

By default you can check it Cause it won’t bring you harm if you happen to edit a attribute which has multiple values

5. Choose Go

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It will add the Entries on all the Chosen objects

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To Clear an Existing Attribute

5 Tasks

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1. Have Checked “Make a customized attribute modification”

2. Entered the attribute Name – Where I got to modify

3. Attribute Value “%Null%

4. Check “MultiValued Append”

5. Choose Go

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It takes the Attribute to “Not Set”

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Great !!

You learnt to Use Admodify Tool

Regards
Satheshwaran Manoharan