Examples: To find all computers that have been inactive for the last four weeks and remove them from the directory: dsquery ...

Examples:  To find all computers that have been inactive for the last four weeks and  remove them from the directory:     dsquery computer -inactive 4 | dsrm    To find all users in the organizational unit  "ou=Marketing,dc=microsoft,dc=com" and add them to the Marketing Staff group:     dsquery user ou=Marketing,dc=microsoft,dc=com | dsmod group          "cn=Marketing Staff,ou=Marketing,dc=microsoft,dc=com" -addmbr    To find all users with names starting with "John" and display his office  number:     dsquery user -name John* | dsget user -office    To display an arbitrary set of attributes of any given object in the  directory use the dsquery * command. For example, to display the  sAMAccountName, userPrincipalName and department attributes of the object  whose DN is ou=Test,dc=microsoft,dc=com:     dsquery * ou=Test,dc=microsoft,dc=com -scope base   -attr sAMAccountName userPrincipalName department    To read all attributes of the object whose DN is ou=Test,dc=microsoft,dc=com:     dsquery * ou=Test,dc=microsoft,dc=com -scope base -attr *    Directory Service command-line tools help:  dsadd /? - help for adding objects.  dsget /? - help for displaying objects.  dsmod /? - help for modifying objects.  dsmove /? - help for moving objects.  dsquery /? - help for finding objects matching search criteria.  dsrm /? - help for deleting objects.