Richard Mueller is a Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access).

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Introduction

Richard has spent most of his professional life in Information Technology. Responsibilities included programming, project management, network configuration, budgeting, computer modeling of systems, software deployment, and desktop configuration. In the past, Richard worked for a consulting engineering firm, a large electric utility, and with a partner in a company supporting small customers and selling software to track school lunches.

Richard was first named Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) in 2003. He has been named every year since, the last time in July 2018. He is also designated an MCC (Microsoft Community Contributor) for contributions to Microsoft online communities.

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Profile

Richard's Microsoft profile is here: Richard Mueller

Richard's MVP Profile is here: Richard L. Mueller

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Forums

Richard Mueller is a moderator in the following Microsoft TechNet/MSDN forums:

1. The Official Scripting Guys Forum!
2. Forum Issues
3. TechNet Wiki Discussions
4. MSDN and TechNet Profile and Recognition System Discussions
5. Where is the Forum For…?

Richard also regularly participates in the following Microsoft TechNet forums:

1. Directory Services
2. Windows Server General
3. Windows Server 2012 General
4. Windows PowerShell
5. Suggestions and Feedback for the Forums

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TechNet Wiki

Richard has published the following TechNet Wiki articles. He attempts to keep them updated.

Wiki Related Pages

• Wiki: Portal of TechNet Wiki Portals
• Wiki: Glossary of Technology Acronyms
• Wiki: Portal of TechNet Wiki Glossaries
• Wiki: Cross-Linking
• Wiki: Fix Color Issues in Wiki Articles
• Wiki: How to Add Entries to a TechNet Wiki Glossary
• Wiki: Glossary of Acronyms Specific to Microsoft

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Pages About Active Directory Domain Services

• Wiki: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Portal
• Active Directory: Glossary
• Active Directory: Characters to Escape
• Active Directory: LDAP Syntax Filters
• Active Directory: Requirements For Creating Objects
• Active Directory: Duplicate Object Name Resolution
• Active Directory: Attributes in the Partial Attribute Set
• Active Directory: Ambiguous Name Resolution
• Active Directory: Leading Spaces in Names
• Active Directory: Generalized-Time Attributes
• Active Directory: Large Integer Attributes
• Active Directory: Fun with Maximum Password Age
• Active Directory: Non-Linked Multi-Valued Attribute Size Limits
• Active Directory: Allow Linked Multi-Valued Attributes to use LVR
• Active Directory: Bad Passwords and Account Lockout
• Active Directory: Find Orphaned Objects
• Active Directory: Foreign Security Principals and Special Identities
• Active Directory: Document Connection Object Schedules
• Active Directory: Update Connection Object Schedules
• Active Directory: Considerations When Implementing a New Password Expiration Policy 
• Active Directory: User Principal Name
• Active Directory: Syntaxes of Attributes

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Pages About PowerShell and Active Directory

• Document Your Active Directory Organization
• PowerShell Script to Search Active Directory
• Filters with PowerShell Active Directory Module Cmdlets
• Active Directory: PowerShell AD Module Properties
• Active Directory: Get-ADUser Default and Extended Properties
• Active Directory: Get-ADComputer Default and Extended Properties
• Active Directory: Get-ADGroup Default and Extended Properties
• Active Directory: Get-ADObject Default and Extended Properties
• Active Directory: Get-ADOrganizationalUnit Default and Extended Properties
• Active Directory: Get-ADServiceAccount Default and Extended Properties
• Active Directory: Get-ADOptionalFeature Default and Extended Properties
• Active Directory: Get-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy Default and Extended Properties
• PowerShell AD Module Cmdlets Cannot Clear, Add, Remove or Replace Back Link Attributes
• PowerShell: Problems with the -ne Operator in Active Directory Cmdlets

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Forums Related Pages

• MSDN/TechNet Forums: How to Strikeout Text in Your Post
• How to Handle Spam in the Forums

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TechNet Gallery

Richard has published the following scripts in the TechNet Gallery.

PowerShell Scripts Dealing with Active Directory

• Update AD Users in Bulk from Excel Spreadsheet
• PowerShell script to check group membership
• Find Circular Nested Groups
• List Members of Large Group
• Forest and Domain Information
• Generic Search of Active Directory
• Set logonHours Attribute of Users
• Document Active Directory Organization
• Update sAMAccountNames of AD Users in Bulk
• Count Values in all Non-Linked Multi-Valued Attributes of Object
• Find All AD Objects With Forward Linked Multi-Valued Attribute Values
• Fix Legacy Members of a Specified AD Group
• Fix Legacy Values of a Specified AD Object Attribute
• Find All Accounts with Bad Password Counts
• Troubleshoot Account Bad Password Attempts
• Update Shadow Group with Users in Specified Organizational Units
• Parse Log File of Logon and Logoff events for Sessions
• Find Orphaned Objects in Active Directory
• PowerShell Script to Find All Empty Groups in the Domain
• Update Active Directory Users in Bulk from CSV
• PowerShell Function to Spell Strings Phonetically
• Parse Log of Logons and Logoffs to Find Computers a User is Logged into
• Document Replication Schedule of Active Directory Connection Object
• Update Replication Schedule of Active Directory Connection Object
• Extend Password Expiration for Active Directory Users in Bulk
• Export sAMAccountNames of Active Directory Users to Several CSV files 
• Find Duplicate Email Addresses among Several Attributes of any AD Object
• Document Latest lastLogon and Cumulative logonCount Among All DCs for All Users
• Document lastLogon and logonCount for a Specified User on All DCs
• Update userWorkstations Attribute of Users in Bulk from CSV
• Document all Attributes of Specified Active Directory Object

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VBScript Programs to Improve Wiki Articles

• EFLAW Readability Score of Any Document
• Fix Color Issues in TechNet Wiki Articles
• Parse TechNet Wiki Article HTML for Problems

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TechNet Wiki Summit Presentations

• TNWiki Summit 2015 Presentation: Leading Spaces in Active Directory Names
• TNWiki Summit 2015 Presentation: Wiki Cross-Linking

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Other Scripts

• PowerShell Script to Calculate Training Heart Rate Zones

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Microsoft Online Community Memberships

• Microsoft TechNet Wiki Community Council. See TechNet Wiki Community Council.
• TechNet Wiki Advisory Board. See TechNet Wiki Advisory Board.
• MVP Forums Advisory Council

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Other Online Activities

Richard also judges new TechNet Wiki articles in the monthly TechNet Wiki Guru contests. See TechNet Guru Contributions.

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Web Site

Richard maintains a web site dedicated to scripting, especially for Active Directory, here: Hilltop Lab

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See Also

• Wiki: List of User Pages
• TechNet Guru Contributions
• TechNet Wiki Community Council
• TechNet Wiki Advisory Board

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Other Resources

• Information on Profile Affiliations
• Hilltop Lab
• Most Valuable Professional

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Contact

If you need to contact Richard, leave a comment on this page. Or use the email address at the bottom of my web site home page: Hilltop Lab

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