How to remove Active Directory Organizational Unit with all child objects (another OUs, users, groups, computers)? It is simple. The trick is to use Remove-ADObject -Recursive.
Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity 'OU=ToDelete,DC=ad,DC=fabrikam,DC=com' |
Set-ADOrganizationalUnit -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion:$false -PassThru |
Remove-ADObject -Recursive -Confirm:$false
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I need a powershell command that I can attach to the local machine to run daily, that will delete all user profiles and child items with auto reply
these are a kiosk type win 10, that get full fast
I want all users deleted daily at mid night