Apparently, it is now possible to manage the AD with PowerShell. Since the GUI for active domain users and computers can typically only make changes one account at a time, this powershell access could be handy when you have to manipulate multiple accounts at once:

http://www.scriptlogic.com/smbit/article/track-user-password-expiration-using-active-directory?elq_mid=2220&elq_cid=786672&elq=938d349e11c845d681800dccd9b9246a