Tag: ADSI

Aug 11

Gathering AD Data with the Active Directory PowerShell Module

Microsoft provided several Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets with Windows Server 2008 R2 (and newer) which greatly simplify tasks which previously required putting together lengthy lines of code involving ADSI. On a Windows client, install the Remote Sever Administration Tools (RSAT) and ensure the Active Directory PowerShell module is installed. On a Windows server (2008 R2 …

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Nov 16

PowerShell: Find All Users in Active Directory the Optimal Way

Today I Learned (TIL) that the best way to find all users in Active Directory via LDAP query is to search for: (samAccountType=805306368) and NOT: (&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person)) Reference: http://www.selfadsi.org/extended-ad/search-user-accounts.htm

Nov 03

PowerShell Code: ADSI Convert Domain Distinguished Name to Fully Qualified Domain Name

Convert Domain Distinguished Name to Fully Qualified Domain Name: $ADObjectDN = “CN=Object1,OU=OrgUnit1,DC=child,DC=domain,DC=com” [array]$ADObjectDNArray = $ADObjectDN -Split(“,DC=”)         [int]$DomainNameFECount = 0         ForEach ($ADObjectDNArrayItem in $ADObjectDNArray)             {                 IF ($DomainNameFECount -gt 0)           …

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