August 13th, 2012

PowerTip: Querying Active Directory via PowerShell

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto
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Summary: Learn how to query Active Directory via Windows PowerShell.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question Can you name five ways to query Active Directory from within Windows PowerShell?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer

  1. Use ADO and perform an LDAP dialect query.
  2. Use ADO and perform an SQL dialect query.
  3. Use the Get-ADObject cmdlet from the Active Directory module.
  4. Use DSQuery.
  5. Use the [ADSISearcher] type accelerator.

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