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Use ADSI to Create an AD Group

This post provides a simple example of how we can use ADSI to create an AD group. $adGroupType = @{ Global = 0x00000002 DomainLocal = 0x00000004 Universal = 0x00000008 Security = 0x80000000 } #OU containing the AD group $adGroupOU="OU=Application,OU=Groups,DC=alkanesolutions,DC=co,DC=uk" #AD...

February 26, 2021

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Use ADSI to Delete an AD Group

This post provides a simple example of how we can use ADSI to delete an AD group. #OU containing the AD group $adGroupOU="OU=Application,OU=Groups,DC=alkanesolutions,DC=co,DC=uk" #AD group name $addADGroup = "CN=alkane_ad_group" #Full distinguished name of AD group $distinguishedName = "$addADGroup,$adGroupOU" #check if...

February 26, 2021

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The Difference Between ADSI and ADSISearcher

This post will examine the difference between ADSI and ADSISearcher when using PowerShell to query Active Directory. ADSI and ADSISearcher are used to query Active Directory (AD) using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). What is LDAP? LDAP, as the name...

February 25, 2021

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Use ADSI to Migrate AD Group Members

UPDATE: I’ve updated this script because LDAP does not return all Active Directory group members if there are more than 1500 members in the group. This post provides a function which enables us to use ADSI to migrate AD group...

February 24, 2021

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Use ADSI to Find Logon Workstations in Active Directory

This post provides an example of how we can use ADSI to find logon workstations in Active Directory. I recently needed to search through all users in Active Directory and find logon workstations for those accounts that had them. Logon...

November 22, 2020

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Use ADSI to Check if a Computer is a Member of an AD Group

This post provides an example of how we can use ADSI to check if a computer is a member of an AD Group using the [ADSISearcher] type accelerator: #remember that this is used as a regular expression (using -match), so...

June 29, 2017

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Use ADSI to Check if a User is a Member of an AD Group

This post will provides an example of how we can use ADSI to check if a user is a member of an AD Group using the [ADSISearcher] type accelerator: #remember that this is used as a regular expression (using -match),...

May 13, 2016

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Category: PowerShell ADSI and Active Directory

Use ADSI to Create an AD Group

Use ADSI to Delete an AD Group

The Difference Between ADSI and ADSISearcher

Use ADSI to Migrate AD Group Members

Use ADSI to Find Logon Workstations in Active Directory

Use ADSI to Check if a Computer is a Member of an AD Group

Use ADSI to Check if a User is a Member of an AD Group

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