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You do not necessarily need additional cmdlets to search for user accounts or computers in your Active Directory. Provided you are logged on to the domain, simply use this:
$ldap = '(&(objectClass=computer)(samAccountName=dc*))' $searcher = [adsisearcher]$ldap $searcher.FindAll()
This would find all computer accounts that start with “dc”. $ldap can be any valid LDAP query. To find users, replace “computer” by “user”.
