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Searching the AD can be done with simple calls provided you are logged on an Active Directory domain. In a previous tip we illustrated the basic script. Here is an extension that allows you to define a search root (starting point for your search), as well as a flat search (rather than recursing into a container).
It also illustrates how an Active Directory search result is turned into the actual user object:
$SAMAccountName = 'tobias' $SearchRoot = 'LDAP://OU=customer,DC=company,DC=com' $SearchScope = 'OneLevel' $ldap = "(&(objectClass=user)(samAccountName=*$SAMAccountName*))" $searcher = [adsisearcher]$ldap $searcher.SearchRoot = $SearchRoot $searcher.PageSize = 999 $searcher.SearchScope = $SearchScope $searcher.FindAll() | ForEach-Object { $_.GetDirectoryEntry() } | Select-Object -Property *
