Active Directory organizes its content in classes like "user" or "computer". Each class has a predefined set of attributes, like "Name" or "distinguishedName".
PowerShell can get in touch with the AD schema, and investigate all of the attributes a given AD class supports – or requires. You also get detailed information about the data types and ranges that are valid for a given attribute.
Just make sure you are logged on to an Active Directory before you execute this code:
#requires -Version 1 $Name = 'User' $type = [DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySchema] $type::GetCurrentSchema().FindClass($Name).MandatoryProperties $type::GetCurrentSchema().FindClass($Name).OptionalProperties
