Find AD Object’s DistinguishedName

Posted on December 25, 2021December 25, 2021 by Alan

Getting the distinguishedname of an Active Directory object is a common administrative task. Find-ADObject_ps1 makes it easy to get this information for users, computers and groups using System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher instead of the ActiveDirectory module. Admin rights are not required. The syntax is simple, ex: .\Find-ADObject.ps1 -adobject ‘MyGroup’ -ADObjectType Group.

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