The Get-ADUser cmdlet gets a specified user object or performs a search to get multiple user objects. The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory user to get. You can identify a user by its distinguished name (DN), GUID, security identifier (SID), or Security Account Manager (SAM) account name.

Mar 20, 2025 · Using the Get-ADUser cmdlet, you can get the value of any attribute of an AD user account, list domain users, export user reports to CSV/TXT files, and use various criteria to select and filter domain users.

Feb 10, 2022 · Get-AdUser cmdlet in PowerShell helps to get one or more ad users from the active directory. In this article, we will discuss how to list users from OU in the Active Directory. Using the Get-AdUser in PowerShell, you can easily find the users from the specific OU.

Aug 3, 2022 · See the documentation for Get-ADUser which has several examples as well. If you want to retrieve every user, you can use an asterisk * with the Filter parameter. Otherwise, you can filter using a specific property. You can specify …

Sep 30, 2024 · Listing Active Directory users with PowerShell and the Get-ADUser cmdlet is easy. As you have seen, you can apply various filters to get the results you want or simply get a complete...

Aug 30, 2023 · Fortunately they are is easily displayed: The ATTRIBUTE column displays the name of all the attributes users have in Active Directory. To make this easier to sort through you might want to click the FILTER button and select SHOW …

Feb 14, 2022 · In this article, we are going to take a look at the get aduser cmdlet in PowerShell. Also, I will give you some useful examples when it comes to looking up and exporting ad users. And as a bonus, if have added a complete script to export your AD users.

Nov 1, 2021 · Get-ADUser using the -Identity Parameter is typically the most commonly used parameter when people want to query a specific user. This is because the -Identity parameter is positioned as the first parameter so it can be omitted when running the actual query.

Apr 23, 2018 · Today I will show you how to build a PowerShell script that looks up and displays information about Active Directory users. Your helpdesk staff can use the script to retrieve information from Active Directory without having to know PowerShell. You can tailor the script specifically to your needs.

Feb 20, 2015 · If you wish to get a list of all users from your active directory. You can do this with 1 simple powershell command. You need to run this in Active Directory Module for Windows Powershell on one of your DC’s. This will export the list of users and all their detail. In my particular case I wanted to just retrieve the Name of the users and their SID.