#ldapfilter

PowerShell: Find all enabled user accounts

Some time ago, I was asked to provide a list of all enabled user accounts in Active Directory. My thoughts immediately went to PowerShell, assuming that there would be tools available to achieve that task. I knew that the Get-ADUser query, combined with a parameter, would likely be the ticket.

Using the -ldapfilterparameter to only return results that had a useraccountcontrol value of 512, I…

Powershell: Exporting Active Directory Contacts

Some time ago, I needed to have a list of all Contacts registered in Active Directory. Knowing that there are a lot of them (numbering at least eighty), getting the data manually was not a viable alternative, particularly knowing that the same objective can be achieved through Powershell. I eventually came up with a solution. To make following it logically easier, I’m going to include commentary…