Get-ADUser

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SYNOPSIS

Gets one or more Active Directory users.

SYNTAX

Get-ADUser [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Properties <String[]>] [-ResultPageSize <Int32>] [-ResultSetSize <Int32>]
[-SearchBase <String>] [-SearchScope <ADSearchScope>] [-Server <String>] -Filter <String> [<CommonParameters>]
Get-ADUser [-Identity] <ADUser> [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Partition <String>] [-Properties <String[]>] [-Server
<String>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-ADUser [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Properties <String[]>] [-ResultPageSize <Int32>] [-ResultSetSize <Int32>]
[-SearchBase <String>] [-SearchScope <ADSearchScope>] [-Server <String>] -LDAPFilter <String> [<CommonParameters>]

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DESCRIPTION

The Get-ADUser cmdlet gets a user object or performs a search to retrieve 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), Security Accounts Manager (SAM) account name or name. You can also set the parameter to a user object variable, such as
$<localUserObject> or pass a user object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter.


To search for and retrieve more than one user, use the Filter or LDAPFilter parameters. The Filter parameter uses the PowerShell Expression
Language to write query strings for Active Directory. PowerShell Expression Language syntax provides rich type conversion support for value
types received by the Filter parameter. For more information about the Filter parameter syntax, see about_ActiveDirectory_Filter. If you have
existing LDAP query strings, you can use the LDAPFilter parameter.


This cmdlet retrieves a default set of user object properties. To retrieve additional properties use the Properties parameter. For more
information about the how to determine the properties for user objects, see the Properties parameter description.

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RELATED LINKS

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New-ADUser
Remove-ADUser
Set-ADUser

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