http://windowsitpro.com/active-directory/translating-active-directory-object-names-between-formats
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Damien Solodow < damien.solo...@harrison.edu> wrote: > Perhaps something like this: http://poshcode.org/512 > http://poshcode.org/512 ? > > DAMIEN SOLODOW > Systems Engineer > 317.447.6033 (office) > 317.447.6014 (fax) > HARRISON COLLEGE > ------------------------------ > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] > on behalf of Aakash Shah [aakash.s...@uci.edu] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 10:48 PM > *To:* powershell@lists.myITforum.com > > *Subject:* [powershell] RE: Search For OU Using Filter With CanonicalName > in AD > > If I have the canonical name “domain.com/OU”, I am looking for a way to > convert this into its corresponding DN value of “OU=OU,DC=domain,DC=com”. > I plan to then use this to feed other cmdlets like Get-ADUser where the > -SearchBase parameter appears to expect a DN value. > > > > In my earlier email, I was attempting to search AD for the canonical name > using the “-Filter” parameter in Get-ADOrganizationalUnit since it appears > to have CanonicalName as an attribute, but I was unsuccessful. > > > > My apologies for the confusion. > > > > Thank you, > > > > -Aakash Shah > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael B. Smith > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 7:27 PM > *To:* powershell@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* [powershell] RE: Search For OU Using Filter With CanonicalName > in AD > > > > I don’t understand what you are asking for. Please give an example… > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [ > mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com <listsad...@lists.myitforum.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Aakash Shah > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:59 PM > *To:* powershell@lists.myITforum.com > *Subject:* [powershell] Search For OU Using Filter With CanonicalName in > AD > > > > Is there a clean/efficient way to filter for a canonical name in AD? I > tried the following but it did not work: > > > > Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter 'CanonicalName -eq "domain.com/OU"' > -Properties 'CanonicalName' > > > > When I looked up other solutions, I found some sources where the string is > parsed and manually pieced together as a DN entry, but I would like to > avoid that preferably. I was able to previously do this with the Quest > cmdlets but I am working on moving away from them and am trying to find > equivalent approaches, if possible. > > > > I can pipe Get-ADOrganizationalUnit to a Where cmdlet to then do a > search, but it is much slower: > > > > Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -Properties 'CanonicalName' | > Where-Object {$_.CanonicalName -eq 'domain.com/OU'} > > > > Or, if anyone has information on using built in commands to convert a > canonical name to a DN value, that would also be appreciated (the solutions > I found also manually pieced each block together). > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Aakash Shah > > > > > ================================================ > Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the > forums? > http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1 > > > ================================================ > Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the > forums? > http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1 > > ================================================ > Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the > forums? > http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1 > > ================================================ > Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the > forums? > http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1 > -- Isaac Holmes IT Engineering Specialist University of Notre Dame 320 IT Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 631-3254 ================================================ Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the forums? http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1
