{"id":2068,"date":"2017-04-14T18:52:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2017-04-14T18:52:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:52:43","slug":"powershell-get-a-list-of-my-domain-organizational-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2068","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell – Get a list of my domain Organizational Units"},"content":{"rendered":"

PowerShell – Get a list of my domain Organizational Units<\/h3>\n
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Quick post, last week my coworker Andrey needed to list all the Organization Units in the domain by Canonical Name. I thought sharing the PowerShell One-Liner magic could save time to some people out there.<\/p>\n

In the following examples two methods to retrieve the information using\u00a0Active Directory<\/b> and ADSI\/NET<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Active Directory Module<\/h1>\n

I found two ways to get this information using this module<\/p>\n

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  • Get-ADOrganizationUnit<\/li>\n
  • Get-ADObject<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    First we need to verify if the module is loaded and then search for Cmdlet that could meet our needs.<\/p>\n

    # Check if the ActiveDirectory module is Loaded\r\nGet-Module -Name ActiveDirevtory\r\n\r\n# Check if the ActiveDirectory module is available\r\nGet-Module -Name ActiveDirectory -ListAvailable\r\n\r\n# Import the ActiveDirectory module\r\nImport-Module -Name ActiveDirectory\r\n\r\n# Find Cmdlets in the ActiveDirectory related to OrganizationalUnit\r\nGet-Command -Module ActiveDirectory -Name *OrganizationalUnit*<\/pre>\n
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    Get-ADOrganizationalUnit<\/h1>\n
    The Get-ADOrganizational unit cmdlet gets an organizational unit object or performs a search to retrieve multiple organizational units.<\/p>\n
    Straight forward, we look for the properties available to us.<\/p>\n
    # Get the properties available for each OrganizationalUnit object\r\nGet-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -Properties *| Get-Member<\/pre>\n
    Output:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
       TypeName: Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADOrganizationalUnit\r\n\r\nName                            MemberType            Definition\r\n----                            ----------            ----------\r\nContains                        Method                bool Contains(string propertyName)\r\nEquals                          Method                bool Equals(System.Object obj)\r\nGetEnumerator                   Method                System.Collections.IDictionaryEnumerator G...\r\nGetHashCode                     Method                int GetHashCode()\r\nGetType                         Method                type GetType()\r\nToString                        Method                string ToString()\r\nItem                            ParameterizedProperty Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADPro...\r\nCanonicalName                   Property              System.String CanonicalName {get;}\r\nCity                            Property              System.String City {get;set;}\r\nCN                              Property              System.String CN {get;}\r\nCountry                         Property              System.String Country {get;set;}\r\nCreated                         Property              System.DateTime Created {get;}\r\ncreateTimeStamp                 Property              System.DateTime createTimeStamp {get;}\r\nDeleted                         Property              System.Boolean Deleted {get;}\r\nDescription                     Property              System.String Description {get;set;}\r\nDisplayName                     Property              System.String DisplayName {get;set;}\r\nDistinguishedName               Property              System.String DistinguishedName {get;set;}\r\ndSCorePropagationData           Property              Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADPro...\r\ngPLink                          Property              System.String gPLink {get;set;}\r\ninstanceType                    Property              System.Int32 instanceType {get;}\r\nisCriticalSystemObject          Property              System.Boolean isCriticalSystemObject {get...\r\nisDeleted                       Property              System.Boolean isDeleted {get;}\r\nLastKnownParent                 Property              System.String LastKnownParent {get;}\r\nLinkedGroupPolicyObjects        Property              Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADPro...\r\nManagedBy                       Property              System.String ManagedBy {get;set;}\r\nModified                        Property              System.DateTime Modified {get;}\r\nmodifyTimeStamp                 Property              System.DateTime modifyTimeStamp {get;}\r\nName                            Property              System.String Name {get;}\r\nnTSecurityDescriptor            Property              System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectorySe...\r\nObjectCategory                  Property              System.String ObjectCategory {get;}\r\nObjectClass                     Property              System.String ObjectClass {get;set;}\r\nObjectGUID                      Property              System.Nullable`1[[System.Guid, mscorlib, ...\r\nou                              Property              Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADPro...\r\nPostalCode                      Property              System.String PostalCode {get;set;}\r\nProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion Property              System.Boolean ProtectedFromAccidentalDele...\r\nsDRightsEffective               Property              System.Int32 sDRightsEffective {get;}\r\nshowInAdvancedViewOnly          Property              System.Boolean showInAdvancedViewOnly {get...\r\nState                           Property              System.String State {get;set;}\r\nStreetAddress                   Property              System.String StreetAddress {get;set;}\r\nsystemFlags                     Property              System.Int32 systemFlags {get;}\r\nuSNChanged                      Property              System.Int64 uSNChanged {get;}\r\nuSNCreated                      Property              System.Int64 uSNCreated {get;}\r\nwhenChanged                     Property              System.DateTime whenChanged {get;}\r\nwhenCreated                     Property              System.DateTime whenCreated {get;}<\/pre>\n
    <\/div>\n
    Now we just have to filter on the property CanonicalName.<\/p>\n
    # Get the property CanonicalName for each Organizational Unit\r\nGet-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -Properties CanonicalName | Select-Object -Property CanonicalName<\/pre>\n
    <\/div>\n
    Output:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
    CanonicalName\r\n-------------\r\nFX.LAB\/Domain Controllers\r\nFX.LAB\/TEST\r\nFX.LAB\/TEST\/Groups\r\nFX.LAB\/MTL\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/Local\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/Global\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/Admin Users\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/ServiceAccounts\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/Test Jonathan OU\r\nFX.LAB\/TEST\/Users\r\nFX.LAB\/TEST\/Servers\r\nFX.LAB\/Winter Scripting Games 2014\r\nFX.LAB\/Winter Scripting Games 2014\/Event3\r\nFX.LAB\/Winter Scripting Games 2014\/Event3\/Finance Department\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Get-ADObject<\/h1>\n
    The Get-ADObject cmdlet gets an Active Directory object or performs a search to retrieve multiple objects.<\/p>\n
    # Get Organizational Unit objects\r\nGet-ADObject -Filter { ObjectClass -eq 'organizationalunit' }<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
    <\/div>\n
    # Get Organizational Unit objects\r\nGet-ADObject -Filter { ObjectClass -eq 'organizationalunit' } -Properties\u00a0CanonicalName | Select-Object -Property CanonicalName<\/pre>\n
    <\/div>\n
    Output:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
    CanonicalName\r\n-------------\r\nFX.LAB\/Domain Controllers\r\nFX.LAB\/TEST\r\nFX.LAB\/TEST\/Groups\r\nFX.LAB\/MTL\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/Local\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/Global\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/Admin Users\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/ServiceAccounts\r\nFX.LAB\/Administration\/Test Jonathan OU\r\nFX.LAB\/TEST\/Users\r\nFX.LAB\/TEST\/Servers\r\nFX.LAB\/Winter Scripting Games 2014\r\nFX.LAB\/Winter Scripting Games 2014\/Event3\r\nFX.LAB\/Winter Scripting Games 2014\/Event3\/Finance Department\r\n<\/pre>\n
    ADSI\/NET<\/h1>\n
    Finally, the ADSI method! This technique is a bit more complex, but this does not require any module\/snapin and can be run from PowerShell without any pre-requisites.<\/p>\n
    $info = ([adsisearcher]\"objectclass=organizationalunit\")\r\n$info.PropertiesToLoad.AddRange(\"CanonicalName\")\r\n$info.findall().properties.canonicalname<\/pre>\n
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