Query Active Directory Users

To query Active Directory (AD) users, you can use the Get-ADUser cmdlet in PowerShell.

# Import the ActiveDirectory module

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

# Query AD users

Get-ADUser -Filter *

# Query AD users with specific properties

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties SamAccountName, GivenName, Surname

# Query AD users with specific filter

Get-ADUser -Filter {GivenName -eq "John"}

# Query AD users in a specific OU

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com"

The Get-ADUser cmdlet has many options and parameters that you can use to filter and customize the query. For example, you can use the -Filter parameter to specify a filter for the query, the -Properties parameter to specify which properties to include in the output, and the -SearchBase parameter to specify the organizational unit (OU) to search.