Exporting Active Directory Object Data Using PowerShell
Windows Server 2012 includes many PowerShell cmdlets for managing Active Directory. To get all the Active Directory-related cmdlets, open a PowerShell window and enter Get-Command –Module ActiveDirectory.
Common Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets for reading or exporting data from Active Directory, creating objects, or updating object values are as follows:
• Get-AdObject—This cmdlet is used to read AD object data and return it to the screen for reading, exporting, or piping into another cmdlets as a variable value. Some other useful closely related functionality cmdlets include Get-AdUser, Get-ADComputer, Get-AdGroup, Get-AdGroupMember, and several more.
• Set-AdObject—This cmdlet enables ...
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