PS Operate AD

PowerShell provides very broad set ofmethods to work with Active Directory , one of them is ADSI adapter. It allowsto quickly and relatively easy automate mundane actions or perform sameoperations.

In this blog, please let me share someexamples of using ADSI adapter.

1. CreateSystem.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry (ADSI) object

$ouObject=New-ObjectSystem.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://<IPAddress>/cn=users,dc=<dcName>,dc=com","<user>","<password>")

172.16.58.10 is the IP address of Domain Controller, alsowe need to provide user name and pass work to access domain controller.

NOTE: If you can’tload System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry, you can loadthis assembly explicitly.

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.DirctoryServices")

2. After connected to domain controller,we can create users with $ouObject.

$newUser=$ouObject.create("user", "CN=user01")

$newUser.setinfo()#savenew user

Please save the new user before specifyother properties, some of properties setting:

$newUser.put("pwdLastSet", -1)#don'tneed change password when next logon

$newUser.setpassword("@WSX3edc")

$newUser.put("userAccountControl",66048) #passwordnever expires

$newUser.setinfo()

3. Create a new group named Group01

$ouObject=New-ObjectSystem.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://<IPAddress>/cn=users,dc=<dcName>,dc=com","<user>","<password>")

$newGroup=$ouObject.create("group","cn=Group1")

$newGroup.setInfo()

4. Create a new OUnamed OU_Test

$mainOU=New-ObjectSystem.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://<IPAddress>/cn=users,dc=<dcName>,dc=com","<user>","<password>")

$newOU=$mainOU.create("OrganizationalUnit","OU=OU_Test")

$newOU.setinfo()

5. Move user01 to another OU_Test

$user=New-ObjectSystem.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://<IPAddress>/cn=users,dc=<dcName>,dc=com","<user>","<password>")

$to=New-ObjectSystem.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://<IPAddress>/cn=users,dc=<dcName>,dc=com","<user>","<password>")

$user.PSBase.Moveto($to, "cn="+$user.name)

6. Add user01 to a Group01

$user=New-ObjectSystem.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://<IPAddress>/cn=users,dc=<dcName>,dc=com","<user>","<password>")

$group=New-ObjectSystem.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://<IPAddress>/cn=users,dc=<dcName>,dc=com","<user>","<password>")

$group.add("LDAP://"+$user.distinguishedName)

$group.setinfo()