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Get-BluGenieADGroups



Get-BluGenieADGroups

SYNOPSIS

Query for Active Directory Groups via LDAP without the need for RSAT to be installed.

SYNTAX

Get-BluGenieADGroups [[-GroupName] <String>] [[-Domain] <String>] [-FullDetails] [-UseCache] [[-CachePath] <String>] [[-CacheFileName] <String>] [-Walkthrough] [-ReturnObject] [-OutUnEscapedJSON] [-OutYaml] 
[[-FormatView] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Query for Active Directory Groups via LDAP without the need for RSAT to be installed.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject
Description: Use this command to Query AD for all Groups and return the instances as a PowerSehll object
Notes:

EXAMPLE 2

Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject -GroupName Administrator
Description: Use this command to query AD for any group with a name that matches 'Administrator'
Notes:  The GroupName property is filtered using RegEx

EXAMPLE 3

Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject -UseCache
Description: Use this command to save all found groups in AD to a file on disk
Notes: The file is saved by default to $Env:temp with a prefix of BG_ADGroups_<GUID>

EXAMPLE 4

Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject -UseCache -FormatView JSON -
Description: Use this command to save the output to JSON format
Notes: The default format is (CSV).  Options are JSON, YAML, and CSV

EXAMPLE 5

Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject -UseCache -FormatView Yaml -CachePath C:\Temp -CacheFileName ADGroupInfo
Description: Use this command to save the output as Yaml to a file located -> C:\Temp\ADGroupInfo.yaml
Notes:

EXAMPLE 6

Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject -UseCache -FullDetails
Description: Use this command to query the the full list of Group Object Properties
Notes: The default is (name, distinguishedname, and path).  The full list of Properties are as follows
       o name
       o distinguishedname
       o path
       o objectcategory
       o usnchanged
       o grouptype
       o whencreated
       o samaccountname
       o description
       o instancetype
       o adspath
       o samaccounttype
       o objectsid
       o whenchanged
       o objectguid
       o member
       o cn
       o usncreated
       o admincount
       o iscriticalsystemobject
       o objectclass
       o systemflags
       o dscorepropagationdata

EXAMPLE 7

Command: Get-BGADGroups -OutYaml -Verbose
Description: Use this command to view a full detailed yaml report on AD Groups and function details
Notes:

EXAMPLE 8

Command: Get-BluGenieADGroups -Help
Description: Call Help Information
Notes: If Help / WalkThrough is setup as a parameter, this script will be called to setup the Dynamic Help Menu if not the normal Get-Help will be called with the -Full parameter

EXAMPLE 9

Command: Get-BluGenieADGroups -WalkThrough
Description: Call Help Information [2]
Notes: If Help / WalkThrough is setup as a parameter, this script will be called to setup the Dynamic Help Menu if not the normal Get-Help will be called with the -Full parameter

EXAMPLE 10

Command: Get-BGADGroups -OutUnEscapedJSON
Description: Return a detailed function report in an UnEscaped JSON format
Notes:  The OutUnEscapedJSON is used to Beautify the JSON return and not Escape any Characters.  Normal return data is a Hash Table.

EXAMPLE 11

Command: Get-BGADGroups -OutYaml
Description: Return a detailed function report in YAML format
Notes:  The OutUnEscapedJSON is used to Beautify the JSON return and not Escape any Characters.  Normal return data is a Hash Table.

EXAMPLE 12

Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject
Description: Return Output as a Object
Notes:  The ReturnObject is used to return a PowerShell Object.  Normal return data is a Hash Table.
       This parameter is also used with the FormatView

EXAMPLE 13

Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject -FormatView Yaml
Description: Output PSObject information in Yaml format
Notes:  Current formats supported by default are ('Table','Custom','CustomModified','None','JSON','OutUnEscapedJSON','CSV', 'Yaml')
       Default is set to (None) and normal PSObject.

PARAMETERS

GroupName

-GroupName <String>
   Description: The name of the Group you are looking for
   Notes: This is a regex managed pattern.  The default is (.*) for all Groups
   Alias: GN
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    1
   Default value                .*
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

Domain

-Domain <String>
   Description: The name of the Domain in which you are looking for the Group and Member information
   Notes: The default domain name is pulled from the Registry.  If this option is not set or the domain
   name is not found in the registry the return is Null
   Alias: DO
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    2
   Default value                $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\History' -Name 'MachineDomain' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 
   'MachineDomain')
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

FullDetails

-FullDetails [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Return a PSObject with the following values (Name, SAMAccountname, DisplayName, Description and the Path)
   Notes: The default return is a list of Names (ONLY)
   Alias: FD
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

UseCache

-UseCache [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Cache found objects to disk
   Notes: By default the Cache location is %temp%
   Alias: UC
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

CachePath

-CachePath <String>
   Description: Path to store the Cache information
   Notes: By default the Cache location is %temp% with a BG_ADGroups_<GUID>.txt file name.
               Example: C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\BGSys_46964-41870-29555-35418-93311.txt
   Alias: CP
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    3
   Default value                $env:temp
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

CacheFileName

-CacheFileName <String>
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    4
   Default value                $('BG_ADGroups_{0}' -f $(New-BluGenieUID))
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

Walkthrough

-Walkthrough [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description:  Start the dynamic help menu system to help walk through the current command and all of the parameters
   Notes:
   Alias: Help
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

ReturnObject

-ReturnObject [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Return information as an Object
   Notes: By default the data is returned as a Hash Table
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

OutUnEscapedJSON

-OutUnEscapedJSON [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Remove UnEsacped Char from the JSON information.
   Notes: This will beautify json and clean up the formatting.
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

OutYaml

-OutYaml [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Return detailed information in Yaml Format
   Notes: Only supported in Posh 3.0 and above
   Alias:
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

FormatView

-FormatView <String>
   Description: Automatically format the Return Object
   Notes: Yaml is only supported in Posh 3.0 and above
   Alias:
   ValidateSet: 'Table','Custom','CustomModified','None','JSON','OutUnEscapedJSON','CSV', 'Yaml'
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    5
   Default value                None
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false

CommonParameters

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This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see .

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