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Get-BluGenieADGroups
Query for Active Directory Groups via LDAP without the need for RSAT to be installed.
Get-BluGenieADGroups [[-GroupName] <String>] [[-Domain] <String>] [-FullDetails] [-UseCache] [[-CachePath] <String>] [[-CacheFileName] <String>] [-Walkthrough] [-ReturnObject] [-OutUnEscapedJSON] [-OutYaml]
[[-FormatView] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
Query for Active Directory Groups via LDAP without the need for RSAT to be installed.
Command: Get-BGADGroups -ReturnObject
Description: Use this command to Query AD for all Groups and return the instances as a PowerSehll object
Notes:
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
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>
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
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:
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
Command: Get-BGADGroups -OutYaml -Verbose
Description: Use this command to view a full detailed yaml report on AD Groups and function details
Notes:
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
-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 <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 [<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 [<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 <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 <String>
Required? false
Position? 4
Default value $('BG_ADGroups_{0}' -f $(New-BluGenieUID))
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-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 [<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 [<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 [<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 <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
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
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