Below little script shows how to connect to Active Directory / LDAP and search for entries.
Docs: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730967.aspx
$mySearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher
# it is possible to specify manually a ldap search Path:
#$mySearcher.SearchRoot = "LDAP://DC=de,DC=myComapny,DC=com"
# or to get current ldap path (for example: DC=de,DC=myComapny,DC=com)
$objDomain = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
$mySearcher.SearchRoot = $objDomain
# search for object class "user" with attribte "name=TestUser1"
$mySearcher.Filter = "(& (objectClass=user) (name=TestUser1))"
$mySearcher.SearchScope = "sub"
$mySearcher.PageSize = 10
# specifiy the attributes you would like to retrieve
$myAttributes = ("telephonenumber", "mail", "department")
# comment below line to get all attributes
$mySearcher.PropertiesToLoad.AddRange($myAttributes)
$abc = $mySearcher.FindAll()
# show all attributes and values
foreach ($i in $abc.Properties.PropertyNames){
Write-Host $i , "=" , $abc.Properties.$i
}
The Script will generate the following output:
mail = Testuser1@mycompany.com telephonenumber = +49XXXXXXXX department = MyDepartment adspath = LDAP://<removed_by_author>