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Reputation: 7605

Powershell to query a specific OU on domain

Function    ListComputers
            {
                $strCategory = "computer"
                $objDomain = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
                $objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher
                $objSearcher.SearchRoot = $objDomain
                Write-Host $objDomain
                $objSearcher.Filter = ("(objectCategory=$strCategory)")
                $colProplist = "name"
                foreach ($i in $colPropList)
                {
                    $objSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add($i)
                }
                $colResults = $objSearcher.FindAll()

                foreach ($objResult in $colResults)
                {
                    $objComputer = $objResult.Properties; $objComputer.name
                }
            }

This is searching the entire domain. How do I only search in a specific OU in the domain?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2356

Answers (2)

coinbird
coinbird

Reputation: 1217

There are a couple different ways. You can use Get-ADOrganizationalUnit

Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity 'OU=Location,OU=Group,OU=UserAccounts,DC=STUFF,DC=COM'

Otherwise you can still use Get-ADComputer

Get-ADComputer -Filter '*' -SearchBase "OU=Workstations,OU=$City,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com"

Second example found here: Powershell script to query specifc OU in AD for computer names and export

Upvotes: 0

Cam Ashton
Cam Ashton

Reputation: 44

You could use:

Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase "CN=Workstations, DC=contoso, DC=com"

It might make it a bit easier?

Upvotes: 1

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