Get-DomainOU

SYNOPSIS

Search for all organization units (OUs) or specific OU objects in AD.

Author: Will Schroeder (@harmj0y)
License: BSD 3-Clause
Required Dependencies: Get-DomainSearcher, Convert-LDAPProperty

SYNTAX

Get-DomainOU [[-Identity] <String[]>] [-GPLink <String>] [-Domain <String>] [-LDAPFilter <String>]
 [-Properties <String[]>] [-SearchBase <String>] [-Server <String>] [-SearchScope <String>]
 [-ResultPageSize <Int32>] [-ServerTimeLimit <Int32>] [-SecurityMasks <String>] [-Tombstone] [-FindOne]
 [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Raw]

DESCRIPTION

Builds a directory searcher object using Get-DomainSearcher, builds a custom LDAP filter based on targeting/filter parameters, and searches for all objects matching the criteria. To only return specific properies, use "-Properties whencreated,usnchanged,...". By default, all OU objects for the current domain are returned.

EXAMPLES

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

Get-DomainOU

Returns the current OUs in the domain.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

Get-DomainOU *admin* -Domain testlab.local

Returns all OUs with "admin" in their name in the testlab.local domain.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

Get-DomainOU -GPLink "F260B76D-55C8-46C5-BEF1-9016DD98E272"

Returns all OUs with linked to the specified group policy object.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------

"*admin*","*server*" | Get-DomainOU

Search for OUs with the specific names.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 5 --------------------------

$SecPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString 'Password123!' -AsPlainText -Force

$Cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('TESTLAB\dfm.a', $SecPassword) Get-DomainOU -Credential $Cred

PARAMETERS

-Identity

An OU name (e.g. TestOU), DistinguishedName (e.g. OU=TestOU,DC=testlab,DC=local), or GUID (e.g. 8a9ba22a-8977-47e6-84ce-8c26af4e1e6a). Wildcards accepted.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: Name

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

Only return OUs with the specified GUID in their gplink property.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: GUID

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Domain

Specifies the domain to use for the query, defaults to the current domain.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-LDAPFilter

Specifies an LDAP query string that is used to filter Active Directory objects.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: Filter

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Properties

Specifies the properties of the output object to retrieve from the server.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SearchBase

The LDAP source to search through, e.g. "LDAP://OU=secret,DC=testlab,DC=local" Useful for OU queries.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: ADSPath

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Server

Specifies an Active Directory server (domain controller) to bind to.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: DomainController

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SearchScope

Specifies the scope to search under, Base/OneLevel/Subtree (default of Subtree).

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: Subtree
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ResultPageSize

Specifies the PageSize to set for the LDAP searcher object.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 200
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ServerTimeLimit

Specifies the maximum amount of time the server spends searching. Default of 120 seconds.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SecurityMasks

Specifies an option for examining security information of a directory object. One of 'Dacl', 'Group', 'None', 'Owner', 'Sacl'.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Tombstone

Switch. Specifies that the searcher should also return deleted/tombstoned objects.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-FindOne

Only return one result object.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: ReturnOne

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Credential

A [Management.Automation.PSCredential] object of alternate credentials for connection to the target domain.

Type: PSCredential
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: [Management.Automation.PSCredential]::Empty
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Raw

Switch. Return raw results instead of translating the fields into a custom PSObject.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

PowerView.OU

Custom PSObject with translated OU property fields.

NOTES