AdsiPS

PowerShell module to interact with Active Directory using ADSI and DirectoryServices (.NET)

Goals

• No ActiveDirectory module/No Quest AD Snapin required
• Being able to specify different credentials
• Being able to specify different domain

Installation

Download from PowerShell Gallery

Coming soon...

Download from GitHub repository

• Download the repository
• Unblock the zip file
• Extract the folder to a module path (e.g. $home\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules)

Use Cases

• Learning Active Directory: We can't see the code behind the Microsoft ActiveDirectory Module and Quest ActiveDirectory Snapin. This module is a great way to explore and learn on how Active Directory is working,
• Delegation: Active Directory queries need to be performed by a tool (GUI for example) and you don't want it to load AD module. Additionally you don't know who will use the tool and if they have/can/know how to install the module,
• Performance: ADSI is way faster,
• Restricted environment: Sometime ActiveDirectory Module is not available/ or can't install it on a machine.

Cmdlets

• Add-ADSIGroupMember
• Enable-ADSIReplicaGC
• Get-ADSIComputer
• Get-ADSIDomain
• Get-ADSIDomainController
• Get-ADSIDomainMode
• Get-ADSIDomainRoot
• Get-ADSIDomainTrustRelationship
• Get-ADSIForest
• Get-ADSIForestDomain
• Get-ADSIForestMode
• Get-ADSIForestTrustRelationship
• Get-ADSIFsmo
• Get-ADSIGroup
• Get-ADSIGroupManagedBy
• Get-ADSIGroupMember
• Get-ADSIGroupPolicyObject
• Get-ADSIObject
• Get-ADSIOrganizationalUnit
• Get-ADSIReplicaCurrentTime
• Get-ADSIReplicaDomainInfo
• Get-ADSIReplicaForestInfo
• Get-ADSIReplicaGCInfo
• Get-ADSIReplicaInfo
• Get-ADSISchema
• Get-ADSISite
• Get-ADSISiteLink
• Get-ADSISiteServer
• Get-ADSISiteSubnet
• Get-ADSITokenGroup
• Get-ADSIUser
• Move-ADSIDomainControllerRoles
• Move-ADSIReplicaToSite
• New-ADSIDirectoryContext
• New-ADSIPrincipalContext
• New-ADSIUser
• Remove-ADSIGroupMember
• Start-ADSIReplicationConsistencyCheck
• Test-ADSICredential
• Test-ADSIUserIsGroupMember