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PowerShell Import-Module

Hello,

From my Windows 7 Professional SP1 desktop OS I've upgraded to PowerShell 3.0. I'd like to make AD calls to report on the AD objects.

What needs to occur to allow the import-module function to work?
For example; import-module activedirectory

import-module activedirectory  
#Create a variable for the date stamp in the log file
$LogDate = get-date -f yyyyMMddhhmm

#Sets the OU to do the base search for all user accounts, change for your env.
$SearchBase = "CN=Temp Associates,OU=Res Accounts,DC=our,DC=domain,DC=org"

#Create an empty array for the log file
$LogArray = @()

#Sets the number of days to disable user accounts based on lastlogontimestamp and pwdlastset.
$PasswordAge = (Get-Date).adddays(-29)

#Use ForEach to loop through all users with pwdlastset and lastlogontimestamp greater than date set. Also added users with no lastlogon date set. Disables the accounts and adds to log array.
#Add the properties you will be using to ensure they are available.
$DisabledUsers = (Get-ADUser -searchbase $SearchBase -Properties samaccountname, name, distinguishedname -filter {((lastlogondate -notlike "*") -OR (lastlogondate -le $Passwordage)) -AND (enabled -eq $True) -AND (whencreated -le $Passwordage)} )
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Starting with PS 3 you do no longer need to explicitely import modules, though it is a good idea to do so. PS 3 will otherwise try to find the corresponding module in the default location automatically. The default locations are set in $env:PSModulPath. The same path is used if you import modules by just naming them (versus providing a complete path).

If you had the AD cmdlets work prior to updating PS,  they should still work.
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Why should a person create a PowerShell Function and what is the benefit?

What are relevant examples of AD function calls?

Thank you.
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