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Is there an easier way to get Admin user information from remote desktops?

Hello Experts,

Is there an easier way to express the parameters, variables and cmdlets to retrieve Admin user information from desktop computers?

The script below seems verbose and overly complex. Why is there a  [ADSI]"WinNT:// syntax and "^Winnt\:\/\/(?<domainName>\S+)\/(?<CompName>\S+)\/") string within the try-catch syntax?

If you could please add perspective, I'd surely appreciate your insight. Thank you.

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Set-ExecutionPolicy remotesigned -Force
Import-Module activedirectory

[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
 [Parameter( ValueFromPipeline=$true,
 ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true
 )]
 [string[]]
 $ComputerName = "get-content c:\Scripts\DesktopComputers.txt",
 
 [Parameter()]
 [string]
 $LocalGroupName = "Administrators",
 
 [Parameter()]
 [string]
 $OutputDir = "c:\Scripts"
)
 
Begin {
 
 $OutputFile = Join-Path $OutputDir "LocalGroupMembers.csv"
 Write-Verbose "Script will write the output to $OutputFile folder"
 Add-Content -Path $OutPutFile -Value "ComputerName, LocalGroupName, Status, MemberType, MemberDomain, MemberName"
}
 
Process {
 ForEach($Computer in $ComputerName) {
 Write-host "Working on $Computer"
 If(!(Test-Connection -ComputerName $Computer -Count 1 -Quiet)) {
 Write-Verbose "$Computer is offline. Proceeding with next computer"
 Add-Content -Path $OutputFile -Value "$Computer,$LocalGroupName,Offline"
 Continue
 } else {
 Write-Verbose "Working on $computer"
 try {
 $group = [ADSI]"WinNT://$Computer/$LocalGroupName"
 $members = @($group.Invoke("Members"))
 Write-Verbose "Successfully queries the members of $computer"
 if(!$members) {
 Add-Content -Path $OutputFile -Value "$Computer,$LocalGroupName,NoMembersFound"
 Write-Verbose "No members found in the group"
 continue
 }
 }
 catch {
 Write-Verbose "Failed to query the members of $computer"
 Add-Content -Path $OutputFile -Value "$Computer,,FailedToQuery"
 Continue
 }
 foreach($member in $members) {
 try {
 $MemberName = $member.GetType().Invokemember("Name","GetProperty",$null,$member,$null)
 $MemberType = $member.GetType().Invokemember("Class","GetProperty",$null,$member,$null)
 $MemberPath = $member.GetType().Invokemember("ADSPath","GetProperty",$null,$member,$null)
 $MemberDomain = $null
 if($MemberPath -match "^Winnt\:\/\/(?<domainName>\S+)\/(?<CompName>\S+)\/") {
 if($MemberType -eq "User") {
 $MemberType = "LocalUser"
 } elseif($MemberType -eq "Group"){
 $MemberType = "LocalGroup"
 }
 $MemberDomain = $matches["CompName"]
 
 } elseif($MemberPath -match "^WinNT\:\/\/(?<domainname>\S+)/") {
 if($MemberType -eq "User") {
 $MemberType = "DomainUser"
 } elseif($MemberType -eq "Group"){
 $MemberType = "DomainGroup"
 }
 $MemberDomain = $matches["domainname"]
 
 } else {
 $MemberType = "Unknown"
 $MemberDomain = "Unknown"
 }
 Add-Content -Path $OutPutFile -Value "$Computer, $LocalGroupName, SUCCESS, $MemberType, $MemberDomain, $MemberName"
 } catch {
 Write-Verbose "failed to query details of a member. Details $_"
 Add-Content -Path $OutputFile -Value "$Computer,,FailedQueryMember"
 }
 
 }
 }
 
 }
 
}
End {}
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Thank you for the quick response. Currently, I also reference the book titled 'PowerShell In Depth' isbn 9781617292187. Thank you, again.