Powershell Script to List an Account by "name description" in Windows AD

Use the following command...

import-module activedirectory
Get-ADUser -Filter {name -like "B*"} -Properties name, samaccountname | select name, samaccountname

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Will.

Thank you Will.  can I execute these from the PowerShell command line?

lipotech

Yes you can
import-module activedirectory <press enter>
Get-ADUser -Filter {name -like "B*"} -Properties name, samaccountname | select name, samaccountname <press enter>

Will.

Thank you.  I am testing your recommendation now.  I am new to PowerShell, but have experience with other programming languages.  I will let you know what results I experience.

Thank you tremendously for your support.

Lipotech

Will,

How can I determine if these 'b' accounts are connect to a windows service?

Lipotech

Unfortunately you will not be able to verify this. The script simply retrieves all of the Accounts that have a "B" that is the first character.

Will.

Will,

I attempted to run the command suggested.  See the following error.  How do I get around the this issue? I attempted to launch from a Window 7 client.

Lipotech



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PS C:\Users\bobbbatt01> import-module activedirectory
import-module : The specified module 'activedirectory' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any
module directory.
At line:1 char:1
+ import-module activedirectory
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (activedirectory:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

PS C:\Users\bobbbatt01> import-module activedirectory
import-module : The specified module 'activedirectory' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any
module directory.
At line:1 char:1
+ import-module activedirectory
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (activedirectory:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

PS C:\Users\bobbbatt01> Get-ADUser -Filter {name -like "B*"} -Properties name, samaccountname | select name, samaccountn
ame
Get-ADUser : The term 'Get-ADUser' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-ADUser -Filter {name -like "B*"} -Properties name, samaccountname | select n ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-ADUser:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Thank you.