Powershell: Input variable prompting a user to select an Organisational Unit from a list

I am writing a powershell script and one of the input variables that I would like to include is for the user to select an OU from a list.

Something like;

$OU = Read-Host (but selecting an OU from a list).

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks for your help.

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Carl Billington

8/22/2022 - Mon

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8/4/2016

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Carl Billington

8/4/2016

ASKER

This is great, but is there any way of the script automatically listing all our OU's without listing them all in the section?

oBdA

8/4/2016

Sure; start with this:

$OUs = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -Properties Description | Select-Object -Property Name, Description, DistinguishedName
$OU = $OUs | Out-GridView -Title 'Please select an OU and click OK' -OutputMode Single
If (-not $OU) {Exit 1}
"You've selected the following OU: '$($OU.DistinguishedName)'" | Write-Host

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In the first line, you can of course filter further, for example with the -SearchBase or -Filter argument of Get-ADOrganizationalUnit, or by adding a Where-Clause.

Carl Billington

8/4/2016

ASKER

Excellent.

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