asked on

Pre-Check Before Deleting OUs

Hello experts,

Can someone please share a handy PS to pre-check a list of multiple OUs (100s) to ensure there are no objects (users and/or computers) residing in it? I wanted to run this before I go ahead and delete them.

Thank you for all your assistance!

J0rtIT

Well I made it up

import-module activedirectory


function Reverse-HashTable{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(mandatory=$true,position=0)]$Table
    )
    begin{
        if($table.count -le 0){
            Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "There's nothing to get inverted the input value is empty or null"
            break;
        }
    }
    process{
        $outTable=@()

        for($i = $Table.count -1; $i -ge 0;$i--){
            $outTable+=$Table[$i]
        }
    }
    end{
        return $outTable
    }

}
function remove-OUs{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(mandatory=$true,position=0)]$OUs
    )
    process{
        
        if($OUs.Count -le 0){
            write-host -ForegroundColor Red  "There is nothing to remove in the Input $OUs"
        }
        else{
            $reverse= Reverse-HashTable -Table $OUs

            foreach($ou in $reverse){
                Write-Host -ForegroundColor DarkCyan "Removing the Organizational unit: $($ou.OUname)"
                Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity $ou.DistinguishedName  | Set-ADObject -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion:$false -PassThru |  Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Confirm:$false
            }
        }
    }
}

[Array]$OUs=@()
Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * | %{ 
		$OUInfo =Get-ADObject -SearchBase $_.DistinguishedName -Filter {Objectclass -ne "OrganizationalUnit"}
        if($OUInfo){$OUs+= new-object psobject -property @{"OUName" =$_.Name;"DistinguishedName" =$_.DistinguishedName; "ObjectsFound"=$OUInfo} }
        else{   $OUs+= new-object psobject -property @{"OUName" =$_.Name;"DistinguishedName" =$_.DistinguishedName; "ObjectsFound"=$null} }
	}


write-host "The OUs found empty in your environment are":
$filtered =$OUs | where{ $_.ObjectsFound -eq $null}
$filtered
$answer= Read-Host "This are the OUs that are empty, are you sure you want to remove them? (Y/N)"

switch($Answer){
	"Y"{
		remove-OUs -OUs $filtered
	}	

}

Open in new window

IT _Admin0723

ASKER

@ Jose thanks so much for your fast reply and assistance! Much appreciated. I actually have a list (txt in DN format) that I'd like to use to check in specific vs doing a domain wide querying....

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

J0rtIT

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

J0rtIT

Answered