I am needing to return all objects in the default Users container in Active Directory. The current container (it is not an OU) houses the following: contacts, users, security groups, and distribution groups. Is there a way in powershell to return a listing of all these objects in the users container?
Wedgies McBiscuitlip,
Welcome to the forum. 
What have you tried so far?
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I prepared a quick Google search for you:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Powershell+list+objects+in+Active+directory+containers
Thanks Olaf and I was not looking for a specific script, just the language on how to search container and not an OU. I cannot tell you how many times I searched for searching a container in AD using powershell and all I received were things unrelated to what I needed. Your link, however, provided exactly what I needed (replacing OU with CN). I really appreciate the reply…you have helped tremendously. Blessings upon you!
But there’s actually no difference. The way you provide an OU for a “Get-AD...” cmdlet or a container is by providing a path to it with the paramter “-SearchBase”. 