Hi Folks, I am looking to retrieve the ‘ManagedBy’ information from Active Directory groups. I have got the data back but I would like to be able to have username rather than the Distinguished Name. Is there any way I can convert in this command? If this is difficult I would even like the full Dis…

I don’t blame you for not wanting to see the full Distinguished Name. One option, which simply isn’t necessary, would be to split the DN so that it only returns the information you want. What I’d do instead is shove a Get-ADUser lookup inside a calculated property. You’ll have to work with this and …

That’s nice Tommy. The two properties, ManagedBy, do they use the same attributes? By that I mean the get user is using the $_.ManagedBy to get the full name?

I think I understand what you’re asking me… The MangedBy property, when returned by Get-ADGroup (and possibly other AD cmdlets), is returned as a Distinguished Name (DN). So yes, this DN is being used as the value supplied to Get-ADUser’s -Identity parameter, even though the -Identity parameter wasn…

That’s great Tommy, thank you. Just clears it up in my head.

Thanks Tommy, That works, I had to make a small change. I get the point about not needing to filter on group when using Get-ADGroup. However, it appears I need to have the Filter parameter included even if it just filters on *. If omitted get prompted for it if Get-ADGroup -Properties ManagedBy …

The -SearchBase parameter is an optional parameter in the Filter Parameter Set. You can tell this by reading the help: Get-Help -Name Get-ADGroup -ShowWindow. Another way to see the parameters sets is to use Show-Command, as it will create one tab per parameter set: Show-Command -Name Get-ADGroup. I…

Somehow it is also the idea that I wanted to try, but, maybe a few changes needs to be made. My only concern is that, will they allow me to change some details that I will let the third party work for it, like this one http://eatmywords.com/ .

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Convert Distinguished Name to Username

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