Powershell commands from ADUser and Computers

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Hi gang… very new to powershell here… Is there a way when making a change from Active Directory users and computers for the equivalent output of that change to show in powershell somehow? For example, I just created a group in AD Users and Computers… Would like to see that output from the gui to powershell. Also, I want to now add that group to servers for remote access, but again, not sure how to do it in powershell… Looking for a tool that can take my gui changes and since its all powershell under the hood, would like to see what the equivalent powershell commands are?

Thanks!

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In AD Users and Computers, no. If you use the newer AD Administrative Center console, though, then yes! It’s actually written on top of PowerShell, and you can see / export the commands that are associated with anything you do in the GUI.

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For reference: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/hh831702.aspx#windows_powershell_history_viewer

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This is great! Just opened up the Admin Center, but is there a specific window I need to goto to see the commands? Thanks so much!

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According to the documentation I linked, there should be a pane called “Windows PowerShell History” at the bottom of the screen that you can expand.