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# DEFINE A GROUP NAME AS A VARIABLE

$GroupName = "Administrators"

Get-ADGroup -Identity $GroupName

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# DistinguishedName : CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# GroupCategory     : Security

# GroupScope        : DomainLocal

# Name              : Administrators

# ObjectClass       : group

# ObjectGUID        : 4efae99c-d4ec-4913-9fe0-b8c3a68089ba

# SamAccountName    : Administrators

# SID               : S-1-5-32-544

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

###################################################################################################

# USE A FILTER WITH A VARIABLE

$Filter = "Name -like '*Admin*'"

Get-ADGroup -Filter $Filter | Select-Object DistinguishedName, GroupCategory, GroupScope, Name, ObjectClass | Format-Table -AutoSize

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# DistinguishedName                                           GroupCategory  GroupScope Name                           ObjectClass

# -----------------                                           -------------  ---------- ----                           -----------

# CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local                      Security DomainLocal Administrators                 group

# CN=Hyper-V Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local              Security DomainLocal Hyper-V Administrators         group

# CN=Storage Replica Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local      Security DomainLocal Storage Replica Administrators group

# CN=Schema Admins,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local                         Security   Universal Schema Admins                  group

# CN=Enterprise Admins,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local                     Security   Universal Enterprise Admins              group

# CN=Domain Admins,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local                         Security      Global Domain Admins                  group

# CN=Key Admins,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local                            Security      Global Key Admins                     group

# CN=Enterprise Key Admins,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local                 Security   Universal Enterprise Key Admins          group

# CN=DnsAdmins,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local                             Security DomainLocal DnsAdmins                      group

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

###################################################################################################

# USE A FILTER WITH A VARIABLE

$Filter = "Name -like 'Admin*'"

Get-ADGroup -Filter $Filter | Select-Object DistinguishedName, GroupCategory, GroupScope, Name, ObjectClass | Format-Table -AutoSize

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# DistinguishedName                           GroupCategory  GroupScope Name           ObjectClass

# -----------------                           -------------  ---------- ----           -----------

# CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local      Security DomainLocal Administrators group

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

###################################################################################################

# PASS MULTIPLE PARAMETERS AS VARIABLES

$GroupName = "Administrators"

$Properties = "Description", "Members"

Get-ADGroup -Identity $GroupName -Properties $Properties

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Description       : Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer/domain

# DistinguishedName : CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# GroupCategory     : Security

# GroupScope        : DomainLocal

# Members           : {CN=Domain Admins,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local, CN=Enterprise Admins,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local, CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=rs,DC=local}

# Name              : Administrators

# ObjectClass       : group

# ObjectGUID        : 4efae99c-d4ec-4913-9fe0-b8c3a68089ba

# SamAccountName    : Administrators

# SID               : S-1-5-32-544

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

###################################################################################################

# USE A SCRIPT BLOCK FOR THE FILTER

$Filter = { Name -like "Admin*" }

Get-ADGroup -Filter $Filter

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# DistinguishedName : CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# GroupCategory     : Security

# GroupScope        : DomainLocal

# Name              : Administrators

# ObjectClass       : group

# ObjectGUID        : 4efae99c-d4ec-4913-9fe0-b8c3a68089ba

# SamAccountName    : Administrators

# SID               : S-1-5-32-544

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

###################################################################################################

# LOOP THROUGH MULTIPLE GROUPS - 1

$GroupNames = @("Administrators", "Account Operators", "Server Operators")

foreach ($GroupName in $GroupNames) {

   Get-ADGroup -Identity $GroupName | Select-Object Name, DistinguishedName, GroupCategory, GroupScope, ObjectClass, Description

}

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Name              : Administrators

# DistinguishedName : CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# GroupCategory     : Security

# GroupScope        : DomainLocal

# ObjectClass       : group

# Description       :

# Name              : Account Operators

# DistinguishedName : CN=Account Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# GroupCategory     : Security

# GroupScope        : DomainLocal

# ObjectClass       : group

# Description       :

# Name              : Server Operators

# DistinguishedName : CN=Server Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# GroupCategory     : Security

# GroupScope        : DomainLocal

# ObjectClass       : group

# Description       :

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

###################################################################################################

# LOOP THROUGH MULTIPLE GROUPS - 2

$GroupNames = @("Administrators", "Account Operators", "Server Operators")

foreach ($GroupName in $GroupNames) {

   Get-ADGroup -Identity $GroupName | Select-Object Name, DistinguishedName

}

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Name              DistinguishedName

# ----              -----------------

# Administrators    CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# Account Operators CN=Account Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# Server Operators  CN=Server Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

###################################################################################################

# LOOP THROUGH MULTIPLE GROUPS - 3

$GroupNames = @(

   "Administrators"

   "Account Operators"

   "Server Operators"

)

foreach ($GroupName in $GroupNames) {

   Get-ADGroup -Identity $GroupName | Select-Object Name, DistinguishedName

}

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Name              DistinguishedName

# ----              -----------------

# Administrators    CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# Account Operators CN=Account Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# Server Operators  CN=Server Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

###################################################################################################

$GroupNames = @(

   "Administrators"

   "Account Operators"

   "Server Operators"

)

$Properties = @(

   "Name"

   "DistinguishedName"

)

foreach ($GroupName in $GroupNames) {

   Get-ADGroup -Identity $GroupName | Select-Object $Properties

}

### OUTPUT ###

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Name              DistinguishedName

# ----              -----------------

# Administrators    CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# Account Operators CN=Account Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=loca

# Server Operators  CN=Server Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=rs,DC=local

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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