Get-ADUser not recognized

Question

I'm trying to write a script for Powershell that will display the date/time of last login and date/time of last password change for every user and separate the data according to their Organizational Unit within Active Directory.

I'm getting a number of errors, including one that says Get-ADUser isn't even recognized as a command. Any thoughts? Here's my script:

$my=get-credential

get-aduser -filter "name -like * -searchbase 'OU=students,OU=Users,OU=GBNetworkLabs,DC=gbnetworklabs,DC=local'"
-properties * -server gbnetworklabs.local -credential $my | select -property name, lastlogondate, passwordlastset

I've also tried import-module activedirectory but get errors with that too.

Here are some of the parameters I've been given:

Users='OU=Students,OU=Users,OU=GBNetworkLabs,DC=gbnetworklabs,DC=local' Servers='OU=Powershell,OU=VDI,OU=GBNetworkLabs,DC=gbnetworklabs,DC=local'

Any and all help is appreciated! Thank you!

Adrianople

Before you can run AD cmdlets you must, as you've shown, run import-module activedirectory - what error are you running into when running this? – Unaunabated

The ActiveDirectory PowerShell module is not installed by default. If you're on a Server OS, it's a feature that can be installed from Server Manager. On Client OSes, it is part of a package called RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) and may either be a separately downloadable installer or a Windows optional feature depending on the OS version. – Cricoid

Hi Matthew, this is the error I keep getting:import-module : The specified module 'activedirectory' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory. At line:1 char:1 + import-module activedirectory + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (activedirectory:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand – Adrianople

Thanks for the help Ryan, I'll see if I can use RSAT! – Adrianople

Answer 1

If you need the Active Directory Powershell cmdlets on Windows 10 later verisons they can be installed as follows:

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS*"} | Add-WindowsCapability -Online

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