Active Directory

dsquery

SafeQuery AD objects

dsquery user -name <name>*

Search AD for users/computers/groups by criteria.

Examples

  • dsquery computer -inactive 8PCs inactive 8 weeks

Syntax

dsquery <user|computer|group> -name <pattern>

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