how to get of list of AD user name where discription conains some Active word .

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how to get of list of AD user name where discription conains some Active word .

Richkm 151

Hello...I have a scenario where in AD user properties description contain specific word like Active....just like (Description:ComapanyName-Active)
I need to create script or command to find all user name where their description contains active word.

please guide ..I am beginner for scripting in AD.

Thanks
Rich

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Rich Matheisen 47,901

How about this?

Get-ADUser -Filter "description -like '*active*'"

EDIT: fixed bad quoting.

Richkm 151 Reputation points

2022-03-29T05:18:27.503+00:00

thank you replying.. Getting error
Get-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'Active'.

looking to try the above logic .
Rich Matheisen 47,901 Reputation points

2022-03-29T15:17:01.43+00:00

My bad. I used incorrect quoting in the example. I've corrected that by modifying my answer.

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