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Get-ADComputerServiceAccount

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Module:
ActiveDirectory

Gets the service accounts hosted by a computer.

Syntax

Get-ADComputerServiceAccount
   [-AuthType <ADAuthType>]
   [-Credential <PSCredential>]
   [-Identity] <ADComputer>
   [-Partition <String>]
   [-Server <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-ADComputerServiceAccount cmdlet gets all of the service accounts that are hosted by the specified computer.

The Computer parameter specifies the Active Directory computer that hosts the service accounts. You can identify a computer by its distinguished name, GUID, security identifier (SID) or Security Accounts Manager (SAM) account name. You can also set the Computer parameter to a computer object variable, such as $<localComputerobject>, or pass a computer object through the pipeline to the Computer parameter. For example, you can use the Get-ADComputer cmdlet to retrieve a computer object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Get-ADComputerServiceAccount cmdlet.

Examples

Example 1: Get all service accounts hosted on a specified computer account

PS C:\> Get-ADComputerServiceAccount -Identity ComputerAcct1
Enabled           : True
Name              : SvcAcct1
UserPrincipalName :
SamAccountName    : SvcAcct1$
ObjectClass       : msDS-ManagedServiceAccount
SID               : S-1-5-21-159507390-2980359153-3438059098-1104
ObjectGUID        : 8d759d66-ef68-4360-aff6-ec3bb3425ac1
HostComputers     : {CN=ComputerAcct1,CN=Computers,DC=contoso,DC=com}
DistinguishedName : CN=SvcAcct1,CN=Managed Service Accounts,DC=contoso,DC=com

This command gets the service accounts hosted on a computer account ComputerAcct1.

Parameters

-AuthType

Specifies the authentication method to use. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

  • Negotiate or 0
  • Basic or 1

The default authentication method is Negotiate.

A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection is required for the Basic authentication method.

Type:ADAuthType
Accepted values:Negotiate, Basic
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Credential

Specifies the user account credentials to use to perform this task. The default credentials are the credentials of the currently logged on user unless the cmdlet is run from an Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell provider drive. If the cmdlet is run from such a provider drive, the account associated with the drive is the default.

To specify this parameter, you can type a user name, such as User1 or Domain01\User01 or you can specify a PSCredential object. If you specify a user name for this parameter, the cmdlet prompts for a password.

You can also create a PSCredential object by using a script or by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. You can then set the Credential parameter to the PSCredential object.

If the acting credentials do not have directory-level permission to perform the task, Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell returns a terminating error.

Type:PSCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Identity

Specifies an Active Directory computer object by providing one of the following property values. The identifier in parentheses is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) display name for the attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

  • A distinguished name
  • A GUID (objectGUID)
  • A security identifier (objectSid)
  • Security Accounts Manager account name (sAMAccountName)

The cmdlet searches the default naming context or partition to find the object. If the identifier given is a distinguished name, the partition to search is computed from that distinguished name. If two or more objects are found, the cmdlet returns a non-terminating error.

This parameter can also get this object through the pipeline or you can set this parameter to a computer object instance.

Type:ADComputer
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Partition

Specifies the distinguished name of an Active Directory partition. The distinguished name must be one of the naming contexts on the current directory server. The cmdlet searches this partition to find the object defined by the Identity parameter.

In many cases, a default value is used for the Partition parameter if no value is specified. The rules for determining the default value are given below. Note that rules listed first are evaluated first and once a default value can be determined, no further rules are evaluated.

In Active Directory Domain Services environments, a default value for Partition is set in the following cases:

  • If the Identity parameter is set to a distinguished name, the default value of Partition is automatically generated from this distinguished name.
  • If running cmdlets from an Active Directory provider drive, the default value of Partition is automatically generated from the current path in the drive.
  • If none of the previous cases apply, the default value of Partition is set to the default partition or naming context of the target domain.

In Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) environments, a default value for Partition is set in the following cases:

  • If the Identity parameter is set to a distinguished name, the default value of Partition is automatically generated from this distinguished name.
  • If running cmdlets from an Active Directory provider drive, the default value of Partition is automatically generated from the current path in the drive.
  • If the target AD LDS instance has a default naming context, the default value of Partition is set to the default naming context. To specify a default naming context for an AD LDS environment, set the msDS-defaultNamingContext property of the Active Directory directory service agent (DSA) object (nTDSDSA) for the AD LDS instance.
  • If none of the previous cases apply, the Partition parameter will not take any default value.
Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Server

Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services instance to connect to, by providing one of the following values for a corresponding domain name or directory server. The service may be any of the following: Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services, Active Directory Domain Services or Active Directory snapshot instance.

Specify the Active Directory Domain Services instance in one of the following ways:

Domain name values:

  • Fully qualified domain name
  • NetBIOS name

Directory server values:

  • Fully qualified directory server name
  • NetBIOS name
  • Fully qualified directory server name and port

The default value for this parameter is determined by one of the following methods in the order that they are listed:

  • By using the Server value from objects passed through the pipeline
  • By using the server information associated with the Active Directory Domain Services Windows PowerShell provider drive, when the cmdlet runs in that drive
  • By using the domain of the computer running Windows PowerShell
Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

ADComputer

A computer object is received by the Computer parameter.

Outputs

ADServiceAccount

Returns one or more objects that represent the service accounts hosted by the specified computer.

Notes

  • This cmdlet does not work with AD LDS.