GetSidAsBase64
Applies To: Forefront Identity Manager 2010
This is an example of a Windows PowerShell function that converts a system identifier (specified by a domain and account name) into a base-64 string. For more information, see FIM Windows PowerShell Cmdlet Examples.
GetSidAsBase64 Function
The following example function converts a system identifier (specified by a domain and account name) into a base-64 string by using the NTAccount class and the Convert class.
function GetSidAsBase64
{
PARAM($AccountName, $Domain)
END
{ # The following sid is a random value to allocate the byte array
$sidArray = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String("AQUAAAAAAAUVAAAA71I1JzEyxT2s9UYraQQAAA==")
$args = (,$Domain)
$args += $AccountName
$ntaccount = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Principal.NTAccount -ArgumentList $args
$desiredSid = $ntaccount.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
$desiredSid.GetBinaryForm($sidArray,0)
$desiredSidString = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($sidArray)
$desiredSidString
}
}