Script Dumpster: Find default AD containers for Users and Computers
Robert PrüstThe Problem
Have you ever created a new user or computer object, but you’re unable to find them in the Default Computers/Users container? Perhaps someone moved the default location to another Organizational Unit [i.e. to make sure GPO’s applied correctly] .
In this case a quick and simple script will check which containers are configured for this task and it will check if they’re using default values or not.
The Script
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Created with: SAPIEN Technologies, Inc., PowerShell Studio 2015 v4.2.95
Created on: 11/3/2015 13:22
Created by: Robert Prüst
Organization: powershellpr0mpt.com
Filename: Find-DefaultUserComputerContainer.ps1
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Import-Module ActiveDirectory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
[array]$locations = Get-ADObject -Filter { isCriticalSystemObject -eq $true } | Where { ($_.objectclass -eq 'container' -or $_.objectclass -eq 'organizationalUnit') -and (-not ($_.DistinguishedName -like '*ForeignSecurityPrincipals,DC*')) -and (-not ($_.DistinguishedName -like '*CN=System,DC*')) -and (-not ($_.DistinguishedName -like '*Domain Controllers,DC*')) -and (-not ($_.DistinguishedName -like '*ForeignSecurityPrincipals*')) }
foreach ($location in $locations)
{
$DistinguishedName = $location.DistinguishedName
if ($location.ObjectClass -eq 'OrganizationalUnit')
{
$DefaultFolder = $false
}
else
{
$DefaultFolder = $true
}
$properties = @{
'Location' = $DistinguishedName;
'DefaultFolder' = $DefaultFolder;
}
$obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $properties
$obj
}