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The Get-ADUser PowerShell cmdlet is very helpful for Active Directory user management. But what if you try to use Get-ADUser and get the error below? The term ‘Get-ADUser’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file or operable program. This error simply means that the Active Directory module for PowerShell is not available on your machine.

Using Active Directory security groups is a best practice for quickly and accurately assigning permissions to users, computers, and groups. But how can you get a list of all the members of a security group? While you could use the PowerShell cmdlet Get-ADGroup, group members will be identified by their distinguished names, making the results difficult to read. A better option is to use the Get-ADGroupMember cmdlet. This article provides the syntax of this cmdlet and lots of useful examples.

Active Directory groups are sets of Active Directory (AD) objects — such as users, computers, and even other groups. Using AD groups helps simplify IT administration and ensure accurate delegation of rights and dissemination of information. Active Directory has several built-in groups, and organizations create many additional groups.

Whether or not you made it to RSA 2023, here are two key themes we saw throughout this year’s conference.