Get one or more Active Directory service accounts.
Syntax
Get-ADServiceAccount [-Identity] ADServiceAccount
[-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-Credential PSCredential]
[-Partition string] [-Properties string[]]
[-Server string] [CommonParameters]
Get-ADServiceAccount -Filter string [-ResultPageSize int]
[-ResultSetSize Int32] [-SearchBase string]
[-SearchScope {Base | OneLevel | Subtree}]
[-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-Credential PSCredential]
[-Partition string] [-Properties string[]]
[-Server string] [CommonParameters]
Get-ADServiceAccount -LDAPFilter string [-ResultPageSize int]
[-ResultSetSize Int32] [-SearchBase string]
[-SearchScope {Base | OneLevel | Subtree}]
[-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-Credential PSCredential]
[-Partition string] [-Properties string[]]
[-Server string] [CommonParameters]
Key
-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}
The authentication method to use: Negotiate (or 0), Basic (or 1)
A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection is required for Basic authentication.
-Credential PSCredential
A user account that has permission to perform this action.
The default is the current user unless the cmdlet is run from an AD PowerShell provider drive
in which case the account associated with the drive is the default.
"MSAccount64" or "Domain01\MSAccount64" or a PSCredential object.
-Filter string
A query string that retrieves Active Directory objects.
This string uses the PowerShell Expression Language syntax:
filter ::= "{" FilterComponentList"}"
FilterComponentList ::= FilterComponent | FilterComponent JoinOperator FilterComponent | NotOperator FilterComponent
FilterComponent ::= attr FilterOperator value | "(" FilterComponent")"
FilterOperator ::= "-eq" | "-le" | "-ge" | "-ne" | "-lt" | "-gt"| "-approx" | "-bor" | "-band" | "-recursivematch" | "-like" | "-notlike"
JoinOperator ::= "-and" | "-or"
NotOperator ::= "-not"
attr ::= PropertyName | LDAPDisplayName_of_the_attribute
value::= <compare this value with an attr by using the specified FilterOperator>
-Identity ADServiceAccount
An AD service account object, specified with one of the following values.
(The identifier in parentheses is the LDAP display name for the attribute.)
Distinguished Name
Example: CN=WebAccount,CN=ManagedServiceAccounts, DC=corp,DC=SS64,DC=com
GUID (objectGUID)
Example: 599c3d2e-f72d-4d20-8a88-030d99495f20
Security Identifier (objectSid)
Example: S-1-5-21-3165297888-301567370-576410423-1103
Security Accounts Manager (SAM) Account Name (sAMAccountName)
Example: WebAccount$
The cmdlet searches the default naming context or partition to find the object.
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 an object instance.
This example shows how to set the parameter to a distinguished name.
-Identity "CN=WebAccount,CN=ManagedServiceAccounts,DC=corp,DC=SS64,DC=com"
This example shows how to set this parameter to a group object instance named "accountInstance".
-Identity $accountInstance
-LDAPFilter string
An LDAP query string that is used to filter AD objects.
Use this parameter to run existing LDAP queries.
See also Help about_ActiveDirectory_Filter.
For example to search an OU for names beginning with "sara".
-LDAPFilter "(name=sara*)" -SearchScope Subtree -SearchBase "DC=demo,DC=SS64,DC=com"
-Partition string
The distinguished name of an AD partition.
string 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.
Examples:
-Partition "CN=Configuration,DC=Europe,DC=Test,DC=SS64,DC=com"
-Partition "CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=Europe,DC=Test,DC=SS64,DC=com"
In many cases, a default value will be used for -Partition if no value is specified.
-Properties string[]
The properties of the output object to retrieve from the server (comma-separated list).
Use this parameter to retrieve properties that are not included in the default set.
To discover the properties available, use Get-Member
To display all of the attributes that are set on the object, specify * (asterisk).
Specify the property Name or for non default/extended properties, the LDAP Display Name of the attribute.
-ResultPageSize int
The number of objects to include in each page for an AD Domain Services query.
default = 256
-ResultSetSize Int32
The maximum number of objects to return for an AD Domain Services query.
To receive all objects, set this to $null. Ctrl+c will stop the query and return of objects.
default = $null.
-SearchBase string
An Active Directory path to search under.
e.g.
-SearchBase "ou=training,dc=demo,dc=ss64,dc=com"
-SearchScope
The scope of an AD search.
Possible values for this parameter are:
Base or 0 Search only the current path or object.
OneLevel or 1 Search the immediate children
Subtree or 2 Search the current path/object and all children
-Server string
The AD Domain Services instance to connect to, this may be a Fully qualified domain name,
NetBIOS name or Fully qualified directory server name (with or without port number).
Examples: demo.SS64.com demo demoDC02.demo.ss64.com demoDC02.demo.ss64.com:3268
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
-OutBuffer -OutVariable.
Get-ADServiceAccount gets a service account or performs a search to retrieve multiple service accounts.
The -Identity parameter specifies the AD service account to get. Identify a service account by
its distinguished name Members (DN), GUID, security identifier (SID), or Security Accounts Manager (SAM) account name. Alternatively set the parameter to a service account object variable, or pass a service account object through the pipeline.
To search for and retrieve more than one service accounts, use the -Filter or -LDAPFilter parameters.
Examples
Retrieve Service-Account with samAccountName 'SS64':
PS C:\> Get-ADServiceAccount -Identity SS64
Retrieve the Service account with a given SID:
PS C:\> Get-ADServiceAccount -Identity S-1-5-21-169507390-2970359163-3438059097-29772
Find the Service Accounts installed on the computer "CN=Server64,DC=SS64,DC=com":
PS C:\> Get-ADServiceAccount -Filter {HostComputers -eq "CN=Server64, DC=SS64,DC=com" }
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Related PowerShell Cmdlets:
Set-adServiceAccount - Modify an AD service account.
Get-adComputerServiceAccount - Get the service accounts that are hosted by an AD computer.
Active Directory Management Gateway Service - Required to manage AD Domain Services with PowerShell.
docs.microsoft.com - Configure Standalone and Group Managed Service Accounts.