Searching the Global Catalog
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to connect to and search the global catalog.
Example
The following example demonstrates how to connect to and search the global catalog for all the users in the Fabrikam forest:
Get-ADObject -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "users"' –Server corp-DC12:3268 -SearchBase 'DC=Fabrikam,DC=com' -Properties Name,sAMAccountName | FT Name,sAMAccountName
Additional information
For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Get-ADObject, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Get-ADObject –detailed, and then press ENTER.