Can someone point me towards the script used by PDQ Inventory to get recursive Active Directory Groups of a computer?

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Joe Wiard

• December 03, 2021 19:35
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Can someone point me towards the script used by PDQ Inventory to get recursive Active Directory Groups of a computer?

EDIT: I've whipped this up myself. It seems to work. Here it is in case it can help someone else:

$tempUser = Read-Host "Gimme a username: "

$groupArray = @()
$tempGroups = @()

$groupArray += (get-aduser -identity $tempUser -properties memberof).memberof

While ((Compare-Object $groupArray $tempGroups).Length -ne 0)
{

$groupArray = $tempGroups

$tempGroups = @()

$tempGroups += (get-aduser -identity $tempUser -properties memberof).memberof

foreach ($group in $groupArray)
{
$tempGroups += (get-adobject -identity $group -properties memberof).memberof
}

}

$groupArray

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  Colby Bouma

  • December 03, 2021 18:20

  If you're referring to one of Inventory's built-in scanners, those are written in C#, not PowerShell.

  Are you looking to pull the same information without using Inventory?

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  Joe Wiard

  • December 03, 2021 19:35
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  I think I've come up with a script that does this. Here it is, for anyone with this same question. Hope it helps!
  
  
  

  $tempUser = Read-Host "Gimme a username: "

  $groupArray = @()
  $tempGroups = @()

  $groupArray += (get-aduser -identity $tempUser -properties memberof).memberof

  While ((Compare-Object $groupArray $tempGroups).Length -ne 0)
  {
  
  $groupArray = $tempGroups
  
  $tempGroups = @()
  
  $tempGroups += (get-aduser -identity $tempUser -properties memberof).memberof
  
  foreach ($group in $groupArray)
  {
  $tempGroups += (get-adobject -identity $group -properties memberof).memberof
  }
  
  }

  $groupArray

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  Joe Wiard

  • December 03, 2021 19:34

  Colby Bouma, thanks for that info! For some reason, I thought active directory info was gathered with PowerShell. Good to know. Yes, my goal was to get the same info with PowerShell, and I think I've come up with a script that works.

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