Searching Through AD
Server 2012 R2 with AD. How would i go about searching through AD using ADSI Edit for references/instances of an object? I dont see a "search/find" option in ADSI. Is it possible?
September 14th, 2015 5:21pm

ADSI Edit does not have a "find" or search feature. But you can use ADUC. On the "View" menu you can select "Filter Options", then "Customize" and create a filter to find objects in AD.

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September 14th, 2015 5:43pm

It actually does. But it is not trivial since the wizard is extremely limited. So unless you know your LDAP finger like the back of your hand, you can venture and try... Right click on your connection object pick New > Query...

Good luck :)

September 14th, 2015 7:32pm

ADSI Edit does not have a "find" or search feature. But you can use ADUC. On the "View" menu you can select "Filter Options", then "Customize" and create a filter to find objects

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September 14th, 2015 8:50pm

check out this link, it might help: http://www.minasi.com/newsletters/nws1002.htm

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September 14th, 2015 10:14pm