Private/Get-AdObjectType.ps1
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function Get-AdObjectType { [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'Medium')] Param ( # Param1 [Parameter(Mandatory = $true,HelpMessage = 'Add help message for user', ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, ValueFromRemainingArguments = $false, Position = 0)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] $Identity ) Begin { Write-Verbose -Message '|=> ************************************************************************ <=|' Write-Verbose -Message (Get-Date).ToShortDateString() Write-Verbose -Message (' Starting: {0}' -f $MyInvocation.Mycommand) #display PSBoundparameters formatted nicely for Verbose output $NL = "`n" # New Line $HTab = "`t" # Horizontal Tab [string]$pb = ($PSBoundParameters | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).TrimEnd() Write-Verbose -Message "Parameters used by the function... $NL$($pb.split($NL).Foreach({"$($HTab*4)$_"}) | Out-String) $NL" $ReturnValue = $null } Process { If($Identity -is [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADAccount]) { Write-Verbose -Message 'AD User Object' return [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADAccount]$ReturnValue = $Identity } If($Identity -is [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADComputer]) { Write-Verbose -Message 'AD Computer Object' return [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADComputer]$ReturnValue = $Identity } If($Identity -is [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AdGroup]) { Write-Verbose -Message 'AD Group Object' return [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AdGroup]$ReturnValue = $Identity } If($Identity -is [String]) { Write-Verbose -Message 'Simple String' $newObject = get-AdObject -filter { SamAccountName -eq $Identity } Switch ($newObject.ObjectClass) { 'user' { Write-Verbose -Message 'AD User Object from STRING' return [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADAccount]$ReturnValue = Get-AdUser -Identity $Identity } 'group' { Write-Verbose -Message 'AD Group Object from STRING' return [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AdGroup]$ReturnValue = Get-ADGroup -Identity $Identity } 'computer' { Write-Verbose -Message 'AD Computer Object from STRING' return [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AdGroup]$ReturnValue = Get-AdComputer -Identity $Identity } } } } End { Write-Verbose -Message "Function $($MyInvocation.InvocationName) finished getting AD object type." Write-Verbose -Message '' Write-Verbose -Message '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------' Write-Verbose -Message '' } } |