internal/functions/Resolve-ADPrincipal.ps1

function Resolve-ADPrincipal
{
<#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Resolves an AD Principal into a common format.
     
    .DESCRIPTION
        Resolves an AD Principal into a common format.
        Optimized for use with cross-domain migration procedures.
     
        Caches successful results.
        Returns empty values on unresolved users.
     
    .PARAMETER Name
        Name of the principal to resolve.
     
    .PARAMETER Domain
        Domain to resolve it for.
        Read access is required.
     
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> Resolve-ADPrincipal -Name 'contoso\max' -Domain 'contoso.com'
     
        Resolves the user max from contoso.com
#>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)]
        [string[]]
        $Name,
        
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)]
        [string]
        $Domain
    )
    
    begin
    {
        if (-not $script:principals) { $script:principals = @{ } }
        if (-not $script:principals[$Domain]) { $script:principals[$Domain] = @{ } }
        
        $domainFQDN = (Get-ADDomain -Server $Domain).DNSRoot
        $domainName = (Get-ADDomain -Server $Domain).Name
    }
    process
    {
        foreach ($identity in $Name)
        {
            # Return form Cache if available
            if ($script:principals[$Domain][$identity])
            {
                return $script:principals[$Domain][$identity]
            }
            
            #region Resolve User in AD
            if ($identity -as [System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
            {
                $adObject = Get-ADObject -Server $Domain -LDAPFilter "(objectSID=$identity)" -Properties ObjectSID
            }
            elseif (Test-IsDistinguishedName -Name $identity)
            {
                $adObject = Get-ADObject -Server ($identity | ConvertTo-DnsDomainName) -Identity $identity -Properties ObjectSID
            }
            elseif ($identity -like "*\*")
            {
                try { $sidName = ([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]$identity).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) }
                catch { continue }
                $adObject = Get-ADObject -Server $Domain -LDAPFilter "(objectSID=$sidName)" -Properties ObjectSID
                if (-not $adObject)
                {
                    $script:principals[$Domain][$identity] = [pscustomobject]@{
                        DistinguishedName = $null
                        Name              = $identity
                        SID                  = $sidName.Value
                        RID                  = $sidName.Value.ToString().Split("-")[-1]
                        Type              = 'Local BuiltIn'
                        IsBuiltin          = $true
                        DomainName          = $domainName
                        DomainFqdn          = $domainFQDN
                    }
                    $script:principals[$Domain][$identity]
                    continue
                }
            }
            else
            {
                try
                {
                    $sidName = ([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]$identity).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
                    if ($sidName.Value -like 'S-1-3-*')
                    {
                        $script:principals[$Domain][$identity] = [pscustomobject]@{
                            DistinguishedName = $null
                            Name              = $identity
                            SID                  = $sidName.Value
                            RID                  = $sidName.Value.ToString().Split("-")[-1]
                            Type              = 'Local BuiltIn'
                            IsBuiltin          = $true
                            DomainName          = $domainName
                            DomainFqdn          = $domainFQDN
                        }
                        $script:principals[$Domain][$identity]
                        continue
                    }
                    $adObject = Get-ADObject -Server $Domain -LDAPFilter "(objectSID=$sidName)" -Properties ObjectSID
                }
                catch
                {
                    $adObject = Get-ADObject -Server $Domain -LDAPFilter "(Name=$identity)" -Properties ObjectSID
                }
            }
            if (-not $adObject -or -not $adObject.ObjectSID) { continue }
            #endregion Resolve User in AD
            
            $script:principals[$Domain][$identity] = [pscustomobject]@{
                DistinguishedName = $adObject.DistinguishedName
                Name              = $adObject.Name
                SID                  = $adObject.ObjectSID.Value
                RID                  = $adObject.ObjectSID.Value.ToString().Split("-")[-1]
                Type              = $adObject.ObjectClass
                IsBuiltin          = ((($adObject.ObjectSID.Value.Split("-")[-1] -as [int]) -lt 1000) -or ($adObject.ObjectSID.Value -like 'S-1-5-32-*'))
                DomainName          = $domainName
                DomainFqdn          = $domainFQDN
            }
            $script:principals[$Domain][$identity]
        }
    }
}