Hello!
I'm so green at this and I've gotten frustrated as well!
I'm just trying to query Active Directory and get a list of Name that has W7NB or W10NB and the description.
$TestQADSnapin = get-pssnapin | where { $_.Name -eq "Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement"}
if($TestQADSnapin -eq $null)
{
add-pssnapin -Name Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
import-module ActiveDirectory
$global:date = get-date -Format yyyyMMdd
$global:ReportsFolder = "C:\Temp"
$searchString ="w7nb"
$computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter "$searchString" -Property Name,Description | Select -Property Name,Description
$computers | out-file $global:ReportsFolder\Laptops_$global:date.txt
Well, running that doesn't work so hot! I've tried putting a * after so it is like this w7nb* since there can be characters past the nb but the beginning of the name will always be w7 or w10.
Get-ADComputer : Error parsing query: 'w7nb' Error Message: 'syntax error' at position: '1'.
At C:\Temp\Laptops2.ps1:14 char:14
+ $computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter "$searchString" -Property Name,Description | ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [Get-ADComputer], ADFilterParsingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Error parsing query: 'w7nb' Error Message: 'syntax error' at position: '1'.,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADComputer
So I need a little schooling here! What I really need to do is buy a book! Would have been nice if Santa brought one but my wife wouldn't have a clue as to what and/or where to get it. /sigh
So any help would be most appreciated!
Cheers!
Dave
