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get-aduser command failing

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Hi everyone,

I am trying to run the following command:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Users,OU=COB,DC=mydomain,DC=local" -Properties * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

It works at first then hits 'something' in AD and throws an error:

Get-ADUser : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Users,OU=COB,DC=brampton,DC=ca" -Properties ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-ADUser], NullReferenceException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADUser

I don't really care what's causing it to fail, if it would just ignore whatever record it doesn't like and continued I would be fine with that.

Any suggestions?

Thursday, September 15, 2016 6:40 PM

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You can't ignore errorss of that type.

Try this first:
Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Users,OU=COB,DC=mydomain,DC=local"
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- Marked as answer by dbutch1976 Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:03 PM
Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:03 PM

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You can't ignore errorss of that type.

Try this first:
Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Users,OU=COB,DC=mydomain,DC=local"
\_(ツ)_/
- Marked as answer by dbutch1976 Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:03 PM
Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:03 PM
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That worked, not sure what's wrong, is '-properties *' causing it?

Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:03 PM
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Some properties may cause issues. Try just requesting the properties you need.
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:16 PM