Get-ADGroupMembers.ps1
19 Sep 2025Description
Purpose
Get-ADGroupMembers
Detailed Description
This function exports the users within Active Directory groups that match a specified search string.
Usage
Example 1
Get-ADGroupMembers -GroupName "Domain Admins"
Outputs a list of users in the Active Directory groups matching the search string.
Notes
Author: Luke Leigh Date: 05/07/2023 Version: 0001 Changelog:
- initial version
Script
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Get-ADGroupMembers
.DESCRIPTION
This function exports the users within Active Directory groups that match a specified search string.
.PARAMETER GroupName
Specifies the name of the group to search for. This parameter supports wildcards.
.EXAMPLE
Get-ADGroupMembers -GroupName "Domain Admins"
Outputs a list of users in the Active Directory groups matching the search string.
.NOTES
Author: Luke Leigh
Date: 05/07/2023
Version: 0001
Changelog:
- initial version
.INPUTS
[string]GroupName
#>
function Get-ADGroupMembers {
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Default',
PositionalBinding = $true,
SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param
(
[Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Default',
Mandatory = $false,
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
Position = 1,
HelpMessage = 'Enter the group name that you want to search for. This field supports wildcards.')]
[String]$GroupName = '*'
)
begin {
# Update-FormatData -PrependPath "$PSScriptRoot\Get-ADGroupMembers.Format.ps1xml"
}
process {
if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("$GroupName", "Extract members of group")) {
$groups = Get-ADGroup -Filter "Name -like '$GroupName'"
foreach ($group in $groups) {
$groupMembers = Get-ADGroupMember -Identity $group.SamAccountName
foreach ($member in $groupMembers) {
if ($member.objectClass -eq "user") {
$user = Get-ADUser -Identity $member.SamAccountName -Properties *
Write-Output $user
}
}
}
}
}
}
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