Get-OUDelegations.ps1
19 Sep 2025Description
Purpose
Retrieves delegation information for Organizational Units (OUs) in Active Directory.
Detailed Description
The Get-OUDelegations function fetches and displays delegation details for OUs in Active Directory. It allows filtering by OU name, specific Active Directory rights, and includes an option for verbose output.
Usage
Example 1
Get-OUDelegations -OUFilter "Sales*" -VerboseOutput
This example retrieves delegation information for OUs that start with “Sales” and displays verbose output.
Example 2
Get-OUDelegations -RightsFilter GenericRead,GenericWrite
This example retrieves delegation information for OUs where the delegations include either GenericRead or GenericWrite permissions.
Notes
Requires the Active Directory module to be installed and available. The user running this command must have permissions to read Active Directory and OU objects.
Script
function Get-OUDelegations {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Retrieves delegation information for Organizational Units (OUs) in Active Directory.
.DESCRIPTION
The Get-OUDelegations function fetches and displays delegation details for OUs in Active Directory.
It allows filtering by OU name, specific Active Directory rights, and includes an option for verbose output.
.PARAMETER OUFilter
A string parameter to filter OUs by name. Uses wildcard pattern matching.
Default is "*", which matches all OUs.
.PARAMETER RightsFilter
An array of strings to filter the results by specific Active Directory rights.
Valid options include GenericAll, GenericRead, GenericWrite, CreateChild, DeleteChild, ListChildren,
Self, ReadProperty, WriteProperty, DeleteTree, ListObject, ExtendedRight, Delete, ReadControl,
WriteDacl, and WriteOwner. If not specified, no filtering on rights is applied.
.PARAMETER VerboseOutput
A switch parameter that enables verbose output. When used, additional details about the operation's progress are displayed.
.EXAMPLE
Get-OUDelegations -OUFilter "Sales*" -VerboseOutput
This example retrieves delegation information for OUs that start with "Sales" and displays verbose output.
.EXAMPLE
Get-OUDelegations -RightsFilter GenericRead,GenericWrite
This example retrieves delegation information for OUs where the delegations include either GenericRead or GenericWrite permissions.
.NOTES
Requires the Active Directory module to be installed and available.
The user running this command must have permissions to read Active Directory and OU objects.
.LINK
Get-ADOrganizationalUnit
Get-Acl
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
Position = 0,
HelpMessage = "Filter OUs by name.")]
[string]$OUFilter = "*",
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
Position = 1,
HelpMessage = "Filter by specific Active Directory rights.")]
[ValidateSet("GenericAll", "GenericRead", "GenericWrite", "CreateChild", "DeleteChild", "ListChildren",
"Self", "ReadProperty", "WriteProperty", "DeleteTree", "ListObject",
"ExtendedRight", "Delete", "ReadControl", "WriteDacl", "WriteOwner")]
[string[]]$RightsFilter,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
Position = 2,
HelpMessage = "Enable verbose output.")]
[switch]$VerboseOutput
)
# Initialize result array
$Result = @()
# Get all OUs in the domain matching the filter
if ($VerboseOutput) {
Write-Verbose "Fetching OUs with filter: $OUFilter"
}
$OUs = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter ("Name -like '{0}'" -f [System.Management.Automation.WildcardPattern]::Escape($OUFilter))
# Process each OU
ForEach ($OU In $OUs) {
$Path = "AD:\" + $OU.DistinguishedName
$ACLs = (Get-Acl -Path $Path).Access
# Process each ACL
ForEach ($ACL in $ACLs) {
If ($ACL.IsInherited -eq $False) {
$Rights = $ACL.ActiveDirectoryRights.ToString().Split(", ")
if (-not $RightsFilter -or ($RightsFilter | ForEach-Object { $_ -in $Rights })) {
# Create custom PSObject
$IdentityReference = try {
(New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($ACL.IdentityReference.Value)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]).Value
}
catch {
$ACL.IdentityReference.Value
}
$Delegation = [PSCustomObject]@{
OU = $OU.DistinguishedName
IdentityReference = $IdentityReference
ActiveDirectoryRights = $ACL.ActiveDirectoryRights
AccessControlType = $ACL.AccessControlType
}
$Result += $Delegation
}
}
}
if ($VerboseOutput) {
Write-Verbose "Processed OU: $($OU.DistinguishedName)"
}
}
# Return results as PSObjects
return $Result
}
# # Example usage
# $delegations = Get-OUDelegations -OUFilter "Sales*" -VerboseOutput
# $delegations | Format-Table -AutoSize
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