Export AD Users to CSV using Powershell Script

Export AD Users to CSV using Powershell Script

Description:

We can easily export Active Directory users to CSV file using Powershell cmdlets Get-ADUser and Export-CSV. In this article, I am going to write Powershell script samples to Export AD Users to CSV file and Export AD Users from Specific OU to CSV file using Powershell Script.

Summary:

• Export AD Users to CSV
• Export AD Users to CSV with Filter
• Export AD Users from Specific OU

Export AD Users to CSV using Powershell

The following command export the selected properties of all Active Directory users to CSV file. You can add more attributes as per your wish, refer this article:Get-ADUser Default and Extended Properties to know more supported AD attributes.

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Import-Module ActiveDirectory Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties * |  Select -Property Name,Mail,Department |  Export-CSV "C:\\AllADUsers.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8

Export AD Users to CSV with Filter using Powershell

This command export the selected properties to CSV file of AD users whose City contains the text 'Austin'.
Note: Refer this article:Get-ADUser Default and Extended Properties to know more supported AD attributes.

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Import-Module ActiveDirectory Get-ADUser -Filter 'City -like "*Austin*"' -Properties * |   Select -Property Name,City,Mail,Department,DistinguishedName |   Export-CSV "C:\\ADUsers.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8

Export AD Users by LDAP Filter:

Instead of SQL Like Filter, you can also use LDAP Filter to select only required users. Refer this article (AD LDAP Filter Examples) to get more LDAP filter examples. The below command exports all the users who are belongs to Admin department.

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Import-Module ActiveDirectory Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter '(Department=*Admin*)' -Properties * |   Select -Property Name,City,Mail,Department,DistinguishedName |   Export-CSV "C:\\AdminUsers.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8

Export ADUsers CSV output:

Export AD Users from specific OU to CSV using Powershell

We can set target OU scope by using the parameter SearchBase. This following command select all the AD users from the Organization Unit 'Austin' and export it to CSV file.

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Import-Module ActiveDirectory Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Austin,DC=TestDomain,DC=Local" -Properties * |  Select -Property Name,Mail,Department |  Export-CSV "C:\\AustinUsers.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8