Check user exist in AD with powershell

[avanis]

I have a condition to check if user exist in AD so that while rehiring we do not create a new userid for the same user who has a deactivated account and reactivate the same account.

I found ways to to do that via AD activities but that uses LDAP.

I do not have LDAP and want to do the same via powershell script.

Can anyone help how to do that.

[avanis]

{

      "hresult": "-2146233088",

      "output": "\n",

      "errorMessages": "\nCannot find an object with identity: 'F090900' under: 'DC=eu,DC=t-u,DC=outer'.Stack Trace:       at Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.ADFactoryUtil.GetObjectFromIdentitySearcher(ADObjectSearcher searcher, ADEntity identityObj, String searchRoot, AttributeSetRequest attrs, CmdletSessionInfo cmdletSessionInfo, String[]& warningMessages)at Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.ADFactory`1.GetExtendedObjectFromIdentity(T identityObj, String identityQueryPath, ICollection`1 propertiesToFetch, Boolean showDeleted)at Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.ADGetCmdletBase`3.ProcessRecordOverride()at Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.ADCmdletBase.ProcessRecord()\n",

      "eccSysId": "e02d42766f74c30005360519ea3ff4ea",

      "tags": {

              "__text__": "\n"

      }

}

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi Avani,

For using AD and powershell you want to have LDAP present in the instance.

Regards

Ankur

[adilrathore]

I checked the discussions on the form and it seems to be a credential issue. Check the below discussion:

To add/remove users into an Active Directory group

[avanis]

But since it is working fine when user exist, how can it be a credential issue.

Its just that when IF is not working, it is not going in else.