I have scripted a LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) query to demonstrate how to return multiple Active Directory objects in an OU or container that you specify. The script uses an OU argument and a filter to select users who match a sAMAccountName parameter, defines a list of attributes required, positions to the first record, and outputs a semi-colon (;) delimited file containing the distinguishedName, sAMAccountName, userPrincipalName, givenName, and sn attributes.
To use the GetUsersOU.vbs sample VBScript, see the following examples:
To display all the users in the OU_TEST,DC=JSIINC,DC=COM OU:
cscript //nologo c:\util\GetUsersOU.vbs "OU=OU_TEST,DC=JSIINC,DC=COM" *
To display all the users in the Users container:
cscript //nologo c:\util\GetUsersOU.vbs "CN=Users,DC=JSIINC,DC=COM" "*"
To display all the users in the domain whose user name (sAMAccountName) begins with a J:
cscript //nologo c:\util\GetUsersOU.vbs "DC=JSIINC,DC=COM" "J*"
NOTE: See tip 9843 » How can I use VBScript to return all the users in my domain?
GetUsersOU.vbs contains:
Dim objConnection, objCommand, OU Dim strFilter, strQuery, objRecordSet, objArgs Set objArgs = Wscript.Arguments if objArgs.Count " 'Define the filter elements strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=" & sam & "))" 'List all attributes you will require strAttributes = "distinguishedName,sAMAccountName,givenName,sn,userPrincipalName" 'compose query strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree" objCommand.CommandText = strQuery objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 99999 objCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 300 objCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute objRecordSet.MoveFirst Do Until objRecordSet.EOF strDN = objRecordSet.Fields("distinguishedName") strGN = objRecordSet.Fields("givenName") strsn = objRecordSet.Fields("sn") strSA = objRecordSet.Fields("sAMAccountName") strUN = objRecordSet.Fields("userPrincipalName") Wscript.Echo;" & strDN & ;& strSA & ;& strUN & ;& strGN & " objRecordSet.MoveNext Loop ' Clean up. objConnection.Close Set objConnection = Nothing Set objCommand = Nothing Set objRecordSet = Nothing& strsn &