AdsiPS

AdsiPS is a PowerShell module to interact with Active Directory using ADSI and the System.DirectoryServices namespace (.NET Framework)

This module currently only works on Windows Operating Systems.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome via pull requests and issues. Please see our contributing guide for more details

Only from PowerShell version 5

Install-Module -name ADSIPS

Download the repository
Unblock the zip file
Extract the folder to a module path (e.g. $home\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules)
Run build.ps1 (exists in project root).
- NOTE: If you get an error after running build.ps1 - please use build.ps1 -InstallDependencies
build.ps1 creates a folder called ~\buildoutput\AdsiPs in the directory which AdsiPs was saved to
Inside of \buildoutput\AdsiPs there is a file called AdsiPs.psm1
Run Import-Module -Path "C:\Path\To\buildoutput\AdsiPs\AdsiPs.psm1" to import the AdsiPs module

Learning Active Directory: We can't see the code behind the Microsoft ActiveDirectory Module and Quest ActiveDirectory Snapin. This module is a great way to explore and learn on how Active Directory is working,
Delegation: Active Directory queries need to be performed by a tool (GUI for example) and you don't want it to load AD module. Additionally you don't know who will use the tool and if they have/can/know how to install the module,
Performance: ADSI is faster,
Restricted environment: Sometime ActiveDirectory Module is not available/ or can't install it on a machine.

MSDN is a great resource if you want to find more information on the NET classes to use. See System.DirectoryServices

Interesting projects using different approaches to reach out to Active Directory in PowerShell/c#