Public/Get-ADSIForest.ps1
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function Get-ADSIForest { <# .SYNOPSIS Function to retrieve the current or specified forest .DESCRIPTION Function to retrieve the current or specified forest .PARAMETER Credential Specifies alternative credential to use .PARAMETER ForestName Specifies the ForestName to query .EXAMPLE Get-ADSIForest .EXAMPLE Get-ADSIForest -ForestName lazywinadmin.com .EXAMPLE Get-ADSIForest -Credential (Get-Credential superAdmin) -Verbose .EXAMPLE Get-ADSIForest -ForestName lazywinadmin.com -Credential (Get-Credential superAdmin) -Verbose .OUTPUTS System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest .NOTES Francois-Xavier Cat LazyWinAdmin.com @lazywinadm github.com/lazywinadmin #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType('System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest')] param ( [Alias("RunAs")] [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential] [System.Management.Automation.Credential()] $Credential = [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]::Empty, $ForestName = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::Getcurrentforest() ) PROCESS { TRY { IF ($PSBoundParameters['Credential'] -or $PSBoundParameters['ForestName']) { Write-Verbose "[PROCESS] Credential or FirstName specified" $Splatting = @{ } IF ($PSBoundParameters['Credential']) { $Splatting.Credential = $Credential } IF ($PSBoundParameters['ForestName']) { $Splatting.ForestName = $ForestName } $ForestContext = New-ADSIDirectoryContext @splatting [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetForest($ForestContext) } ELSE { [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest() } } CATCH { Write-Warning -Message "[PROCESS] Something wrong happened!" Write-Warning -Message $error[0].Exception.Message } } } |