internal/functions/Resolve-ADEntity.ps1

function Resolve-ADEntity {
<#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Resolve an active directory identity into SID.
     
    .DESCRIPTION
        Resolve an active directory identity into SID.
     
    .PARAMETER Name
        The name of the entity to resolve.
        Can be a distinguished name, SID, SamAccountName, NT Account or User Principal Name.
        AD entity can be anything that holds a SID / SamAccountName.
         
        Will try to resolve identities acress all domains in the forest if ambiguous.
        It will prefer the current domain over others.
     
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> Resolve-ADEntity -Name max
     
        Resolves the user max as a SamAccountName
#>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]
        $Name
    )
    
    begin {
        #region Utility Functions
        function ConvertFrom-Name {
            [CmdletBinding()]
            param (
                [string]
                $Name
            )
            
            $result = [PSCustomObject]@{
                Username = ""
                Type     = "unknown"
                Domain   = ""
                SID         = ""
                Input    = $Name
            }
            
            # Case: User Principal Name
            if ($Name -match '^[\d\w-_\.]+@[\d\w-_\.]+') {
                $result.Username = $Name
                $result.Type = 'UPN'
                $result.Domain = ($Name -split "@")[-1]
                return $result
            }
            
            # Case: Distinguished Name
            if ($Name -like "*,DC=*") {
                $result.Username = $Name
                $result.Type = 'DN'
                $result.Domain = ($Name -split ",DC=" | Select-Object -Skip 1) -join "."
                return $result
            }
            
            # Case: SID
            if ($Name -as [System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) {
                $result.Username = $Name
                $result.SID = $Name
                $result.Type = 'SID'
                $result.Domain = ($Name -as [System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).Domain.Value
                return $result
            }
            
            # Case: NT Account
            if ($Name -like "*\*") {
                $domain, $user = $Name -split '\\'
                $result.Username = $user
                $result.Type = 'NT'
                $result.Domain = $domain
                return $result
            }
            
            # Case: SamAccountName
            $result.Username = $Name
            $result.Type = 'SAM'
            $result
        }
        
        function New-Entity {
            [CmdletBinding()]
            param (
                [string]
                $Name,
                
                [string]
                $SID,
                
                [string]
                $Domain
            )
            [PSCustomObject]@{
                Name   = $Name
                SID    = $SID
                Domain = $Domain
            }
        }
        #endregion Utility Functions
    }
    process {
        $resolvedName = ConvertFrom-Name -Name $Name
        if ($resolvedName.Type -eq 'SID') {
            New-Entity -Name $resolvedName.Username -SID $resolvedName.SID -Domain $resolvedName.Domain
            return
        }
        
        if ($resolvedName.Type -eq 'DN') {
            $adObject = Get-LdapObject -LdapFilter "(distinguishedName=$($resolvedName.Username))" -Server $resolvedName.Domain -Property ObjectSID, SamAccountName
        }
        else {
            $domains = Get-PSFTaskEngineCache -Module Roles -Name DomainCache | Sort-Object { $_.DNSRoot.Length }
            if ($resolvedName.Type -eq 'NT') { $domains = $domains | Where-Object NetBIOSName -EQ $resolvedName.Domain }
            if ($resolvedName.Type -eq 'UPN') {
                $domains = do {
                    $domains | Where-Object DNSRoot -EQ $resolvedName.Domain
                    $domains | Where-Object DNSRoot -Ne $resolvedName.Domain
                }
                while ($false)
            }
            if ($resolvedName.Type -eq 'SAM') {
                $domains = do {
                    $domains | Where-Object DNSRoot -EQ $env:USERDNSDOMAIN
                    $domains | Where-Object DNSRoot -Ne $env:USERDNSDOMAIN
                }
                while ($false)
            }
            $adObject = $null
            foreach ($domain in $domains) {
                $adObject = Get-LdapObject -LdapFilter "(samAccountName=$($resolvedName.Username))" -Server $domain.DNSRoot -Property ObjectSID, SamAccountName
                if ($adObject) {
                    $resolvedName.Domain = $domain.DNSRoot
                    break
                }
            }
        }
        if (-not $adObject) { throw "AD Object not found: $($Name)" }
        
        New-Entity -Name $adObject.SamAccountName -SID $adObject.ObjectSID -Domain $resolvedName.Domain
    }
}