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AD cmdlets not working
I'm trying to locate users in Active Directory using a function. When I run the code in either ISE or Visual Studio Code, the lookup works. When I run the script in a PowerShell window the lookup doe...
No messages. I'm using the ISE to test version 5.x and VS Code to test version 7.x and they both work. Using both a 5.x or a 7.x window doesn't.
One other possibility - and it's so obvious I should have thought of it first, is that the PowerShell window session may not be able to see the module.
I don't know what Active Directory commands you're running as we have no example from you, but you can use Get-Command to see if the commandlet is resolvable:
Get-Command <Active Directory module commandlet>
For example:
Get-Command -Name Get-ADObject;
If you get nothing back from that, then your issue is that the PowerShell session does not know about the ActiveDirectory module.
This can be corroborated by running:
Get-Module -ListAvailable ActiveDirectory;
Cheers,
Lain