Fast Way to Get User Attributes from AD Without using Get-ADUser
Get-ADUser is slow and cumbersome to get information from, and required the AD module to be installed on the computer. Here is a faster way to get information from AD, without that PowerShell Module. $objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher $objSearcher.SearchRoot = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry $objSearcher.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=User)(SamAccountname=$($loggedinUser)))" $objSearcher.SearchScope = "Subtree" $obj = $objSearcher.FindOne() #Use the attributes found in AD to get properties, with example used below $FullName =$obj.Properties["cn"] $JobTitle =$obj.Properties["description"] $StreetAddress =$obj.Properties["streetAddress"] $City =$obj.Properties["l"] $State =$obj.Properties["st"] $ZipCode =$obj.Properties["postalCode"] $PhoneNumber =$obj.Properties["homePhone"] $FaxNumber =$obj.Properties["facsimileTelephoneNumb...