Now that you are familiar with the Get-Command, let’s see how we can utilize it to get more detailed information about the object that you are looking at. There are several properties that we can review for Users and Computers. In order to see a list of all properties for an AD Computer, utilize the following command:

Get-ADComputer ComputerName -Properties *

By using an asterisk following “-Properties”, this will pull a comprehensive list of all properties associated with this device. As you will see, there are several property items listed. The command works the same for Get-ADUser:

Get-ADUser UserName -Properties *

Let’s try something more specific. For example, let’s say you wanted to pull the “description” field for this particular computer. That command would look like this:

Get-ADComputer ComputerName -Properties * |Select-Object Description

You can select multiple properties to view together this way. For example, let’s say you only wanted to see the Name, the description, and the Last Logon Date for a particular user. Obviously, you could just run the complete properties command. However, if you don’t need every property listed or you want to narrow it down to just those properties, you may want to run a command like this:

Get-ADUser UserName -Properties * |Select-Object Name, Description, LastLogonDate

You can use this method to narrow down multiple properties for AD Objects that you may need information for.