Private/Convert-SamAccountNameToSID.ps1
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function Convert-SamAccountNameToSID { <# .SYNOPSIS Translates a SamAccountName to a SID. .DESCRIPTION Translates a SamAccountName to a SID. .PARAMETER domain The domain to search for the SamAccountName. .PARAMETER SamAccountName The SamAccountName to translate to a SID. .EXAMPLE Convert-SamAccountNameToSID -Domain "contoso" -SamAccountName "jdoe" Translates the SamAccountName "jdoe" to a SID. .COMPONENT TheCleaners #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( # The Domain [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string]$Domain, # The SamAccountName [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string]$SamAccountName ) $User = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($Domain,$SamAccountName) $SID = $User.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) $SID.Value } # End function Convert-SamAccountNameToSID |