CData Cmdlets for Active Directory

Overview

The CData Cmdlets PowerShell Module for Active Directory allows developers to write PowerShell scripts with connectivity to Active Directory. The cmdlets abstract the underlying data source into tables, views, and stored procedures that can be used to both retrieve and update data. The representation of Active Directory as a relational database gives the cmdlets a uniform interface and also enables you to execute SQL to Active Directory.

Key Features

• Real-time access to Active Directory data in Windows PowerShell, with comprehensive support for create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations.
• Pipe row objects directly from Active Directory into other cmdlets as input.
• Streamlined installation via the Powershell Gallery.

Getting Started

See Getting Started for an overview of how to connect to and query Active Directory data from PowerShell.

Advanced Features

Advanced Features details additional features supported by the cmdlet, such as defining user defined views, ssl configuration, remoting, caching, firewall/proxy settings, and advanced logging.

Active Directory Cmdlets

See the Active Directory Cmdlets section for a list of available Active Directory cmdlets, including their syntax and input parameters.

Defining Custom Views

User Defined Views provides syntax for exposing new, customized views using either DDL Statements or an explicitly defined JSON-formatted configuration file.

Advanced Features

Advanced Features details additional features supported by the cmdlet, such as defining user defined views, ssl configuration, remoting, caching, firewall/proxy settings, and advanced logging.

SQL Compliance

See SQL Compliance for a syntax reference and code examples outlining the supported SQL.

Data Model

Data Model lists the tables, views, and stored procedures available for the cmdlets.