Find AD users with blank (empty or null) DisplayName

Question

_{Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:34 PM}

I am using Get-ADUser to find users with a blank displayname value. I can't find a way to do this with -Filter. Instead I am doing

this:

$Users=Get-ADUser-Filter* |where{$_.displayname -ne$null}

Is it possible to do it with the -Filter?

Thanks,

Paul

All replies (3)

_{Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:48 PM}

Good approach, server side filters are much better. Use the ldapfilter for that, like this.

get-aduser -LDAPFilter "(!displayname=*)"

Update: Richard's example is the same, PowerShell converted to Ldap. 

Cheers,

Ruud
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_{Tuesday, February 21, 2017 5:29 PM}

I have tested and both work. Thanks for helping me with a simpler script.

_{Friday, February 28, 2020 6:14 PM}

Thanks for posting your example where clause. It was very useful for me.

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