DSquery user -office unknown parameter

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I'm trying to lookup a username from dsquery using the office parameter as we store IDs inside of the office parameter.

Any ideas on how to get their username?

I tried

dsquery user -office "IDHERE"

but I got an unknown parameter error.

Best Answer

dsquery does not have an attribute office. dsget does.

Something like this (untested) should to the job:

dsquery user -limit 0 | dsget user -full -office

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