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Counting Objects in Active Directory

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to retrieve the total number of objects that are stored in the Active Directory database.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to retrieve the total number of objects that are stored in the Active Directory database of the Fabrikam.com domain:

Get-ADObject -Filter {name -like '*'} -SearchBase 'CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=Fabrikam,DC=COM' -ResultSetSize $null | Measure-Object

Additional information

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Get-ADObject or Measure-Object, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Get-ADObject –detailed or Get-Help Measure-Object, and then press ENTER.