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Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit

Gets an administrative unit.

Syntax

GetQuery (Default)

Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit

    [-Top <Int32>]
    [-All]
    [-Filter <String>]
    [-Property <String[]>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

GetById

Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit

    -AdministrativeUnitId <String>
    [-All]
    [-Property <String[]>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit cmdlet gets a Microsoft Entra ID administrative unit. Specify AdministrativeUnitId parameter to get a specific administrative unit.

Examples

Example 1: Get all administrative units

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'AdministrativeUnit.Read.All'
Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit
DeletedDateTime Id                                   Description            DisplayName             Visibility
--------------- --                                   -----------            -----------             ----------
                dddddddd-3333-4444-5555-eeeeeeeeeeee  Updated Description    Updated DisplayName
                cccccccc-2222-3333-4444-dddddddddddd  testdemo               test1
                bbbbbbbb-1111-2222-3333-cccccccccccc                         TestAU
                aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb                         test_130624_09
                aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb  demotest               test111

This command gets all the administrative units.

Example 2: Get all administrative units using '-All' parameter

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'AdministrativeUnit.Read.All'
Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit -All
DeletedDateTime Id                                   Description            DisplayName             Visibility
--------------- --                                   -----------            -----------             ----------
                dddddddd-3333-4444-5555-eeeeeeeeeeee  Updated Description    Updated DisplayName
                cccccccc-2222-3333-4444-dddddddddddd  testdemo               test1
                bbbbbbbb-1111-2222-3333-cccccccccccc                         TestAU
                aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb                         test_130624_09
                aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb  demotest               test111

This command gets all the administrative units.

Example 3: Get a specific administrative unit

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'AdministrativeUnit.Read.All'
Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit -AdministrativeUnitId 'aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb'
DeletedDateTime Id                                   Description            DisplayName             Visibility
--------------- --                                   -----------            -----------             ----------
                aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb  Updated Description    Updated DisplayName

This example returns the details of the specified administrative unit.

  • -AdministrativeUnitId parameter specifies the ID of an administrative unit.

Example 4: Get administrative units filter by display name

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'AdministrativeUnit.Read.All'
Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit -Filter "DisplayName eq 'DAU-Test'"
DeletedDateTime Id                                   Description            DisplayName             Visibility
--------------- --                                   -----------            -----------             ----------
                aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb  Dynamic AU testing in CORP tenant    DAU-Test

This example list of administrative units containing display name with the specified name.

Example 5: Get top one administrative unit

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'AdministrativeUnit.Read.All'
Get-EntraAdministrativeUnit -Top 1
DeletedDateTime Id                                   Description            DisplayName             Visibility
--------------- --                                   -----------            -----------             ----------
                aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb  Dynamic AU testing in CORP tenant    DAU-Test

This example returns the specified top administrative units. You can use -Limit as an alias for -Top.

Parameters

-AdministrativeUnitId

Specifies the ID of an administrative unit in Microsoft Entra ID.

Parameter properties

Type:System.String
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False
Aliases:ObjectId

Parameter sets

GetById
Position:Named
Mandatory:True
Value from pipeline:True
Value from pipeline by property name:True
Value from remaining arguments:False

-All

List all pages.

Parameter properties

Type:System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Default value:False
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-Filter

Specifies an OData v4.0 filter statement. This parameter filters which objects are returned.

Parameter properties

Type:System.String
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

GetQuery
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:True
Value from pipeline by property name:True
Value from remaining arguments:False

-Property

Specifies properties to be returned.

Parameter properties

Type:

System.String[]

Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False
Aliases:Select

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-Top

Specifies the maximum number of records to return.

Parameter properties

Type:System.Int32
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False
Aliases:Limit

Parameter sets

GetQuery
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:True
Value from pipeline by property name:True
Value from remaining arguments:False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.