PowerShell Command to update adm-CustomAttribute fields

Question

What would the PowerShell command be to modify a CustomAttribute field?

For example, if I wanted to modify a user and change adm-CustomAttributeText1 to be the contents of $HomeEmail?

Answer 1

Hello,

You can update custom attributes the same as updating any other properties of AD objects. Note, however, that you are able to modify Adaxes custom attributes only when operations are performed via Adaxes service. That is, for this purpose, you'll need to use either cmdlets from Adaxes powerShell module or Adaxes ADSI API.

If you are using Adaxes PowerShell Module, you can call the Set-AdmUser cmdlet for this purpose and specify the -AdaxesService parameter when calling it, for example:

Set-AdmUser "CN=John Doe,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com" -Add @{"adm-CustomAttributeText1"=$HomeEmail} -AdaxesService localhost

If you prefer using the ADSI API, you can do as follows:

$user = $admService.OpenObject("Adaxes://CN=John Doe,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com", $NULL, $NULL, 0)

$user.Put("adm-CustomAttributeText1", $HomeEmail)
$user.SetInfo()

Comments

Thanks! Worked great!

I think I was missing the "-AdaxesService localhost" at the end of the command.

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why can't we do the same with get-admuser?

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Hello,

The Get-AdmUser cmdlet is used only for getting Active Directory users, not for updating which is done using the Set-AdmUser cmdlet. For more details, have a look at the following SDK articles:
Get-AdmUser
Set-AdmUser