Deleting groups

The following code sample deletes a group.

ADSI

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi")

# Connect to the Adaxes service
$ns = New-Object("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdmNamespace")
$service = $ns.GetServiceDirectly("localhost")

# Bind to the group
$groupDN = "CN=SalesGroup,CN=Groups,DC=domain,DC=com"
$group = $service.OpenObject("Adaxes://$groupDN", $null, $null, 0)

# Delete group
$group.DeleteObject("ADM_DELETEOBJECTFLAGS_AUTO")

PowerShell

Import-Module Adaxes

$identity = "SalesGroup" # sAMAccountName
# $identity = "CN=SalesGroup,CN=Groups,DC=domain,DC=com"  # DN
# $identity = "{EB5FEB21-E648-42AD-B86C-89D3C6807953}" # GUID
# $identity = "S-1-5-21-573937-2149998-410785" # SID

Remove-AdmGroup -Identity $identity -Server "domain.com" `
    -AdaxesService localhost -Confirm:$false

Deleting groups

See also