Convert Get-ADUser to Get-PnPAzureADUser

December 21, 2022

We have the following Power shell code which connect to onpremsies AD:-

$HiringManger = Get-ADUser -Filter  {enabled -eq $True -and mail -eq test@***.com } -SearchBase "OU=Sites,dc=company-tech,dc=net"

and we want to convert Get-ADUser to Get-PnPAzureADUser . But when i tried the following i got this error:-

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $HRUser = Get-PnPAzureADUser -Filter  {AccountEnabled -eq $True -and Mail -eq test@***.com } -SearchBase "OU=Sites,dc=comapny-tech,dc=net"

Get-PnPAzureADUser : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'SearchBase'.
At line:1 char:114
+ ...  -and Mail -eq test@***.com } -SearchBase "OU=Sit ...
+                                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-PnPAzureADUser], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Principals.GetAzureADUser

Any advice ?

Thanks

>Solution :

Short answer: Get-PnPAzureADUser doesn’t have a -SearchBase parameter (see Documentation)

Longer answer: In Azure, there is no concept of OU’s. Everything is flat. Therefore there is no need for -SearchBase because there are no OU’s to filter/sort/group by.