KB ID 0001557

Problem

I was exporting a list of enabled Active Directory users to a CSV file for some documentation, the finished article was not what I was expecting;

Contents;

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Solution

This happens if you have used ‘Format-Table‘ in your PowerShell command. ‘Export-Csv’ does not like this, use ‘Select-Object‘ instead. e.g.

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DONT USE THIS
Get-ADuser -filter *|where {$_.enabled -eq "True"} | Format-Table Surname, GivenName, Enabled, SamAccountName, UserPrincipalName, Name, DistinguishedName | Export-Csv C:\Output\Enabled-Users.csv
USE THIS
Get-ADuser -filter *|where {$_.enabled -eq "True"} | Select-Object Surname, GivenName, Enabled, SamAccountName, UserPrincipalName, Name, DistinguishedName | Export-Csv C:\Output\Enabled-Users.csv

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