Search for a User with a Specified Employee ID
Submitted By: Jeremy McGuinn
Language: VBScript
Description: Searches Active Directory for a specified Employee ID.
Script Code
ADS_CHASE_REFERRALS_SUBORDINATE = &h20
strEmpID = InputBox("Enter Employee ID")
dtStart = TimeValue(Now())
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
objConnection.Open "Provider=ADsDSOObject;"
Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.Properties("Chase Referrals") = _
ADS_CHASE_REFERRALS_SUBORDINATE
objCommand.CommandText = _
"<LDAP://dc=domainname,dc=org>;(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)" & _
"(employeeid=" & strEmpID & "));employeeid,name;subtree"
Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute
If objRecordset.RecordCount = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "The employeeID: " & strEmpID & " does not exist."
Else
WScript.Echo "The employeeID was found and belongs to user " & objRecordset.fields("name")
End If
objConnection.Close
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