How to Get AdGroupMember From Multiple Groups in PowerShell

We can use the command Get-ADGroupMember to get a list of members. These members are mainly from the ActiveDirectory.

Now the ActiveDirectory is a module containing a set of cmdlets mainly used to manage Active Directory members.

In this article, we are going to see how we can get the Group Members in PowerShell, and also we are going to discuss the topic by using examples and explanations to make the topic easier.

Get ADGroupMember From Multiple Groups in PowerShell

Use the Get-ADGroupMember cmdlet with the -Recursive parameter to get adgroupmember from multiple groups.

$groupNames = "Group1", "Group2", "Group3"

$results = @();

foreach ($group in $groupNames) {
    $results += (Get-ADGroupMember -Identity $group -Recursive)
}

$results | Format-Table -AutoSize

After executing the above example code, you will get an output like the one below.

If you don’t have any output like the above, your environment may not contain the ActiveDirectory. Use the steps below to fix this problem.

First of all, check whether you have ActiveDirectory. To do this, follow the example below.

Get-Module -Name ActiveDirectory

If you have ActiveDirectory, you will get an output like the one below.

ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Manifest   1.0.1.0    ActiveDirectory                     {Add-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember, Add-ADComputerServiceAccount, Add-ADDomainControllerPasswordReplicationPolicy, Add-ADFineGrained...

If you don’t see any output like the above, just run the below command to install ActiveDirectory.

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT.ActiveDirectory* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability -Online