Retrieves central access policies from Active Directory.
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Microsoft ActiveDirectory reference: Retrieves central access policies from Active Directory. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.
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Supported environments
Windows / ActiveDirectory · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply
Parameters
-AuthType
Specifies the authentication method to use. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - Negotiate or 0 - Basic or 1 The default authentication method is Negotiate. A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection is required for the Basic authentication method.
-Credential
Specifies the user account credentials to use to perform this task. The default credentials are the credentials of the currently logged on user unless the cmdlet is run from an Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell provider drive. If the cmdlet is run from such a provider drive, the account associated with the drive is the default. To specify this parameter, you can type a user name, such as User1 or Domain01\User01 or you can specify a PSCredential object. If you specify a user name for this parameter, the cmdlet prompts for a password. You can also create a PSCredential object by using a script or by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. You can then set the Credential parameter to the PSCredential object. If the acting credentials do not have directory-level permission to perform the task, Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell returns a terminating error.
-Filter (required)
Specifies a query string that retrieves Active Directory Domain Services objects. This string uses the Windows PowerShell expression language syntax. The Windows PowerShell expression language syntax provides rich type-conversion support for value types received by the Filter parameter. Specify the Filter parameter in one of the following formats: - To match a single filter element: {Attribute operator "value"} - To match multiple filter elements: {(Attribute1 operator1 "value1") joinOperator (Attribute2 operator2 "value2")} Windows PowerShell wildcards other than *, such as ?, are not supported by the Filter syntax. Valid filter operators are: -eq, -le, -ge, -ne, -lt, -gt, -approx, -bor, -band, -recursivematch, -like, -notlike Valid join operators are: -and, -or The not operator is -not. For a list of supported types for values, see about_ActiveDirectory_ObjectModel. For more information about the Filter parameter, see about_ActiveDirectory_Filter.
-Identity (required)
Specifies an Active Directory object by providing one of the following property values. The identifier in parentheses is the LDAP display name for the attribute.The acceptable values for this parameter are: - A distinguished name - A GUID (objectGUID) - A Security Identifier (objectSid) - A SAM account name (sAMAccountName)
-LDAPFilter (required)
Specifies a filter using the LDAP search filter syntax defined in RFC2254 to filter Active Directory Domain Services objects.
-Properties
Specifies the properties of the output object to get from the server. Use this parameter to get properties that are not included in the default set. Specify the properties to get as a comma separated list of names. To display all of the properties that are set on the object, specify an asterisk (*) wildcard. To specify an individual extended property, use the name of the property. For properties that are not default or extended properties, you must specify the LDAP display name of the attribute.
-ResultPageSize
Specifies the number of objects to include in one page for an Active Directory Domain Services query. The default value is 256 objects per page.
-ResultSetSize
Specifies the maximum number of objects to return for an Active Directory Domain Services query. If you want to get all of the objects, set this parameter to $null. You can use Ctrl+C to stop the query and the return of objects. The default value is $null.
-Server
Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services instance to connect to, by providing one of the following values for a corresponding domain name or directory server. The service may be any of the following: Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services, Active Directory Domain Services or Active Directory snapshot instance. Specify the Active Directory Domain Services instance in one of the following ways: Domain name values: - Fully qualified domain name - NetBIOS name Directory server values: - Fully qualified directory server name - NetBIOS name - Fully qualified directory server name and port The default value for this parameter is determined by one of the following methods in the order that they are listed: - By using the Server value from objects passed through the pipeline - By using the server information associated with the Active Directory Domain Services Windows PowerShell provider drive, when the cmdlet runs in that drive - By using the domain of the computer running Windows PowerShell
Prerequisites
Windows with the ActiveDirectory module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.
Security considerations
This is a read-oriented cmdlet; protect any sensitive results and check the documented effects of your selected parameters.
Examples
Example 1: Get a list off all central access policies
Get-ADCentralAccessPolicy -Filter *
This command retrieves a list of all central access policies. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.