Determining the SID for User Account

Determining the SID for a Local User Account

Here’s a simple script that returns the SID for a local user named mozaid:

	$objUser = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount("mozaid")
	$strSID = $objUser.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
	$strSID.Value

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Determining the SID for an Active Directory User Account

You can use the exact same approach to determine an Active Directory SID as you do for local user SID; the only thing is to include both the domain (fabrikam) and the user name (mozaid):

	$objUser = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount("domain", "mozaid")
	$strSID = $objUser.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
	$strSID.Value

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