How to add Active Directory powershell module

I’m going to show the steps how to add the AD module in your machine and in the server if you need to get information like run Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership to know what groups a specific user belongs.

To add this module in your local machine is quite easy. Install the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 package

But, to install it in a Windows Server for example you need to add this feature following the steps .

1. Open Server Manager Dashboard
2. Click Manage -> Add Roles and Features Wizard
3. Click next until to show the picture below in the item features

After install it (no restart needed) you can run import-module ActiveDirectory and run something like this:

Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership -Identity 'user_name' | Select-Object name

$groups = Get-ADGroup -Filter {name -like 'user_group'} -Properties * | Select -property name

foreach($group in $groups) {
    if($group.name -ceq 'Group trying to find') {
        $group.name
        Get-ADGroupMember -Identity $group.name | Where-Object objectClass -Like 'group' | Select-Object name
    }
}