Translate-Canonical

Translate-Canonical.ps1

function Translate-Canonical {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Converts a user@fqdn to NT4 format.
    .LINK
    http://windowsitpro.com/active-directory/translating-active-directory-object-names-between-formats
    #>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [String]$User
    )

    $Domain = $User.split("@")[0]

    # Accessor functions to simplify calls to NameTranslate
    function Invoke-Method([__ComObject] $object, [String] $method, $parameters) {
        $output = $object.GetType().InvokeMember($method, "InvokeMethod", $NULL, $object, $parameters)
        if ( $output ) { $output }
    }
    function Set-Property([__ComObject] $object, [String] $property, $parameters) {
        [Void] $object.GetType().InvokeMember($property, "SetProperty", $NULL, $object, $parameters)
    }

    $Translate = new-object -comobject NameTranslate

    try {
        Invoke-Method $Translate "Init" (1, $Domain)
    }
    catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException] { }

    Set-Property $Translate "ChaseReferral" (0x60)

    try {
        Invoke-Method $Translate "Set" (5, $User)
        (Invoke-Method $Translate "Get" (3))
    }
    catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException] { $_ }
}