Having problems utilizing multiple filters for a Get-ADComputers command

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I'm trying to get multiple filters to work getting a list of users' computers. My conditions are:

have logged in within the last 30 days
excluding any server operating
systems excluding servers that start with "Rose"
aren't disabled

It seems to work filtering out everything except the computer names that start with "Rose". The format is the same for all conditions. The $time has a get-date.adddays(-30) already loaded. Here's my 1-liner:

Get-adcomputer -filter "OperatingSystem -notlike '*server*'" -properties * |Where-Object {$_.LastLogonDate -gt $time -and ($_.Enabled -eq $true) -and ($_.name -ne 'Rose*')} |select name,lastlogondate,PrimaryGroup |Export-Csv C:\Users.csv

I tried to load the -filter property with my conditions but I couldn't get more than 1 filter to work, so I moved them to the where-object section.

You need to use -like or -match if you want to use wildcards. — Doug Maurer
– Doug Maurer, Commented Aug 12, 2020 at 19:35
I needed to use -notlike but yeah, that was the issue. Thanks! Make that a reply and not a comment so I can mark it as the answer. — Squirreljester
– Squirreljester, Commented Aug 12, 2020 at 22:15

Doug Maurer · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-12 22:33:32Z

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The operator -ne does not support wildcards. From the about_operators help page:

The comparison operators also include operators that find or replace patterns in text. The (-match, -notmatch, -replace) operators use regular expressions, and (-like, -notlike) use wildcards *.

You should be able to use -notlike or -notmatch instead.

answered Aug 12, 2020 at 22:33

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