Get-aduser compare attributes inside the -filter parameter

Question

Hello all,
What I would like to do is use the -filter parameter of get-aduser to compare 2 attributes within the search itself, instead of having to process the differences afterwards.
So here is how I normally use -filter:
get-aduser -filter {(name -like "*") -and (displayname -like "*")} -Properties displayname | `
Foreach-object{
If($_.name -eq $_.displayname){
"Match!"
As you can see, I have to get all the users and their properties first, and then subsequently I have to use a ForEach-Object loop to determine if there are any matches.
What I would like to do is do the comparison in the -filter parameter. Something like this:
get-aduser -filter {name -eq displayname}
However, I'm not aware of any way to compare attributes within -filter, and I wonder if anyone knows of a way? Or is a subsequent loop the only way to compare?

Answer 1

Hi,
You can use -and in the filter:
Get-ADUser -Filter "SamAccountName -eq 'smithr' -and GivenName -eq 'Robert'"
I'm not exactly sure if this is what you're asking about though.
EDIT: I think I know what you're asking now. AFAIK, there is no way to use -Filter to return users who have the same DisplayName attribute as their Name attribute. You need to have something concrete to test against inside of the filter.
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