PowerShell: Get SID from AD (Active Directory) User / Group using PowerShell
To get the SID of an AD Object (User, Group, whatever) quickly, i recommend using PowerShell. When trying to get the SID using ADUC (Active Directory User and Computer Snap-in), you can not copy/paste the SID as a string since it is stored in a binary format. Now, to get the SID (Security Identifier) for a specific (AD) Active Directory Object using PowerShell use: $AdObj = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount ( & quot;ObjectName & quot; ) $strSID = $AdObj .Translate ( [ System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier ] ) $strSID .Value