Get-ObjectIdentifierEx

Synopsis

Resolves object identifier value to a associated friendly name and vice versa and returns extended information.

Syntax

Get-ObjectIdentifierEx [-Value] <String> [[-Group] <OidGroup>] [-UseActiveDirectory] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Resolves object identifier value to a associated friendly name and vice versa. The cmdlet resolves both well-known OIDs (used in Internet PKI) and Active Directory forest specific registered OIDs.

The difference with Get-ObjectIdentifier here is a more detailed output information about OID registration and OID type.

The output of the command can be piped to Unregister-ObjectIdentifier command.

Parameters

-Value <String>

Specifies a string or strings that represents object identifier friendly name or value.

Required?	True
Position?	0
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-UseActiveDirectory <SwitchParameter>

Indicates that the command should attempt to search both local registry OID tables and OID registrations in Active Directory.

Note: This parameter is always enabled and cannot be disabled on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 computers.

Required?	False
Position?	named
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-Group <OidGroup>

Required?	False
Position?	1
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, InformationAction, InformationVariable,
WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable and OutVariable.
For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

System.String

Outputs

SysadminsLV.PKI.Cryptography.Oid2

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-ObjectIdentifierEx -Value sha1

Returns extended information about OID registration with friendly name 'sha1'.

Example 2

PS C:\> Get-ObjectIdentifierEx -Value "Company smart card policy" -UseActiveDirectory | Unregister-ObjectIdentifier

Gets information about OID registration with friendly name 'Company smart card policy' and deletes all OID registrations from local system and Active Directory.

Related links

Get-ObjectIdentifier
Register-ObjectIdentifier
Unregister-ObjectIdentifier

Minimum PowerShell version support

• Windows PowerShell 3.0

Operating System Support

• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10
• Windows 11
• Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions
• Windows Server 2012 all editions
• Windows Server 2012 R2 all editions
• Windows Server 2016 all editions
• Windows Server 2019 all editions
• Windows Server 2022 all editions