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Transfer group ownership from target user to their manager

Updated on: Jan 18, 2026, Views: 1192

Managers and subordinates

For all the groups owned (Managed By property) by the target user, the script changes the owner to the manager of the user. To execute the script, create a scheduled task configured for the Domain object type and add a managed domain to the Activity Scope of the task. The domain will only be used to trigger execution of the scheduled task.

If the $pipelined variable is set to $true, the update will go through the Adaxes pipeline to create log records, apply business rules, security roles, etc. If set to $false, the update will be performed directly in AD (Adaxes functionality will not be applied).

$pipelined = $True # TODO: modify me

# Get user manager.
try
{
    $managerDN = $Context.TargetObject.Get("manager")
}
catch
{
    $Context.LogMessage("User %fullname% does not have a manager.", "Warning")
    return
}

# Search parameters
$searcher = $Context.TargetObject
$searcher.Criteria = New-AdmCriteria "group"
$searcher.SearchScope = "ADS_SCOPE_BASE"
$searcher.PageSize = 500
$searcher.ReferralChasing = "ADS_CHASE_REFERRALS_NEVER"
$searcher.AttributeScopeQuery = "managedObjects"

try
{
    # Execute search
    $searchResultIterator = $searcher.ExecuteSearch()
    $searchResults = $searchResultIterator.FetchAll()
    
    if ($searchResults.Length -eq 0)
    {
        $Context.LogMessage("User %fullname% does not own any groups.", "Warning")
        return
    }
    
    foreach ($searchResult in $searchResults)
    {
        $group = $Context.BindToObjectBySearchResultEx($searchResult, $pipelined)
        $group.Put("managedBy", $managerDN)
        $group.SetInfo()
    }
}
finally
{
    # Release resources
    if ($searchResultIterator){ $searchResultIterator.Dispose() }
}

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