Powershell script not reading AD phone numbers

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I am trying to edit the formatting of a group of user's phone numbers in AD. Specifically, replacing '-' characters with ' '. However, I do not seem to be able to access the existing phone number, which I need to do to replace the characters. I understand the -OfficePhone flag under Set-ADUser sets the telephoneNumber attribute, which seems to be working and the telephoneNumber attribute is there with the expected value in Attribute Editor as well. However when I try to access $user.telephoneNumber it comes up blank.

Here is my code, commented with what works/what doesn't and some behaviors:

foreach ($user in $users) {
    # Works. Prints out various basic attributes of user
    Write-Output $user

    # Doesn't work. Prints blank
    Write-Output $user.telephoneNumber

    # Works
    Set-ADUser -Identity $user -OfficePhone '555555555'
}
powershell active-directory windows
1 Answers

As AdminOfThings has stated, you need to make the property accessible. You do this by using the -Properties parameter on the Get-ADUser command. Here is an example:

Get-ADUser -Identity USER_NAME -Properties TelephoneNumber

If you wanted to get all the properties back, you can use:

Get-ADUser -Identity USER_NAME -Properties *
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