Get-TombStoneObject

When you delete an object from Directory, the object is not physically removed from the database. Instead, Directory marks the object as deleted, strips most of the properties from the object and moves it to a special container. The object becomes invisible to normal directory operations and is referred to as a tombstone object.

The Get-TomStoneObject commandlet let you view the information of these tombstone objects.

Syntax

Get-TombstoneObject
[[-Identity] <string[]>]
[-SearchContainer <string[]>]
[-SearchContainersScopeList <string>]
[-ShouldReturnCollection]
[-MaxItemsToDisplay <int>]
[-ObjectType <string[]>]
[-LdapFilter <string>]
[-SmartFilter <string>]
[-ServerFilter <string>]
[-AttributesToLoad <string[]>]
[-IdentityStoreId <int>]
[-SecurityToken <CustomClaimsPrincipal>]
[-Credential <pscredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]

Required Parameter

• None

Example 1:

The following command retrieves all tombstone objects from Directory, using the credentials of current user logged-on to the identity store.

Get-TombStoneObject

Example 2:

The following command retrieves the tombstone group Event Management, using the credentials set in the $Credentials environment variable. For information about setting credentials, see Appendix A.

Get-TombStoneObject -identity "Event Management" -Credential $Cred

Example 3:

The following command retrieves all tombstone objects with display names starting with the letter S.

Get-TombStoneObject -LdapFilter "(CN = S*)"