Clear-MtADCache
SYNOPSIS
Section titled “SYNOPSIS”Resets the local cache of Active Directory data. Use this if you need to force a refresh of the cache in the current session.
SYNTAX
Section titled “SYNTAX”Clear-MtADCache [[-Categories] <String[]>] [[-ComputerName] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]DESCRIPTION
Section titled “DESCRIPTION”By default all Active Directory data is cached and re-used for the duration of the session.
Use this function to clear the cache and force a refresh of the data from Active Directory.
EXAMPLES
Section titled “EXAMPLES”EXAMPLE 1
Section titled “EXAMPLE 1”Clear-MtADCacheThis example clears the cache of all Active Directory data.
EXAMPLE 2
Section titled “EXAMPLE 2”Clear-MtADCache -Categories DomainClears only the Domain category cache entries for all computers.
EXAMPLE 3
Section titled “EXAMPLE 3”Clear-MtADCache -ComputerName DC01Clears only DomainState entries associated with ComputerName DC01 for all categories.
PARAMETERS
Section titled “PARAMETERS”-Categories
Section titled “-Categories”An array of cache categories to clear. Valid values are: Domain, FineGrainedPasswordPolicies, Forest, Computers, Users, Groups, ServiceAccounts, DomainControllers, ReplicationSites, Subnets, OptionalFeatures, ReplicationConnections, DfsrSubscriptions, Trusts, OrganizationalUnits, SmbConfigurations, DNS, Configuration, Schema, Printers, DaclEntries.
Type: String[]Parameter Sets: (All)Aliases:
Required: FalsePosition: 1Default value: NoneAccept pipeline input: FalseAccept wildcard characters: False-ComputerName
Section titled “-ComputerName”The name of the computer whose DomainState entries should be cleared for the specified categories. If omitted, all computers are affected for the selected categories.
Type: StringParameter Sets: (All)Aliases:
Required: FalsePosition: 2Default value: NoneAccept pipeline input: FalseAccept wildcard characters: False-ProgressAction
Section titled “-ProgressAction”Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by Write-Progress.
Type: ActionPreferenceParameter Sets: (All)Aliases: proga
Required: FalsePosition: NamedDefault value: NoneAccept pipeline input: FalseAccept wildcard characters: FalseCommonParameters
Section titled “CommonParameters”This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.