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Version: 2.1.0

Test-MtAdGroupChangeAveragePerYear

SYNOPSIS

Calculates the average group membership changes per year in Active Directory.

SYNTAX

Test-MtAdGroupChangeAveragePerYear [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This test analyzes the modification dates of groups and their memberships to calculate the average number of membership changes per year across all groups. This helps identify the rate of change in group membership and can highlight periods of high activity or potential security concerns.

The calculation includes:

  • Group creation dates
  • Group modification dates
  • Analysis of when membership changes likely occurred

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Test-MtAdGroupChangeAveragePerYear

Returns $true if data is retrievable.

PARAMETERS

-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: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

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.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.Boolean

NOTES

https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Test-MtAdGroupChangeAveragePerYear