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1st step to import the module active directory

Action Required:  Open Powershell ise,  

Cmdlet required is import-module activedirectory.  Now your ready to use cmdlets relating to AD.

get-adcomputer hostname  This will give you the location of which OU the ADcomputer is member of. 

Finding out an upn (user principal name).

cmdlet you can a wildcard. Cmdlet being for example....     

Get-ADUser -Filter {samaccountname -like "sophie*"}       This will return results for all Sophie's in AD 

To find out complete information on an User cmdlet is  Get-ADUser -Identity virgina.tuck -Properties * | Format-List    (virgina.tuck being the upn for example) 

Get-ADUser -Filter {samaccountname -like "sophie*"}