Getting the Full DN of a user in:

Active Directory:

From the Active Directory server, open a Command Prompt. 

>dsquery user

Example of output:

>dsquery user

"CN=Test User, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"
"CN=Michael Jones, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"
"CN=Jon Smith, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"
"CN=John Doe, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"
"CN=Jane Doe, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"

This command lists the Full DN on all users and in all OUs.

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>dsquery user -name "name"

Example of output:

>dsquery user -name "John Doe"

"CN=John Doe, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"

This command will display the Full DN for the user "name"

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>dsquery user -name "john*

>dsquery user -name "John*

"CN=John Doe, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"

"CN=John Smith, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"

"CN=John Johnson, OU=Support,OU=Users,DC=Example,DC=Exp"

This command  will do a Wild Card search