How to use a variable in an AD filter string?

Question

I have following powershell script to get LDAP properties. I would like to pass the BadgeID as variable instead of hard coding it. The LDAP query is working with hard-coded Badg

Answer 1

Reverse the quotes of your filter expression:

Get-ADUser -Filter "BadgeID -like '*$BadgeID*'" ...

Variables are expanded in double-quoted strings, but not in single-quoted strings.