Get ADUser attributes without Get-ADUser - powershell

Question

Is it possible to get current users AD attributes without Get-ADUser?
Am new to powershell. I need to get few attributes like title, email & department for user.
I tried use :
get-wmiobject -Class win32_useraccount -Filter "name='John.Doe'" | select *
PSComputerName : NY-Z343
Status : OK
Caption : BEAZL-INC\john.doe
PasswordExpires : False
__GENUS : 2
__CLASS : Win32_UserAccount
__SUPERCLASS : Win32_Account
__DYNASTY : CIM_ManagedSystemElement
__RELPATH : Win32_UserAccount.Domain="BEAZL-INC",Name="john.doe"
__PROPERTY_COUNT : 16
__DERIVATION : {Win32_Account, CIM_LogicalElement, CIM_ManagedSystemElement}
__SERVER : NY-Z343
__NAMESPACE : rootcimv2
__PATH : \BEAZL-INCrootcimv2:Win32_UserAccount.Domain="BEAZL-INC",Name="john.doe"
AccountType : 512
Description : Dude account for gaming
Disabled : False
Domain : BEAZL-INC
FullName : John Doe
InstallDate :
LocalAccount : False
Lockout : False
Name : john.doe
PasswordChangeable : True
PasswordRequired : False
SID : S-1-5-21-3384058-193304-10174538-501
SIDType : 1
Scope : System.Management.ManagementScope
Path : \\NY-Z343\root\clmv2:Win32_UserAccount.Domain="BEAZL-INC",Name="john.doe"
Options : System.Management.ObjectGetOptions
ClassPath : \\NY-Z34\root\clmv2:Win32_UserAccount
Properties : {AccountType, Caption, Description, Disabled...}
SystemProperties : {__GENUS, __CLASS, __SUPERCLASS, __DYNASTY...}
Qualifiers : {dynamic, Locale, provider, UUID}
Site :
Container :

Answer 1

Yes, you can use [adsisearcher], which is a type accelerator for .NET's DirectorySearcher class. This doesn't require installing anything additional.
Here's an example that will search for a user by the name attribute and return the title, mail, and department attributes:
# This is the search filter
$searcher = [adsisearcher]"(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person)(name=John.Doe))"
# List all the propterties you want to use
$searcher.PropertiesToLoad.AddRange(#("title", "mail", "department"))
# By default, it will search the same domain as the logged in user.
# If you need to search a different domain, uncomment and edit this line.
# $searcher.SearchRoot = [adsi]"LDAP://example.com"
$user = $searcher.FindOne()
$title = $user.Properties["title"][0]