Often I face the problem in Active Directory knowing some part of a group name, but not the exact name neither the exact location.
To find an Active Directory object, from which you only know the middle part, you’d best use a Query.
In Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc), right-click Saved Queries -> click New -> click Query
In the new window, give the query a name, and click “Define Query”
Select “Custom Search” and type “CN=*creative*” or “CN=*anything_else*”
Click OK and you’re done. The query will now result all objects (CN = Common Name) with “Creative” in their name.
If you’re into Powershell, you can also use the following command to get the matching objects. Use something like this:
Get-ADObject -Filter {(name -like “*creative*”)}
or
Get-ADObject -Filter {(name -like “*anything_else*”)}
Nice!