Hint: Enable View > Advanced Features in the AD GUI to view all the properties a user has.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Import the AD Module<\/strong><\/p>\n Add a new AD User<\/p>\n Get an AD User<\/strong><\/p>\n Get-ADUser <username><\/p>\n This returns the user data as an Object.<\/p>\n Assign the user to a variable<\/strong><\/p>\n Now you can manipulate or display what ever data you need.<\/p>\n Note: When running from the Powershell cli, you can press <Tab> after the ‘.’ to scroll through the available properties.<\/em><\/p>\n Set-ADUser<\/strong><\/p>\n Add-ADGroupMember<\/strong><\/p>\n Remove-ADGroupMember<\/strong><\/p>\n Note: Will require confirmation – Are you sure?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Using Powershell with Active Directory Hint: Enable View > Advanced Features in the AD GUI to view all the properties a user has. Import the AD Module Import-Module ActiveDirectory Add a new AD User #New-ADUser -Name “<Full Name>” -GivenName “<Firstname>” -Surname “<Lastname>” -SamAccountName “<shortname>” -UserPrincipalName “<email@address.tld>” -Path “OU=Administration,OU=Staff,OU=STARWARS,DC=starwars,DC=com” -AccountPassword(ConvertTo-SecureString “<Password>” -AsPlainText -force) -Enabled $true New-ADUser ..<\/p>\nImport-Module ActiveDirectory<\/pre>\n
#New-ADUser -Name \"<Full Name>\" -GivenName \"<Firstname>\" -Surname \"<Lastname>\" -SamAccountName \"<shortname>\" -UserPrincipalName \"<email@address.tld>\" -Path \"OU=Administration,OU=Staff,OU=STARWARS,DC=starwars,DC=com\" -AccountPassword(ConvertTo-SecureString \"<Password>\" -AsPlainText -force) -Enabled $true\r\nNew-ADUser -Name \"Luke Skywalker\" -GivenName \"Luke\" -Surname \"Skywalker\" -SamAccountName \"lskywalker\" -UserPrincipalName \"lskywalker@starwars.com\" ...<\/pre>\n
$user = Get-ADUser <username><\/pre>\n
Write-Host $user.GivenName<\/pre>\n
Setting User Properties<\/h3>\n
#Set-ADUser -Identity <SamAccountName> -<property> <NewValue>\r\nSet-ADUser -Identity fbaggins -Surname Roberts<\/pre>\n
Resetting a Password<\/h4>\n
Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity <SamAccountName> -Reset -NewPassword(ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText \"<NewSecurePassword>\" -Force)<\/pre>\n
Managing Groups<\/h3>\n
Adding a User to a Group<\/h4>\n
#Add-ADGroupMember -Identity <GroupName> -Members <SamAccountName>\r\nAdd-ADGroupMember -Identity Fellowship -Members fbaggins<\/pre>\n
Removing a user from a group<\/h4>\n
#Remove-ADGroupMember -Identity <GroupName> -Members <SamAccountName><\/pre>\n