Difference between revisions of "Create an AD user using Quest cmdlets"

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New-QADUser (Quest cmdlet)

Create a new user account.

Syntax

     New-QADUser [-Name] String [-ParentContainer IdentityParameter] ADProperties
        -UserPassword String [-AccountExpires Nullable] [-PasswordNeverExpires]
           [-UserMustChangePassword] TerminalServiceProperties
              [-UserPassword String] Advanced_Options
                 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]

Key

  -identity    The Distinguished Name (DN), Canonical Name, GUID or, where applicable,
               the Domain\Name, UPN or SID of the object you wish to find. 

  -AccountExpires
               Set the account expiration date

  -PasswordNeverExpires
               Set to True to never expire the account password

  ADProperties
               Set object properties:
               [-Manager IdentityParameter] [-City String] [-Company String]
               [-Department String] [-Fax String] [-FirstName String]
               [-HomePhone String] [-Initials String]  [-LastName String]
               [-MobilePhone String] [-Notes String] [-Office String]
               [-Pager String] [-PhoneNumber String] [-PostalCode String]
               [-PostOfficeBox String] [-SamAccountName String] [-StateOrProvince String]
               [-StreetAddress String] [-Title String] [-UserPrincipalName String]
               [-WebPage String] 
               [-ProfilePath String] [-LogonScript String] [-Email String] ?
               [-Description String] [-DisplayName String] 

 Advanced_Options:
               [-ObjectAttributes ObjectAttributesParameter] 
               [-ExcludedProperties String[]] [-IncludedProperties String[]]
               [-DeserializeValues] [-UseDefaultExcludedProperties] 
               [-Proxy] [-UseGlobalCatalog] [-Service String]
               [-ConnectionAccount String] [-ConnectionPassword SecureString] 
               [-Credential PSCredential] [-Connection ArsConnection]

Notes: By default New-QADUser will connect to any available domain controller with the credentials of the locally logged on user, to connect to a specific domain controller using a specific account, either use the advanced options (-Proxy/-Service/-ConnectionAccount) or use the Connect-QADService cmdlet to make the connection.

Examples

Create a user called 'user64'

PS C:> New-QADUser -name 'user64' -ParentContainer 'CN=Users,DC=SS64,DC=com' -samAccountName 'user64' -UserPassword 'Pass123'

Create a user called 'user65'

PS C:> $pass = read-host "Enter password" -AsSecureString

PS C:> New-QADUser -name 'user65' -ParentContainer 'CN=Users,DC=SS64,DC=com' -samAccountName 'user65' -UserPassword $pass

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