Get-MsolUser

Updated: July 30, 2015

Applies To: Azure, Office 365, Windows Intune

Note



  • The cmdlets were previously known as the Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

The Get-MsolUser cmdlet can be used to retrieve an individual user, or list of users. An individual user will be retrieved if the ObjectId or UserPrincipalName parameter is used.

Syntax

Get-MsolUser [-City <string>] [-Country <string>] [-Department <string>] [-DomainName <string>] [-EnabledFilter <string>] [-HasErrorsOnly] [-LicenseReconciliationNeededOnly] [-LiveId <string>] [-MaxResults <int>] [-ReturnDeletedUsers] [-SearchString <string>] [-State <string>] [-Synchronized] [-TenantId <Guid>] [-Title <string>] [-UnlicensedUsersOnly] [-UsageLocation <string>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-MsolUser [-All] [-City <string>] [-Country <string>] [-Department <string>] [-DomainName <string>] [-EnabledFilter <string>] [-HasErrorsOnly] [-LicenseReconciliationNeededOnly] [-ReturnDeletedUsers] [-State <string>] [-Synchronized] [-TenantId <Guid>] [-Title <string>] [-UnlicensedUsersOnly] [-UsageLocation <string>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-MsolUser -ObjectId <Guid> [-ReturnDeletedUsers] [-TenantId <Guid>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

    -All [<SwitchParameter>]
        If present, then all results will be returned. Cannot be used with 
        MaxResults parameter.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -City <string>
        The city to filter results on.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -Country <string>
        The country to filter results on.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -Department <string>
        The department to filter results on.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -DomainName <string>
        The domain to filter results on. This must be a verified domain for 
        the company. All users with an email address (primary or secondary) on 
        this domain will be returned.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -EnabledFilter <string>
        The filter for enabled (or disabled) users. Possible values are All, 
        EnabledOnly, and DisabledOnly.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -HasErrorsOnly [<SwitchParameter>]
        The filter for only users with validation errors.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -LicenseReconciliationNeededOnly [<SwitchParameter>]
        The filter for only users that require license reconciliation.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -LiveId <string>
        The user ID of the user to retrieve.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -MaxResults <int>
        The maximum number of results returned for a search result. If not 
        specified, 500 results will be returned.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                500
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -ObjectId <Guid>
        The unique ID of the user to retrieve.
        
        Required?                    true
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       true (ByPropertyName)
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -ReturnDeletedUsers [<SwitchParameter>]
        If set, only users in the recycle bin will be returned.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -SearchString <string>
        The string to search for users. Only users with an email address or 
        display name starting with this string will be returned.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -State <string>
        The filter for the user's state.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -Synchronized [<SwitchParameter>]
        The filter for only users who are synchronized through Active 
        Directory synchronization.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -TenantId <Guid>
        The unique ID of the tenant to perform the operation on. If this is 
        not provided, then the value will default to the tenant of the current 
        user. This parameter is only applicable to partner users.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       true (ByPropertyName)
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -Title <string>
        The filter for the user's title.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -UnlicensedUsersOnly [<SwitchParameter>]
        The filter for only users who are not assigned a license.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -UsageLocation <string>
        The filter for the country where the services are consumed by the 
        user. This must be a two-letter country code.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -UserPrincipalName <string>
        The user ID of the user to retrieve.
        
        Required?                    true
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       true (ByPropertyName)
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    <CommonParameters>
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
        OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
        "get-help about_commonparameters".

Examples

The output is provided by Microsoft.Online.Administration.User. This cmdlet returns user objects, which include the following information:

  • AlternateEmailAddresses: Alternate email address of the user (external to ).

  • BlockCredential: Whether or not the user is able to sign in.

  • City: The user's city.

  • Country: The user's country.

  • Department: The user's department.

  • DisplayName: The user's display name.

  • Errors: An array of errors. These are validation errors that may result in loss of services.

  • Fax: The user's fax number.

  • FirstName: The user's first name.

  • ImmutableID: Only returned for federated users. This is the ID that is required to be federated with .

  • isBlackBerryUser: Returns whether or not the user has a BlackBerry device.

  • isLicensed: Whether or not the user has any licenses assigned.

  • LastDirSyncTime: The date and time of the last directory synchronization (only returned from users synced with through AD DS synchronization).

  • LastName: The user's last name.

  • LicenseReconciliationNeeded: Whether or not the user currently has a mailbox without a license. In this case, the user should be licensed with 30 days to avoid losing their mailbox.

  • Licenses: A list of the user's licenses.

  • LiveID: The user's unique login ID.

  • MobilePhone: The user's mobile phone number.

  • ObjectId: The user's unique ID.

  • Office: The user's office number.

  • OverallProvisioningStatus: Whether or not the user has been provisioned for their services.

  • PasswordNeverExpires: Whether the user's password should be forced to change every 90 days.

  • Phone Number: The user's phone number.

  • Postal Code: The user's postal code.

  • Preferred Language: The user's preferred language.

  • State: The user's state.

  • StreetAddress: The user's street address.

  • StrongPasswordRequired: Whether the user is required to set a strong password when they change their password. Strong passwords are recommended.

  • Title: The user's title.

  • UsageLocation: The country where the services are consumed by the user. This must be a two letter country code.

  • UserPrincipalName: The user ID of the user.

  • ValidationStatus: Whether or not the user has any errors.

Example 1

The following command retrieves all users in the company (up to 500 results).

Get-MsolUser

Example 2

The following command retrieves a list of enabled users (up to 2000 results).

Get-MsolUser -EnabledFilter EnabledOnly -MaxResults 2000

Example 3

The following command retrieves the user with the UPN johns@contoso.com

Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName johns@contoso.com

Example 4

The following command retrieves a user with the corresponding object ID.

Get-MsolUser -ObjectId <guid>

Example 5

The following command retrieves a list of users with "Tim" in the display name or email address (up to 500 results).

Get-MsolUser -SearchString "Tim"

Additional Resources

There are several other places you can get more information and help. These include:

See Also

Other Resources

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