Search-ADAccount

Search-ADAccount

Gets Active Directory user, computer, or service accounts.

Syntax

Search-ADAccount [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Search-ADAccount cmdlet retrieves one or more user, computer, or service accounts that meet the criteria specified by the parameters. Search criteria include account and password status. For example, you can search for all accounts that have expired by specifying the AccountExpired parameter. Similarly, you can search for all accounts with an expired password by specifying the PasswordExpired parameter. You can limit the search to user accounts by specifying the UsersOnly parameter. Similarly, when you specify the ComputersOnly parameter, the cmdlet only retrieves computer accounts.

Some search parameters, such as AccountExpiring and AccountInactive use a default time that you can change by specifying the DateTime or TimeSpan parameter. The DateTime parameter specifies a distinct time. The TimeSpan parameter specifies a time range from the current time. For example, to search for all accounts that expire in 10 days, specify the AccountExpiring and TimeSpan parameter and set the value of TimeSpan to "10.00:00:00". To search for all accounts that expire before December 31, 2012, set the DateTime parameter to "12/31/2012".

Parameters

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

  • None

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

  • Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADAccount

    Returns one or more account objects that meet the conditions set by the parameters.

Examples

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all users, computers and service accounts that are disabled.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled | FT Name,ObjectClass -A


Name            ObjectClass
----            -----------
Guest           user
krbtgt          user
krbtgt_51399    user
AmyAl-LPTOP     computer
DeepakAn-DSKTOP computer

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all users that are disabled.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled -UsersOnly | FT Name,ObjectClass -A


Name         ObjectClass
----         -----------
Guest        user
krbtgt       user
krbtgt_51399 user

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all users, computers and service accounts that are expired.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -AccountExpired | FT Name,ObjectClass -A


Name            ObjectClass
----            -----------
Greg Chapman    user
Claus Hansen    user
Tomasz Bochenek user

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all users, computers and service accounts that will expire in the next 6 days.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -AccountExpiring -TimeSpan 6.00:00:00 | FT Name,ObjectClass -A


Name           ObjectClass
----           -----------
Iulian Calinov user
John Campbell  user
Garth Fort     user

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 5 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all accounts that have been inactive for the last 90 days.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -AccountInactive -TimeSpan 90.00:00:00 | FT Name,ObjectClass -A


Name                        ObjectClass
----                        -----------
FABRIKAM-RODC1              computer
Guest                       user
krbtgt                      user
krbtgt_51399                user
Almudena Benito             user
Aaron Con                   user
Adina Hagege                user
Aaron Nicholls              user
Aaron M. Painter            user
Jeff Phillips               user
Flemming Pedersen           use

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 6 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all accounts where the password has expired.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -PasswordExpired | FT Name,ObjectClass -A


Name                        ObjectClass
----                        -----------
Stan Orme                   user
Danni Ortman                user
Matej Potokar               user

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 7 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all accounts with a password that will never expire.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -PasswordNeverExpires | FT Name,ObjectClass -A


Name           ObjectClass
----           -----------
Guest          user
Toni Poe       user
Anders Riis    user
Fabien Hernoux user

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 8 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all accounts that have been locked out.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -LockedOut | FT Name,ObjectClass -A

Name           ObjectClass
----           -----------
Toni Poe       user

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 9 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all disabled computer accounts.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled -ComputersOnly | FT Name,ObjectClass -A

Name           ObjectClass
----           -----------
TPOE-PC1       computer

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 10 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all accounts which expire on the 18th of March, 2009.

C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -AccountExpiring -DateTime "3/18/2009" | FT Name,ObjectClass -A

Name         ObjectClass
----         -----------
Anders Riis  user


-------------------------- EXAMPLE 11 --------------------------

Description

-----------

Returns all users, computers and service accounts that are disabled in the LDS instance: "FABRIKAM-SRV1:60000".

C:\PS>Search-AdAccount -AccountDisabled -SearchBase "DC=AppNC" -Server "FABRIKAM-SRV1:60000"

Enabled               : False
Name                  : SanjayPatel
UserPrincipalName     :
PasswordNeverExpires  :
LockedOut             : False
ObjectGUID            : d671de28-6e40-42a7-b32c-63d336de296d
ObjectClass           : user
SID                   : S-1-510474493-936115905-2231798853-1260534229-4171027843-767619944
PasswordExpired       : False
LastLogonDate         :
DistinguishedName     : CN=SanjayPatel,OU=AccountDeptOU,DC=AppNC
AccountExpirationDate :

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