New-User
Use the New-User commandlet to create a new user in Directory. Most user properties can be directly added by using the parameters of this commandlet.
Syntax
New-User
-Name <string>
-OrganizationalUnit <string>
-SAMAccountName <string>
-Password <string>
-FirstName <string>
-LastName <string>
-DisplayName <string>
[-UPNSuffix <string>]
[-Title <string>]
[-City <string>]
[-State <string>]
[-Zip <string>]
[-Country <string>]
[-Initials <string>]
[-Address <string>]
[-Office <string>]
[-Business <string>]
[-Business2 <string>]
[-Alias <string>]
[-EmailAddress <string>]
[-Department <string>]
[-Company <string>]
[-Mobile <string>]
[-Home <string>]
[-AccountDisabled <string>]
[-PasswordNeverExpires <string>]
[-PasswordForceChange <string>]
[-Manager <string[]>]
[-HomePage <string>]
[-Assistant <string>]
[-Notes <string>]
[-MailEnabled <string>]
[-IdentityStoreId <int>]
[-SecurityToken <CustomClaimsPrincipal>]
[-Credential <pscredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Required Parameters
- Name
- OrganizationalUnit
- SAMAccountName
- Password
- FirstName
- LastName
- DisplayName
Example:
The following command creates a new user in the container specified by the OrganizationalUnit parameter. The command also specifies the logon name, password, first name, last name and display name of the new user.
New-User -Name "OsamaUser" -OrganizationalUnit "OU=osamamu,DC=naveed,DC=local" -SAMAccountName "OsamaUser11" -Password "webdir123R" -FirstName "Osama" -LastName "Shahbaz" -DisplayName "Osama"
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