Synopsis
Description
The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory account to unlock. You can identify an account by its distinguished name (DN), GUID, security identifier (SID) or Security Accounts Manager (SAM) account name. You can also set the Identity parameter to an account object variable such as $, or you can pass an object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Search-ADAccount cmdlet to get an account object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Unlock-ADAccount cmdlet to unlock the account. Similarly, you can use Get-ADUser and Get-ADComputer to get objects to pass through the pipeline.
For AD LDS environments, the Partition parameter must be specified except when: – Using a DN to identify objects: the partition will be auto-generated from the DN. – Running cmdlets from an Active Directory provider drive: the current path will be used to set the partition. – A default naming context or partition is specified.
To specify a default naming context for an AD LDS environment, set the msDS-defaultNamingContext property of the Active Directory directory service agent (DSA) object (nTDSDSA) for the AD LDS instance.
Parameters
-AuthType
Specifies the authentication method to use. Possible values for this parameter include:
Required? false
Position? named
Default value Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AuthType.Negotiate
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Credential <PSCredential>
Specifies the user account credentials to use to perform this task. The default credentials are the credentials of the currently logged on user unless the cmdlet is run from an Active Directory PowerShell provider drive. If the cmdlet is run from such a provider drive, the account associated with the drive is the default.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Identity <ADAccount>
Specifies an Active Directory account object by providing one of the following property values. The identifier in parentheses is the LDAP display name for the attribute.
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Partition <String>
Specifies the distinguished name of an Active Directory partition. The distinguished name must be one of the naming contexts on the current directory server. The cmdlet searches this partition to find the object defined by the Identity parameter.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
Returns the new or modified object. By default (i.e. if -PassThru is not specified), this cmdlet does not generate any output.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Server <String>
Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services instance to connect to, by providing one of the following values for a corresponding domain name or directory server. The service may be any of the following: Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services, Active Directory Domain Services or Active Directory Snapshot instance.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Confirm <SwitchParameter>
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value false
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-WhatIf <SwitchParameter>
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value false
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? falseSyntax
Unlock-ADAccount [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Identity] <ADAccount> [-Partition <String>] [-PassThru] [-Server <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
This cmdlet does not work with an Active Directory Snapshot.
C:\PS>Unlock-ADAccount -Identity SurajDS
Unlocks the account with SamAccountName: SurajDS.
C:\PS>Unlock-ADAccount -Identity “CN=Suraj DS,OU=Finance,OU=UserAccounts,DC=TOSSolution,DC=COM”
Unlocks the account with DistinguishedName: “CN=Suraj DS,OU=Finance,OU=UserAccounts,DC=TOSSolution,DC=COM”.
Get-Command Unlock-ADAccount
. Clear-ADAccountExpiration
. Disable-ADAccount
. Enable-ADAccount
. Get-ADAccountAuthorizationGroup
. Search-ADAccount
. Set-ADAccountControl
. Set-ADAccountExpiration
. Set-ADAccountPassword