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PowerShell: Unlock Active Directory Users Account

Use:

 

  • Listing account lockouts in Active Directory
  • Unlocking locked out accounts

# Open PowerShell or PowerShell ISE with an account with rights to unlock accounts
# Import the Actice Directory Module to PowerShell
#
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
#
# Run the Search-ADAccount command to search for accounts that are locked out
# Accounts locked out will be displayed
#
Search-ADAccount -LockedOut
#
#
# To unlock multiple {All} accounts the following command can be used
Search-ADAccount -LockedOut | Unlock-ADAccount
#

This could be useful if you wanted to somehow send an email to a ticket system so that you log and create IT tickets of account lockouts. A good way for your IT staff to track those types of activities that they do spend time on.

 

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