Display password properties

Question

Hi All,

I use the following script to send email notification to users who have password about to expire, email is sent properly but the email doesn't show the password properties as supposed to in script :

Dear Tom,

Your password will expire after 9 days. You will need to change your password to keep using it, you can use the below link:

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Below is a summary of the applied Password Policy settings:

Complexity Enabled =

Maximum Password Age =

Minimum Password Age =

Minimum Password Length =

Remembered Password History =

YOUR IT Support

---

The script :

##############Variables#################            
$verbose = $true            
$notificationstartday = 10            
$sendermailaddress = "******@contoso.com"            
$SMTPserver = "smtp.contoso.com"            
$DN = "DC=contoso,DC=com"            
########################################            
            
##############Function##################            
function PreparePasswordPolicyMail ($ComplexityEnabled,$MaxPasswordAge,$MinPasswordAge,$MinPasswordLength,$PasswordHistoryCount)            
{            
    $verbosemailBody = "Below is a summary of the applied Password Policy settings:`r`n`r`n"            
    $verbosemailBody += "Complexity Enabled = " + $ComplexityEnabled + "`r`n`r`n"            
    $verbosemailBody += "Maximum Password Age = " + $MaxPasswordAge + "`r`n`r`n"            
    $verbosemailBody += "Minimum Password Age = " + $MinPasswordAge + "`r`n`r`n"            
    $verbosemailBody += "Minimum Password Length = " + $MinPasswordLength + "`r`n`r`n"            
    $verbosemailBody += "Remembered Password History = " + $PasswordHistoryCount + "`r`n`r`n"            
    return $verbosemailBody            
}            
            
function SendMail ($SMTPserver,$sendermailaddress,$usermailaddress,$mailBody)            
{            
    $smtpServer = $SMTPserver            
    $msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage            
    $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)            
    $msg.From = $sendermailaddress            
    $msg.To.Add($usermailaddress)            
    $msg.Subject = "Your password is about to expire"            
    $msg.Body = $mailBody            
    $smtp.Send($msg)            
}            
########################################            
            
##############Main######################            
$domainPolicy = Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy            
$passwordexpirydefaultdomainpolicy = $domainPolicy.MaxPasswordAge.Days -ne 0            
            
if($passwordexpirydefaultdomainpolicy)            
{            
    $defaultdomainpolicyMaxPasswordAge = $domainPolicy.MaxPasswordAge.Days            
    if($verbose)            
    {            
        $defaultdomainpolicyverbosemailBody = PreparePasswordPolicyMail $PSOpolicy.ComplexityEnabled $PSOpolicy.MaxPasswordAge.Days $PSOpolicy.MinPasswordAge.Days $PSOpolicy.MinPasswordLength $PSOpolicy.PasswordHistoryCount            
    }            
}            
            
foreach ($user in (Get-ADUser -SearchBase $DN -Filter * -properties mail))            
{            
    $samaccountname = $user.samaccountname            
    $PSO= Get-ADUserResultantPasswordPolicy -Identity $samaccountname            
    if ($PSO -ne $null)            
    {                         
        $PSOpolicy = Get-ADUserResultantPasswordPolicy -Identity $samaccountname            
        $PSOMaxPasswordAge = $PSOpolicy.MaxPasswordAge.days            
        $pwdlastset = [datetime]::FromFileTime((Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(&(samaccountname=$samaccountname))" -properties pwdLastSet).pwdLastSet)            
        $expirydate = ($pwdlastset).AddDays($PSOMaxPasswordAge)            
        $delta = ($expirydate - (Get-Date)).Days            
        $comparionresults = (($expirydate - (Get-Date)).Days -le $notificationstartday) -AND ($delta -ge 1)            
        if ($comparionresults)            
        {            
            $mailBody = "Dear " + $user.GivenName + ",`r`n`r`n"            
            $mailBody += "Your password will expire after " + $delta + " days. You will need to change your password to keep using it.`r`n`r`n"            
            if ($verbose)            
            {            
                $mailBody += PreparePasswordPolicyMail $PSOpolicy.ComplexityEnabled $PSOpolicy.MaxPasswordAge.Days $PSOpolicy.MinPasswordAge.Days $PSOpolicy.MinPasswordLength $PSOpolicy.PasswordHistoryCount            
            }            
            $mailBody += "`r`n`r`nYour IT Department"            
            $usermailaddress = $user.mail            
            SendMail $SMTPserver $sendermailaddress $usermailaddress $mailBody            
        }            
    }            
    else            
    {            
        if($passwordexpirydefaultdomainpolicy)            
        {            
            $pwdlastset = [datetime]::FromFileTime((Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(&(samaccountname=$samaccountname))" -properties pwdLastSet).pwdLastSet)            
            $expirydate = ($pwdlastset).AddDays($defaultdomainpolicyMaxPasswordAge)            
            $delta = ($expirydate - (Get-Date)).Days            
            $comparionresults = (($expirydate - (Get-Date)).Days -le $notificationstartday) -AND ($delta -ge 1)            
            if ($comparionresults)            
            {            
                $mailBody = "Dear " + $user.GivenName + ",`r`n`r`n"            
                $delta = ($expirydate - (Get-Date)).Days            
                $mailBody += "Your password will expire after " + $delta + " days. You will need to change your password to keep using it, you can use the below link:
                           *.`r`n`r`n"            
                if ($verbose)            
                {            
                    $mailBody += $defaultdomainpolicyverbosemailBody            
                }            
                $mailBody += "`r`n`r`nTAMAM IT SUPPORT"            
                $usermailaddress = $user.mail            
                SendMail $SMTPserver $sendermailaddress $usermailaddress $mailBody            
            }            
            
        }            
    }            
}

Answer 1

Hi,

Please replace $PSOpolicy in the $defaultdomainpolicyverbosemailBody line with $domainPolicy.

$defaultdomainpolicyverbosemailBody = PreparePasswordPolicyMail $domainPolicy.ComplexityEnabled $domainPolicy.MaxPasswordAge.Days $domainPolicy.MinPasswordAge.Days $domainPolicy.MinPasswordLength $domainPolicy.PasswordHistoryCount 

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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Answer 2

Hello Abdulsalam,

Thank you for your question and for reaching out with your question today.

It looks like the script you've posted is designed to send email notifications to users whose passwords are about to expire. However, there seems to be some confusion in your script regarding variable names and how they're used in the context of constructing the email body. 

To make sure your email body contains the expected information, you'll need to make sure you're referencing the correct variable names. I'll provide a corrected version of your script that should work as intended:

```powershell
##############Variables#################            
$verbose = $true            
$notificationstartday = 10            
$sendermailaddress = "********************"            
$SMTPserver = "smtp.contoso.com"            
$DN = "DC=contoso,DC=com"            
########################################            

# ... (other functions and main logic) ...

function SendMail ($SMTPserver,$sendermailaddress,$usermailaddress,$mailBody)            
{            
    $smtpServer = $SMTPserver            
    $msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage            
    $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)            
    $msg.From = $sendermailaddress            
    $msg.To.Add($usermailaddress)            
    $msg.Subject = "Your password is about to expire"            
    $msg.Body = $mailBody            
    $smtp.Send($msg)            
}            
########################################            

# ... (other functions and main logic) ...

foreach ($user in (Get-ADUser -SearchBase $DN -Filter * -properties mail))            
{
    # ... (other logic)

    if ($comparionresults)            
    {
        $mailBody = "Dear " + $user.GivenName + ",`r`n`r`n"            
        $mailBody += "Your password will expire after " + $delta + " days. You will need to change your password to keep using it.`r`n`r`n"            
        if ($verbose)            
        {            
            $mailBody += PreparePasswordPolicyMail $PSOpolicy.ComplexityEnabled $PSOpolicy.MaxPasswordAge.Days $PSOpolicy.MinPasswordAge.Days $PSOpolicy.MinPasswordLength $PSOpolicy.PasswordHistoryCount            
        }            
        $mailBody += "`r`n`r`nYour IT Department"            
        $usermailaddress = $user.mail            
        SendMail $SMTPserver $sendermailaddress $usermailaddress $mailBody            
    }

    # ... (other logic)
}

Make sure you've defined the PreparePasswordPolicyMail and SendMail functions as you had in your initial script.

With this corrected version of the script, the email body should include the correct information from the user's password policy and other relevant details.

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Best regards.