ActiveDirectory

The Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell is a PowerShell module that consolidates a group of cmdlets. You can use these cmdlets to manage your Active Directory domains, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) configuration sets, and Active Directory Database Mounting Tool instances in a single, self-contained package.

If you don't have the Active Directory module installed on your machine, you need to download the correct Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) package for your OS. If you're running Windows 7, you will also need to run the import-module ActiveDirectory command from an elevated PowerShell prompt. For more detail, see RSAT for Windows operating systems. Starting with Windows 10 October 2018 Update, RSAT is included as a set of Features on Demand right from Windows 10. Now, instead of downloading an RSAT package you can just go to Manage optional features in Settings and click Add a feature to see the list of available RSAT tools. Select and install the specific RSAT tools you need. To see installation progress, click the Back button to view status on the Manage optional features page.

If you want to use this module in PowerShell 7, see PowerShell 7 module compatibility.

ActiveDirectory

Add-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember	Adds central access rules to a central access policy in Active Directory.
Add-ADComputerServiceAccount	Adds one or more service accounts to an Active Directory computer.
Add-ADDomainControllerPasswordReplicationPolicy	Adds users, computers, and groups to the allowed or denied list of a read-only domain controller password replication policy.
Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject	Applies a fine-grained password policy to one more users and groups.
Add-ADGroupMember	Adds one or more members to an Active Directory group.
Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership	Adds a member to one or more Active Directory groups.
Add-ADResourcePropertyListMember	Adds one or more resource properties to a resource property list in Active Directory.
Clear-ADAccountExpiration	Clears the expiration date for an Active Directory account.
Clear-ADClaimTransformLink	Removes a claims transformation from being applied to one or more cross-forest trust relationships in Active Directory.
Complete-ADServiceAccountMigration	Completes the migration process and supersedes a normal user account to a delegated managed service account.
Disable-ADAccount	Disables an Active Directory account.
Disable-ADOptionalFeature	Disables an Active Directory optional feature.
Enable-ADAccount	Enables an Active Directory account.
Enable-ADOptionalFeature	Enables an Active Directory optional feature.
Get-ADAccountAuthorizationGroup	Gets the accounts token group information.
Get-ADAccountResultantPasswordReplicationPolicy	Gets the resultant password replication policy for an Active Directory account.
Get-ADAuthenticationPolicy	Gets one or more Active Directory Domain Services authentication policies.
Get-ADAuthenticationPolicySilo	Gets one or more Active Directory Domain Services authentication policy silos.
Get-ADCentralAccessPolicy	Retrieves central access policies from Active Directory.
Get-ADCentralAccessRule	Retrieves central access rules from Active Directory.
Get-ADClaimTransformPolicy	Returns one or more Active Directory claim transform objects based on a specified filter.
Get-ADClaimType	Returns a claim type from Active Directory.
Get-ADComputer	Gets one or more Active Directory computers.
Get-ADComputerServiceAccount	Gets the service accounts hosted by a computer.
Get-ADDCCloningExcludedApplicationList	Gets a list of installed programs and services present on this domain controller that are not in the default or user defined inclusion list.
Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy	Gets the default password policy for an Active Directory domain.
Get-ADDomain	Gets an Active Directory domain.
Get-ADDomainController	Gets one or more Active Directory domain controllers based on discoverable services criteria, search parameters or by providing a domain controller identifier, such as the NetBIOS name.
Get-ADDomainControllerPasswordReplicationPolicy	Gets the members of the allowed list or denied list of a read-only domain controller's password replication policy.
Get-ADDomainControllerPasswordReplicationPolicyUsage	Gets the Active Directory accounts that are authenticated by a read-only domain controller or that are in the revealed list of the domain controller.
Get-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy	Gets one or more Active Directory fine-grained password policies.
Get-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject	Gets the users and groups to which a fine-grained password policy is applied.
Get-ADForest	Gets an Active Directory forest.
Get-ADGroup	Gets one or more Active Directory groups.
Get-ADGroupMember	Gets the members of an Active Directory group.
Get-ADObject	Gets one or more Active Directory objects.
Get-ADOptionalFeature	Gets one or more Active Directory optional features.
Get-ADOrganizationalUnit	Gets one or more Active Directory organizational units.
Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership	Gets the Active Directory groups that have a specified user, computer, group, or service account.
Get-ADReplicationAttributeMetadata	Gets the replication metadata for one or more Active Directory replication partners.
Get-ADReplicationConnection	Returns a specific Active Directory replication connection or a set of AD replication connection objects based on a specified filter.
Get-ADReplicationFailure	Returns a collection of data describing an Active Directory replication failure.
Get-ADReplicationPartnerMetadata	Returns the replication metadata for a set of one or more replication partners.
Get-ADReplicationQueueOperation	Returns the contents of the replication queue for a specified server.
Get-ADReplicationSite	Returns a specific Active Directory replication site or a set of replication site objects based on a specified filter.
Get-ADReplicationSiteLink	Returns a specific Active Directory site link or a set of site links based on a specified filter.
Get-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge	Gets a specific Active Directory site link bridge or a set of site link bridge objects based on a specified filter.
Get-ADReplicationSubnet	Gets one or more Active Directory subnets.
Get-ADReplicationUpToDatenessVectorTable	Displays the highest Update Sequence Number (USN) for the specified domain controller.
Get-ADResourceProperty	Gets one or more resource properties.
Get-ADResourcePropertyList	Gets resource property lists from Active Directory.
Get-ADResourcePropertyValueType	Gets a resource property value type from Active Directory.
Get-ADRootDSE	Gets the root of a directory server information tree.
Get-ADServiceAccount	Gets one or more Active Directory managed service accounts or group managed service accounts.
Get-ADTrust	Gets all trusted domain objects in the directory.
Get-ADUser	Gets one or more Active Directory users.
Get-ADUserResultantPasswordPolicy	Gets the resultant password policy for a user.
Grant-ADAuthenticationPolicySiloAccess	Grants permission to join an authentication policy silo.
Install-ADServiceAccount	Installs an Active Directory managed service account on a computer or caches a group managed service account on a computer.
Move-ADDirectoryServer	Moves a directory server in Active Directory to a new site.
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole	Moves operation master roles to an Active Directory directory server.
Move-ADObject	Moves an Active Directory object or a container of objects to a different container or domain.
New-ADAuthenticationPolicy	Creates an Active Directory Domain Services authentication policy object.
New-ADAuthenticationPolicySilo	Creates an Active Directory Domain Services authentication policy silo object.
New-ADCentralAccessPolicy	Creates a new central access policy in Active Directory containing a set of central access rules.
New-ADCentralAccessRule	Creates a central access rule in Active Directory.
New-ADClaimTransformPolicy	Creates a new claim transformation policy object in Active Directory.
New-ADClaimType	Creates a new claim type in Active Directory.
New-ADComputer	Creates a new Active Directory computer object.
New-ADDCCloneConfigFile	Performs prerequisite checks for cloning a domain controller and generates a clone configuration file if all checks succeed.
New-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy	Creates a new Active Directory fine-grained password policy.
New-ADGroup	Creates an Active Directory group.
New-ADObject	Creates an Active Directory object.
New-ADOrganizationalUnit	Creates an Active Directory organizational unit.
New-ADReplicationSite	Creates an Active Directory replication site in the directory.
New-ADReplicationSiteLink	Creates a new Active Directory site link for in managing replication.
New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge	Creates a site link bridge in Active Directory for replication.
New-ADReplicationSubnet	Creates an Active Directory replication subnet object.
New-ADResourceProperty	Creates a resource property in Active Directory.
New-ADResourcePropertyList	Creates a resource property list in Active Directory.
New-ADServiceAccount	Creates a new Active Directory managed service account or group managed service account object.
New-ADUser	Creates an Active Directory user.
Remove-ADAuthenticationPolicy	Removes an Active Directory Domain Services authentication policy object.
Remove-ADAuthenticationPolicySilo	Removes an Active Directory Domain Services authentication policy silo object.
Remove-ADCentralAccessPolicy	Removes a central access policy from Active Directory.
Remove-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember	Removes central access rules from a central access policy in Active Directory.
Remove-ADCentralAccessRule	Removes a central access rule from Active Directory.
Remove-ADClaimTransformPolicy	Removes a claim transformation policy object from Active Directory.
Remove-ADClaimType	Removes a claim type from Active Directory.
Remove-ADComputer	Removes an Active Directory computer.
Remove-ADComputerServiceAccount	Removes one or more service accounts from a computer.
Remove-ADDomainControllerPasswordReplicationPolicy	Removes users, computers, and groups from the allowed or denied list of a read-only domain controller password replication policy.
Remove-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy	Removes an Active Directory fine-grained password policy.
Remove-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject	Removes one or more users from a fine-grained password policy.
Remove-ADGroup	Removes an Active Directory group.
Remove-ADGroupMember	Removes one or more members from an Active Directory group.
Remove-ADObject	Removes an Active Directory object.
Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit	Removes an Active Directory organizational unit.
Remove-ADPrincipalGroupMembership	Removes a member from one or more Active Directory groups.
Remove-ADReplicationSite	Deletes the specified replication site object from Active Directory.
Remove-ADReplicationSiteLink	Deletes an Active Directory site link used to manage replication.
Remove-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge	Deletes a replication site link bridge from Active Directory.
Remove-ADReplicationSubnet	Deletes the specified Active Directory replication subnet object from the directory.
Remove-ADResourceProperty	Removes a resource property from Active Directory.
Remove-ADResourcePropertyList	Removes one or more resource property lists from Active Directory.
Remove-ADResourcePropertyListMember	Removes one or more resource properties from a resource property list in Active Directory.
Remove-ADServiceAccount	Removes an Active Directory managed service account or group managed service account object.
Remove-ADUser	Removes an Active Directory user.
Rename-ADObject	Changes the name of an Active Directory object.
Reset-ADServiceAccountMigration	Resets the state of a migration to an delegated managed service account and unlinks the delegated managed service account from the user account.
Reset-ADServiceAccountPassword	Resets the password for a standalone managed service account.
Restore-ADObject	Restores an Active Directory object.
Revoke-ADAuthenticationPolicySiloAccess	Revokes membership in an authentication policy silo for the specified account.
Search-ADAccount	Gets Active Directory user, computer, or service accounts.
Set-ADAccountAuthenticationPolicySilo	Modifies the authentication policy or authentication policy silo of an account.
Set-ADAccountControl	Modifies user account control (UAC) values for an Active Directory account.
Set-ADAccountExpiration	Sets the expiration date for an Active Directory account.
Set-ADAccountPassword	Modifies the password of an Active Directory account.
Set-ADAuthenticationPolicy	Modifies an Active Directory Domain Services authentication policy object.
Set-ADAuthenticationPolicySilo	Modifies an Active Directory Domain Services authentication policy silo object.
Set-ADCentralAccessPolicy	Modifies a central access policy in Active Directory.
Set-ADCentralAccessRule	Modifies a central access rule in Active Directory.
Set-ADClaimTransformLink	Applies a claims transformation to one or more cross-forest trust relationships in Active Directory.
Set-ADClaimTransformPolicy	Sets the properties of a claims transformation policy in Active Directory.
Set-ADClaimType	Modify a claim type in Active Directory.
Set-ADComputer	Modifies an Active Directory computer object.
Set-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy	Modifies the default password policy for an Active Directory domain.
Set-ADDomain	Modifies an Active Directory domain.
Set-ADDomainMode	Sets the domain mode for an Active Directory domain.
Set-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy	Modifies an Active Directory fine-grained password policy.
Set-ADForest	Modifies an Active Directory forest.
Set-ADForestMode	Sets the forest mode for an Active Directory forest.
Set-ADGroup	Modifies an Active Directory group.
Set-ADObject	Modifies an Active Directory object.
Set-ADOrganizationalUnit	Modifies an Active Directory organizational unit.
Set-ADReplicationConnection	Sets properties on Active Directory replication connections.
Set-ADReplicationSite	Sets the replication properties for an Active Directory site.
Set-ADReplicationSiteLink	Sets the properties for an Active Directory site link.
Set-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge	Sets the properties of a replication site link bridge in Active Directory.
Set-ADReplicationSubnet	Sets the properties of an Active Directory replication subnet object.
Set-ADResourceProperty	Modifies a resource property in Active Directory.
Set-ADResourcePropertyList	Modifies a resource property list in Active Directory.
Set-ADServiceAccount	Modifies an Active Directory managed service account or group managed service account object.
Set-ADUser	Modifies an Active Directory user.
Show-ADAuthenticationPolicyExpression	Displays the Edit Access Control Conditions window update or create security descriptor definition language (SDDL) security descriptors.
Start-ADServiceAccountMigration	Starts the migration process by linking a normal user account to a delegated managed service account.
Sync-ADObject	Replicates a single object between any two domain controllers that have partitions in common.
Test-ADServiceAccount	Tests a managed service account from a computer.
Undo-ADServiceAccountMigration	Reverts the previous migration phase of a migration to an delegated managed service account. If the migration process is currently in the start phase, the accounts will be unlinked from each other. If the migration is in the completed phase, it'll return back to the state in the start phase.
Uninstall-ADServiceAccount	Uninstalls an Active Directory managed service account from a computer or removes a cached group managed service account from a computer.
Unlock-ADAccount	Unlocks an Active Directory account.