Setting a User's Account Options
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to set a user’s account options. These options are controlled by the userAccountControl attribute in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
Example
The following example demonstrates how to set a variety of user account control attributes for the user Ann Beebe:
Set-ADAccountControl -Identity 'CN=Ann Beebe,OU=HumanResources,OU=UserAccounts,DC=FABRIKAM,DC=COM' -HomedirRequired $true -PasswordNeverExpires $true -ChangePasswordAtNextLogon $true -PasswordNotRequired $false
Additional information
You can use the following parameters when you set many of the common values that are associated with user account control in AD DS:
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-AllowReversiblePasswordEncryption
-TrustedForDelegation
-PasswordNeverExpires
-AccountNotDelegated
-DoesNotRequirePreAuth
-TrustedToAuthForDelegation
-UseDESKeyOnly
-PasswordNotRequired
-CannotChangePassword
-Enabled
-HomedirRequired
-MNSLogonAccount
For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Set-ADAccountControl, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Set-ADAccountControl –detailed, and then press ENTER.