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Enable-ADAccount



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Enable-ADAccount', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

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SYNOPSIS

Enables an Active Directory account.

SYNTAX


Enable-ADAccount [-Identity] <ADAccount> [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Partition <String>] [-PassThru] [-Server <String>] [-Confirm]
[-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Enable-ADAccount cmdlet enables an Active Directory user, computer or service account.


The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory user, computer or service account that you want to enable. 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 object variable such as
$<localADAccountObject>, or you can pass an account object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Get-ADUser cmdlet to retrieve an
account object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Enable-ADAccount cmdlet. Similarly, you can use Get-ADComputer and Search-ADAccount to retrieve account
objects.



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RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=291013
Clear-ADAccountExpiration
Disable-ADAccount
Get-ADAccountAuthorizationGroup
Search-ADAccount
Set-ADAccountControl
Set-ADAccountExpiration
Set-ADAccountPassword
Unlock-ADAccount

REMARKS

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Examples


-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

PS C:\>Enable-ADAccount -Identity KimAb



This command enables the account with SamAccountName KimAb.




-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

PS C:\>Enable-ADAccount -Identity "CN=Kim Abercrombie,OU=Finance,OU=UserAccounts,DC=FABRIKAM,DC=COM"



This command enables the account with DistinguishedName CN=Kim Abercrombie,OU=Finance,OU=UserAccounts,DC=FABRIKAM,DC=COM.




-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

PS C:\>Get-ADUser -Filter 'Name -like "*"' -SearchBase "OU=Finance,OU=UserAccounts,DC=FABRIKAM,DC=COM" | Enable-ADAccount



This command enables all accounts in the OU: OU=Finance,OU=UserAccounts,DC=FABRIKAM,DC=COM.